Violence in the workplace as it relates to nursing

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Database Search & Discovery : Based on your paper topic, select 10 reference sources. The references selected are to be submitted using APA format. They should be listed in alphabetical order (per APA guidelines). They should include a selection of books, peer-reviewed journal articles, government or professional organization websites, etc. Non-professional sources cannot be used. Under each entry, please include where/how you found that source. If you found it using the database from a library, you would merely cut and paste that URL beneath the reference. If it was from a google search, you merely state google search. The expectation is that you can competently use the library sources so please include journal articles as the majority of your references.

Animal Evolution

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Animal Evolution Paper Due by Email 5/12 2pm

Charles Darwin was one of the most influential scientific figures. For this project, you will create an evolutionary history of a modern day organism. You need to find the organism’s earliest ancestor, and create a timeline of how your organism may have evolved to what it is today. You should also be able to describe certain adaptations your organism acquired and has that allowed and helped its evolution.

Select one of the following organisms:

Elephant

Birds

Horse

Shark

Tiger

Rhinoceros

Whale

Giraffe

Crocodile

Man

Dog

Bear

OR you may choose a different organism that you feel strongly about, but please get it approved by me first.

For this paper, you need to use reputable sources (try and stay away from .com websites), and at least three different sources that give you information about your animal. PLEASE CITE THROUGHOUT YOUR PAPER. I will take off several points for improper citations and no works cited/bibliography page.

Format: 4 pages long, double spaced, with a work cited page (5th page). Please use Times New Roman size 12 font, and 1 inch margins on all four sides of the paper. I WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY PAPERS THAT ARE SHORTER THAN FOUR PAGES LONG. This is 10% of your grade and you need to work hard on it- I will not be grading it as easily as the last paper.

Your paper should address the following content (10 points, 10%):

•The earliest ancestor of your organism and the intermediate forms that led to the modern day animal (2 points)

•Compare and contrast modern and intermediate species adaptations (2 points)

•Compare and contrast the environmental conditions that influenced your organisms evolution (i.e. any ice ages etc., 2 points)

•List modern relatives and their adaptations (2 points) i.e. wolves are a modern relative of the dog

•Give a direct timeline of the evolution of your organism’s evolution (2 points) – this can either be a picture that shows all the different organisms your modern day organism evolved from (with dates) or you may write out the timeline in words

Death and Dying: Extra Credit

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Death and Dying: Extra Credit
Submit Assignment

Due Monday by 11:59pm
Points 0
Submitting a text entry box or a file upload
Available until Apr 30 at 11:59pm
If you choose to do BOTH options, submit one of them here.

Option 1: Write your own Obituary

One of the most challenging yet productive exercises at the end of this course is to write your own obituary. This is not as scary as you might think, and it is an opportunity for us to see the impact we have on others and the potential we have to live life to its fullest.

Death notices appear in the newspaper daily and you will notice how they try to capture the essence of people’s lives and provide a summary of their existence. You will do the same in this exercise, with the assumption that you will live to an old age and have many possibilities ahead of you.

Literary Analysis Essay

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Literary Analysis Essay
Order Description
Use the following three books as sources:
The Round House (Louise Erdrich)
Farewell to Manzanar (Jean Watasuki Houston)
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
This class is called “Multicultural Literature in America”; therefore, we analyzed literature from many different ethnic groups of the United States. However, not all the authors we read agree upon what ethnicity is or how it should affect one’s life (or if it even does). Using examples from the works of three different authors, argue for your definition of “ethnicity.” You may wish to address one or all of the following questions in your essay:
How is ethnicity defined in the stories?
How does it affect characters’ lives?
How does it function/operate in the narratives/stories?
Is it different from group to group or do all ethnicities share the same definition?
In what ways is “ethnicity” distinct from “race” and “nationality” (or is it)?
Successful essays will
Introduce the topic/issue being addressed and the literary texts in the introduction.
Address an audience of readers that are familiar with the class discussions of the literary texts but unfamiliar with your interpretation of it.
Use a clear thesis statement that summarizes your interpretation and organizes the essay.
Show the writer’s critical thinking about a reading by supporting his or her ideas/paragraphs withGo beyond merely summarizing what has been discussed in class.
textual evidence, and
explication (explanation of the reasoning–how the writer’s thinking process evolved or arrived at the interpretation).
Use Standard Edited American English.

Discussion: Quality And Safety

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As early as 400 BC, the Hippocratic Oath admonished physicians to keep patients from harm or injustice. Current codes of ethics remind health care practitioners that safety and quality are imperative in health care. Yet quality and safety remain a critical issue for health care managers and patients today.

