Innovative Delivery Care Models

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Subject:Healthcare

Paper Details: 
Week 6

Shaping a Preferred Future for Nursing

Resources

Media

Course Media:Leadership Competencies in Nursing and Healthcare
“Shaping a Preferred Future for Nursing,” featuring Dr. Kenneth J. Rempher and Dr. Leslie Mancuso

Required Readings

Course Text:Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing(8th ed.)
Chapter 7, “Understanding Power and Politics”

Course Text:Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses: Interpretation and Application Retrieved from.waldenulibrary.org/limited/ANA.htm”>http://ezp.waldenulibrary.org/limited/ANA.htm

Course Text:Nursing: Scope & Standards of Practice Retrieved from.waldenulibrary.org/limited/ANA.htm”>http://ezp.waldenulibrary.org/limited/ANA.htm

Course Text: American Nursing Association (2010).Nursing’s social policy statement: The essence of the profession (3rd ed.). Silver Springs, MD: Nurses books.org. Retrieved from
.waldenulibrary.org/limited/ANA.htm”>http://ezp.waldenulibrary.org/limited/ANA.htm

Articles:
Cowen, M., Halasyamani, L., McMurtrie, D., Hoffman, D., Polley, T., & Alexander, J. et. al (2008). Organizational structure for addressing the attributes of the ideal healthcare delivery system.Journal of Healthcare Management,53(6), 407-419.
Huston, C. (2008). Preparing nurse leaders for 2020.Journal of Nursing Management,16, 905-911.
Milstead, J. A. (2003). Interweaving policy and diversity.Online Journal of Issues in Nursing,8(1), 5.
Porter-O’Grady, T. (2003). Innovation and creativity in a new age for health care.Journal of the New York State Nurses Association,34(2), 4-8.
Rossen, E., Bartless, R., & Herrick, C (2008). Interdisciplinary collaboration: The need to revisit.Issues in Mental Health Nursing,29(4), 387-396.
Tofte, S. J. (2005). Why standards of practice?Dermatology Nursing,17(1), 9.

Website:
Health Workforce Solutions LLC & Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (2008). Innovative Care Models. Retrieved from.innovativecaremodels.com/”>http://www.innovativecaremodels.com

Optional Resources are listed in the Week 6 Learning Resources.

Threaded
Discussion

Discussion 1: Innovative Delivery Care Models

Respond to the following:
What model of care do you think should be created to meet the future demand of the elderly, the increasingly obese, and the information-savvy health care consumer?
How might this model of care change or support the role of the nurse as defined by ANA’sNursing: Scope & Standards of Practice,Code of Ethics,and Nursing’s Social Policy Statement?

Support your response with references from the professional nursing literature.

Post your response by Day 3of this week. Respond by Day 5to at least two colleagues’ postings. See the Week 6 Discussion area for details.

Practicum

Practicum Activities:Present Leadership Change Project

This week your instructor has assigned you to create and post a PowerPoint presentation that summarizes your Leadership Change Project. Post your PowerPoint presentation byday 5of this week. (See Rubric in Course Info)

In this Discussion, post the Leadership Change Project you developed.

In addition and based on your experiences, observations, and readings, compose a Discussion post that responds to the following:
Review all of your team members’ presentations in your group and summarize the challenges and opportunities inherent in facilitating change in a interdisciplinary environment.
Present strategies for addressing these challenges.

Post your response to this Discussion by Day 5. Respond to at least two colleagues’ postings by Day 7.
Course Evaluation

Please complete the course evaluation by Day 7.

NURS 4020:Leadership Competencies in Nursing and Healthcare

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NURS 4020:Leadership Competencies in Nursing and Healthcare

Week 1
Leadership Theories and Personal Identification of Style and Strengths

Resources

Media

Course Media: Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2010).Leadership competencies in nursing and healthcare.Baltimore: Author.
“Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare,” featuring Dr. Kenneth J. Rempher, Dr. Diane Mancino, Dr. Don Arthur, Dr. David Nash, Dr. Cecilia K. Wooden, and Dr. Leslie Mancuso

Required Readings

Course Text: Sullivan, E. J., & Decker, P. J. (2013).Effective leadership and management in nursing(8th ed.). Upper Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Chapter 4, “Leading, Managing, Following”

Course Text: American Nursing Association. (2010).Nursing: Scope & standards of practice.Silver Springs, MD: Nursesbooks.org. Retrieved from.waldenulibrary.org/limited/ANA.htm”>http://ezp.waldenulibrary.org/limited/ANA.htm

Course Text: Fowler, M. (2008).Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses: Interpretation and application.Silver Springs, MD: Nursesbooks.org. Retrieved from
.waldenulibrary.org/limited/ANA.htm”>http://ezp.waldenulibrary.org/limited/ANA.htm

Articles:
Jackson, J. R., Clements P. T., Averill J. B., & Zimbro K. (2009). Patterns of knowing: Proposing a theory for nursing leadership.Nursing Economic$,27(3), 149-159.
Kerfoot, K. M. (2009). Denial and immunity to change: It starts with the leader.Nursing Economic$,27(6), 422-423.

