Purpose The purpose of this assignment is to identify nursing care models utilized in today's various health care settings and enhance your knowledge of how models impact the management of care and may influence delegation. You will assess the effectiveness of models and determine how you would collaborate with a nurse leader to identify opportunities for improvement to ensure quality, safety and staff satisfaction. Course Outcomes Completion of this assignment enables the student to me...

Review Appendix A, Sections I–V in Finkelman (2016). Select one of the sections and share how your chief nurse executive demonstrates expertise in these competencies.  Your comments should be about the “highest nursing leader” in your organization. Typically this is the leader who represents nurses and nursing to the governing board. In your own words, explain the differences between a transactional nursing leader and a transformational nursing leader. What one is more like your Nurse Ex...

Purpose The purpose of this assignment is to learn how to identify and effectively manage conflicts that arise in care delivery settings resulting in better management of patient care, including appropriate delegation. You will gain insight into conflict management strategies and develop a plan to collaborate with a potential nurse leader about the conflict and its impact in a practice setting. Course Outcomes Completion of this assignment enables the student to meet the following cours...

Download the Week 2 Self-Assessment of the AACN Essentials (Links to an external site.). Follow the directions on the form. Note your total score. Next, review this article: Kramer, M., Schmalenberg, C., Maguire, P., Brewer, B., Burke, R., Chmielewski, L., … Meeks-Sjostrom, D. (2009). Walk the talk: Promoting control of nursing practice and a patient-centered culture. Critical Care Nurse, 29(3), 77–93. https://chamberlainuniversity.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?d...

Healthcare reform is a term that is ever present in our practice settings and will not disappear any time soon. Share with the class implementation of the Affordable Care Act in your organization. (If you are not working as a nurse, think about what was happening when you were a prelicensure student). How did your fellow healthcare workers react to implementation of the ACA? How were citizens in your community impacted? Solution: The Affordable Care Act as assisted many people to ...

Learning Objectives Students will:  Assess progress for clients receiving psychotherapy  Differentiate progress notes from privileged notes  Analyze preceptor’s use of privileged notes To prepare:  Reflect on the client you selected for the Week 3 Practicum Assignment.  Review the Cameron and Turtle-Song (2002) article in this week’s Learning Resources for guidance on writing case notes using the SOAP format. The Assignment Part 1: Progress Note Using the client from your Week 3 ...

In a 1- to 2-page paper, address the following:  Briefly describe how supportive and interpersonal psychotherapies are similar.  Explain at least three differences between these therapies. Include how these differences might impact your practice as a mental health counselor.  Explain which therapeutic approach you might use with clients and why. Support your approach with evidence-based literature. Solution: Supportive and Interpersonal Psychotherapy Approaches The rising prevalence...

Learning Objectives Students will:  Develop diagnoses for clients receiving psychotherapy*  Evaluate the efficacy of motivational interviewing techniques for clients*  Analyze legal and ethical implications of counseling clients with psychiatric disorders* * The Assignment related to this Learning Objective is introduced this week and submitted in Week 7. Select a client whom you observed or counseled this week. Then, address the following in your Practicum Journal:  Describe the cl...

To prepare:  Review this week’s Learning Resources and consider the insights they provide.  Review the Levy Family video Episodes 1 through 5. I will find this information and will send separately I don’t know if I can forward the videos to you The Assignment In a 2- to 3-page paper, address the following:  After watching Episode 1, describe: o What is Mr. Levy’s perception of the problem? o What is Mrs. Levy’s perception of the problem? o What can be some of the implications of the ...

Develop diagnoses for clients receiving psychotherapy*  Evaluate the efficacy of therapeutic approaches for clients*  Analyze legal and ethical implications of counseling clients with psychiatric disorders* * The Assignment related to this Learning Objective is introduced this week and submitted in Week 7. Select a client whom you observed or counseled that suffers from a disorder related to trauma. Then, address the following in your Practicum Journal:  Describe the client (without vi...