To prepare for this Discussion, carefully review your Learning Resources. Seek additional resources to support your Discussion from one of the known web resources of health care quality:

Websites:

The Joint Commission http://www.jointcommission.org/
Institute for Healthcare Improvement http://www.ihi.org/ihi
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/

Post a comprehensive response(250-350 words) to the following:

How is quality of care viewed from the perspective of each of the followiing:

A patient
A health care provider
A purchaser
What role can the health care manager play in ensuring quality and safety in a health care setting? Select one of the different methods for improving the delivery of care described in your Learning Resources (this can include the websites identified). Provide a specific example of how that method can help protect a patient from errors of underuse, overuse, or misuse of care.

Gender Equality in Han Jin’s Waiting Research Assignment (Essay Sample)

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Essay on Ha Jin’s book Waiting
This “performance” asks you to deepen your understanding of the novel by crafting a written
argument about it.
The prompt below is based upon questions that have come up in our class discussions. Your objective, however, is not to repeat what you have already shared or to reiterate a consensus that has emerged in class. Rather, your method should be to pursue these questions by closely analyzing the text of the novel, with the aim of understanding the novel’s attitude toward that topic more deeply than you currently do.
The prompt contains a set of focused interpretive questions about the novel. Successful essays will offer a detailed and focused answer to these questions in their introductory paragraph and provide close textual analysis to support their claim in their body paragraphs. Effective conclusions will reiterate and elaborate the argument, perhaps by exploring some implications of the novel’s view of the topic.
Hint: The novel’s view on each of these questions is likely to be complex; hence, the best answers to these questions should acknowledge and explore that complexity.
Prompt: The novel emphasizes that the Communist government of China formally ensures gender equality to its citizens (see page 37). One intention of the novel, however, is to scrutinize this claim.
To what extent are men and women in fact equal in the society depicted by the novel? What obstacles to such equality does the novel draw attention to? How does the novel’s language, technique and/or structure draw attention to them?
*The essay must contain about two to three body paragraphs besides the intro and conclusion, each paragraph should contain at least three detailed analysis quotes.
*Ideas and quotes should be very detailed, well supported and clarified throughout the essay.

While change is inevitable in most organizations, there is a difference between change that is superficial and embedded sustaining change.

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While change is inevitable in most organizations, there is a difference between change that is superficial and embedded sustaining change. Drawing from this week’s lecture and readings, discuss the processes for successfully implementing and sustaining change. Provide examples that are designed to help make change stick and apply at least one of the examples to an organizational change with which you are familiar.

Week Six Lecture

Exploring the concepts of change provided a synopsis of the dynamics involved in designing, communicating, implementing, and committing to change within the organizational structure. The final task for the change process is to understand the principles for sustaining change and learning from the failures associated with change initiatives. Understanding that there are times that a change process may not be quite as successful as expected is part of the overall package. The actions taken post failure or conflict will help determine the sustainability of the intended change movement.

Please listen to the following podcast: Succeeding through unexpected change (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

Leadership must have a clear understanding of the behavioral variables associated with change so they do not fall prey to manipulation by the cultural dynamics of the organization. Resistance to change and the desire to keep things as they were is a behavior typically displayed during the change process. Being open to strategic dialog to address the fears will assist in the forward motion of the needed change initiative.

When a change process fails to meet the requirements specified, or totally fails, there is often a tendency to make hasty changes or abandon the initiative for another plan of action that only convolutes the failure into something even more catastrophic. Dealing head-on with a change process that did not meet the needs or failed allows the leader and the participants the opportunity to debrief and discover what went right, what went wrong, and the correct path for future implementation.

Heath and Heath (2008) explore the concepts of why some ideas stick and others never seem to get off of the ground. Is it perhaps the story that goes along with the idea that causes the initiative to stick? Telling a good story becomes a legend and the leader that fails to use the art of persuasive conversation may have a more difficult time of moving the concept along. We are never too important to become part of the story or process. The ground floor leader has a better chance of finding success and finding willing participants.

With open lines of communication regarding the impact for all shareholders, the leader is able to define the parameters for making the change operative sustainable. There are numerous reasons for change to occur within the organization. By developing an understanding of the reasons for the change, the participants are more likely to move forward and support the necessary actions required to make the change stick.

Changing the culture is not something that will happen overnight. The culture of the organization must be given the time and support necessary to allow the new behaviors to become part of the dynamics of the group. Individuals will support the concepts and follow the leader that is willing to make them part of the overall process. Understanding the “why” behind the change process is the catalyst for making the change possible and ultimately sustainable.

Forbes School of Business Faculty

References:

Coaching for leaders (Producer). (2013). Succeeding through unexpected change [Audio file]. http://coachingforleaders.com/podcast/succeeding-through-unexpected-change/

Heath, C and Heath, D. (2008), Made to Stick: Why some ideas survive and others die. New York: Random House

Required Resource

Text

Palmer, I., Dunford, R., & Buchanan, D. (2017). Managing organizational change: A multiple perspectives approach (3rd ed.). Retrieved from https://www.vitalsource.com

Recommended Resources

Articles

Glaze, S. (2012, March 30). How penguin leadership will change your team culture (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://michaelhyatt.com/how-penguin-leadership-will-change-your-team-culture.html This article provides interesting details on the development of leadership skills to enhance teamwork.