Optional Resources are listed in the Week 1 Learning Resources.

Threaded Discussion

Leadership Theory and Health Care

Reflect on the information presented this week and on your own work environment. Then, respond to the following:
Which theory of leadership do you think is most effective in today’s health care environment? Why?
How does ANA’s Nursing: Scope & Standards of Practice influence nursing leadership?

Support your response with references from the professional nursing literature.

Post your response by Day 3of this week. Respond by Day 7to at least twoof your colleagues’ postings. See the Week 1 Discussion area for details.

Application

Leadership Theory Paper

Throughout this degree program, you have been exposed to many great leaders in nursing and health care. Reflect on the leadership demonstrated by individuals such as Dr. Maggi McClure, Dr. Diane Mancino, Dr. Karen Drenkard, Ms. Joan Marren, Dr. Leslie Mancuso, Maria Manna, and Dr. Kenneth Rempher. Great leaders share common characteristics. As you have heard in this week’s media presentation, leadership skills can be learned and developed. The first step in developing leadership skills is increasing your self-awareness of your leadership qualities and abilities. In order to be an effective leader, you must find a style, or styles, that meet both your needs and those of the institution. Complete at least one of the following assessment inventories.
Gallup Strength Finders
Myers-Briggs
DiSC

Review your assessment results, and determine your leadership style, strengths, and growing edges. Consider how your leadership strengths are demonstrated in your nursing practice. Then, review the list of leaders presented below.
Winston Churchill
Margaret Thatcher
Eleanor Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mahatma Ghandi
Rudy Guiliani
Abraham Lincoln
César Chavéz
Mao Tse Tung
Lillian Wald
Mother Teresa

Select one person from the list. Research that individual, and write a 2–3 page summary of the selected leader’s leadership style and specific leadership characteristics demonstrated. Include in your summary any strengths or characteristics you have in common with the leader you selected. Also include how your identified strengths demonstrate mastery of ANA’sNursing:Scope & Standards of Practice, Standard of Professional Performance: Standard 12: Leadership as evidenced in your nursing practice.

Due byDay 7. See the Week 1 Application area for complete instructions.

Virtual
Practicum
Team
Discussion

Practicum Activities: Identify a Change Project
This week introduced the concepts of leadership and leadership theories. In addition, the media presentation and textbook readings discussed the difference between leadership and management. As you begin your practicum this week discuss with your manager possible change projects needed in the agency. Observe your manager and other leaders at your location. Identify how management and leadership activities contribute to successful change initiatives. Informally discuss options with your manager
Please address the following:
What did you see as the difference between a leadership activities and a management activities?
How do management and leadership activities contribute to the success of change initiatives
What change projects are needed in your agency at this time.

Post your response to this Discussion byDay 5. Respond to at leasttwocolleagues’ postings byDay 7

Comparing and contrasting telemedicine, provider-to-patient e-mail, and e-visits.

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Write a 2-page essay covering the following:

  • Describing telemedicine,
  • Write a 2-page essay covering the following:
    • Describing telemedicine,
    • Comparing and contrasting telemedicine, provider-to-patient e-mail, and e-visits.
    • Include elements such as:
      • The definitions of each approach,
      • The benefits and drawbacks of each,
      • The costs or obstacles to implementation
      • The relative benefits to patients
    • Use at least one source for your essay, and don’t forget to cite your sources.

    Be sure to proofread your work for correct grammar and spelling. And don’t forget to cite your sources using APA format.

  • Include elements such as:
    • The definitions of each approach,
    • The benefits and drawbacks of each,
    • The costs or obstacles to implementation
    • The relative benefits to patients
  • Use at least one source for your essay, and don’t forget to cite your sources.

Be sure to proofread your work for correct grammar and spelling. And don’t forget to cite your sources using APA format.

Discuss current or future applications of nanotechnology in fields such as medicine, engineering, space exploration, fuel cell development, air and water purification, and agriculture.

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Nanotechnology (also called nanotech) is a branch of materials science that deals with manipulating matter on the atomic scale. It is so called because this field deals with engineering on the scale of a billionth of a meter, also known as a nanometer. Nanotechnology seeks to solve a wide range of problems from the construction of atomic scale machines to changing material properties at the atomic level.

Use the Internet, Argosy University library resources, and your textbook to research the field of nanotechnology.

Write a paper discussing some of the basic scientific and technical concepts of nanotechnology. Do the following in your paper:

  • Discuss current or future applications of nanotechnology in fields such as medicine, engineering, space exploration, fuel cell development, air and water purification, and agriculture.
  • Provide at least three examples of real-world applications in use or in development with reliable references.

Write a 2–3-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention