Synthesis of Personal Strengths and Weaknesses as a Leader   Complete the “Leadership Traits Questionnaire” (Northouse, Chapter 2) and “Leadership Strengths Questionnaire” (Northouse, Chapter 3).   Your paper should include five to seven scholarly references, be five pages long, not counting cover page or references list. It should reflect the rubric in the following ways: […]

According to Levine, “Nursing is a human interaction. The nurse enters into a partnership of human experience where sharing moments in time—some trivial, some dramatic—leaves its mark forever on each patient” (Alligood, 2010, Nursing theory: Utilization & application, p. 183). Has a patient ever left a mark forever on you? Please explain in a blog […]

For this blog entry, provide one personal take-away from the course. For example, has the course impacted your views of nursing theory? Have you applied something you learned in your nursing practice? Has a topic from the course influenced you personally? Write a blog post of between three to five (3–5) sentences long.

As a CNS, Dr. Matteis had to assert to a psychiatrist that a psychiatric patient needed to be hospitalized. Was there a time when your autonomy as a nurse was important? Why might autonomy be of interest to you in your current work? Please explain in a blog post that is three-to-five (3–5) sentences long.

Empathy in Interpersonal Relationships   Watch “The Heart of Compassion” video (found in Week 5: Learning Materials) for this blog assignment.   In a blog post of three to five (3–5) sentences long, describe how empathy is an important part of your nursing practice.

Exploring Grief   The concept of grief has many uses. What does grief mean to you? Provide your thoughts in a blog post that is three-to-five (3–5) sentences long.

According to Levine, “Nursing is a human interaction. The nurse enters into a partnership of human experience where sharing moments in time—some trivial, some dramatic—leaves its mark forever on each patient” (Alligood, 2010, Nursing theory: Utilization & application, p. 183). Has a patient ever left a mark forever on you? Please explain in a blog […]

Please discuss your area of nursing practice and interest in nursing theory.   Feel free to share any additional information you would like your peers to know about you.   DQ2 Applying Florence Nightingale’s Theory to Your Life   Please respond to the following prompts:   Choose one patient care problem (for example, adolescents at […]

Application of a Shared Theory or Model to Primary Care Advanced Practice Nursing   Please respond to the following prompt:   Applying your selected model to your primary care specialty, describe how you would use the model in intervening with a patient-care problem focusing on assessment, counseling, and teaching (for example: PNP: Adolescents with Type […]

Application to Pragmatic Adequacy Assignment Reflections   Please respond to the following prompts:   Identify the article your group wrote their assignment about.   Which theory or model did your group choose and which Healthy People 2020 objective/topic did you connect it to as a group?   Provide a summary of your group’s work in […]