Kotter, J. P. (2012, November). Accelerate! (cover story). Harvard Business Review, 90(11), 43-58. Retrieved from the EBSCOhost database. This article takes a critical look at strategic management and the impact on organizations. The content reviews the dynamic of stale versus aggressive change management strategies.

Lamm, E., Gordon, J. R., & Purser, R. E. (2010). The role of value congruence in organizational change. Organization Development Journal, 28(2), 49-64. Retrieved from the ProQuest database. This article reviews the relationship between the personal value system and value system of the organization. The authors discuss the variables of the relationship during a time of organizational change.

Multimedia

Coaching for Leaders. (Producer). (2013, July 28). 99: Succeeding through unexpected change (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. [Audio podcast]. Retrieved from http://coachingforleaders.com/podcast/succeeding-through-unexpected-change/ This podcast provides a simple platform for leading the change manager through a time of unexpected events. Reminds the leader of core behaviors for success.

ANSWERS 3

community assessment PowerPoint Presentation

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community assessment
PowerPoint Presentation
Within your group, create a PowerPoint presentation of 15-20 slides (slide count does not include title and reference slide) describing the chosen community interest.
Include the following in your presentation:
1.Description of community and community boundaries: the people and the geographic, geopolitical, financial, ethnic, and phenomenological features of the community as well as types of social interactions, common goals and interests, barriers, and challenges.
2.Summary of community assessment.
3.Summary of interview with community health/public health provider.
4.A conclusion summarizing your key findings and a discussion of your impressions of the general health of the community.
this is a group assignment we are splitting up this power point between 5 people. i am responsible for doing power point slides on #1 the back half of the question .
i am responsible for. types of social interactions, common goals, common interest, barriers, and challenges. the community we chosen is mexican community (hispanic) 2-3 slides, i do not need a title sheet slide, just slides with accompanying notes.
with references

Phase 1 DB

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Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 300–500 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas. We encounter interpersonal communication situations on a daily basis whether we realize it or not. It is inevitable that you have had conversations that did not go the way you wanted them to go. Additionally, perception plays a major part in the interpersonal communication process. It acts as a filter through which all communication passes as it travels from one person to the next. An interesting thing to note is that because people can often perceive things differently, the same message can be interpreted in a number of different ways. With those thoughts in mind please discuss one situation where you felt rules of communications were broken, how principles of communications factored into the conversation, and how perception played a factor into the discussion. Your discussion should include the following: •The individual you were talking to, the subject over the conversation, and the result of the conversation. ◦This can be as straightforward as a conversation with your significant other or family member. •What rules of conversation such as ethics, listening effectively, patience, and non-verbal considerations, were broken? •What principles of interpersonal communication factored into the conversation and in what way did they factor into the conversation? •Discuss how perceptions, both your own and the individual’s that you were speaking with, influenced the direction of the discussion. Be sure to use your textbook and our chat this week as a reference for this assignment to reinforce your thoughts.

