Question

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Using the DMAIC model of Six Sigma, discuss a recent process improvement model in which you were involved with in your role as an assistant director of nursing at your long-term care facility. Define the project, explain how data was measured and analyzed. Discuss improvement methods employed and if the process improvement was controlled or hardwired.

NUR 435 Week 1 Discussion: Exploring Your Management Style

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Step 1 Read and respond to the scenario.

You are interviewing for an assistant nurse manager position with the nurse manager of your unit. She asks you to answer the following questions:

  • Explain a time you had to take charge, formally or informally, on your clinical unit (be specific).
  • Describe the management style you used and the type of power you had.
  • Discuss whether your management style was effective and what you would have done differently.
  • Would you use a different management style in the future in the same situation? If so, which one and why?
  • Which management style would you choose to use going forward, and why

week 2

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Choose a topic related to nursing education. You are to identify an issue, need, gap, or opportunity associated
with:
a. any issue in nursing education at any level (e.g. pre-licensure; post-licensure, graduate);
b. nursing education as it relates to a selected patient population; or
c. nursing education as it relates to healthcare administration. 

Week 6 DQ 2

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In the video “How’s Your Social Health”, the speaker presents a tool to measure social health. Have you encountered anything similar in your studies thus far? Perhaps in a clinical setting? Why is measuring social health so important?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfCZBXQYSlw 

Nursing

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Make 1st posting by Thursday. Make 2 responses to peer postings by Sunday.

Discussion 3:

1. Describe one health care policy related to health care access and tell how it relates. How does the policy address health equities and disparities?

2. Explain which segment(s) of the Public Health Nursing Wheel relates to the effects of economics/health care access and health care policy you just described. That is, tell which outer segment(s) and which segment(s): Systems-focused, Community-focused, Individual-focused, Population-Based/Case Finding, or Population-Based. (Your response may be one or more segment(s).)

The Public Health Intervention Wheel is found at The Minnesota Department of Health at http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/opi/cd/phn/wheel.html

3. Visit Healthy People 2030 Priorities at https://health.gov/healthypeople/priority-areas List the three priority areas for Healthy People 2030. Read about social determinants on the same Healthy People 2030 website. Describe two social determinants of health that directly relate to the three priority areas for Healthy People 2030.

Include at least two citations and references in your initial discussion posting (WHO website is okay to use for this discussion). Use APA format. Respond to a minimum of two other classmates regarding their post. Your responses to peers should be substantial. Substantial postings are more than just saying “I agree.” Substantial postings add to the point made, provide more information, ask a probing question, or share an experience. End your initial posting with a question to your classmates that furthers discussion on the topic. Also, see the discussion grading rubric. Please write or paste your posting in the discussion box instead of attaching it in a document. Thanks!

Synthesis and Application #3 initial posting due on 10/5/23 by 11:59 pm and two replies to peers due by 10/8/23 by 11:59 pm

Nursing Reflection Assignment

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 The questions below should guide your thinking, but feel free to volunteer additional information if you feel it is relevant. You are expected to write a minimum of 200 words for this assignment. 

No plagiarism, APA 7th edition style

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 Post a comparison of at least two APRN board of nursing regulations in your state/region with those of at least one other state/region. Describe how they may differ. Be specific and provide examples. Then, explain how the regulations you selected may apply to Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) who have legal authority to practice within the full scope of their education and experience. Provide at least one example of how APRNs may adhere to the two regulations you selected