Analyze evidence from peer-reviewed literature and professional sources that describes and guides nursing actions related to a defined patient, family, or population problem. Explain how state board nursing practice standards and/or organizational or governmental policies could affect a defined patient, family, or population problem.

Assessment 1

Assessing the Problem: Leadership, Collaboration, Communication, Change Management, and Policy Considerations

instructions

In a 5–7 page written assessment, define the patient, family, or population health problem that will be the focus of your capstone project. Assess the problem from a leadership, collaboration, communication, change management, and policy perspective. Plan to spend approximately 2 direct practicum hours meeting with a patient, family, or group of your choice to explore the problem and, if desired, consulting with subject matter and industry experts. Document the time spent (your practicum hours) with these individuals or group in the Capella Academic Portal Volunteer Experience Form.

Introduction:- This assessment lays the foundation for the work that will carry you through your capstone experience and guide the practicum hours needed to complete the work in this course. In addition, it will enable you to do the following:

· Develop a problem statement for a patient, family, or population that’s relevant to your practice.
· Begin building a body of evidence that will inform your approach to your practicum.
· Focus on the influence of leadership, collaboration, communication, change management, and policy on the problem.

Preparation:- In this assessment, you’ll assess the patient, family, or population health problem that will be the focus of your capstone project. Plan to spend approximately 2 hours working with a patient, family, or group of your choice to explore the problem from a leadership, collaboration, communication, change management, and policy perspective. During this time, you may also choose to consult with subject matter and industry experts about the problem (for example, directors of quality or patient safety, nurse managers/directors, physicians, and epidemiologists).

To prepare for the assessment, complete the following:
· Identify the patient, family, or group you want to work with during your practicum. The patient you select can be a friend or a family member. You’ll work with this patient, family, or group throughout your capstone project, focusing on a specific health care problem.
· Begin surveying the scholarly and professional literature to establish your evidence and research base, inform your assessment, and meet scholarly expectations for supporting evidence.
In addition, you may wish to complete the following:
· Review the assessment instructions and scoring guide to ensure that you understand the work you’ll be asked to complete and how it will be assessed.
· Review the 

Practicum Focus Sheet: Assessment 1 [PDF]

 Download Practicum Focus Sheet: Assessment 1 [PDF]
, which provides guidance for conducting this portion of your practicum.

Note: As you revise your writing, check out the resources listed on the Writing Center’s 

Writing Support
 page.

Instructions:- Complete this assessment in two parts.

Part 1
Use 
Assessment 01 Supplement: Assessing the Problem: Leadership, Collaboration, Communication, Change Management, and Policy Considerations [PDF]
 Download Assessment 01 Supplement: Assessing the Problem: Leadership, Collaboration, Communication, Change Management, and Policy Considerations [PDF]to define the patient, family, or population health problem that will be the focus of your capstone project. Assess the problem from a leadership, collaboration, communication, change management, and policy perspective and establish your evidence and research base to plan, implement, and share findings related to your project.

Part 2
Connect with the patient, family, or group you’ll work with during your practicum. During this portion of your practicum, plan to spend at least 2 hours meeting with the patient, family, or group and, if desired, consulting with subject matter and industry experts of your choice. The hours you spend meeting with them should take place outside of regular work hours. Use the 
Practicum Focus Sheet [PDF]
 Download Practicum Focus Sheet [PDF]provided for this assessment to guide your work and interpersonal interactions. Document the time spent (your practicum hours) with these individuals or group in the Capella Academic Portal Volunteer Experience Form.

Requirements: The assessment requirements, outlined below, correspond to the scoring guide criteria, so be sure to address each main point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. In addition, note the additional requirements for document format and length and for supporting evidence.

· Define a patient, family, or population health problem that’s relevant to your practice.
· Summarize the problem you’ll explore.
· Identify the patient, family, or group you intend to work with during your practicum.
· Provide context, data, or information that substantiates the presence of the problem and its significance and relevance to the patient, family, or population.
· Explain why this problem is relevant to your practice as a baccalaureate-prepared nurse.
· Analyze evidence from peer-reviewed literature and professional sources that describes and guides nursing actions related to the patient, family, or population problem you’ve defined.
· Note whether the authors provide supporting evidence from the literature that’s consistent with what you see in your nursing practice.
· Explain how you would know if the data are unreliable.
· Describe what the literature says about barriers to the implementation of evidence-based practice in addressing the problem you’ve defined.
· Describe research that has tested the effectiveness of nursing standards and/or policies in improving patient, family, or population outcomes for this problem.
· Describe current literature on the role of nurses in policy making to improve outcomes, prevent illness, and reduce hospital readmissions.
· Describe what the literature says about a nursing theory or conceptual framework that might frame and guide your actions during your practicum.
· Explain how state board nursing practice standards and/or organizational or governmental policies could affect the patient, family, or population problem you’ve defined.
· Describe research that has tested the effectiveness of these standards and/or policies in improving patient, family, or population outcomes for this problem.
· Describe current literature on the role of nurses in policy making to improve outcomes, prevent illness, and reduce hospital readmissions.
· Describe the effects of local, state, and federal policies or legislation on your nursing scope of practice, within the context of this problem.
· Propose leadership strategies to improve outcomes, patient-centered care, and the patient experience related to the patient, family, or population problem you’ve defined.
· Discuss research on the effectiveness of leadership strategies.
· Define the role that you anticipate leadership must play in addressing the problem.
· Describe collaboration and communication strategies that you anticipate will be needed to address the problem.
· Describe the change management strategies that you anticipate will be required to address the problem.
· Document the time spent (your practicum hours) with these individuals or group in the Capella Academic Portal Volunteer Experience Form.
· Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions.
· Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.
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Additional Requirements: Format: Format your paper using APA style. 

APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX]
 is provided to help you in writing and formatting your paper. Be sure to include:

· A title page and reference page. An abstract is not required.
· Appropriate section headings.
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Length: Your paper should be approximately 5–7 pages in length, not including the reference page.

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Supporting evidence: Cite at least five sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your central ideas. Resources should be no more than five years old. Provide in-text citations and references in APA format.

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Proofreading: Proofread your paper, before you submit it, to minimize errors that could distract readers and make it more difficult for them to focus on its substance.

Capella Academic Portal:- Complete the NURS-FPX4900 Volunteer Experience Form in 
Capella Academic Portal. Include a description of your relationship to the patient, family, or group in the Volunteer Experience comments field.

The BSN Capstone Course (NURS-FPX4900 ) requires the completion and documentation of nine (9) practicum hours. All hours must be recorded in the Capella Academic Portal. Please review the 
BSN Practicum Campus page for more information and instructions on how to log your hours.

Context:- Nurses in all professional roles work to effect positive patient outcomes and improve organizational processes. Professional nurses are leaders in problem identification, planning, and strategy implementation—skills that directly affect patient care or organizational effectiveness.

Too often, change agents jump to a conclusion that an intervention will promote the envisioned improvement. Instead, the ideal approach is to determine which interventions are appropriate, based on an assessment and review of credible evidence. Interventions could be patient-facing or involve a change in policy and process. In this assessment, you’ll identify and make the case for your practicum focus area, then explore it in depth from a leadership, collaboration, communication, change management, and policy perspective.

Competencies Measured: By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

· Competency 1: Lead people and processes to improve patient, systems, and population outcomes.
· Define a patient, family, or population health problem that’s relevant to personal and professional practice.
· Competency 2: Make clinical and operational decisions based upon the best available evidence.
· Analyze evidence from peer-reviewed literature and professional sources that describes and guides nursing actions related to a defined patient, family, or population problem.
· Competency 5: Analyze the impact of health policy on quality and cost of care.
· Explain how state board nursing practice standards and/or organizational or governmental policies could affect a defined patient, family, or population problem.
· Competency 7: Implement patient-centered care to improve quality of care and the patient experience.
· Propose leadership strategies to improve outcomes, patient-centered care, and the patient experience related to a defined patient, family, or population problem and document the practicum hours spent with these individuals or group in the Capella Academic Portal Volunteer Experience Form.
· Competency 8: Integrate professional standards and values into practice.
· Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions.
· Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.

Scoring Guide

Use the scoring guide to understand how your assessment will be evaluated.

CRITERIA

NON-PERFORMANCE

BASIC

PROFICIENT

DISTINGUISHED

Define a patient, family, or population health problem that’s relevant to personal and professional practice.

