Healthcare today seems to center on physical care, often relying on advanced diagnostics with highly specialized clinicians needed to administer it—and as quickly as possible. In fact, many procedures are being performed “same day” that were unthinkable a few decades back. While these advancements help a hospital’s bottom line with rapid thru-put for physical procedures, […]

Please share your research, experience, and thoughts: Briefly discuss your views of management and leadership. Do you believe they are the same or different? If you believe they are different, do you think that they have the same importance for the future of nursing? Do you feel that one is more important than the other? […]

Please share your research, experience, and thoughts: Since health care tends to be local, as a policy maker, what would you do to encourage the large community (retailers, restaurants, employers, schools, etc.) to improve the health of the community? For these initiatives should the government play a role or should they be sponsored by other […]

Reflection   Please respond to the following questions based upon these course objectives:   Analyze nursing history to expand thinking and provide a sense of professional heritage and identity.   Understand other health professions’ scopes of practice to maximize contributions within the healthcare team.   Use leadership skills to teach, coach, and mentor other members […]

DQ1 Legal Issues, Ethical Considerations and Risk Management   Legal issues, ethical considerations and risk management (insurance) – In your opinion, what is the relationship among these topics as they relate to NP’s?   Define/describe what each of these are.   Describe how each of these are interrelated.   Provide an example of how ethics […]

DQ1 Conflict in the Workplace   All of us have been involved in various kinds of conflicts related to our work environment. Using a situation that you were involved in, describe the conflict and how it was handled.   Was the outcome positive or negative?   How did the involved parties feel about the resolution, […]

DQ1 Information Technology and Data Mining   Describe how using information technology and data mining can affect the quality of health care.   Using two Quality Performance indicators, provide a comparison and contrast  example of how information technology and data have changed patient care outcomes.   Instructions:   Please respond to at least 2 of […]

DQ1 Nurse Advocates   Based on your experiences and readings, analyze the roles, empowerment of patients, and values needed to be an effective nurse advocate and policy player.   Discuss the APN role as a change agent.   Provide an example of a time that you have acted as an advocate or a situation that […]

Prescriptive Authority for the APRN   Review the requirements of your home state for prescribing privileges and compare them with another state of your choice. Are there similarities and differences with a focus on client safety concerns or initiatives. Are there variations in prescriptive authority among APRN’s?   In response to other peers, what are […]

Research Presentation   Instructions   In at least a three to four-student team (some teams may vary in the number of student partners due to class size), please prepare 20 slides on the topics that follow.   *Imagine that you and your coworkers/colleagues are delivering a presentation at the Annual Conference of Healthcare Executives in […]