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NURS4006 Topics in Clinical Nursing

Week 1 Assignment

Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases Fact Sheet

Sir Francis Bacon said, “Knowledge is power.” This is most definitely true when it comes to diseases and how to prevent and treat them. As a nurse, you are charged with teaching patients how to prevent infectious diseases and what to do if they become infected. A powerful tool in your arsenal is the Fact Sheet. Usually comprised of one page of easy-to-read content, these leaflets can be distributed easily and can effectively inform your practice.

To prepare for this Assignment:

Select one disease that is either emerging or re-emerging in the world today.

Research the disease using both scholarly and non-scholarly resources.

Determine your audience (patients, other nurses, schools, etc.) that you would want to share the Fact Sheet with.

Select pieces of information that are appropriate for your audience.

By Day 7

Submit: A 1- to 2-page Fact Sheet.

Indicate the audience on the Fact Sheet.

Give a brief history of the disease.

What are the implications of the spread of the disease?

How does one detect and prevent the spread of this disease?

How is this disease treated?

Your Fact Sheet should be visually stimulating, appropriate for your audience, and formatted with bullet points for easy reading.

Support your “facts” with references.

Note: Your Fact Sheet must be supported with at least three scholarly sources of evidence in the literature.

Writing Resources and Program Success Tools

AWE Checklist (Level 4000)

This checklist will help you self-assess your writing to see if it meets academic writing standards for this course.

Walden University. (n.d.). Walden templates: General templates: APA course paper template with advice (6th ed.). Retrieved August 11, 2016, from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/ld.php?content_id=7980455

For this Assignment, review the following:

AWE Checklist (Level 4000)

Assignment Rubric

Submission and Grading Information

To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:

Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK1Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.

Click the Week 1 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.

Click the Week 1 Assignment link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area.

Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK1Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.

If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.

Click on the Submit button to complete your submission

NURS4006 Topics in Clinical Nursing

Week 3 Assignment

How Illnesses and Injuries Affect the Mind

Health complications can be stressful, especially in more vulnerable populations like young children and the elderly. With stress and loss of function often come depression and other psychological manifestations. As a nurse, part of your job is to recognize and educate patients and caregivers on how to deal with the psychological complications of a health crisis.

In this Assignment, you will educate either a caregiver of an elderly patient or a caregiver of a young child patient on ways to prevent and manage psychological manifestations. Review the Learning Resources dealing with injuries and depression and anxiety.

The Assignment:

Develop a teaching plan for treating the potential psychological issues that may result from health crises in either the elderly or young children. You will use PowerPoint to present your teaching plan. Some considerations to make include:

In what ways does mental health need to be considered across the illness/injury continuum?

How can nurses help both patients and caregivers work through mental blocks and depression associated with an illness or injury?

Although treatment will take place in a medical facility, how can non-medical treatments be used as a supplement?

Support your idea with a minimum of three references from the professional nursing literature in the assigned course readings and other references in the Walden Library. If they are relevant, you may use one or two professional Web sites in addition to the literature references.

Include the main elements of your presentation to a group of parents or elderly or their caregivers. This PowerPoint presentation should include between 8–10 slides. It will be assessed using the Week 3 Assignment. Prior to submitting your Assignment, make sure to review the rubric, which is located in the Course Information area.

Note: Be sure to use the Walden Power Point template included in the Writing Resources and Program Success Tools.

Writing Resources and Program Success Tools

AWE Checklist (Level 4000)

This checklist will help you self-assess your writing to see if it meets academic writing standards for this course.

http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/templates/general

http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/scholarlyvoice

http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/webinars/scholarlywriting#s-lg-box-2773859

http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/apa/citations/commonsources

Walden University. (n.d.). Walden templates: General templates: APA course paper template with advice (6th ed.). Retrieved August 11, 2016, from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/ld.php?content_id=7983827

For this Assignment, review the following:

AWE Checklist (Level 4000)

Writing Resources and Program Success Tools

Week 3 Assignment Rubric

By Day 7

Submit your Assignment.

Submission and Grading Information

To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:

Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK3Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.

Click the Week 3 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.

Click the Week 3 Assignment link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area.

Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK3Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.

If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.

Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.

NURS4006 Topics in Clinical Nursing

Week 5 Assignment

Dashboard Analysis and Nursing Plan DUE

As Dr. Rempher and Ms. Manna discussed this week, data from the NDNQI is used to improve nursing practices and support the strategic outcomes of an organization. This data is also used to create the Dashboard. The Dashboard, then, is used to create an action plan. Correctly interpreting information presented on the Dashboard provides nurses with a better understanding of the goals of the action plan.

To prepare

For this Assignment, use the Dashboard located in this week’s Resources, to interpret the data and frame a nursing plan based on best practices.

Review the Week 5 Assignment Rubric, provided in the Course Information area.

Review the Week 4 Resources that pertain to the NDNQI and use of dashboards

Choose a Nurse-Sensitive Quality Indicator that needs improvement based on the data presented in the Dashboard. Reflect on how you would develop a nursing plan with suggestions on how to improve performance in the chosen area.

Develop a nursing plan that outlines suggestions on how to improve performance in the chosen area.

Provide at least three best practices from evidenced-based literature to support your nursing plan.

Assignment

Draft a 3- to 4 page paper analyzing areas where there is good performance and areas of opportunity from the sample Dashboard.

Analyze the data provided in the Dashboard and select an area of performance that needs improvement. Include information on why this area was chosen.

Develop a nursing plan that includes suggestions on how to improve performance on the selected indicator. Be sure to provide at least three best practices from the evidenced-based literature to support your suggested nursing plan.

This Assignment is due on Week 5 Day 7. It will be assessed using the Week 5 Assignment Rubric. Writing Resources and Program Success Tools

AWE Checklist (Level 4000)

This checklist will help you self-assess your writing to see if it meets academic writing standards for this course.

Walden University. (n.d.). Walden templates: General templates: APA course paper template with advice (6th ed.). Retrieved August 11, 2016, from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/ld.php?content_id=7980455

For this Assignment, review the following:

AWE Checklist (Level 4000)

Walden paper template (no abstract or running head required)