Clinical Theory Practice of the 21st Century

Points: 50

Due: Day 7

Directions:
?Reflect on what type of theory (grand, mid-range, or situation-specific) is most useful or applicable to clinical nursing practice in the 21st century.
?Include your rationale for the type of theory you have chosen.

Assignment Details:
?3 pages
?APA format
?5 articles supporting position

C. Advanced Nursing Role Paper: (100 points - see separate guideline sheet)

The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate the students ability to investigate, analyze, and synthesize information on a topic related to advanced nursing in the U.S. health care environment. The outcome of this assignment is to arrive at a rational and specific recommendation for a selected course of action. Students may wish to submit the paper for publication to a journal. Hence, a well developed and literature supported synthesis is strongly encouraged.

1. Select a topic related to advanced nursing and the objectives and content of the course that is of interest to the individual student.(This topic must be different than the topic the student selected for class presentation.)

2. Conduct a cursory search of available literature to get a view of what is available. (HINT: some topics are very cyclical and were popular for a brief time, so it may be necessary to go back in history to get several citations on a specific topic.)

3. When you have identified the topic you wish to explore and the perspective you wish to pursue, obtain the advice and counsel of the course instructor.

Use APA Manual (5th ed) format for paper. Papers will be kept to a 10 page limit.

Students will briefly present to the class the key findings and recommendations from their paper topic.

This paper explores the CNS and NP roles based on the historical background, current practice, and education. This paper also discusses the existing debate of the CNS versus NP roles based on presented literature, and provides the authors conclusions on merging the CNS and NP roles.

separate guideline sheet
Advanced Nursing Role Paper
(Total Possible Points = 100)

A. Introduction: (10 pts. possible)
1. State the purpose of the paper and the general organization that the paper will follow.
2. Describe relevance of issue to advanced nursing

B. Body: (30 pts. possible)
1. Verify with authoritative literature the nature and extent of the issue.
2. Review current experts recommendations for nursing.
3. Review research literature related to issue.
4. Critically review some of the selected solutions to the issue.

C. Summary: (30 pts. possible)
1. Synthesize and summarize the information presented.
2. Provide the students recommendations for the professional practice of nursing.

D. References: (20 pts. possible)
1. Quality and source of references used.
2. Comprehensiveness of literature reviewed.

E. Form and Style: (10 pts. possible)
1. Use clear, organized progression in writing.
2. Use correct grammar, sentence structure, and APA citation style.
3. Keep to 10-page limit.

Sources

American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (1997). A vision of baccalaureate and graduate nursing education: The next decade. Retrieved November 21, 2007, from http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Publications/positions/vision.htm

Berger, A. M., Eilers, J. G., Pattrin, L., Rolf-Fixley, M., Pfeifer, B. A., Roggee, J. A., et al. (1996). Advanced practice roles for nurses in tomorrow's healthcare systems. Clinical Nurse Specialist , 10 (5), 250-255.

Cukr, P. L., Jones, S. L., Wilberger, M. E., Smith, R., & Stopper, C. (1998). The psychaitric clinical nurse specialist/nurse practitioner: An example of a combined role. Archives of Psychaitric Nursing , XII (6), 311-318.

Dunn, L. (1997). A literature review of advanced clinical nursing practice in the United States of America. Journal of Advanced Nursing , 25 (4), 814-819.

Elder, R., & Bullough, B. (1990). Nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists: Are the roles merging? Clinical Nurse Specialist , 4, 78-84.

Fenton, M. V., & Brykcynski, K. A. (1993). Qualitative distinction and similarities in the practice of clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners. Journal of Professional Nursing , 9, 313-326.

Lincoln, P. (2000). Comparing CNS and NP Role activities: A replication. Clinical Nurse Specialist , 14, 269-277.

Lindeke, L. L., Canedy, B. H., & Kay, M. M. (1997). A comparison of practice domains of clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners. Journal of Professional Nursing , 13, 281-287.

Mick, D. J., & Ackerman, M. H. (2000). Advanced practice nursing role delineation in acute and critical care: Application of the Strong Model of Advanced Practice. Heart & Lung , 29 (3), 210-221.

Quaal, S. J. (1999). Clinical nurse specialist: Role restructuring to advance practice registered nurse. Critical Care Nursing Quarterly , 21 (4), 37-49.

Roberts-Davis, M., & Susan, R. (2001). Clinical role clarification: Using the Delphi method to establis similarities and differences between Nurse Practitioners and Clinical Nurse Specialists. Journal of Clinical Nursing (10), 33-43.

Rose, S. B., All, A. C., & Gresham, D. (2003). Role preservation of the clinical nurse specialist and the nurse practitioner. The Internet Journal of Advance Nursing Practice , 5 (2).

Sarah, E. O.-W., & Roger, A. N. (2001). Comparing and contrasting the clinical nurse specialist and the advanced nurse practitioner roles. Journal of Nursing Management (9), 205-207.

Williams, C. A., & Valdeivieso, G. C. (1994). Advanced practice models: a comparison of the clinical nurse specialist and nurse practitioner activities. Clinical Nurse Specialist , 8, 311-318.