Plan of care

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Winter 2018 Professional Practice I – Assignment
Date Due: March 30, 2018.
Assignment Guidelines:
1. Format: must be word processed, double-spaced with cover page and reference page.
2. If not word processed, your paper will not be graded and a mark of “0” will be assigned.
3. Must be submitted in the two assigned drop boxes. 1) Nursing Care Plan and 2) Self-Assessment and Learning Plan
4. In – text referencing following APA format is required for the Interventions in your Care Plan, including page numbers.
5. Please note: marks are assigned specifically for scholarly writing. (Spelling, grammar, referencing, clarity, style and format etc.)
Your Assignment:
1. Use the Nursing Care Plan template below to complete a care plan for the patient below as follows:
Identify 2 nursing diagnosis – 1 actual and 1 potential 4 marks
List all of the assessment data that supports each of your diagnosis. 2 marks
Identify 1 goal/plan statement for EACH nursing diagnosis. 2 marks
Identify 4 nursing interventions for each goal/plan statement. These must be referenced using APA format. 4 marks
2. Using the 5 Practice Concepts and associated Practice Components attached and based on the care needs of this client
complete a Self- Assessment using the table below. Identify 4 of your strengths and 4 areas for improvement. Please be specific. 4 marks
3. Based on your self-assessment AND the care needs of your client complete 2 learning plans using the approved format. 8 marks
4. Complete assignment using understandable and correct wording, spelling, grammar and sentence structure. Submit assignment 4 marks
following format requirements (Nursing Care, Self-Assessment and Learning Plan charts). Accurately follow APA guidelines for in-text
citations and reference page.
Please ensure that you include a cover page and reference page. DO NOT submit this assignment outline with your submission.
The Client: #35467
GH is an 82 year old male widow with three grown children. One daughter lives nearby, the other two live in different provinces. Mr. H is Japanese and has only lived in Canada for the past two years. He is financially stable and has a close relationship with his children. This is his first experience with the Canadian health care system.
The Diagnosis
The client’s admitting diagnosis is: exacerbation of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), CAD (coronary artery disease), diabetes and possible small bowel obstruction.
History:
Mr. H has been diabetic for 15 years and has been reasonably well managed with diet and Insulin although meeting his dietary needs has been a challenge since arriving in Canada. He has had COPD for the past 5 years and CAD for 10 years. He smokes 1 package of cigarettes per day and has done so for the past 65 years. He has had frequent problems with constipation over the last 2 years and has been treated with suppositories and Fleet Enema’s PRN. He has significant vision loss due to diabetic retinopathy. He has never had surgery before and is quite concerned about this possibility. He speaks English very poorly and cannot read English at all. His daughter acts as his translator on a regular basis but does not have Power of Attorney for personal care.
Admission Findings:
When he arrives from the emergency department you find a frail, elderly man who is short of breath and repeatedly pointing to his abdomen and grimacing. He walks with a pronounced limp on the left side. He appears anxious and is unable to answer most of your questions due to the language barrier. He appears to be in considerable physical and emotional distress. His vital signs are: T – 38.6 P – 102 BP – 186/98 R – 24 O2 sat 88 on room air. He is well groomed but appears reluctant to allow you to remove his clothing so that you can get him settled in bed. He keeps pointing to the phone but can’t explain what he wants you to do. He attempts to light a cigarette and doesn’t seem to understand that he can’t smoke in hospital. When you remove his shoes you find that his great left toe appears gangrenous and his nails are badly ingrown on both feet.
Doctor’s Orders:
Bed rest with bathroom privileges – A1 Deep breathing and coughing exercises q4h
Foot care nurse to see Abdominal ultrasound today
Stool for Culture and sensitivity Fleet enema PRN
NPO Dietician to see
Vital signs q4h Abdominal x-ray today
Diabetic Clinic nurse to see Intake and output q8h
Oxygen at 2L/min via NP PRN Contact Translation Services to see asap
Bedside glucometer ac and hs 1500 calorie diabetic diet
Care Plan
Student Name ________________________ Date_____________________________

Nursing Diagnosis
Assessment data that supports the nursing diagnosis
Plan/Goal(s)
Interventions

1.
_________________________
2.
___________________________________________
_________________________
________________________________

PRACTICE CONCEPTS
The practice caring concepts represent a framework for professional practice. Each concept reflects a theme in nursing practice. Topics relating to each practice concept have been identified and are referred to as components. The practice concepts help to link the caring curriculum to the standards of nursing practice.

PRACTICE CONCEPTS
COMPONENTS

CARING AND COMPETENCY
· Psychomotor Skills ( Documentation
· Reporting ( Technology

CARING AND CONNECTEDNESS
· Therapeutic Relationships ( Cultural Diversity
· Team Building ( Collaboration
· Caring Relationships ( Client Confidentiality

CARING AND HEALING AND HEALTH PROMOTION
· Advocacy ( Healing Environment
· Client Autonomy ( Teaching and Learning

CARING AND PRACTICE JUDGEMENT
· Critical Thinking ( Consultation
· Prioritizing ( Preparation
· Standards ( Legislation
· Policies ( Expectations
· Assessment ( Nursing Care
· Evaluation

CARING AND PROFESSIONALISM
· Punctuality ( Attendance
· Comportment ( Self-Assessment
· Leadership ( Role Socialization
· Accountability ( Assignments

Self- Assessment

Areas of Strength
Practice Concept
Practice Component

1.

2.

3.

4.

Areas for Improvement

1.

2.

3.

4.

Student Name: ____________________________________________________Date:__________________________________
Learning Plan
Name:

Learning Needs: What learning needs did I identify through practice reflection and peer input etc.? Identify a minimum of 3 learning needs.

1.

2.

3.

Learning Goal #1 (goal must be based on your learning needs) Practice Concept:

Activities and Timeframes How am I going to achieve my goal? Identify a minimum of 3 learning activities with timeframes for each.
Evaluation of changes/outcomes to my practice: How can I demonstrate to my teacher that I have achieved my goal? Identify 3 ways that you can demonstrate you have achieved your goal.

Learning Goal #2 (goal must be based on your learning needs) Practice Concept:

Activities and Timeframes How am I going to achieve my goal? Identify a minimum of 3 learning activities with timeframes for each.

Evaluation of changes/outcomes to my practice: How can I demonstrate to my teacher that I have achieved my goal? Identify 3 ways that you can demonstrate you have achieved your goal.

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