Analyze evidence from peer-reviewed literature and professional sources that describes and guides nursing actions related to a defined patient, family, or population problem.
Explain how state board nursing practice standards and/or organizational or governmental policies could affect a defined patient, family, or population problem.
Propose leadership strategies to improve outcomes, patient-centered care, and the patient experience related to a defined patient, family, or population problem and document the practicum hours spent with these individuals or group in the Capella Academic Portal Volunteer Experience Form.
Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions.
Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.
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Briefly describe the Unruh Civil Rights Act, the Rumford Act and the Holden Act. Name an activity that each law prohibits. Why are these laws important to real estate agents?

CHAPTER 13 – Land-Use Planning, Subdivisions and Fair Housing
1. Briefly describe the Unruh Civil Rights Act, the Rumford Act and the Holden Act. Name an activity that each law prohibits. Why are these laws important to real estate agents?
2. What is the Subdivision Map Act? What is the Subdivided Lands Law? Who administers these laws?
3. Which Act in Question 2 above requires the issuance of a public report?
4. Explain in detail the following terms: General Plan, Police Power & Zoning, be specific.
5. Name the three most influential methods that local governments have for controlling land use. Hint: categorized under police power enactments.

Analyze at least three types of performance appraisals. Identify some of the advantages and/or disadvantages of each type.

Performance measurement is a key role in human resources management today.

Analyze at least three types of performance appraisals.

Identify some of the advantages and/or disadvantages of each type.
Feel free to share personal experiences or concerns that arise when considering how to have tough conversations with employees.

Identify which approaches should be taken when an employee warning is needed or corrective action is required.

Note the key considerations for managers in each of these situations.

How does the implementation of rehabilitative programs within United States prisons impact recidivism rates among incarcerated individuals, and what role do factors such as access to education, vocational training, and mental health support play in reducing the likelihood of reoffending?

How does the implementation of rehabilitative programs within United States prisons impact recidivism rates among incarcerated individuals, and what role do factors such as access to education, vocational training, and mental health support play in reducing the likelihood of reoffending?
4 pages APA

Discuss how you will feel if the literature selections on the required reading list do not align with your personal values and opinions. Describe strategies you can employ to overcome your personal biases and teach the required literature.

  
Two paragraphs with at least 100 words per paragraph explaining the following which should include a reference for each individual paragraph.
1.  Discuss how you will feel if the literature selections on the required reading list do not align with your personal values and opinions. Describe strategies you can employ to overcome your personal biases and teach the required literature.
2.  c Include discussion of reasons why districts take the time to compile required and recommended reading lists for various grade levels and content areas.

You are an economist for a U.S. Manufacturer, who is considering expanding sales into Europe. Your market research has identified the market potential in France, Italy, and Spain as described next: Success Level France Italy Spain Probability Units Probability Units Probability Units Big 0.3 1,000,000 0.4 900,000 0.4 700,000 Mediocre 0.3 600,000 0.4 700,000 0.3 300,000 Failure 0.4 0 0.2 0 0.3 0 The product sells for $12 and has unit costs of $10. If you can enter only one market, and the cost of entering the market (regardless of which market you select) is $300,000, should you enter one of these markets? If so, which one? If you enter, what is your expected profit?

You are an economist for a U.S. Manufacturer, who is considering expanding sales into Europe. Your market research has identified the market potential in France, Italy, and Spain as described next:
Success Level France Italy Spain
Probability Units Probability Units Probability Units
Big 0.3 1,000,000 0.4 900,000 0.4 700,000
Mediocre 0.3 600,000 0.4 700,000 0.3 300,000
Failure 0.4 0 0.2 0 0.3 0
The product sells for $12 and has unit costs of $10.
If you can enter only one market, and the cost of entering the market (regardless of which market you select) is $300,000, should you enter one of these markets? If so, which one? If you enter, what is your expected profit?

Saudi Arabian Riyal and the U.S. Dollar While Saudi Arabia seeks to diversify its economy, the Saudi economy is dominated by the petroleum sector. In addition, the Saudi Arabian Riyal (SAR) is pegged to the U.S. Dollar. For this week’s discussion, please answer the following questions: What are the advantages and disadvantages of the pegged exchange rate?