Wright, K. B. (1997). Advanced practice nursing: Merging the clinical nurse specialist and nurse practitioner roles. Gatroenterology Nursing , 20 (2), 57-60.

Zuzelo, P. R. (2003). Clinical nurse specialist practice-Spheres of Influence. Association of periOperative Registered Nurses , 77 (2), 361-372.


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Directions:

Reflect on what type of theory (grand, mid-range, or situation-specific) is most useful or applicable to clinical nursing practice in the 21st century.
Include your rationale for the type of theory you have chosen.
Assignment Details:

3-5 pages
APA format
5 articles supporting position

PARK A
Identify the educational preparation and role(s) of the clinical nurse leader (CNL) designation. Give an example of how the CNL influences direct patient care whether in a hospital or out in the community.

PARK B
In this assignment you can use a typical large US hospital as an example.
Identify advocacy strategies that you can use to create change in your current workplace.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE WRITER: NURSING PROFESSIONAL BOUNDARIES
1. TITLE: NURSING PROFESSIONAL BOUNDARIES.
2. 2000 WORDS ASSIGNMENT
3. CONTENT:
? Changing role of the nurse today and why this had happened (in context; uk and Malaysia
Today
? Examples from my own practice to describe and explain its relevance to practice boundaries: egs; speciality nursing, clinical nurse practitioner, nurse manager role
? Ultilize relevant theories and concepts in context (nursing:
Professional boundaries
Role development and role boundaries
Dynamic professional boundaries
Interprofessional relationships between nurse and docter
Implementation of new roles in practice
Interprofessional working and blurred boundaries
MALAYSIA NURSING CODE OF CONDUCT
NMC NURSING CODE OF CONDUCT.
4. Summarize the main issues and consider implications that the changing roles has for my role (ward sister) and medical profession and impact on patients.
5. References: 18-20, Harvard style

Make believe that you are enrolled in a Baccalaureate degree program, preferably a nursing degree school program, and you are satisfied with the learning and educational requirements and process of the program. then, I am requesting for you to write a Learning Self-Analysis for the Nursing Program, or the program you have chosen. (this is a personal self-evaluation of you, the students learning and growth related to the educational process of the Baccalaureate degree in nursing, or the program you have chosen.This is NOT an evaluation of the program. it is best done as an overview, not a course by course review of what you learned. Try to integrated your learning and growth experiences). this page and a half essay should be grammatically correct and should show thoughtfulness.

Direction #2
Please answer the following questions in a short 6 lines paragraph. Single space is ok. number 1 may need more than 6 lines.

1 What are the 4 types of Advanced Practice Nurses? What is the educational preparation for each and what role do they commonly have?
2What is driving the need for Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs) in this country?
3What is the current debate about the educational entry level for APNs?
4What are the scope of practice issues for APNs? Do they Exist in NY State?
5Are there outcome studies that demonstrate the quality of work of APNs?
6How does a nurse become a nurse educator?
7What is a Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL)?

Source: Benner, P. (2001). Novice to expert: Excellence and power in clinical nursing practice. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Intent: The purpose of this second assignment is to explore the relevance of course readings and discussions to date for your current nursing practice. There are three essential components to the paper that should be included, however, the way you develop these components will depend on the nursing practice experience shared, your interests and the relevant literature needed to support your analysis.

Following the introduction that conveys the meaning and purpose of your paper proceed in a manner that addresses the following sections:

Share a meaningful nursing encounter (2 to 3 pages) that takes your reader into the complexities of your nursing practice. Using the first-person (I), write a narrative (a story) about a recent or memorable nursing experience you have had. The term nursing practice experience is used broadly here to include practice related to direct patient care, educational and managerial practice with colleagues.

Write your story with yourself as the main character telling the story; tell your reader how the situation was experienced by you. Take us into your world?the context of your surroundings, the nursing concerns you attended to (aspects of the patient/colleague experiences), your nursing responses/actions (or non-actions) and your emotions. Some ideas for the types of stories are identified below, but if you have any questions or are uncertain about how to proceed, please seek guidance from your instructor.

The story you select will resonate with the types of stories shared by nurses in Benner (2001) and might include any of the following types of situations:
An incident in which you believe your nursing practice made a difference in the outcome of a patient, student or colleague. This incident does not need to be a dramatic event but may capture a moment when you gained important insights about the worries, concerns, experience or meanings of the recipient(s) of your care, e.g. patient, family, community, students, colleagues.

An incident in which things went unusually well, or alternatively, did not go as planned (breakdown). Some of our most powerful learning experiences take place when things do not go as expected or we become aware of something important only in its absence.

A very ordinary, seemingly typical encounter that captures the essence of your daily nursing world.

An incident you believe captures the essence of what it means to be a nurse.

