Category: Nursing

At least 6 pages with 8 to 12 scholarly sources
In this research essay, you will have the opportunity to explore a topic of your own choosing. This assignment is designed to allow you the freedom to delve into an area that interests you, providing you with the opportunity to engage deeply with a subject matter that resonates with your personal and academic interests.
Your topic should be specific enough to allow for in-depth analysis but broad enough to provide ample research material.
Conduct thorough research on your chosen topic. Utilize academic sources such as scholarly articles, books, and reputable online databases to gather information and support your analysis (These can be found using the online MCC library databases). 
Formulate a clear and arguable thesis statement that encapsulates the main argument or perspective you will present in your essay. Your thesis should reflect the significance of your chosen topic and provide a roadmap for your analysis.
Organize your essay in a coherent manner, with a clear introduction, body paragraphs that present evidence and analysis, and a concise conclusion that summarizes your findings and reinforces the significance of your argument.
Use appropriate transitions to ensure smooth flow between paragraphs and ideas.
Properly cite all sources used in your essay using MLA citations. Ensure consistency and accuracy in your citations and bibliography.
Do not plagiarize. Cite your sources. 

Then, using the modified form of our System of Ethical Analysis shown below, test and evaluate each of these three types of Euthanasia. Based on your evaluation, determine for each type if it can be justified Ethically (or not). Pay particular attention to the Positives-and-Negatives section of the System. What are the positives and negatives for each of these three types, and do the positives outweigh the negatives?
In addition to the three types of Euthanasia you have chosen from this listing, evaluate a fourth statement not found on the listing in your textbook: “Euthanasia in any form is not Ethically justifiable until any circumstance.” Using the System shown below, evaluate this position as well to determine if it can be justified.
Again, keep in mind that you are not graded on the positions you take. Instead, your grade is based on the completeness and thoroughness of your analysis and evaluation.

