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Discussion 7
Antonio was recently hired as a team leader for a busy cardiac step-down unit. Nursing responsibilities of the team leader, in addition to patient care, include meeting daily with team members, reviewing all admissions and discharges for acuity and length of stay, and documenting all patients who exceed length of stay and the reasons. At the end of each month, the team leaders are required to meet with unit managers to review the patient care load and team member performance. This is the last week of the month, and Antonio has a meeting with the unit manager at the end of the week. He is 2 weeks behind on staff evaluations and documentation of patients who exceeded length of stay. He is becoming very stressed over his team leader responsibilities.
1. Why do you think Antonio is feeling stressed?
2. Make a to-do list for Antonio.
3. Develop a time log for Antonio to use to analyze his activities.
4. How can Antonio organize and streamline his work?
Submission Instructions:
Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.
You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per response.) 
All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.
Please post your initial response by 11:59 PM ET Thursday,

 Assessing Neurocognitive Disorders (Dementia and Delirium)” 
See the attached for the instructions and the RUBRICS.

 
A literature review analyzes how current research supports the PICOT, as well as identifies what is known and what is not known in the evidence. Students will use the PICOT question from the earlier “PICOT Question” template and information from the “Literature Evaluation Table” assignment to develop a review.
Using eight peer-reviewed articles, write 750-1,000-word review that includes the following sections:
Introduction section (including PICOT Question)
A summary of the purpose of the studies
A comparison of sample populations
A synthesis of the studies’ conclusions (when looking at all of the studies together, group the conclusions by themes )
A summary of the limitations of the studies
A conclusion section, incorporating recommendations for further research
You are required to cite a minimum of eight peer-reviewed articles to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the past 5 years, appropriate for the assignment criteria, and relevant to nursing practice.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric.

Discussion 7
Antonio was recently hired as a team leader for a busy cardiac step-down unit. Nursing responsibilities of the team leader, in addition to patient care, include meeting daily with team members, reviewing all admissions and discharges for acuity and length of stay, and documenting all patients who exceed length of stay and the reasons. At the end of each month, the team leaders are required to meet with unit managers to review the patient care load and team member performance. This is the last week of the month, and Antonio has a meeting with the unit manager at the end of the week. He is 2 weeks behind on staff evaluations and documentation of patients who exceeded length of stay. He is becoming very stressed over his team leader responsibilities.
1. Why do you think Antonio is feeling stressed?
2. Make a to-do list for Antonio.
3. Develop a time log for Antonio to use to analyze his activities.
4. How can Antonio organize and streamline his work?
Submission Instructions:
Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.
You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per response.) 
All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.
Please post your initial response by 11:59 PM ET Thursday,

 Assessing Neurocognitive Disorders (Dementia and Delirium)” 
See the attached for the instructions and the RUBRICS.

 
A literature review analyzes how current research supports the PICOT, as well as identifies what is known and what is not known in the evidence. Students will use the PICOT question from the earlier “PICOT Question” template and information from the “Literature Evaluation Table” assignment to develop a review.
Using eight peer-reviewed articles, write 750-1,000-word review that includes the following sections:
Introduction section (including PICOT Question)
A summary of the purpose of the studies
A comparison of sample populations
A synthesis of the studies’ conclusions (when looking at all of the studies together, group the conclusions by themes )
A summary of the limitations of the studies
A conclusion section, incorporating recommendations for further research
You are required to cite a minimum of eight peer-reviewed articles to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the past 5 years, appropriate for the assignment criteria, and relevant to nursing practice.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric.

Discussion 7
Antonio was recently hired as a team leader for a busy cardiac step-down unit. Nursing responsibilities of the team leader, in addition to patient care, include meeting daily with team members, reviewing all admissions and discharges for acuity and length of stay, and documenting all patients who exceed length of stay and the reasons. At the end of each month, the team leaders are required to meet with unit managers to review the patient care load and team member performance. This is the last week of the month, and Antonio has a meeting with the unit manager at the end of the week. He is 2 weeks behind on staff evaluations and documentation of patients who exceeded length of stay. He is becoming very stressed over his team leader responsibilities.
1. Why do you think Antonio is feeling stressed?
2. Make a to-do list for Antonio.
3. Develop a time log for Antonio to use to analyze his activities.
4. How can Antonio organize and streamline his work?
Submission Instructions:
Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.
You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per response.) 
All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.
Please post your initial response by 11:59 PM ET Thursday,

 Assessing Neurocognitive Disorders (Dementia and Delirium)” 
See the attached for the instructions and the RUBRICS.

Describe how learning in this course will help you achieve Program Outcome 1: Provide high-quality, safe, patient-centered care grounded in holistic health principles. (Holistic Health & Patient-Centered Care)
Describe how course assignments or activities will help you achieve ONE of the advanced-level nursing education competencies from AACN Essentials Domain 1 listed in each section below. Provide at least two specific examples.
Describe how course assignments or activities will help you achieve ONE NONPF Core Competency from NP Domain 1.3 listed below.

NP 1.3f: Demonstrate clinical judgment using a systematic approach to inform, improve, and advance NP practice processes and outcomes.

NP 1.3g: Demonstrate clinical judgment to inform and improve NP practice based on the foundational knowledge of advanced physiology/pathophysiology, advanced health assessment, and advanced pharmacology.

NP 1.3h: Synthesize current and emerging evidence to influence NP practice.

Review the Resources and identify a clinical issue of interest that can form the basis of a clinical inquiry.