A situation that was particularly demanding.
Identify the most salient domain of nursing practice (Benner, 2001) evident in your story. Begin by summarizing the meaning of this domain of practice and then provide examples from your story that provide the basis for your determination that it was evident and the most relevant. (1 page)
Select TWO of the following concepts to analyze your nursing practice: expertise (novice to expert), intuition, understanding of the lived experiences of care recipients, clinical judgment, unit environment and culture, or physician-nurse communication. This analysis will also be supported by citing relevant course readings. The nursing practice of focus can be the story above, or you may focus on some other aspect of your practice. (1-1 ? pages)
Develop a conclusion that identifies what you have learned about yourself as a nurse or the nature of your everyday nursing practice through the processes of developing the paper.

The systems development life cycle (SDLC) is a model for planning and implementing change within an organization. It is important for many individuals to be represented in the process, especially the end users of the system or the employees who must live with the change. As informatics become more and more widespread throughout the health care field, collaboration between information technology (IT) professionals and health care practitioners is becoming increasingly important. The nurse informaticist is able to combine the perspective of the information technology side with the clinical nursing perspective.
While the titles and specific responsibilities of nurse informaticists vary across organizations and practice settings, the fundamental purpose of the role remains the same. Nurse informaticists synthesize their knowledge of how technology can improve health care with an understanding of clinical practice and workflow. This is why nurse informaticists can be instrumental in facilitating the SDLC for informatics in health care. For this Discussion, you examine the relationship between the nurse informaticist and the use of the SDLC.
To prepare:
Review the role of the nurse informaticist. Reflect on Chapter 1 of the Dennis, Wixom, and Roth course text and consider how the information about the systems analyst role translates into nursing and health care.
Consider a recent change in your organization related to the implementation of a new technology or system. How was this change handled? What was the general SDLC process? Who was involved, and what were the outcomes?
Identify whether your organization (or one with which you are familiar) has a formal title or position for the nurse informaticist. This position may be called by a different name, such as nurse informatics specialist or informatics analyst, so be sure to review the position description.
If your organization has a position for the nurse informaticist, what are the responsibilities of that position? If your organization does not have such a position, conduct research in the library and at credible online sources on the role of the nurse informaticist.
Reflect on the role of the nurse informaticist in the overall health care field. How is this position connected to the SDLC? Assess the benefits of having this specialized position within health care organizations and involving the nurse informaticist in the SDLC.
A recent change in our EHR was the adaptation of a different time out version. The problem was the nurses were not notified. We open up the EHR and the time out section was not there, a week later a new version showed up. the issue we were never notified of any of this changes and so were scrambling for answer which the managers and informatics specialists failed to provide us with.

Capstone Project: Build a case for a clinical residency for a family nurse practitioner. I am pursuing a clinical degree, but there is no clinical/practicum component offered as part of that degree. I would like to create a clinical component in the form of a clinical residency with specialty rotation within the clinic setting for a family nurse practitioner.
The doctor of nursing practice clinical residency is a key component that integrates clinical practicum/the immersion experience with knowledge at the completion of a program
that demonstrate competency. Develop a proposal for a student whose focus is the delivery of care to a panel of patients across a clinical setting.
Clinical residency for (Family Nurse practitioner)
Introduction
Background/ Rationale for a clinical residency
Literature search (must include AACN,2006 the essentials of Dr.education for Advanced practice nurses/Dec 30 2007 and Council for advancement of comprehensive Care 2003/2006 competencies of a clinical nursing doctorate)can be accessed on line.
Methodology: Willing to use existing model, suggested one.
Clinical rotation with objective
Nursing implications.
PS: there is an article by Honig and Smolowitz title DNP residency: a model for the clinical doctorate that may be helpful.

Writer?s Assco5522, rbwpenn, betty, philipj, hophead

Research and comment in own words on the 2 below separately.

1. A review of the literature on Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA) is an essential part of my capstone project and included scholarly journals and authoritative databases as my primary sources.

Medication administration errors are especially concerning because they have a very low chance of being intercepted before resulting in patient harm when compared to errors in other stages. The Institute of Medicine estimates an incidence of one medication error per day for the average hospitalized patient. BCMA technology is recommended and increasingly implemented by US hospitals as one way to prevent and intercept medication administration errors.

Despite the success related to reduced medication errors after implementation of BCMA in hospitals and long term care facilities there are important fundamental problems and questions that remained unanswered pertaining to non-compliance and acceptance of the technology by nurses. It is important to understand what shapes BCMA acceptance and use by nurses (Holden, Brown, Scanlon, & Tzion-Karsh, 2012)

The objective is to identify predictors of nurses' acceptance of bar coded medication administration (BCMA). This information could be used to plan and implement a BCMA system that nurses will be more likely to accept and use appropriately.

This information will assist in promoting the need to properly measure, understand, and proactively shape clinical Nurses' perceptions of BCMA.


