Category: Nursing

Blog: Ethics and the DNP-Prepared Nurse
At both the Bachelor and Master levels, nursing programs require courses in ethics. Thus, you have likely considered point-of-care ethical dilemmas previously; however, you can never think too much about this important topic. So much of what nurses and other healthcare professionals do daily is based in a foundation of ethics. Providing patient care and ensuring patient safety while enhancing quality and diminishing costs are all ethical practices in which you already likely engage.
A patient-focused approach, which promotes the delivery of safe, quality, and cost-effective healthcare designed to provide positive patient outcomes, represents a fundamental alignment to ethical principles for the delivery of healthcare. In your journey to become a DNP-prepared nurse, you will continue to uphold ethical principles in your nursing practice and will likely serve as an advocate for these principles in all you do.
To prepare:
paying special attention to the various ethical issues in nursing practice that are addressed.
Reflect on any ethical challenges in nursing you have personally experienced.
Select one current ethical challenge in nursing that you have personally experienced—either professionally or as a student—on which to focus for this Blog.
Think about your experiences related to the ethical challenge you selected.
What happened?
How was the ethical challenge addressed by you and the other stakeholders involved?
Do you agree with the approach(es) that were taken?
Would you have done anything differently? If so, what?
Note: Be sure to review the grading rubric for this Blog so you fully understand what is expected of you. To access the rubric, click on the three dots that appear at the upper right of the Blog assignment page, then choose, “Show Rubric.”
Note: For this Discussion, you are required to complete your initial post before you will be able to view and respond to your colleagues’ postings. Begin by clicking on the Reply button to complete your initial post. Remember, once you click on Post Reply, you cannot delete or edit your own posts and you cannot post anonymously. Please check your post carefully before clicking on Post Reply!
By Day 3 of Week 10
Address the following in your Blog entry:
Identify the ethical challenge in nursing you selected.
Explain why you selected this ethical challenge and why you think it is important.
Describe the specific situation you experienced. Be specific and provide examples. Explain:
What happened?
How was it addressed by you and the other stakeholders involved?
Do you agree with the approach(es) that were taken?
Would you have done anything differently? If so, what?

The collection of evidence is an activity that occurs with an endgame in mind. For example, law enforcement professionals collect evidence to support a decision to charge those accused of criminal activity. Similarly, evidence-based healthcare practitioners collect evidence to support decisions in pursuit of specific healthcare outcomes.
In this Assignment, you will identify an issue or opportunity for change within your healthcare organization and propose an idea for a change in practice supported by an EBP approach.
To Prepare:
Reflect on the four peer-reviewed articles you critically appraised in Module 4, related to your clinical topic of interest and PICOT.
Reflect on your current healthcare organization and think about potential opportunities for evidence-based change, using your topic of interest and PICOT as the basis for your reflection.
Consider the best method of disseminating the results of your presentation to an audience.
The Assignment: (Evidence-Based Project)
Part 4: Recommending an Evidence-Based Practice Change
Create an 8- to 9-slide narrated PowerPoint presentation in which you do the following:
Briefly describe your healthcare organization, including its culture and readiness for change. (You may opt to keep various elements of this anonymous, such as your company name.)
Describe the current problem or opportunity for change. Include in this descriiption the circumstances surrounding the need for change, the scope of the issue, the stakeholders involved, and the risks associated with change implementation in general.
Propose an evidence-based idea for a change in practice using an EBP approach to decision making. Note that you may find further research needs to be conducted if sufficient evidence is not discovered.
Describe your plan for knowledge transfer of this change, including knowledge creation, dissemination, and organizational adoption and implementation.
Explain how you would disseminate the results of your project to an audience. Provide a rationale for why you selected this dissemination strategy.
Describe the measurable outcomes you hope to achieve with the implementation of this evidence-based change.
Be sure to provide APA citations of the supporting evidence-based peer reviewed articles you selected to support your thinking.
Add a lessons learned section that includes the following:
A summary of the critical appraisal of the peer-reviewed articles you previously submitted
An explanation about what you learned from completing the Evaluation Table within the Critical Appraisal Tool Worksheet Template (1-3 slides)
PICOT : Medication Errors