This assessment is the first of three related assessments in which you will gather interview information (Assessment 2); design a proposal for interdisciplinary problem-solving, (Assessment 3); and report on how an interdisciplinary improvement plan could be implemented in a place of practice (Assessment 4). At the end of the course, your interviewee will have a proposal plan based on the PDSA cycle that he or she could present to stakeholders to address an interdisciplinary problem in the workplace.
For this assessment, you will need to interview a health care professional such as a fellow learner, nursing colleague, administrator, business partner, or another appropriate person who could provide you with sufficient information regarding an organizational problem that he or she is experiencing or has experienced, or an area where they are seeking improvements. Consult the Interview Guide [DOCX] Download Interview Guide [DOCX]for an outline of how to prepare and the types of information you will need to complete this project successfully.
Remember: this is just the first in a series of three assessments.
Instructions
For this assessment, you will report on the information that you collected in your interview, analyzing the interview data and identifying a past or current issue that would benefit from an interdisciplinary approach. This could be an issue that has not been addressed by an interdisciplinary approach or one that could benefit from improvements related to the interdisciplinary approach currently being used. You will discuss the interview strategy that you used to collect information. Your interview strategy should be supported by citations from the literature. Additionally, you will start laying the foundation for your Interdisciplinary Plan Proposal (Assessment 3) by researching potential change theories, leadership strategies, and collaboration approaches that could be relevant to issue you have identified. Please be certain to review the scoring guide to confirm specific required elements of this assessment. Note that there are differences between basic, proficient and distinguished scores.
When submitting your plan, use the Interview and Issue Identification Template [DOCX],  Download Interview and Issue Identification Template [DOCX],which will help you to stay organized and concise. As you complete the template, make sure you use APA format for in-text citations for the evidence and best practices that are informing your plan, as well as for the reference list at the end.
Additionally, be sure to address the following, which corresponds to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Please study the scoring guide carefully so you understand what is needed for a distinguished score.
Summarize an interview focused on past or current issues at a health care organization.
Identify an issue from an interview for which an evidence-based interdisciplinary approach would be appropriate.
Describe potential change theories and leadership strategies that could inform an interdisciplinary solution to an organizational issue.
Describe collaboration approaches from the literature that could facilitate establishing or improving an interdisciplinary team to address an organizational issue.
Communicate with writing that is clear, logically organized, and professional, with correct grammar and spelling, and using current APA style.
Additional Requirements
Length of submission: Use the provided template. Most submissions will be 2–4 pages in length. Be sure to include a reference page at the end of the plan.
Number of references: Cite a minimum of 3 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your central ideas. Resources should be no more than 5 years old.
APA formatting: Make sure that in-text citations and reference list follow current APA style.
Portfolio Prompt: Remember to save the final assessment to your ePortfolio so that you may refer to it as you complete the final Capstone course.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
Competency 2: Explain how interdisciplinary collaboration can be used to achieve desired patient and systems outcomes.
Summarize an interview focused on past or current issues at a health care organization.
Describe collaborative approaches from the literature that could be relevant in establishing or improving an interdisciplinary team to address an organizational issue.
Competency 3: Describe ways to incorporate evidence-based practice within an interdisciplinary team.
Identify an issue from an interview for which an evidence-based interdisciplinary approach would be appropriate
Competency 4: Explain how change management theories and leadership strategies can enable interdisciplinary teams to achieve specific organizational goals.
Describe potential change theories and leadership strategies that could help develop an interdisciplinary solution to an organizational issue.
Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly, evidence-based communication strategies to impact patient, interdisciplinary team, and systems outcomes.
Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar/punctuation, word choice, and spelling.
Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.
Interview
and Interdisciplinary Issue Identification: Interview Guide
For the Interviews and
Interdisciplinary Issue identification assessment, your first step will be to
interview a classmate, a nursing colleague, administrator, business partner, or
another appropriate person who could provide you with sufficient information
regarding an organizational problem that they are experiencing or have
experienced, or an area in which they are seeking improvements. This guide
provides a selection of questions that you should consider asking your
interviewee. They are by no means questions you must ask, or the only questions
you should ask. Feel free to ask your own questions and follow-ups as the
interview proceeds. These are merely a guide to get you started.
Sample questions
·        
How
would you describe your organization? 
·        
What
is your position within the organization? Nurse
·        
What
are your primary duties in your position?
·        
How
would you describe some current or past issues within your organization?
·        
How
did or do these issues affect your ability to complete your duties?
·        
How
have you, or the organization, attempted to address these issues?
o  
What
has been done and what were the results?
o  
What
has been the role or actions of leadership in any attempts to address these
issues?
§ 
How
effective do you think their actions have been?
·        
What
is the general attitude toward interdisciplinary collaboration at your
organization?
·        
Have
you experienced working on an interdisciplinary or interprofessional team?
o  
How
would you characterize the experience?
o  
To
what degree do you think overall organizational attitudes toward collaboration
influenced this experience?
Interview and
Interdisciplinary Issue Identification (cover page)
YOUR NAME
Course
University
MONTH DAY, YEAR
Interview Summary
Summarize your
interview in this section. Be sure to relate concise information about:
·        
the health care
organization that was discussed in the interview.
·        
the interviewee’s role
and duties.
·        
the relevant issues at
the organization.
·        
any relevant comments
on the actions taken by the organization or leadership previously and their
effectiveness.
·        
the organizational
culture related to collaboration.
·        
any relevant
collaboration or interdisciplinary team experience you interviewee has had.
The goal of
this section is to convey what was discussed at the interview and identify an
issue to pursue throughout the rest of this assessment (and future assessments
in this course), as well as have enough information to relate theories,
strategies, and approaches to the situation at the organization.
Issue Identification
Identify the
issue from the interview for which you consider an evidence-based
interdisciplinary approach appropriate. Provide one or more specific reasons
why an interdisciplinary approach would be appropriate for the issue.
Change Theories That Could Lead to an Interdisciplinary
Solution
For this section, look to
the literature and describe one or more change theories that would help to
develop an interdisciplinary solution to the identified issue. Also, you should
briefly note the relevance and credibility of the sources that you cite.
Another way to think
through this section is:
·        
What is the change theory?
·        
How could it help create an interdisciplinary
solution?
·        
How relevant is the theory to the specific
identified issue?
·        
How credible is the source?
Leadership Strategies That Could Lead to an
Interdisciplinary Solution
This section is similar
to the previous one, except you will be looking to the literature to help you
describe one or more leadership strategy that would help you develop an
interdisciplinary solution to the identified issue. Also, you should briefly
note the relevance and credibility of the sources that you cite.
Another way to think
through this section is:
·        
What is the leadership strategy?
·        
How could it help create an interdisciplinary
solution?
·        
How relevant is the strategy to the specific
identified issue?
·        
How credible is the source?
Collaboration Approaches for Interdisciplinary Teams
Again, this section will be similar to the previous once,
except that the focus will be on collaboration approaches. Depending on whether
or not your interviewee’s organization uses interdisciplinary teams frequently,
your focus in this section may be on how to establish interdisciplinary teams
and a collaborative foundation or how to improve the collaboration within an
already established teams. You should also briefly note the relevance
and credibility of the sources that you cite.
Another way to think
through this section is:
·        
What is the leadership approach?
·        
How could it help establish or improve
collaboration?
·        
How relevant is the approach to the specific
identified issue?
·        
How credible is the source?