Holden, R., Brown, R., Scanlon, M., & Tzion-Karsh, B. (2012). Modeing nurses acceptance of bar coded medication administration technology at a pediatric hospital. Retrieved November 12th, 2014, from NCBI: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3534453/



2. Healthcare is changing and so is the profession of nursing. ?A strong relationship exists between theory, research, and evidence-based practice; and these three entities are necessary to guide practice and contribute to the body of nursing knowledge? (Roberts, 2013). Throughout the literature that I have come across and practice, it is evident patient safety and quality initiatives are important and ways to improve them within the nursing profession. My project is on conflict management and strategies to enhance communication and develop a culture of teamwork in an organization. Realizing that communication can always be improved, I would like to use conflict management strategies and integrate them into educational purposes that nurse leaders can employ. Poor communication and conflict can increase medical errors, decrease the quality of patient care, and disrupt staff satisfaction/retention. The information gathered contributes to my knowledge base that nurse managers/leaders play a vital part in staff retention and satisfaction, which are correlated to patient safety and quality care. Also, that nurse leaders need organizational backing to be able to distribute actions such as training/education (Duffield, Roche, Blay, & Stasa, 2011). Thus, addressing relationships between nurses may enhance nurse performance and that organizations must be on board to improve communication and satisfaction in the nursing profession (Germain, & Cummings, 2010). Through the literature and course work I have gained a better understanding how crucial effective communication is and how detrimental conflict can be to staff, patients, and the organization. This is also something that I will take away and hopefully be able to enhance an organizational culture of enabling empowerment of nurses to embrace conflict management strategies that foster a good work environment.

Duffield, C. M., Roche, M. A., Blay, N., & Stasa, H. (2011). Nursing unit managers, staff retention and the work environment. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 20(1?2), 23-33.

Germain, P. B., & Cummings, G. G. (2010). The influence of nursing leadership on nurse performance: A systematic literature review. Journal of Nursing Management, 18(4), 425-439. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2010.01100.x

Roberts, B. R. (2013). Doctor of nursing practice: Integrating theory, research, and evidence-based practice. Clinical Scholars Review, 6(1), 4-8. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/1939-2095.6.1.4

Please have at least 1 citation per source. When citing, give the auther, year and page number in parentheses, using APA style. Please use at least 5 of the following references:

Benner, P. (2001). From Novice to Expert: Excellence and Power in Clinical Nursing Practice (Commemorative Edition ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.

English, I. (1993). Intuition as a function of the expert nurse: a critique of Benner's novice to expert model. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 18, 387-393.

Hardt, M. (2001, April 5). Core Then Care: The Nurse Leader's Role in "Caring". Nursing Administration Quarterly, , 37-45.

Nelson, S. (2004). The search for the good in nursing? The burden of ethical expertise. Nursing Philosophy, 5, 12-22.

Paley, J. (1996). Intuition and expertise: comments on the Benner debate. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 23, 665-671.

Thompson, C. (1999, November). A Conceptual Treadmill: The need for 'Middle Ground' in clinical decision making theory in nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 30(5),.

Tomey, A. M., & Alligood, M. R. (2002). Nursing Theorists and Their Work (5th ed.). St. Louis, Missouri: Mosbey.

Please use this outline for a guide when writing the paper, and use level 1 and 3 headings.
also, the paper must have a running head

I. Identification and background introduction of Patricia Benner
A. Education

B. Professional Experience

II. Discussion of the major concepts and definitions of Benner?s theory
A. Novice

B. Advanced beginner

C. Competent

D. Proficient

E. Expert

III. Discussion of the major assumptions of the Dreyfus model applied to nursing

IV. Review and summery of the literature pertaining to the work of Patricia Benner

V. Application of Benner?s work to clinical practice

Conclusions

Thank you

Directions:

Reflect on what type of theory (grand, mid-range, or situation-specific) is most useful or applicable to clinical nursing practice in the 21st century.
Include your rationale for the type of theory you have chosen.
Assignment Details:

3-5 pages
APA format
5 articles supporting position

Two practice specific concepts in nursing. Identification, discussion, and documentation from the literature of your perspective on at least two other concept specific to my practice. My practice is a
Clinical Nurse Specialist. I am in a graduate program, and writing is not a strong point.

Using the following three articles, Levin, Rolfe, and Sellman, plus two more of your choosing, extrapolate strategies you propose are useful to close the theory-practice gap.

APA format, 6th edition

Rolfe, G. (1993). Closing the theory-practice gap: a model of nursing praxis. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2, 173-177.

Silva, M. C. (1999). The state of nursing science: reconceptualizing for the 21st century. Nursing Science Quarterly, 12(3), 221-226.

Sellman, D. (2010). Mind the gap: philosophy, theory, and practice. Nursing Philosophy, 11, 85?87.

Instructions: The responses to questions below must be 3 sentences. When you use sources, include all in-text citations and references in APA format.
Note: The formatting of the Task 2 form will not be evaluated against APA guidelines, though complete citations must still be provided for outside sources.Note: When using sources to support ideas and elements in a paper or project, the submission MUST include APA formatted in-text citations with a corresponding reference list for any direct quotes or paraphrasing. It is not necessary to list sources that were consulted if they have not been quoted or paraphrased in the text of the paper or project.No more than a combined total of 30% of a submission can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. For tips on using APA style, please refer to the APA Handout web link included in the General Instructions section.

