What are three questions you should ask yourself when you begin your job search?

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1. What are three questions you should ask yourself when you begin your job search?

2. What are the most common mistakes people make in preparing their résumés?

3. What should you know about your prospective employer before the job interview?

4. What should the interviewee try to achieve during a job interview? What should you look for? What red flags should you watch for?

5. What can you do in advance to prepare for the changes during the first year of employment?

6. Create your own SWOT analysis. How would you respond to your personal strengths and weaknesses if you were a prospective employer? How can you enhance your strengths and improve in areas of weakness?

7. Draw a career path for yourself, beginning with the present year and extending to the age of retirement. Be sure to include any “twists and turns” of the path you expect to experience along the way and any barriers you expect to encounter. How will you handle these experiences?

Do an online nationwide search for information about current job prospects in nursing.Compare opportunities in various regions of the country. Why do you think these opportunities are the same or different?

8. Develop a list of questions that you should ask a potential employer. What “homework” will you need to do to prepare for an interview?

Keeping an accurate food log is the first step. 

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. Getting the data.  This requires keeping a food log, entering the food in the Nutricalc program, and getting the correct print out.  Since this is the basis of the project, this part is due by March 3, 2018.  It can be submitted at any time

2. Using the data obtained above to write and submit Part 1

3. Using the data obtained above to write and submit Part 2

Please read the directions for the diet analysis.  Here are the directions related to data gathering:

You will need the NutriCalc diet analysis software available with the purchase of your access code with your textbook.  You are not to use other meal tracker systems on the internet (i.e. MyFitnessPal, SuperTracker, etc.) as these will not generate the sophisticated reports you will require to complete your project.  If you do this project using another software you will not receive credit for the work!

You will need to keep a food diary for 3 days.  Use the instructions for keeping the diary.  You will collect food, beverage, and behavioral data for the food log.  You will use a provided food record form that is available in the Diet Analysis Link. Do not use the one in the nutricalc program.  Handwritten records are fine, you are welcome to simply scan them for submission.

Once you have collected the record you will then set up a profile in the NutriCalc program.  There is a short tutorial video provided when you are on the front page of the NutriCalc program.  Note:  DO NOT SET UP PROGRAM FOR WEIGHT LOSS. If weight change is needed, you can talk about this in your paper, but this project is to assess your diet needs in the current time and with your current weight.

After you have set up the profile you will then be able to enter the foods and beverages you consumed over the 3 day period.  Make sure to save your work frequently

Step 1:  Keeping an accurate food log is the first step.

1.  Keep a food diary for 3 days- 2 week days and 1 weekend day (consecutive days). Choose days that are fairly typical of your intake so that you can better understand your usual diet. In other words – don’t record on days that you are sick, your birthday, when you don’t have any food in the house, etc.

  1. Carry the food record with you and record everything or eat or drink
  2. Record immediately after eating with as much detail as possible
  3. Be accurate with portion sizes – this is  IMPORTANT.  Refer to the tools in Chapters 1 and 2 to help determine serving size.
  4. Do not include vitamin and mineral supplements since you are looking only at food intake. Similarly, do not record vitamin waters and energy drinks with added vitamins.
    1. If you take a protein supplement or drink protein shakes, include these as they will influence calorie and macronutrient intake
  5. You need to record your intake on the Diet Diary Form
    1. be very detailed in the description of what you ate.  It will be easier to do the analysis if you keep good records of everything that you eat and drink.
    2. record the meal and time you ate – you decide what the meal is.  If you get up at noon on Saturday and you eat – that might be your breakfast and it might be lunch
    3. record the food/beverage in as much detail as possible and the portion. You do not have to record method of preparation unless it will affect the food. For example – a pop tart is the same if it is toasted or not. But chicken is different if it is fried or baked.
    4. Record the portion size – accurately.  Again – tools in chapter 1 and 2.
    5. Record where you were, who you were with, and what you were doing when eating.   For example, you might have been alone at kitchen table reading your nutrition book, or in the lunchroom at work with co-workers, or you might be with friends watching TV
    6. Rate your hunger on scale of 1= not hungry and 5 = famished
    7. Assess how you were feeling (bored, happy, stressed, rushed, etc.)
    8. Estimate how long it took you to eat.

