interview a nursing manager or nursing director of a unit or department to discuss the local budget to include staffing, supplies, and other costs

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Below is the description of the essay and the requirements. Note it says that it is suppose to include an interview aspect, but just remember that this can be made up.

Utilizing information from your readings and practice, interview a nursing manager or nursing director of a unit or department to discuss the local budget to include staffing, supplies, and other costs.

  • Provide an overall description of the budget development and monitoring process.
  • Describe the strategies used when there is a variance in the budget.
  • Provide your thoughts on where the staff or organization has opportunities to make the budget sustainable and stable.
  • Make recommendations for how you believe budget issues should be communicated to staff on a regular basis.
  • State why you believe this budget communication should occur.
  • Do not provide proprietary budget information with the paper – no budget documents are required.
  • Minimum of 3 journals should be used for citation and provided on the reference list.

The paper should be 5 to 6 pages in length, excluding references.

Research the different medical professions (nursing, MD, DO, DDS, OD, etc.) and investigate a method that is being used to integrate them, such as electronic healthcare records, or a specific reason why they need to be integrated

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Select one of these topics for your Research Essay:

  1. Research the different medical professions (nursing, MD, DO, DDS, OD, etc.) and investigate a method that is being used to integrate them, such as electronic healthcare records, or a specific reason why they need to be integrated. Do not try to tell the reader if the integration effort is good or bad; just present research about this new direction of healthcare.
  2. Research a drug that is either in common use or is new to healthcare. Do not try to tell the reader if the drug is good or bad; just present what’s known about the drug, including its history, uses and precautions, and what information is out there about it.
  3. Your own research topic. You must discuss this with the professor and have the topic approved before moving forward.

Prewriting and Annotated Bibliography Details

Prewriting and planning are essential to writing an effective essay, so for this week’s assignment, you will complete the prewriting and planning steps of the process for developing the Research Essay. Additionally, you will also included an annotated bibliography, which includes a full APA Style reference followed by a brief summary of the source, and a description of how that source may be used in your essay. To complete the prewriting assignment, you will submit one document (or perhaps multiple documents) that include ALL of the following:

  1. A prewriting/”discovering” exercise to generate lots of ideas, like freewriting, brainstorming, or concept mapping. (3 points)
  2. A working thesis statement (directly addresses the prompt; most effective as the last sentence of the introduction. (2 points)
  3. An outline of your essay. (3 points)
  4. An annotated bibliography with 6 sources. Make sure to review this document for information about how the annotated bibliography should be constructed. (10 points)

this essay will ask you to gather extensive research and present it with a neutral attitude. Very carefully read the “Writing and Planning a Research Paper” and “Documenting a Research Paper” chapters of your textbook, and use the information there to develop your essay.

Whichever topic you choose, your essay must include the following:

  • At least one direct quotation from each source named on your references page
  • At least one paraphrase from each source named on your references page
  • A total of at least 4 unique sources, cited and referenced properly
  • A clear thesis statement in the introductory paragraph
  • Excellent organization of your ideas
  • A references page with the full reference details
  • A word count of 1000 words, at minimum

Safe-Staffing Ratios: Benefiting Nurses and Patients 

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Safe-Staffing Ratios: Benefiting Nurses and Patients – DPEAFLCIO. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://dpeaflcio.org/programs-publications/issue-fact-sheets/safe-staffing-ratios-benefiting-nurses-and-patients/

 

Using the above website

Use the practice problem and a quantitative, peer-reviewed research article you identified in the Topic 1 assignment to complete this assignment.

In a 1000-1,250 word essay, summarize the study, explain the ways in which the findings might be used in nursing practice, and address ethical considerations associated with the conduct of the study.

Refer to the resource “Research Critique Guidelines” for suggested headings and content for your paper.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

Research Summary and Ethical Considerations Guidelines

The summary should include the areas detailed below. You need to describe this research report as though directed toward someone whose findings you want to implement.

Introduction

Background of study:

Problem (why this issued is being studied)

Significance to nursing

Purpose

Objectives: research question and/or hypothesis

Concepts, phenomena

Methods of study:

Quantitative or qualitative

Research design

Sample

Procedures

Results of study:

What did they find?

Implications to nursing

Explain how the findings contribute to nursing knowledge/science. Would it impact practice, education, administration, or all areas of nursing?

Ethical Considerations

Was the study approved by an Institutional Review Board?

Was patient privacy protected?

Were there ethical considerations regarding the treatment or lack of?

Conclusion

Reallocation of Resources to Address Quality in an Intensive Care Unit

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Power Point Presentation on the Reallocation of Resources to Address Quality in an Intensive Care Unit.

***Please note: The person composing this power point presentation must adhere to the specification on sections A & B.

Specifications section A (Style and Format):

  • Must be composed in the APA format, the 6th edition version.
  • Must contain a MAXIMUM of 14 slides, excluding references page and title page.
  • Provide a minimum of 3 journal citations and include these on the reference list.
  • Because no live presentation will be offered with the Slides, the presentation should include instructor notes for any additional explanation which would be used in a live delivery.
  • The quality and content should be clearly and concisely presented (no full paragraphs)
  • References and citations should be in APA format.
  • Use appropriate background, grammar, spelling, and format for the slides.

Specifications section B (Content instructions):

  • Select a quality metric in your ‘ORGANIZATION’ which needs to be improved and recommend new resources (material and/or human) to support improvement of this metric.
    • The ‘Organization’ refers to the acute care setting, AKA the hospital setting, with the essay focused around the Intensive Care Unit
  • It is important to note, that the course which this essay is being written for is a NURSING finance course, and thus the information provided should be focused and reflective of such.
  • The presentation should come from the perspective of a Nursing Leader (director of the ICU).

***Slides should contain the following information:

  • Describe why the selected quality metric is of concern to the organization
  • Recommend resources and their costs to support an improvement strategy
  • Provide justification for the mid-year adjustment to resources
  • Describe the intended outcome – pre/post data
  • Explain the options and decision making process that resulted in your solution.
  • Provide key information that allows the reader to visualize the impact of the solution on stakeholders