The Windshield Survey includes an assessment of eight community subsystems: physical environment, health and social services, economics, safety and transportation, politics and government, communication, education, and recreation with the purpose of identifying the community health nursing role regarding the needs of the population assessed. Groups will be assigned a community, or municipality. Each group will conduct … Read more
Describe the organization and its significance to nurses in the specialty area. Include its purpose, mission, and vision. Describe the overall benefits, or “perks,” of being a member. Explain why networking is important for a nurse in this specialty field. Discuss how this organization creates networking opportunities for members. Discuss how the organization keeps its … Read more
Discuss the importance of advocacy as it pertains to client care. What is the nurse’s role in client advocacy? Describe a situation in which you were involved with client advocacy. Explain what the advocacy accomplished for the client, and what the repercussions would have been if the client would not have had an advocate.
Briefly introduce a person you have recently cared for in your nursing practice. (Be sure not to include any identifying information that would be protected by HIPAA!) Discuss the person’s view of the cause of their health condition, the person’s health literacy, and the person’s identity on the continuum of privilege-disadvantage (Table 4 in the … Read more
Review the National Academy of Medicine’s 2021 report, “The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity,” located in the topic Resources. Review the recommendations of The National Academy of Medicine 2021 report and explain why health equity is significant in this report. Define social determinants of health. Discuss one of the … Read more
Outline the process for the development of nursing standards of practice for your state, including discussion of the entities involved in developing the standards of practice and how the standards of practice influence the nursing process for your areas of specialty.
How has nursing practice evolved over time? Discuss the key leaders and historical events that have influenced the advancement of nursing, nursing education, and nursing roles that are now part of the contemporary nursing profession.
One of the objectives of this course was to learn to evaluate the credibility of the information. We started the course by posting a video about the “Sacred Cows in Practice”. We are ending the course by playing a game and reflecting on why credible and relevant evidence is essential for nursing practice. Instructions: I … Read more
Define critical thinking and evidence-based practice. Discuss what critical thinking in nursing practice entails and explain why it is important. Discuss the role of critical thinking and evidence-based practice as they relate to client outcomes.
Using the Literature MATRIX As you read and evaluate your literature there are several different ways to organize your research. One of these ways to organize your work using a “matrix”