713.1.2-01: Describe the masters-prepared nurse?s role as advocate for the nursing profession.
713.1.2-02: Describe the masters-prepared nurse?s role and responsibility in professional activities.
713.1.2-03: Describe the masters-prepared nurse?s role in maintaining continued competence.
713.1.2-04: Describe the masters-prepared nurse?s leadership role within the profession.
713.1.2-05: Describe the masters-prepared nurse?s role as a professional role model.
713.2.2-01: Compare the concepts of personal values, societal values, professional values, organizational values, and moral values.
713.2.2-03:Recognize the role of emotions in ethical decisions.
713.2.2-04:Identify the importance of personal values and patient values.
713.2.2-05: Identify the implications for nursing care of values conflict.
________________________________________
713.1.1-01: Describe the Master?s prepared nurse?s role as researcher.
713.1.1-02: Describe the Master?s prepared nurse?s role as collaborator.
713.1.1-03: Describe the Master?s prepared nurse?s role as clinician.
713.1.1-04: Describe the Master?s prepared nurse?s role as consumer advocate.
713.1.1-05: Describe the Master?s prepared nurse?s role as manager of systems.
713.1.1-06: Describe the Master?s prepared nurse?s role as consultant.
713.1.1-07: Describe the Master?s prepared nurse?s role as change agent.
713.1.1-08: Describe the Master?s prepared nurse?s role in improving healthcare delivery and outcomes.
713.1.1-09: Identify effective communication strategies for interacting with other healthcare professionals.
713.1.1-10: Identify strategies for working in collaborative and interdependent relationships.
713.1.1-11: Describe negotiation skills for the Master?s prepared nursing role.
713.1.1-12: Differentiate Master's prepared nursing roles of nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, nurse anesthetist, and certified nurse-midwife.

An important issue in nursing education, and one that has contributed to the nursing shortage, is the lack of qualified nursing faculty. Attracting, selecting, and retaining nursing faculty is an important job for all faculty members. As a faculty member of a new nursing program you have been given the job of developing a job description for new nursing faculty for the BSN program. The program needs faculty for all major nursing areas: medical/surgical, maternal/child, pediatrics, community health, and psych/mental health. You have also been asked to develop a guide for interviewing prospective candidates. Finally, you have been asked to develop a strategy for retaining nursing faculty in your program.

A. Develop a job description for nursing faculty (suggested length of 1 page). This may be a job description for any one of the specialties and may be for a position that is only theory, only clinical, or a combination of both theory and clinical. The job description should designate which type of position it is. Include the following in your description:
1. Position requirements (e.g., required education, experience, and scholastic endeavors and achievements)
2. Position responsibilities (e.g., expectations of job including amount and type of teaching/interaction with students, other program responsibilities).

B. Develop a candidate selection process for a nursing faculty position (suggested length of 1 page) in which you do the following:
1. Develop specific questions about education, degrees, nursing specialization, certifications, past clinical nursing experience, and scholastic endeavors and achievements.
2. Develop at least three open-ended questions that address the candidates philosophy and beliefs about nursing education, the role of nursing faculty, competency-based education, or other education styles.

C. Develop a faculty retention plan (suggested length of 1??"2 pages).
1. Support your plan by addressing issues that the current literature reports relating to nursing faculty turnover.

D. Include all in-text citations and references in APA format.

Advanced Practice Paper
Complete a literature search about the topic of advanced nursing practice. This advanced nursing practice may be in the role of nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, educator, researcher, or administrator. Prepare a 1,050 1,400 word paper that compares and contrasts at least two different definitions of advanced nursing practice, defines advanced nursing practice, describes the role, and addresses one or two professional issues of advanced nursing practice.

5 references; 2 of these references will be the assigned articles.
articles:
>Watson, j (2005) commentary on shatell M (2004) nurse-patient interaction: A review of the literature. Journal of clinical nursing 13, 714-722. journal of clinical nursing, 14(4), 530-532
> Paely,J (2002) caring as a slave morality:Nietzschean themes in nursing ethics. Jonal of advances nursing, 40(1), 25-35 (accesible through EBSCOHost)

Paper must include:
.-discussion of jean watson's backgronf, including educational preparation and process of developing her care theory as well as her career high points
-discussion of jean watson care theory, including major poionts (should include year she introduces her care theory)
-discussion of john paley's background, including educational preparation an dhis career high points
-compare jean waltson care theory eith the ideas presented in john paley's article
-contrast jean watson's care theory with the ideas presented in john paley's article

