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Scope and Standards of Nursing Practice

According the text book The American Nurses Association’s Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice (3rd ed.) discusses integrating the art and science of nursing. Describe how science and art are synthesized in the practice of nursing.

The course outcomes to meet include:

-Examine the roles and responsibilities of the professional nurse related to promoting health and wellness. (COs 1, 2, and 3)

-Explain how the American Nurses Association Scope and Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics serve as a foundation for nursing practice and health promotion. (COs 1, 2, and 4)

-Compare and contrast the nursing process and clinical reasoning. (COs 1, 2, and 3)

-Apply knowledge of the nursing role to promoting healthy behaviors in others. (COs 2 and 3)

-Describe how the nursing process is utilized to promote the health of individuals and families. (COs 1 and 2)

Nursing is a complex profession that combines art and science. I believe that it is one of the few jobs that have this gift. Every day we touch the lives of a diverse population. There are fundamental standards and codes we must abide. While upholding these standards, we must continue to educate ourselves and show compassion to our patients (Potter, Perry, Stockert, & Hall, 2017). As with other disciplines, we hear of stories about how individuals stray from the oath or pledge they took to care for those in need. When we no longer function in the role of a nurse who promotes health and wellness, we bring harm to those who we are charged with caring. As you develop your nursing craft at mixing art and science of nursing, consider the implications of not being able to manage both of these aspects of nursing successfully. Take a look at this 2 min video:

Throughout the RN-to-BSN program, students are required to participate in scholarly activities outside of clinical practice or professional practice. Examples of scholarly activities include attending conferences, seminars, journal club, grand rounds, morbidity and mortality meetings, interdisciplinary committees, quality improvement committees, and any other opportunities available at your site, within your community, or nationally.

Submit, as the assignment, a summary report of the scholarly activity, including who, what, where, when and any relevant take-home points. Include the appropriate program competencies associated with the scholarly activity as well as future professional goals related to this activity. You may use the “Scholarly Activity Summary” resource to help guide this assignment.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

Scholarly Activity Summary

This document describes the scholarly activity elements that should be included in a five paragraph summary. You may use this resource to help guide the preparation of the Scholarly Activities assignment, due in Topic 10.

Overview

This section consists of a single paragraph that succinctly describes the scholarly activity that you attended/participated in, the target market for the activity, and the benefit of the activity to you.

Problem

This section consists of either a short narrative or a list of bullet points that concisely identifies the problems the scholarly activity is designed to solve. Educate: What is the current state of the activity topic? Explain why this is a problem, and for whom is it a problem? Inspire: What could a nurse achieve by participating in the scholarly activity? Use declarative sentences with simple words to communicate each point. Less is more.

Solution

This section consists of either a short paragraph or a list of bullet points that concisely describes the solution to a proposed practice problem that the scholarly activity addressed and how it addresses the problem outlined in the previous section.

Opportunity

This section consists of short paragraphs that define the opportunity that the scholarly activity is designed to capture. It is important to cover the objectives and goals that were met. How will attending/participating in this scholarly activity help you grow as a nurse?

Program Competencies Addressed

This section consists of a list of program competencies that were addressed in this scholarly activity. Please use the list from the ISP.

NOTE: The plan that I want you to compile for me would state that I attended a meeting conference at San Antonio State Hospital (SASH) with a Psychiatrist and discussed the action plan for patients with intellectual disabilities.

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Perform a comparative analysis of five contemporary leadership approaches, including:

o Situational leadership

o Transactional leadership

o Transformational leadership

o Servant leadership

Use the Contemporary Leadership Matrix in Appendix B of the Example Paper to compare each approach on the following domains:

o Description

o Primary characteristics

o Strengths

o Criticisms

o Discipline-specific applications

Submit the Example Paper with:

o a properly formatted title page,

o the revised Historical Leadership section,

o properly formatted references,

o the matrix from Week 1 in Appendix A, and

o the matrix on Contemporary Leadership in Appendix B.

Discussions 1

Assessments

II. Working with others

B. Leadership and Team Skills

1. What’s my leadership style?

2. What was your score on the “concern for people” and “concern for task” dimensions of the What’s my Leadership Style Assessment? Explain how your score promotes or fails to promote effective leadership. What can you do to be more effective as a leader?

3. In your daily work life, what leadership strengths or talents do you rely on most? What is the result or outcome of using these strengths?

Discussions 2

This activity centers on one of the most prominent leaders in the world: the US president.

1) Using chapters 4-11 of Northouse, choose the leadership style you believe best characterizes President Trump.

2) Discuss and substantiate your choice with examples of his behavior you believe are best aligned with your choice. Include two additional peer-reviewed sources to your remarks.

· Caution! This is an exercise in critical thinking, not political proselytizing.

· Avoid emotional statements aimed at forwarding a political cause – or starting inappropriate political bantering.

· Stick with your sources to substantiate your claim. You can add substantiating links via video messages if you like.

New construction projects begin with a design phase, where architects blueprint the vision complete with design details. They work in collaboration with builders who use the designs to prepare the appropriate strategies, tools, and materials to bring the vision to reality. You are both architect and builder of your success. You have started to blueprint your vision in your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan. You have identified others with whom you will collaborate. Now you can begin to prepare the appropriate strategies, tools, and materials

How will you approach your studies? What types of resources are available to you, and how will you access and utilize them? Taking the opportunity to prepare these strategies, tools, and materials will help ensure you can “break ground” without incident and successfully move to the phase where you begin building your vision.

To Prepare:

Consider your goals for academic accomplishments while a student of the MSN program.

Reflect on the strategies presented in the Resources for this module.

The Assignment:

In this Assignment, you will continue developing your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan by appending the original document you began in the previous Assignment to develop the second component—academic resources and strategies. To accomplish this:

Identify and describe at least three academic resources or strategies that can be applied to the MSN program

Identify and describe at least three professional resources that can be applied to success in the nursing practice in general or your specialty in particular