Nursing NUR 435 – Week 6 Assignment: Planning for Professinal Development, Part 1

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In a two-part assignment, submitted in weeks 6 and 8, you will create a job portfolio that highlights your exemplary nursing career. In Week 6, you will focus on creating a cover letter and personal statement.

Planning for Professional Development Part 1 due this week:

Step 1 Create a cover letter for your portfolio.

Imagine that you are interviewing for a nurse manager position in your institution. Write a cover letter, containing at least two-paragraphs, explaining why you want to be a nurse manager and why you are the best candidate for the position.

Review how to prepare an effective cover letter  There are many online resources to help you.  You may find GCF Learn FreeLinks to an external site. particularly useful.  You may use one of the following templates for your cover letter or develop one of your own.

Step 2 State your nursing beliefs.

Some employers ask you to include a personal statement.  To complete this section, create a separate document with the following three main headings:

  • Why I Became a Nurse
  • My Nursing Philosophy
  • My Vision for the Next Five to Ten Years

Each section should be at least one paragraph long.

Step 3 Save and submit your assignment.  You will upload two documents (a cover letter and your personal statement).

When you have completed your assignment, save a copy for yourself in an easily accessible place and submit a copy to your instructor.

Article Critique

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DUE October 11, 2023

mental health

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nurse discussion post

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Evaluate the impact of aging on the structure and function of the pulmonary system. How do age-related changes, such as decreased lung elasticity and decreased respiratory muscle strength, affect respiratory function and increase susceptibility to respiratory disorders?

Program critique

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Please follow all directions 

Advocacy letter

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Preparation for writing the Advocacy Letter

1. Choose a topic that interests you.

2. If you are unsure what to advocate for or against, look at professional organizations for inspiration:

a.
APHA

b.
ANA

c.
Maryland Public Health Association

3. Look for advocacy groups that are working on the issue. We don't have to recreate the wheel.  See what strategies the advocacy groups are supporting. For example: Brady and Gifford non-profits focus on gun policy. 

4. Decide if you want to make change within an agency, at the local, state or federal level. Find the decision maker appropriate to that level. Click here to
find your elected official.

5. If you are writing to a legislator, look at that person’s website to see their position on the issue. Please do not ‘preach to the choir’—that is, if they already support the issue, it does no good to throw more facts at them.

6. If you are addressing a national issue, and your legislator aligns with your proposed action, consider looking at the committee that would hear a bill about your issue.

a. If there is a proposed bill that has not been active, you can ask the chair of the committee to bring it back up in committee.

b. Click here to
check for federal bills.

7. If you are addressing a state issue, the Maryland General Assembly meets January- April of each year.

a. You can see if state bill on your issue was unsuccessful in 2018, and ask your legislator to re-introduce it in 2019.

b. Click here to
check for state bills.

8. For evidence to support your proposed action, use the One Search through HS/HSL for the broadest results. If you are still having trouble finding articles, the premier journal for public health research is called The Nation's Health.

9. Reminders from the rubric:

a. Include your ‘Ask’ clearly and concisely in the first paragraph. In busy offices, staff may not read the entire letter.

b. In the same vein, keep the letter one page. References can be on a second page.

c. Include your credentials. All of you are BSN Candidates (and add whatever other credentials you have). This adds a professional weight to your voice.

10. As always, please let me know of any questions.
KGR

nursing

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 How often do you engage with or witness death in your work? How has this experience or the lack of it shaped your view of death? Has it gotten easier or harder for you to accept the fact of death? As you explain, include your clinical specialty. 

Case Study

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Case Study week 8ASSESSING AND TREATING PATIENTS WITH SLEEP/WAKE DISORDERS

Psychopharmacologic Approaches to Treatment of Psychopathology (waldenu.edu)

Examine
 Case Study: Pharmacologic Approaches to the Treatment of Insomnia in a Younger Adult. You will be asked to make three decisions concerning the medication to prescribe to this patient. Be sure to consider factors that might impact the patient’s pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics processes.

At each decision point, you should evaluate all options before selecting your decision and moving throughout the exercise. Before you make your decision, make sure that you have researched each option and that you evaluate the decision that you will select. Be sure to research each option using the primary literature.

Introduction to the case (1 page)

· Briefly explain and summarize the case for this Assignment. Be sure to include the specific patient factors that may impact your decision making when prescribing medication for this patient.

Decision #1 (1 page)

· Which decision did you select?

· Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.

· Why did you not select the other two options provided in the exercise? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.

· What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources (including the primary literature).

· Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with patients. Be specific and provide examples.

Decision #2 (1 page)

· Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.

· Why did you not select the other two options provided in the exercise? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.

· What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources (including the primary literature).

· Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with patients. Be specific and provide examples.

Decision #3 (1 page)

· Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.

· Why did you not select the other two options provided in the exercise? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.

· What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources (including the primary literature).

· Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with patients. Be specific and provide examples.

Conclusion (1 page)

· Summarize your recommendations on the treatment options you selected for this patient. Be sure to justify your recommendations and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.

References to Include:

· American Psychiatric Association. (2022). 


Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders

Links to an external site.
 (5th ed., text rev.). https://go.openathens.net/redirector/waldenu.edu?url=https://dsm.psychiatryonline.org/doi/book/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425787

· Fernandez-Mendoza, J., & Vgontzas, A. N. (2013). Insomnia and its impact on physical and mental health. 



Current Psychiatry ReportsLinks to an external site.


, 15(12), 418. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-012-0418-8

W7

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1. When dealing with a patient with both depression and anxiety how should the provider prioritize their care? (focused more on teenagers)

2. What are your thoughts in regard to the standard of care of pediatric patients who are diagnosed with MDD vs. Bipolar Disorder?

3- therapy options available that can assist the patient with
Major Depressive disorder, Recurrent episode, Severe, Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Bipolar II Disorder, current episode depressive, moderate ((no cognitive behavior therapy))

Hello, answer those 3 questions without introduction or conclusions, just the questions. references minimum 1 for each question.. simple but with content

discussion post communication

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Complete the Typefinder Personality TestLinks to an external site.. For the class discussion, post your response to the following questions:  

  • Did taking the test provide you with any new insight?  
  • How might considering the personalities of those with whom you interact support interpersonal communication? When possible, provide examples from your own experience.  
  • Discuss strategies for resolving disagreements and conflicts. Describe a time that you have dealt with a conflict or disagreement in a professional setting and how you handled the situation?  
  • Could it have been handled better if you were in the same situation again?   
  • Incorporate strategies found in the unit presentations, textbook, or other professional or academic sources.   

Additionally, view the TED Talk “The Power of Introverts”Links to an external site. by Susan Cain (TED, 2012). Respond to the following questions:  

  • Did her talk give you any new perspective on the process or skill of communication, especially with regard to personality and interpersonal engagement?  
  • Share how you may relate to her talk and/or to the material we studied for this week. 

Be sure to respond to your peers as well.  As a reminder, connect to a scholarly source beyond the TED Talk. 

Reference

TED. (2012). The power of introverts. https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts