Why did you decide to pursue a baccalaureate degree in nursing?

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  1. What is your initial level of education in nursing?
    Diploma in nursing
    Associate degree2.What is your age?
  2. What is your gender?
    Male
    Female
    4.What is your racial/ethnic background?
    Hispanic (of any race)
    American Indian or Alaska Native
    Asian
    Black or African American
    Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander
    White
    Race/Ethnicity Unknown5. What is your family status?
    Married
    Widowed, divorced, or separated
    Never married6. What is your employment setting?
    Hospital
    Public/community health
    Ambulatory care
    Nursing home/extended care
    Other

 

 

  1. How do you spend most of your time in your principle nursing job?
    Direct patient care
    Supervision/management
    Administration
    Teaching
    Research
    Other8.Please indicate how you feel about your principle nursing job.
    Extremely satisfied
    Satisfied
    Neither satisfied or dissatisfied
    Dissatisfied
    Extremely dissatisfied9. What is the time zone where you live?
    Eastern
    Central
    Mountain
    Pacific

    10. Do you own your residence?
    Yes
    No

    11. Why did you decide to pursue a baccalaureate degree in nursing?

Download the Class Survey from Doc Sharing and answer the questions. You are not to submit your answers, nor is the survey graded. This experience is to provide you with insight into being a human subject. What was your impression of this data collection tool and the type of questions it asked?

 

Please download and complete the class survey; then share your impressions of two things: (1) the survey itself and (2) the type of questions you answered. You are NOT to submit your answers, so please don’t worry about the fact that trying to do so unchecks some of your selections! The survey answers go “nowhere,” so you are fulfilling the intent of the TD by simply answering them as you would were this a true research study that used a survey as the data collection tool/instrument.

The purpose of this survey is to help you experience “being a subject.” Your impressions are important for purposes of interacting with one another throughout the week.

There is no research proposal/question tied to this survey. Therefore, completing it doesn’t tie the results to anything. Moreover, a research proposal would address informed consent with a statement to the effect that “Completing the survey will serve as informed consent.” There would also be a statement that completing the survey or declining to complete the survey would not affect the care you receive.

This survey also asks for data that are of various levels: nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio. Next week we will analyze the results in the MOCK results that you will download

Watson’s Theory of Human caring

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Assessment Tools Analysis

 

Purpose of this assignment is to provide the student with the opportunity to examine assessment tools that evaluate on-physical measures. Applying Watson’s Theory of Human caring integrates the mind-body-spirit dimensions. Nurses should be knowledgeable in tools to expand the abilities of nurses to assess and evaluate clients in various stages and states of health, illness, stress and life.

 

  • Prepare and submit a 1,050 – 1,400 word, APA-formatted paper, which includes:
    • A selection of three assessment tools below
    • Using the Online Library, research the selected tools
    • Describe each tool and the population for which it might be useful. State data about tool such as cost, length, and ease in using tool, for what populations it is best designed, and validity of information gained
    • Describe how this tool could enhance the assessment phase of the nursing process and impact quality of health care delivered by the nurse
  • Apply these tools to the vulnerable population described in the Vulnerable Population and Self-Awareness assignment of Week Two

Assessment Tools:

Adult Life Stress Measurement

Beck Depression Inventory

Calgary Family Assessment Model

Coping Resources Inventory for Stress

Daily Hassles Scale

Derogatis Stress Profile

Dysfunctional Attitude Scale

Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scale

Family Hardiness Index

Feetham Family Functioning Survey

Hassles and Uplifts Inventory

Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile (HLPL-II)

Health Self-Determination Index (HSDI)

Health Self-Determination Index for Children (HSDI-C)

Index of Core Spiritual Experiences

Mini-Mental State Exam

Perceived Stress Scale

Schoolager’s Coping Strategies Inventory

Social Support Questionnaire

Spiritual Involvement & Beliefs Scale

Spiritual Perspective Scale

Spiritual Well-Being Scale

State-Trait Anxiety Inventory

Stress Warning Signals Inventory

Ways of Coping Questionnaire

Well Being Picture Scale

What were the advantages and disadvantages of this system of nursing education?

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Ever since the introduction of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) refusal of payment for hospital-acquired poor outcomes, nursing has gained visibility because these outcomes are nurse sensitive. Locate an article or website that refers to these nurse-sensitive outcomes and describe its findings.

 

2. The repeated sound of an alarm can be annoying to the patient, family, and staff. This can lead to someone shutting off the alarm. Give an example of an ethical or legal issue that may arise if a patient has a poor outcome or sentinel event because an alarm was turned off. What do the data show about the value of alarms in general? Is alarm fatigue an issue?

 

3. Select three of the best qualities of nursing education in different types of programs (ADN, diploma, and BSN) over the years. Using these lessons from history, how would you incorporate these qualities into a superior nursing education program for the future?

 

Think about the diploma schools that prepared many great RNs in the mid- to late-20th century. What were the advantages and disadvantages of this system of nursing education? Which of their great qualities were carried forward into the school you attended? Which qualities were lost?

Healthcare Ethics and Morals

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Healthcare Ethics and Morals

Consider the scenarios given below and answer the questions listed after each scenario. Justify your answers with appropriate research and reasoning.

Scenario 1

The rising number of uninsured patients has led to an increased reliance on the hospital emergency room for routine nonemergency care. EMTALA ensures patients’ access to the emergency room of any hospital, regardless of patients’ insurance status or their ability to pay. Using the Internet, read about EMTALA. You can search for this act by using the keyword, “EMTALA” and respond to the following question:

  • How do the law and the medical profession’s code of ethics impact those individuals who seek care from emergency departments for reasons other than those that are truly emergencies?

Scenario 2

Autonomy is one of the most important ethical principles discussed in long-term care. Often, autonomy is in danger of being sacrificed when a patient is in need of a higher level of care. Imagine you are part of the staff at the local nursing home. The administrator has asked you and a group of other employees to discuss the principle of autonomy and how it can be applied to the nursing home setting. As a staff member, answer the following questions:

  • How would you decide the best way to honor a patient’s autonomy in a nursing home and what will you decide?
  • How would you handle differences of opinion in the group as you try to come to a consensus on the best way to preserve autonomy?
  •  cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format