Category: Health Care and Life Sciences : Nursing

You are developing this presentation as if you were going to communicate your analysis to your colleagues regarding a current federal bill you believe may be of interest to nurses.
Go to https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/subjects/health/6130Links to an external site. (This is a required site for this assignment.)
Choose a current health-related federal bill of interest from the required site. Read through the bill and develop a summary of the main points in your own words. Include the bill number and name. (You may also use H.R. or S.R. as these are bills in the resolution phase).
Here is a link to our U.S. legislative process (bill to law) for review if you need to review how a bill becomes a law: https://www.congress.gov/legislative-processLinks to an external site. 
For those not familiar with the development of a PowerPoint slideshow, the following link to the Microsoft Office 365 TrainingLinks to an external site. may be helpful.
Include the following information in your presentation
Title slide (Your name, NR451, session, Healthcare Policy assignment)
Bill name and number (indicate either H.B./H.R. or S.B./S.R.)
Bill summary (in your own words)
Address how this bill might relate to a professional nursing practice standard if passed? If not passed? (Choose one standard from the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice textbook)
How might the bill impact your own nursing practice if passed? If not passed?
How might you communicate your concerns about or support for this bill to peers and legislators based on nursing practice, standards, or patient outcomes?
How might this bill impact your community if passed?
References slide to include the Bill source in APA format.
Cite the bill reference and any other reference in APA format directly on the slide where the source is used
No more than 12 slides
Recommended headings for slides after the Title Slide:  Bill Identification and Summary; Impact of Bill on Nursing Practice Standard; Impact of Bill on own Nursing Practice; Communication Strategies; Community Impact of the Bill; then, the References slide.
TemplateThere is no required form or template for this assignment. Please use PowerPoint best practices throughout your presentation.
Best Practices
The following are best practices in preparing this presentation.
Review directions and rubric thoroughly prior to beginning assignment.
Watch the short video tutorial on tips for completing the assignment and on developing a PowerPoint.
Incorporate graphics, clip art, or photographs to increase interest.
Make slides easy to read with short bullet points and large font.
Please see the grading criteria and rubrics on this page.
Scholarly Sources and Citation
Cite all sources on the appropriate slides with (author, year) in APA 7th edition format.
Spell check for spelling and grammar errors prior to final submission.

Professional Organization Assignment
Student Instructions: Select a professional nursing organization and provide the rationale for the  choice in the organization. Summarize important information about the organization, such as, the 
mission and vision of the organization, recent and historic accomplishments of the organizations and its members, current legislative interests of the organization, membership fees, benefits to the profession, benefits to the public, and benefits to the average nurse member. Summarize how this organization aligns with the student’s professional beliefs, interests, and aspirations as a 
future professional nurse.
Use the following questions as a guide
The rubric is below the guiding questions and also can be found in your course syllabus
1. Date, Time, and Location of the meeting attended?
2. What was the name of the professional organization?
3. Why did you choose this organization?
4. Who are the current Board Members of the Organization?
5. What committees are active in the Professional Organization?
6. Where is the webpage for the organization located (link)?
7. Is the webpage well organized and informative?
8. What was discussed/presented at the meeting?
9. Were CEUs offered for attending the meeting/presentation?
10. What district of the professional organizations would you belong to (where you plan to 
practice)?
11. What resources, CEUs, and Professional Development opportunities are open to members?
12. What nursing issues are the focus of the organization’s legislative efforts?
13. Are mentorship programs available within the organization?
14. What advantages do you see in joining the organization?
15. What are the disadvantages to joining the organization?
16. What surprised you about the organization?
17. Will you join the organization? If so/if not, Why
you can find a meeting on youtube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mtupq0fWNA

This is a RN-BSN class
Please use APA 7TH edition,
Should be free of plagiarism
please see the instructions attached.