I work in a hospital as a registered nurse and the answer should be based on that background. Below are three discussion questions. Please answer each question with one reference in APA style. Consolidate the answers of all these three question in two pages .
1.Does your work setting foster inter-disciplinary teamwork? Explain. With one reference in APA style
2.Respond to the authors? suggestion that ?When individuals in the same or different disciplines communicate, conflict is inevitable. One?s inability to handle conflict can hinder critical thinking CT and inter-disciplinary teamwork IDT work. Conflict creates anxiety, which prevents higher order thinking. The secret is not to try to eliminate conflict, but to use conflict to improve the effectiveness of teams. Strategies for improving your ability to use conflict constructively depend on confidence in your reasoning, flexibility, and intellectual integrity.?. With one reference in APA style
3. How do nurse practitioners and clinical nurse leaders fit into the concept of interdisciplinary care?
Resources
http://bja.oxfordjournals.org/content/98/3/347.full
http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/journalarticleprint.asp?Article_ID=593915
http://classic.aacn.org/aacn/jrnlajcc.nsf/Files/Ahrens/$file/Ahrens.pdf
https://www.cihc.ca/library/bitstream/10296/376/1/AstonEtAl_MorningMeetings_2005.pdf
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2596515/
http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Volume112006/No2May06/tpc30_216074.aspx
http://bmhlibrary.info/332.pdf
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~kiesler/publications/2007pdfs/2007Xiao-CTW_Negotiation.pdf

Extrapolate strategies you propose are useful to close the theory-practice gap in nursing. Must use 3 specific articles plus 2 more of your choosing for a total of 5 references. This is for a master's degree Nursing Theory Course. The paper is to be between 3-5 pages in length in APA format.

The three articles that must be incorporated into this paper I have uploaded are:

Mind the gap: philosophy, theory, and practice by Derek Sellman, Nursing Philosophy, 2010, 11, pp.85-87;

Integrating Evidence-Based Practice With Educational Theory in Clinical Practice for Nurse Practitioners: Bridging the Theory Practice Gap by Rona F. Levin Research and Theory for Nursing Practice: An International Journal, Vol. 24, No.4, 2010, p. 213-216; and

Closing the theory-practice gap: a model of nursing praxis by Gary Rolfe, Journal of Clinical Nursing, 1993; 2: p. 173-177.

Discussion: Issues and Trends in Nursing Education


For this Discussion, you have the opportunity to investigate an issue or trend that is going to impact nursing education significantly in the years to come. You will share with your colleagues your understanding of what is at stake, your own views of the pros and cons of this issue, and suggestions on what you or others can do to bring about the most positive results in this area.

There are a great many topics that you might select to investigate. Review Chapter 6: Forces and Issues Influencing Curriculum Development (Billings & Halstead, 2012), as well as Healthy People 2010 and Institute of Medicine (IOM) reports, to remind yourself of important trends and issues that have been identified within the field of nursing education. Also review the following list of general and specific topics to help you develop your search topic.
Strategies for decreasing faculty shortage


Technology


Distance education


Promotion and tenure for academic educators


Career ladders in hospitals for patient or staff educators


Impact of Magnet criteria on education programs preparing RNs


Clinical Nurse Leader as proposed by AACN


DNP as professional doctorate


AACNs proposal to recognize only two doctorates: the PhD and DNP


Strategies for specific student or workforce populations (e.g., different ethnic groups)


Specific content to address changing healthcare system (e.g., CAM or terrorism)


Social forces impacting curriculum development


Online annual competencies in staff development


Certification as a nurse educator


Staffing mix (e.g., RN:LPN:CNA ratio)
Note: Students must investigate and post on different specific topics. When you have decided on your specific topic, such as the "determining guidelines for the ideal staffing ratio of RN:LPN:CNA," post this to reserve that topic for yourself. (An exception may be made if any two students wish to post on the same specific topic and the postings can take the form of a debate: one person in favor of a position, and the other opposing it. Students wishing to engage in this kind of debate must communicate with each other to determine who will take which side in the debate.) Do not reserve a general topic, such as "technology," as this will prevent your colleagues from selecting a specific topic in this area.

After selecting your topic, read at least three scholarly references on it. (You are welcome to use any of the course's Learning Resources, but you must locate at least two new references. Be sure to consult any official position statements and Web sites, for example the AACN, ANA, and NLN Web sites and JCAHO standards, that pertain to this issue or trend.

With these thoughts in mind:


Post your report on a significant issue or trend in nursing education, addressing the following:
Give a summary of the issue that is investigated.



Summarize what you found out and how this is significant to the future of nursing education.



Explain how this is likely to impact your own practice as nurse educator.



Describe your views on this issue or trend. What are the pros and cons of the situation? What do you think can or should be done to bring about optimal results or conditions?



Support your statements with at least three professional references.


Your written assignments must follow APA guidelines. Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this weeks Learning Resources and any additional sources. Refer to the Pocket Guide to APA Style to ensure your citations in the text and reference list are correct.


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An important issue in nursing education, and one that has contributed to the nursing shortage, is the lack of qualified nursing faculty. Attracting, selecting, and retaining nursing faculty is an important job for all faculty members. As a faculty member of a new nursing program you have been given the job of developing a job description for new nursing faculty for the BSN program. The program needs faculty for all major nursing areas: medical/surgical, maternal/child, pediatrics, community health, and psych/mental health. You have also been asked to develop a guide for interviewing prospective candidates. Finally, you have been asked to develop a strategy for retaining nursing faculty in your program.

