How The nursing profession is viewed by the general public.

Describe how the nursing profession is viewed by the general public. Discuss factors that influence the public’s perception of nursing. Describe ways to educate the general public on the professional nurse’s role and scope of nursing within a changing health care system.

A challenging Change process

Think of a time in which you encountered a challenging change process (personal or professional) and answer the following questions/prompts.

  • Was the change planned or unplanned?
  • List the elements that made this change difficult.
  • Who were the people involved, and what were their attitudes toward the change?
  • What were some lessons learned by you during this change process?

Sleep disorders in Diagnostic categories

Sleep disorders in diagnostic categories, one related to sleep apnea and the other related to the failure to stay awake due to stress.

  • The use of over-the-counter sleep aids should be encouraged over prescription drugs because they are safer and not habit forming.
  • Menopause has no impact on insomnia.
  • As a backup to over-the-counter sleep aids, benzodiazepines are the most useful.
  • Discuss best practice for insomnia assessment.

Critical thinking and evidence-based practice

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.

Healthcare regulatory and accreditation agency

Select one healthcare regulatory and accreditation agency that influences the clinical healthcare environment, and respond to the following.

  • What is the purpose for the agency? To what extent does the agency impact safety, quality, and/or person-centered care?
  • What are examples of healthcare settings that are impacted by the agency?
  • What are examples of benchmarks or practice expectations from the agency? What are the implications of the benchmarks or expectations for the nurse leader?

Social and Cultural activities

Gracie is an active member of her community and contributes to a range of social and cultural activities.  Gracie is a valued team member, a Yuwallari woman and an Elder within her community. She enjoys sharing her culture with her colleagues and feels proud that she has contributed to a better understanding of her people.

She has been granted a week of special leave to assist in planning activities for Sorry Day. You overhear two other team members discussing how unfair it is that Gracie has been given special leave saying, "

I don’t know why Sorry Day is such a big deal anyway. That stuff happened ages ago!" Later that day, you call the staff members into a meeting room to address the comments.

Task 4.4 Recommend at least two (2) types of resources or assistance that should be sought to address the issues identified.

Several Media examples of teaching content on a single topic

Select several media examples of teaching content on a single topic. Evaluate each of these examples and consider the effectiveness of the media in dealing with the topic.

Offer suggestions regarding the appropriateness of these media for different learner population depending on size, age, cultural diversity, and educational background of the audience, as well as on the setting in which information is delivered

The Community services sector

The community services sector is holding a conference focusing on how workers can better communicate with each other and with clients. You have been asked to give the keynote speech. A keynote speech is an opening address that outlines the issues to be considered and why they should be considered. In this instance, you will speak about communication techniques and how to improve communication in the workplace. Provide your assessor with the transcript of your speech.

 

Discuss such things as:

  • rapport
  • barriers to communication and ways to address them
  • conducting interviews
  • giving feedback and advice
  • getting clients to tell their stories
  • communicating with people from different cultural backgrounds
  • legislative requirements
  • handling enquiries
  • channels of communication
  • networking
  • active listening
  • handling conflict
  • facilitating group discussions
  • working with involuntary clients

 

 

Provide more information about some of the topics you cover.

 

You will be assessed on the content of your speech and your ability to communicate information clearly to the target audience.

 

You can reference the information provided in this unit, but you will also need to demonstrate that you have undertaken your own research. Properly cite and reference any material from other authors.

 

Social and cultural activities

Gracie is an active member of her community and contributes to a range of social and cultural activities. Gracie is a valued team member, a Yuwallari woman and an Elder within her community.

She enjoys sharing her culture with her colleagues and feels proud that she has contributed to a better understanding of her people.  She has been granted a week of special leave to assist in planning activities for Sorry Day.

You overhear two otherteam members discussing how unfair it is that Gracie has been given special leave saying, "I don’t know why Sorry Day is such a big deal anyway. That stuff happened ages agol"

Later that day, you call the staff members into a meeting room to address the comments. Task 43 How would you address the potential information needs of these people and the impacts of the discrimination? [

The StrengthsFinder assessment

Post a brief description of your results from the StrengthsFinder assessment. Then, briefly describe two core values, two strengths, and two characteristics that you would like to strengthen based on the results of your StrengthsFinder assessment. Be specific.

Clifton Strengths results:

Relator

People exceptionally talented in the Relator theme enjoy close

relationships with others. They find deep satisfaction in working

hard with friends to achieve a goal.

Strategic

People exceptionally talented in the Strategic theme create

alternative ways to proceed. Faced with any given scenario,

they can quickly spot the relevant patterns and issues.

Responsibility

People exceptionally talented in the Responsibility theme take

psychological ownership of what they say they will do. They are

committed to stable values such as honesty and loyalty.

Command

People exceptionally talented in the Command theme have

presence. They can take control of a situation and make

decisions.

Arranger

People exceptionally talented in the Arranger theme can

organize, but they also have a flexibility that complements this

ability. They like to determine how all of the pieces and resources can be arranged for

maximum productivity.