The discussion assignment provides a forum for discussing relevant topics for this week on the basis of the course competencies covered. For this assignment, make sure you post your initial response to the Discussion Area by the due date assigned and complete your participation for this assignment by Day 7. To support your work, use your course and text readings and also use resources from the South University Online Library.
As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format. Support your work, using your course lectures and textbook readings. Helpful APA guides and resources are available in the South University Online Library. Below are guides that are located in the library and can be accessed and downloaded via the South University Online Citation Resources: APA Style page. The American Psychological Association website also provides detailed guidance on formatting, citations, and references at APA Style.
• APA Citation Helper
• APA Citations Quick Sheet
• APA-Style Formatting Guidelines for a Written Essay
• Basic Essay Template
Begin reviewing and replying to peer postings/responses early in the week to enhance peer discussion. See the rubric for participation points. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing viewpoints with a rationale, challenging aspects of the discussion, or indicating relationships between two or more lines of reasoning in the discussion. Always use constructive language, even in criticism, to work toward the goal of positive progress.
Mr. B is a 77-year-old African American man who complains of difficulty urinating.
What could be the underlying cause of these symptoms?
What are his risk factors?
What laboratory tests would be needed to confirm possible differential diagnoses?
What interventions would you expect?

Carefully Read these Check-In Assignment Preparation Instructions prior to completing the Change Process PICOT questionnaire for grading.
Read through the Week 6 Assignment page in the Week 6 Module and reach out to your instructor with any questions
Identify a clinical topic of concern that you think could benefit from a change of practice
Propose an independent nursing practice intervention as a change to current practice
Using the PICOT format develop each element of the PICOT (See Week 2 Illustration part of the lesson for a PICOT example from Nurse Daniel)
Please avoid using topics that are broad or are not able to be implemented as an independent nursing intervention as a BSN nurse.
Avoid using:
medical/doctor/physician problems such as medications, medication administration, errors, or effects, diagnostics, such as labs,
etc.
staffing, nurse-to-patient ratios, workforce issues which nursing cannot be impacted through an independent change intervention
DO –
Choose a clinical topic of concern that you think could benefit from a change and is important to you
Propose an independent nursing practice intervention as a change to current practice
Be prepared to identify each PICOT element
 Check-in InstructionsAnswer the questions within this questionnaire
Click the Take the Quiz button at the bottom of this page to record your answers. When completed, you will click Submit Quiz at the bottom of that page.
Your instructor will review your answers, score the items, and provide feedback. After scoring is completed, you may see your instructor’s comments in the Grades area.
My Population for PICOT question is:
My change Intervention for my PICOT question is:
My current practice Comparison for my PICOT question is:
My measurable Outcome for my PICOT question is:
My change process Timeframe for my PICOT question is:

Briefly discuss your state’s laws (New York) regarding gun control and its impact on healthcare.
Include a minimum of 2 scholarly sources meaningfully to demonstrate much depth. 

Care expressed and practiced in professional nursing models provides a way of looking at the nursing role from the aspect of care. It may seem excessive to consider aspects of caring and compassion in nursing. However, precisely because it IS nursing makes it crucial to our continual progress of defining and upholding one of our central professional principles.
Address each of these items:
Reflect on a caring and compassionate experience with a patient or family encountered in your practice.
How was your compassion demonstrated?
How does your thinking about compassion expand to include self and colleagues?
Reflect on the iCARE Self-Assessment and share an insight related to this discussion.

We begin our journey into discovering the new world of research and evidence-based practice (EBP) by exploring our past. After completing the required readings and lesson, answer the following:
Explain how research has evolved since the Florence Nightingale era.
Discuss how research and EBP are different; include how you believe research supports EBP for nursing.
Describe one past/historical unethical breach of research conduct; then, share how you would ensure care of a study participant using one ethical or legal research consideration (guideline/principle).

updated Statement of Goals outlining student professional goals pertaining to the updated program track. This Statement of Goals should be no more than 3 pages, typed, double spaced, Times New Roman, and 12-point font. 

Read the following article and respond to all questions below in your initial post: “Vaccine hesitancy and (fake) news: Quasi‐experimental evidence from Italy”Open this document with ReadSpeaker docReader  (Carrieri et al., 2019). Be sure to include a full APA reference for the article in your post.
Download and complete the CRAAP Test  Download CRAAP TestOpen this document with ReadSpeaker docReaderworksheet by filling in a score for each of the 5 categories. Based on the CRAAP Test, Is this a credible article? Why or why not?
Why is it important to be able to determine whether information is credible in your role as a nurse?
In the introduction section of the article, the authors point to something specific that lends credibility to the argument they’re trying to make. What is it?
What are strategies that you can use in the workplace to ensure that you are using credible sources?