Task:

A. Develop a job description for nursing faculty (suggested length of 1 page). This may be a job description for any one of the specialties and may be for a position that is only theory, only clinical, or a combination of both theory and clinical. The job description should designate which type of position it is. Include the following in your description:
1. Position requirements (e.g., required education, experience, and scholastic endeavors and achievements)
2. Position responsibilities (e.g., expectations of job including amount and type of teaching/interaction with students, other program responsibilities).

B. Develop a candidate selection process for a nursing faculty position (suggested length of 1 page) in which you do the following:
1. Develop specific questions about education, degrees, nursing specialization, certifications, past clinical nursing experience, and scholastic endeavors and achievements.
2. Develop at least three open-ended questions that address the candidates philosophy and beliefs about nursing education, the role of nursing faculty, competency-based education, or other education styles.

C. Develop a faculty retention plan (suggested length of 1??"2 pages).
1. Support your plan by addressing issues that the current literature reports relating to nursing faculty turnover.

D. If you use sources, include all in-text citations and references in APA format.

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Note: For definitions of terms commonly used in the rubric, see the attached Rubric Terms.

Note: When using sources to support ideas and elements in a paper or project, the submission MUST include APA formatted in-text citations with a corresponding reference list for any direct quotes or paraphrasing. It is not necessary to list sources that were consulted if they have not been quoted or paraphrased in the text of the paper or project.

Note: No more than a combined total of 30% of a submission can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. For tips on using APA style, please refer to the APA Handout web link included in the General Instructions section.
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Complete a literature search about the topic of advanced nursing practice. This advanced nursing practice may be in the role of nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, educator, researcher, or administrator. Prepare a 1,050 ? 1,400 word paper that compares and contrasts at least two different definitions of advanced nursing practice, defines advanced nursing practice, describes the role, and addresses one or two professional issues of advanced nursing practice. The final product should contain the following:
Definition of advanced nursing practice
Description of role of advanced nursing practice
Relevance of article to the definition and role of advanced nursing practice

Write a paper (1,500-2,000 words) in which you analyze and appraise each of the (15) articles identified below. Pay particular attention to evidence that supports the problem, issue, or deficit, and your proposed solution.

"Sample Format for Review of Literature

Organize your analysis of each article using the following sample format:

Cioffi, J., Purcal, N., & Arundell, F. (2005). ?A pilot study to investigate the effect
of a simulation strategy on the clinical decision making of midwifery students.?
Journal of Nursing Education, 44(3), 131-134.

(Summarize each section in 1-2 paragraphs.)

1) Summary of Article:


2) Research Elements: Design, Methods, Population, Strengths, Limitations:


3) Outcome(s): Research Results:


4) Significance to Nursing and Patient Care . An abstract is not required.

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Academic Journal
Observation results of handwashing by health-care workers in a neonatal intensive care unit.Full Text Available
(includes abstract); Caglar S; Yildiz S; Savaser S; International Journal of Nursing Practice, 2010 Apr; 16 (2): 132-7 (journal article - research, tables/charts) ISSN: 1322-7114 PMID: 20487058
Subjects: Handwashing; Nurses; Physicians; Adult: 19-44 years; Female; Male
Database: CINAHL Plus with Full Text


Add to folder Cited References: (24)
PDF Full Text (124.4KB)
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School Nurse Inspections Improve Handwashing Supplies.Full Text Available
(includes abstract); Ramos, Mary M.; Schrader, Ronald; Trujillo, Rebecca; Blea, Mary; Greenberg, Cynthia; Journal of School Health, 2011 Jun; 81 (6): 355-8 (journal article - research, tables/charts) ISSN: 0022-4391 PMID: 21592131
Subjects: School Health Nursing; Handwashing; Materials Management; Nursing Role; Communicable Diseases; Toilet Facilities; Child: 6-12 years; Adolescent: 13-18 years; Male; Female
Database: CINAHL Plus with Full Text
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Hand hygiene among nurses in Turkey: opinions and practices.Full Text Available
(includes abstract); Akyol AD; Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2007 Mar; 16 (3): 431-7 (journal article - research, tables/charts) ISSN: 0962-1067 PMID: 17335518
Subjects: Cross Infection; Handwashing; Nurse Attitudes; Nursing Staff, Hospital; Professional Compliance; Adult: 19-44 years
Database: CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Add to folder Cited References: (38) Times Cited in this Database: (3)
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Hand hygiene practices in adult versus pediatric intensive care units at a university hospital before and after intervention.Full Text Available
(includes abstract); Hussein R; Khakoo R; Hobbs G; Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2007 Jun-Jul; 39 (6-7): 566-70 (journal article) ISSN: 0036-5548 PMID: 17577819
Subjects: Handwashing; Health Personnel; Intensive Care Units; Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; Female; Male
Database: CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Add to folder Times Cited in this Database: (1)
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Preventing the spread of acute respiratory viral infections.Full Text Available
(includes abstract); Gould D; Drey N; Nursing Standard, 2009 Oct 7-13; 24 (5): 44-9 (journal article) ISSN: 0029-6570 PMID: 19899337
Subjects: Respiratory Tract Infections; Respiratory Tract Infections; Virus Diseases; Virus Diseases
Database: CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Add to folder Cited References: (29) Times Cited in this Database: (1)
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Behavior-change interventions to improve hand-hygiene practice: a review of alternatives to education.Full Text Available
(includes abstract); Wilson, Sarah; Jacob, Casey J.; Powell, Douglas; Critical Public Health, 2011 Mar; 21 (1): 119-27 (journal article - review) ISSN: 0958-1596
Subjects: Handwashing; Hygiene; Health Behavior; Professional Compliance; Cross Infection
Database: CINAHL Plus with Full Text
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Add to folder Cited References: (41)
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Using an aseptic technique to reduce the risk of infection... art & science clinical skills: 10.Full Text Available
(includes abstract); Hart S; Nursing Standard, 2007 Aug 1-7; 21 (47): 43-8 (journal article - tables/charts) ISSN: 0029-6570 PMID: 17824454
Subjects: Asepsis; Handwashing; Infection Control
Database: CINAHL Plus with Full Text
Add to folder Cited References: (30) Times Cited in this Database: (9)
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ENT in primary care: part 3: upper respiratory tract infection.Full Text Available
(includes abstract); Warren E; Practice Nurse, 2008 Apr 25; 35 (8): 36, 38-9 (journal article - pictorial) ISSN: 0953-6612
Subjects: Common Cold; Respiratory Tract Infections
Database: CINAHL Plus with Full Text
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Strategies for prevention of RSV nosocomial infection.Full Text Available
(includes abstract); Groothuis J; Bauman J; Malinoski F; Eggleston M; Journal of Perinatology, 2008 May; 28 (5): 319-23 (journal article - review, tables/charts) ISSN: 0743-8346 PMID: 18368056
Subjects: Cross Infection; Respiratory Syncytial Viruses
Database: CINAHL Plus with Full Text