As you saw in Week 8, when conducting a literature review, you first search the evidence, and then you appraise it. Then, you are ready to summarize the evidence that you uncovered, and then you can synthesize it.
This Assignment is Part 2 of the Assignment you submitted in Week 8. In Part 1 of this Assignment, you used the Walden library to conduct a literature review and appraised your results to select the highest quality and most appropriate and significant evidence. Now, you will take the recent (within the last five years), peer-reviewed articles you selected and write brief summaries of each of them, and then write a synthesis of all of them.
To prepare:
Review the Learning Resources for this week which focus on how to summarize and synthesize literature search results.
Review the course textbook Appendix H, located in the Learning Resources for this week, which you will be required to complete and submit as part of this Assignment.
Refer to your Assignment submission from Week 8 and prepare to write a summary of each of the three articles you selected.
Refer to your Assignment submission from Week 8 and prepare to write a synthesis of the three articles you selected.
Note: For this Assignment, you must complete Appendix H. You will submit your completed Appendix H along with your 2–3-page paper.
Note: Be sure to review the grading rubric for this Assignment so you fully understand what is expected of you. To access the rubric, scroll down to the bottom of the Assignment page.
The Assignment: (2–3 pages)
Write a paper in which you do the following:
Using a scholarly voice, summarize each of the three articles you selected.
Using a scholarly voice, synthesize the three articles you selected.
Include a copy of your completed Appendix H.
Note: You will submit your completed Appendix H along with your 2–3-page paper. Save copies of your completed Appendix H in Word format. You will submit a total of two documents, your completed Appendix H and your 2-3 page synthesis of the three selected articles.
Note: Use this week’s Learning Resources to support your Assignment. Use proper APA format and style for all references and citations. The College of Nursing requires that all papers include a title page, introduction, summary, and references. Use the College of Nursing Writing TemplateLinks to an external site. for your Assignment submission.
References that need to be used:
John, J., Jani, H., Peters, K., Agho, K., & Tannous, K. (2020). The Effectiveness of Patient-Centred Medical Home-Based Models of Care versus Standard Primary Care in Chronic Disease Management: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised and Non-Randomised Controlled Trials. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186886.
Sumner, J., Phua, J., & Lim, Y. (2020). Hospital-based chronic disease care model: protocol for an effectiveness and implementation evaluation. BMJ Open, 10. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037843.
Timpel, P., Lang, C., Wens, J., Contel, J. C., Schwarz, P. E. H., & On behalf of the MANAGE CARE Study Group. (2020). The managed care model – developing an evidence-based and expert-driven chronic care management model for patients with diabetes. International Journal of Integrated Care, 20(2), 2. https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.4646

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Use the attachment below case study example as a guide. or make up your own using the axmple.
Select one of the people profiled to be your patient.
Write this up as you would an extended patient write up or Case study Report using APA style and no less than 4 sources. The sources may only be the texts books you have been assigned or the articles provided by your instructor in eClass.
You will not submit the case study to eclass you will bring a hardcopy of your case study to class on Tuesday Nov. 5th. You will not put your name on the case study you will put the de-identified ID I have handed out to you on October 22, 2025.
A sample case Study report is provided below. The sample is not in APA format, but it is a requirement of your assignment.
If you were assigned to be their provider, what would you have done differently or the same?
Develop a plan of care for them including type of therapy, frequency, medications and anything else you feel is appropriate to best care for them as your patient.

Male 
Appendicitis, Prostate Cancer
HX: ASTHMA, Eczema
The rest is to just be made up. Since it’s a male the female portion doesn’t need to be filled out

Write a two-page executive summary of the findings and recommendations related to your organizational information system change project. Create an Excel or Word table that outlines a project management implementation plan and an audio memo of three minutes or fewer to explain your plan to stakeholders.

Create a video to summarize the findings from a needs assessment meeting. The video must be 7 minutes or fewer in length.
Analyzing current state as opposed to future state would look like. What is current process of technology solution system whether it’s a EMR, IV PUMP INTEGRATION, BED SIDE MONITORING DEVICE. What is the current state right now. What is the workflow now. Future state would be what do you anticipate this new technology solution or workflow process will look like in the future state. IV SMART PUMP INTEGRATION, BEDSIDE MONITORING DEVICES, AUTOMATION OF THE VITAL SIGNS FROM THE DYNAMITE MACHINES INTO THE EMR THESE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF INFORMATIC SOLUTIONS THAT YOU CAN EXPLORE AND INCLUDE AS YOUR EXAMPLES. Contents on slides Maximum of 6 bullets with 6 words for each bullet. Save additional background information as your speaker notes

Attached are 3 pages u will use for this assignment . Very easy , very basic doesn’t have to be the best
You will draw the following ,
Draw the main structures of the ascending pathway
Draw the main structures of the descending pathway
Draw the axonal regrowth changes

In this assignment, you will develop and deliver a PowerPoint presentation that summarizes the highlights of your Week 6 teaching plan.
Develop: Develop a 5- to 8-minute PowerPoint slide set summarizing the key components of the teaching plan you developed during Week 6
Deliver: Record a video of yourself presenting your summary as if you were live in class.
Assignment Guidelines:
Your mini-presentation should include the following:
The subject or topic that you will be teaching
The level of instruction
The learning objectives
A summary of the content
Teaching strategies and learning activities
Your evaluation process and the rubric for your chosen assignment
A visually appealing slide set
Strong presentation skills that showcase the quality of your work
*PRO TIP* This activity will simulate a live presentation; it is not a narrated PowerPoint. Be sure to use good eye contact, a smile, hand gestures, voice inflections, etc., to demonstrate your teaching presence and connect with your audience.

Following the guidelines of the United States Preventive Service Taskforce (USPSTF), discuss and describe the screening recommendations for the following:
Cervical cancer
Breast cancer
Osteoporosis
Colorectal cancer
Lung cancer
Ovarian cancer
Intimate partner violence (IPV).
Submission Instructions:
The paper is to be clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.
The paper is to be no shorter than 3-4 pages in length, excluding the title and references page.
Your paper should be formatted per APA.
Your submission will be reviewed for plagiarism through Turnitin.
Incorporate current practice guidelines for diagnosis and treatment and a minimum of 4 current (published within the last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work. Journal articles and books should be referenced according to APA style (the library has a copy of the APA Manual).