The purpose of the case study is for you to expand on the pathophysiological disease process by searching for evidence-based practice treatment and advanced practice nursing role implications related to the disease. Click here Download hereto download the attachment for this assignment. 
Part 1:
Compare and contrast the 3 conditions in one of the charts below: 
PAIN SYNDROME
Migraine Headaches 
Tension Headaches 
Meningitis 
Risk Factors 
Pathophysiology 
Clinical Manifestations 
OR
NEUROLOGIC SYNDROME
Dementia 
Depression  
Anxiety
Risk Factors 
Pathophysiology 
Clinical Manifestations 
Part 2:
Choose a pain or neurologic syndrome to explore. You can also choose a diagnosis not listed (that coincides with your advanced practice specialty) as long as it relates to the neurological function.
Present a hypothetical case that includes the following:
Vital information about a person who might be predisposed to this condition (I.e., a person who may have risk factors for this condition). 
The pathophysiology of the disease, including clinical manifestations.
Which diagnostic tests you’d recommend and a rationale for the one(s) you choose.
How this condition compares to other differentials.
The evidence-based recommendations from the AHRQ GuidelinesLinks to an external site. or guidelines recommended from a professional organization. Based on these recommendations, discuss how  to manage the condition best.
A patient safety issue that could be associated with the condition presented in this case.
Part 3:
Answer these reflection questions:
What information would a master’s prepared nurse gather from a patient with this condition?
How could the master’s prepared nurse use this information to design a patient education session for someone with this condition?
What was the most confusing or challenging information presented in this case?
Expectations: 
Your paper should be 3–4 pages (excluding cover and reference pages).
Use medical terminology and appropriate graduate level writing.
Your resources must include research articles and reference to non-research evidence-based 
AHRQ Guidelines.Links to an external site.
Use APA format to style your paper and to cite your sources. Your source(s) should be integrated into the paragraphs. Use internal citations pointing to evidence in the literature and supporting your ideas. You will need to include a reference page listing those sources. Cite a minimum of three resources.

Read the following case study:
You are a staff nurse working in an intensive care unit and assigned to care for a 75-year-old African American man who had coronary artery
bypass graft surgery four days ago. The patient has a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbated by heavy smoking. His
postoperative course has been difficult, and he has suffered several setbacks. Staff members, despite their diligent efforts, have not been able to
wean him off the ventilator since the surgery. He has required frequent suctioning throughout the shift, and he is being evaluated for the
development of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Today, when returning from lunch, you observed that an experienced nurse was suctioning your patient. His secretions were thick, and you
observed that the nurse was instilling saline into the patient’s endotracheal tube as she was suctioning him. The patient turned red and began
coughing, and it was obvious he was in distress.
Develop a plan to address nursing theory gaps in this scenario, including how theory, research, and practice interact to create positive patient
outcomes.
Define the theory-practice gap and describe what impact this potential gap can have on nursing practice and patient care.
Format your assumptions and findings of the theory-practice gap in a concept map. Show alignment of nursing theory and its relation to the
nursing process (including alignment with critical thinking and clinical decision-making) for an improved nursing care plan. Access the Technology
Resources Library to locate visual presentation resources.
Submit your assignment.  

