Developing Professional Cultural Competency

 Reflect on your own journey of cultural competency, including the concepts and experiences addressed in this course. Address the following four objectives and express your personal level of achievement of each objective: Explore your own cultural identity and heritage and confront biases and stereotypes. Develop an awareness and understanding of the complexities of the modern … Read more

Unit 1 DQ

  Screening Guidelines Pick one women’s health screening guideline, such as mammogram, Pap smear, bone mineral density scan, or colonoscopy, and outline the current screening recommendations alongside the governing body you selected for age and frequency. Discuss any reasons for potential deviations from routine screening frequency. How do you manage the variety of governing bodies … Read more

homework

  Review this week’s Learning Resources and consider the insights they provide about impulse-control and conduct disorders.  Select a patient for whom you conducted psychotherapy for an impulse control or conduct disorder during the last 6 weeks. Create a Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation Note on this patient using the template provided in the Learning Resources. There … Read more

homework

  Review the humanistic-existential psychotherapy videos in this week’s Learning Resources. Reflect on humanistic-existential psychotherapeutic approaches. Then, select another psychotherapeutic approach to compare with humanistic-existential psychotherapy. The approach you choose may be one you previously explored in the course or one you are familiar with and especially interested in. 

 PPS- Prospective Payment Systems

This  week you will, compare and contrast prospective payment systems with  non-prospective payment systems. Explain the classification systems used  with prospective payments. How do the prospective payment systems  impact operations? 

Delegation

Definition, strategies for success delegation, common delegation errors, causes of under delegating,five  rights of delegations, rules of delegation, clear communication and delegation. “Satisficing” Versus Maximizing Mode in Delegating, Delegation as a Function of Professional Nursing, Delegating to Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP), Sample Titles Given to UAP and NAP, Monitoring Delegated Tasks, Resistance to Delegation, Elements … Read more

Career Planning and Development in Nursing

carrier development, Individual Responsibilities for Career Management, Organizational Responsibilities for Career Management, career planning, stages, coaching, long term coaching, management development, professional specialty certification, Benefits of certifications, Resume, 

POLICY

  What are legislators currently doing to address your selected advocacy priorities for a vulnerable population? Are there current policies in place? Are there current policies proposed at either the state or federal level? What are the most obvious strengths and weaknesses of these policies as they relate to your advocacy priority? What might need … Read more

discussion

 “What kind of social change agent are you?” infographic found in the Resources. How does the principle of social change bring perspective and meaning to you, your education, and/or your nursing practice?  

Discussion Question 8 Community Health

   Please review the course objectives stated in the Syllabus. Conduct a self-reflection of your learning in the course and how you personally have met each of the course objectives Course Learning Outcomes After this course, you will be able to: 1. Apply a knowledge base of community health nursing and health teaching skills to … Read more