Module 11: Critical Thinking Assignment
Saudi Arabian Riyal and the U.S. Dollar
While Saudi Arabia seeks to diversify its economy, the Saudi economy is dominated by the petroleum sector. In addition, the Saudi Arabian Riyal (SAR) is pegged to the U.S. Dollar. For this week’s discussion, please answer the following questions:
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the pegged exchange rate?
Analyze the effect on the economy of Saudi Arabia (GDP, interest rates, inflation, and trade balance) given two scenarios when there is a dramatically declining world oil price or a dramatically increasing world oil price.
Directions:
Your essay is required to be four to five pages in length, which does not include the title page and reference pages, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.
Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles. Use the Saudi Digital Library to find your resources.
Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and follow APA style guidelines.
It is strongly encouraged that you submit all assignments into Turnitin prior to submitting them to your instructor for grading. If you are unsure how to submit an assignment into the Originality Check tool, review the Turnitin – Student Guide for step-by-step instructions.
Review the grading rubric to see how you will be graded for this assignment.

In this discussion, we’ll discuss anxiety, effective and ineffective interventions, and stress management. Please include the following in your initial posting: Describe a client from your clinical setting or work who experienced severe anxiety or panic. Include a brief history and three most pertinent medications. Describe the assessment process for this patient. Identify at least one effective and one non-effective nursing intervention. Why did they work? What didn’t work?

 
Directions:
In this discussion, we’ll discuss anxiety, effective and ineffective interventions, and stress management. Please include the following in your initial posting:
Describe a client from your clinical setting or work who experienced severe anxiety or panic. Include a brief history and three most pertinent medications.

Describe the assessment process for this patient.
Identify at least one effective and one non-effective nursing intervention. Why did they work? What didn’t work?
Name and describe two stress reduction techniques you have used and whether they were helpful or not in reducing stress.

Differentiate between the characteristics of conflict in individualistic cultures and collectivist cultures. How does conflict behavior vary across these types?

shortessay.docx

Answer ALL Eight short answer questions, your responses to each question
should be no more than two paragraphs. The goal is to be clear and succinct! APA format and In-text citations!
References in APA format!
Questions:
1.Gottman described the “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” as it relates to destructive
conflict. Briefly define each of the four horsemen and the solution to each.[Chp 1]
2.What role does attribution play in understanding conflict? Describe the impact of
attributions on conflict resolution.[Chp 2]
3.Differentiate between the characteristics of conflict in individualistic cultures and
collectivist cultures. How does conflict behavior vary across these types?[Chp 2]
4.The acronym “TRIP” serves as a cue to remember issues related to differing conflict goals. Describe each of the four TRIP goals and provide a brief example of each.[Chp 3]
5.Define the five conflict styles as described by Rahim. Then, choose one conflict style and
provide an example of one “pro” and one “con” to employing that conflict style.[Chp 5]
6.The balance of power in relationships creates predictable effects. Please provide an
example of (1) how high power individuals can leverage their power currencies in a
constructive way with lower power individuals, and (2) what strategies low power
individuals can employ to balance power with higher power counterparts.[Chp 4]
7.Describe the “circumplex model of affect,” which includes two dimensions -pleasant/unpleasant and activation/deactivation. How can this model help you understand and express your emotions more effectively? [Chp 6]
8.What is the use of the XYZ formula? Describe its three parts, and write an example for each. [Chp 6]

When politics and medical science intersect, there can be much debate. Sometimes anecdotes or hearsay are misused as evidence to support a particular point. Despite these and other challenges, however, evidence-based approaches are increasingly used to inform health policy decision-making regarding causes of disease, intervention strategies, and issues impacting society. One example is the introduction of childhood vaccinations and the use of evidence-based arguments surrounding their safety. In this Discussion, you will identify a recently proposed health policy and share your analysis of the evidence in support of this policy. Post a description of the health policy you selected and a brief background for the problem or issue being addressed. Which social determinant most affects this policy? Explain whether you believe there is an evidence base to support the proposed policy and explain why. Be specific and provide examples. 

 
When politics and medical science intersect, there can be much debate. Sometimes anecdotes or hearsay are misused as evidence to support a particular point. Despite these and other challenges, however, evidence-based approaches are increasingly used to inform health policy decision-making regarding causes of disease, intervention strategies, and issues impacting society. One example is the introduction of childhood vaccinations and the use of evidence-based arguments surrounding their safety.
In this Discussion, you will identify a recently proposed health policy and share your analysis of the evidence in support of this policy.
Post a description of the health policy you selected and a brief background for the problem or issue being addressed. Which social determinant most affects this policy? Explain whether you believe there is an evidence base to support the proposed policy and explain why. Be specific and provide examples. 
To Prepare:

Review the Congress website provided in the Resources and identify one recent (within the past 5 years) proposed health policy.
Review the health policy you identified and reflect on the background and development of this health policy.