Purpose: This teaching plan assignment is to help each student focus on and understand a specific disease
process to be able to teach that disease process to a newly diagnosed patient. 
Directions: 
1. Your instructor will assign a disease to teach (SKIN CANCER). An outline must be
completed addressing all components of the rubric. The act of teaching is to be completed in the form of a
narrative paper. The goal is to demonstrate that you, as a nurse, know and understand the disease process well enough to
teach it to the patient. 
2. Follow the rubric to address the elements of the Teaching Plan: 
Learning Goals- Learning goals determine what
the teaching session should
achieve.
The learning goals should
include a minimum of 3
learning goals. Each learning
goal includes the following 5
components:
• Goals should be related to
the topic being taught 
• Patient or Family centered 
• Realistic for patient
situation 
• Include a time frame 
• Is measurable
Teaching Plan- The teaching plan outlines
material to cover during the
teaching session.
Contains the following 5
components:
Provide specific content to
address the following: 
• Disease 
• Risk Factors 
• Signs and symptoms 
• Complications to report to
the primary healthcare
provider 
• Discharge Instructions
Learner
Assessment- Learner assessment provides
context to plan and deliver
education.
Contains the following 3
components: 
• Learner readiness to learn 
• Learning preferences 
• Current knowledge
Teaching Methods-Teaching methods outline how
education will be delivered.
Contains the following 3
components: 
• Teaching methods must
meet patient and/or
family’s level of
understanding 
• Incorporate visual aid (s) 
• List specific method of how
content will be taught
(Discussion, Q & A, video,
pamphlet handouts, etc.)
Considerations-Identification of diverse
perspectives and evaluation of
how various considerations can
influence patient education.
Contains the following 12
components: 
• Cultural aspects 
• Religion
• Health literacy 
• Educational background 
• Support system 
• Psychomotor ability/
Development 
• Age/Mental ability/
Development 
• Motivation 
• Timing 
• Environment 
• Emotions 
• Economic factors
Evaluation and Documentation-Evaluation and use of data to
make decisions based on
evidence to increase critical
thinking skills.
Contains the following 3
components: 
• What method of evaluation
will be utilized to
determine patient
understanding? 
• What method of evaluation
will be utilized to
determine achievement of
goals? 
• Include narrative
documentation of learning.
3. The Teaching Plan should be written in APA format and include the following components.
a. Type written, double spaced 
b. Title page 
c. APA headings 
d. Pages should be numbered 
e. Include a minimum of 3 scholarly/professional peer-reviewed references written within the last 5
years. 
f. A reference page in correct APA format

The focus of this assignment is to apply the principles detailed in the Belmont Report to case studies involving human subjects in research or a quality improvement project.
Utilize the “Ethical Conduct of Scholarly Activities” document to complete this assignment.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

**Topic Racial Disparities in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hidradenitis
Suppurativa**
Research Proposal Draft
By the due date assigned, write a 1-page paper addressing the sections below of the research proposal.
Theoretical Framework
Overview and Guiding Propositions(s) Described in Theory
Application of Theory to Your Study’s/Project’s Focus

This assignment is intended to provide students with
experience in reviewing instrumentation psychometrics to be able to better
identify valid and reliable instrumentation needed in translating credible
research into practice.
Criteria
The following criteria will be used to evaluate student
achievement
Evaluate a validated instrument specific to its
development and psychometrics
Analyze validity versus reliability of an instrument
Formulate a discussion as to how this instrument can
apply to your DNPP
Compare and contrast the use of this instrument,
including its validity and/or reliability in at least two published
studies within the last seven years
Determine how the authors of the instrument
determined validity and evidenced reliability
Scholarly Writing
Apply APA 7th ed.
Format of writing and references are accurate
Language, citations,
punctuation, grammar and spelling are appropriate
Writing is clear, organized,
and concise
Demonstrate depth and breadth
of analysis.
Thoroughly completes self-assessment evidence and
reflection
Aligned Course Outcome
Course Outcome: 2
Directions
1.
Select an instrument similar to what you might use in your DNPP. Describe its
development and psychometrics.
Tip 1: there are four different types of validity—think about
what/which type(s) of validity apply to your specific instrument.
Tip 2: address the (interrater) reliability of the instrument
2.
Describe its use and performance in at least two subsequent published studies
within the last seven years.
a.
Additionally, discuss the psychometrics of the instrument in the two published
studies. How did the authors indicate the instrument was valid and reliable?
3. Complete self-assessment (attached)
FEEDBACK
A couple of
considerations – every formal paper and assessment you need to format it
appropriately in APA 7th ed. There should not be any bullet points.
Additionally, at the doctoral level, there should be minimal, ideally no,
direct quotes. This assessment is getting at the student analyzes an instrument
and reviewing it’s psychometric properties. In other words, of the instrument
you chose, how did the researcher determine reliability and validity – not how
do you define it which is what you wrote to. Lastly, formal papers and
assessments should never be in first person. 

Select a disease in a specific city, add numerical data, comparing before implementing the action to after with results, reference no more than 5 years.