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Outside in.Full Text Available
(includes abstract); Newnham D; Nursing Standard, 2009 Jan 28-Feb 3; 23 (21): 26-7 (journal article - brief item) ISSN: 0029-6570 PMID: 19248446
Subjects: Handwashing
Database: CINAHL Plus with Full Text
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Outside in.Full Text Available
(includes abstract); Newnham D; Nursing Standard, 2008 Oct 29-Nov 4; 23 (8): 24-5 (journal article - brief item) ISSN: 0029-6570
Subjects: Handwashing
Database: CINAHL Plus with Full Text
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Handwashing campaign to include all hospital staff.Full Text Available
(includes abstract); Nursing Standard, 2009 Apr 1-7; 23 (30): 11 (journal article - brief item) ISSN: 0029-6570
Subjects: Personnel, Health Facility
Database: CINAHL Plus with Full Text
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Adoption of measures of the precaution in the teaching care practice by health care workers team: perceptions and limitations.Full Text Available
(includes abstract); Oliveira AC; Lucas TC; Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing, 2008; 7 (3): 1 (journal article - research) ISSN: 1676-4285
Subjects: Cross Infection; Health Personnel; Infection Control; Staff Development
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Weighing of soap dispenser bags sees staff handwashing rates soar.Full Text Available
(includes abstract); Snow T; Nursing Standard, 2008 Jun 11-17; 22 (40): 11 (journal article - pictorial) ISSN: 0029-6570
Database: CINAHL Plus with Full Text
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Patient campaigner calls for TV cameras to check handwashing.Full Text Available
(includes abstract); Parish C; Nursing Standard, 2008 May 28-Jun 3; 22 (38): 6 (journal article - pictorial) ISSN: 0029-6570
Database: CINAHL Plus with Full Text


MY SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM IS HAND HYGIENE

Validity in Quantitative Research Designs
Validity in research refers to the extent researchers can be confident that the cause and effect they identify in their research are in fact causal relationships. If there is low validity in a study, it usually means that the research design is flawed and the results will be of little or no value. Four different aspects of validity should be considered when reviewing a research design: statistical conclusion validity, internal validity, construct validity, and external validity. In this Discussion, you consider the importance of each of these aspects in judging the validity of quantitative research.
To prepare:
critique the validity and robustness of research articles surgical site infections : rigor and validity.
Read the method section of one of the following quasi-experimental studies (also located in this week?s Learning Resources). Identify at least one potential concern that could be raised about the study?s internal validity.
Metheny, N. A., Davis-Jackson, J., & Stewart, B. J. (2010). Effectiveness of an aspiration risk-reduction protocol. Nursing Research, 59(1), 18?25.
Padula, C. A., Hughes, C., & Baumhover, L. (2009). Impact of a nurse-driven mobility protocol on functional decline in hospitalized older adults. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 24(4), 325?331.
Yuan, S., Chou, M., Hwu, L., Chang, Y., Hsu, W., & Kuo, H. (2009). An intervention program to promote health-related physical fitness in nurses. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 18(10), 1,404?1,411.
Consider strategies that could be used to strengthen the study?s internal validity and how this would impact the three other types of validity.
Think about the consequences of an advanced practice nurse neglecting to consider the validity of a research study when reviewing the research for potential use in developing an evidence-based practice.