DEVELOPING ORGANIZATIONAL POLICIES AND PRACTICES Competing needs arise within any organization as employees seek to meet their targets and leaders seek to meet company goals. As a leader, successful management of these goals requires establishing priorities and allocating resources accordingly. Within a healthcare setting, the needs of the workforce, resources, and patients are often in…
First, review the Article Selection section of this week’s resources and choose one to use as the text for this assignment and project. Next, explain why you chose the text. Then, address the prompts related to content, genre, purpose, context, core idea, and details of the text using the template linked in the What to…
ORGANIZATIONAL READINESS ASSESSMENT How do you determine organizational readiness to implement change in your practice or organization? Are the individuals committed to making the change? Are they confident in the impact of the change? Are they prepared to face challenges? The answers to these questions, and others, may provide insight into the readiness of an…
A rich picture represents an illustration of ill-defined problems by drawing detailed representations of them. A rich picture is a model that represents the organization’s components and relationships to discover appropriate solutions. A drawing can evoke and record insights and impressions of a situation and is usually conducted before you know clearly which parts of…
Case Study Assignment: Case #1 92 y/o African American male is brought to the Emergency Department by his daughter. The patient has slurred speech. His blood pressure is 210/100. Include the following: • Identify the patient’s chief complaint. • Identify what physical exams and diagnostic tests would be most appropriate to…
THE ASSIGNMENT (3–5 PAGES) Develop your written philosophy of nursing practice in a paper of 3–5 pages, plus cover page and references page, to include the following: Apply recommended elements of a philosophy statement. Explain how your philosophy can accommodate your expanded awareness of practice issues as a DNP. Explain how your philosophy reflects…
Touchstone 2.2: Create an Annotated Bibliography ASSIGNMENT: Using your research question, working thesis, and outline from Touchstone 1.2, create an annotated bibliography that provides a synopsis of your sources and an explanation of how you will use them. As this assignment builds on Touchstone 1.2: Write a Research Question, Thesis, and Outline, that Touchstone,…
Touchstone 2.1: Evaluate a Source ASSIGNMENT: For this essay, you will select one of the sources that you intend to support your argument. Which source you choose is up to you; however, it should be substantial enough that you will be able to talk about it at length, and intricate enough that it will keep…
ASSESSING, DIAGNOSING, AND TREATING ADULTS WITH MOOD DISORDERS It is important for the PMHNP to have a comprehensive understanding of mood disorders in order to assess and accurately formulate a diagnosis and treatment plan for patients presenting with these disorders. Mood disorders may be diagnosed when a patient’s emotional state meets the diagnostic criteria…