Next Step: Use NutritionCalc Plus http://nutritioncalc3.mheducation.com/ncplus3/ –

a.  Set up your profile.

b.  CHOOSE WEIGHT MAINTENANCE – do not choose weight loss. 

c.  Carefully choose your physical activity level.  There are athletes who practice 4 or more hours a day.  They are very active.  Make sure you consider the time that you sit with school work, computer, car, TV etc.  Do not over estimate your activity

Enter your food

Sometimes you might not be able to find exactly what you ate. Try to pick something that comes close. You might also try putting in the ingredients.  After you have entered all of your information, you need to print out your reports.

Recipes and custom foods can be entered as well – please review the tutorial for assistance  – caution: if you add recipes make sure to double check the MyPlate report to verify that the servings of the components of your recipe have been added to this report.

VERY IMPORTANT: Check over your reports. If calories are very high or low, make sure you entered the right amounts. 15 French fries is different than 15 servings of French fries! In general – if females find their intake over 2500 or if males are over 3500, recheck your work. Also, if calories are very low (intakes less than 1500 calories a day), make sure you recorded everything that you ate and that these are usual days.

If you have any questions or problems – please contact me early!

The Reports or printouts that you need:

When you have entered all of your food data in the program, go to the Reports.  Choose the 3 days that you have recorded. Save these reports in PDF – the Bar Graph, Calorie Assessment, and MyPlate report

Identify the role of the APRN in assisting with the policy or refuting the policy – this requires the evidence to support opinion, ideas and/or concepts.

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Health policy unfolds daily and drives clinical practice in the US. The student will investigate current policies or legislation underway for a specific health-related issue. The Student will develop a scholarly APA formatted paper supported by evidence. The policy paper rubric:

Introduction to population or problem (incidence, prevalence, epidemiology, cost burden etc)

Description of how the policy is intended for a specific population, program or organization

Specific legislators involved in the policy development and dissemination

Identify the role of the APRN in assisting with the policy or refuting the policy – this requires the evidence to support opinion, ideas and/or concepts.

Discuss how the policy influences clinical practice and is used to promote best outcomes

Examine how the policy can be used by the interprofessional team to ensure coordinated and comprehensive care for the specific population

Conclusion – summarize findings

APA format – use of primary peer-reviewed references as much as possible

Submission Details:

  • Support your responses with examples.
  • Cite any sources in APA format.

Discuss the importance of effective communication in the personal relationship, the therapeutic relationship, and the relationship within the interprofessional health-care team. 

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1. Discuss the importance of effective communication in the personal relationship, the therapeutic relationship, and the relationship within the interprofessional health-care team.

2. What similarities and differences can you identify among the above interactions?

3. Explain the concept of congruence between verbal and nonverbal communication.

4. There are many pitfalls to electronic communication. Identify a situation in which an electronic form of communication may result in a miscommunication. What other method of communication would have been more effective?

5. How have you seen ISBAR used during your clinical experiences?

6- Develop a hand-off report for yourself. Include items that you believe are pertinent for safe and effective nursing care. Refer to the information in the chapter for creating this report form. Using the information from the chapter, determine the effectiveness of the system currently in use on your unit for communicating shift-to-shift reports.

7-Dr. Roberts comes into the nurses’ station demanding, “Where are Mr. Adams’s lab reports? I ordered these stat, and they’re not here! Who’s responsible for this patient?” How would you, as the nurse, respond?

8-Explain the concept of accountability in delegation. What are the legal ramifications of accountability in delegation?

9. Dennie and Elias arrive in the unit for the 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. shift. Both nurses completed orientation 4 weeks ago. They find that they will be the only two RNs on the floor that night. There is a census of 48 clients. The remaining staff consists of two NAPs/UAPs and one LPN. What are the responsibilities of the RN, NAP/UAP, and LPN? Can Dennie and Elias effectively delegate client care tasks and care safely for all 48 clients? Use the Delegation Tree to make your decisions.

10. Discuss the differences between direct delegation and indirect delegation.

1. You have to observe delegation procedures in your assigned unit:

A-What considerations does the RN take into account when delegating patient care?

2-You have to look at the unit census and prioritize the patient care:

A- Give the rationale foryour choices.

3.Answer the following questions during your clinical experiences:

a. What specific tasks did your patients require that you might have been able to delegate?

b. How effective was your nurse/preceptor in delegating tasks to others?

c. How did your nurse/preceptor ensure that the tasks were completed safely and appropriately?