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ASSIGNENT ONE

Population: Sociology 303-A

Department of Social Sciences

McNeese State University

Paper – 1

Instructor: Muhammad M. Haque

Based on your reading of the text, and corresponding class lectures and discussion of the materials from Chapter 1: Introduction to Demography, Chapter 2: Demographic Data and Applied Demography and Chapter 3: Demographic Perspectives and Theories, provide a word-processed response to the following questions. This is a seven-page assignment. The first page – cover page – should provide information following the example below. All the information must be typed bold, single spaced, on the left top corner of the page with a one-inch margin.

Name: John A. Henry

ID: 344 56 9987

Paper: One

Course: Population

No. & Sec.: Sociology 303-A

Semester & Year: Fall 2021

Instructor: Muhammad M. Haque

Due date: October 10, 2021

Date handed in:

SECTION A: Describe in brief the history of world population growth from the earliest available estimated date to its present form by identifying its specific trends and patterns. (24+24 lines=Total 2 pages: 100 points)

SECTION B: Based on the history of world population sketched above, provide an explanatory analysis of the trends and patterns by utilizing any one of the demographic theories that you think is the best for the purpose in very succinct form first by providing a description of the theory (12 lines) and then applying the theory to the analysis of the trends and patterns (12 lines). (Total 1 page=12+12 lines: 50 points)

SECTION C: Based on the history of world population sketched in the first section, provide an explanatory analysis of the trends and patterns documented by utilizing a different demographic theory that falls second in order compared to the first one in terms of scientific applicability in very succinct form first by providing a description of the theory (12 lines) and the applying the theory to the analysis of the trends and patterns (12 lines). As you introduce the second theory for explanatory purpose, this must have the mitigatory capacity to address the fallacious arguments of the first one. (Total 1 page=12+12 lines: 50 points)

SECTION D: If you were assigned to investigate the sketch of the world population history and the associated theoretical explanation that you provided, explain which data collection technique (only one) would be the best for this purpose. In this section first provide a brief description of the technique (12 lines) then illustrate the application of the technique to the analysis of the trend and the theoretical application drawn (12 lines). This technique should focus on the population status over the last thirty years. (Total 1 page=12+12 lines: 50 points)

SECTION E: If you were assigned to investigate the sketch of the world population history and the associated theoretical explanation that you provided, explain which data collection techniques you would use that would fall second in order of scientific applicability and be complementary to the first one, covering population status from the earliest arrival of human population to the beginning of the thirty year period analyzed in ‘Section D’. In this section first provide a brief description of the techniques (12 lines) then illustrate the application of the techniques to the analysis of the trend and the theoretical application provided (12 lines) As you introduce the second set of techniques for the analytical purpose, they must have the mitigatory capacities to address the procedural flaws of the first one during the description of the techniques. (12 lines). (Total 1 page=12+12 lines: 50 points)

FORMAT:

1)Your response must follow the precise length as prescribed.

Sections must be labeled as SECTION A:, SECTION B:, SECTION C:, SECTION D:, and SECTION E:. You should start typing the text immediately after typing the section label as capitalized, on the same line, instead of starting a separate paragraph. Spacing between two sections should be the same as the text if they appear on the same page (double spaced).

For a half page response there cannot be more than two paragraphs, and for a one-page response there cannot be more than four paragraphs.

Your paper must be word processed, double spaced, justified (aligned left and right), with one-inch margins on each side (top, bottom, left and right). Please note that sometimes you may have to readjust the margin spacing after examining a proof page if it comes out as not prescribed by going through page setup (in the File or Format icon on the toolbar).

Font size: Times New Roman (12 point).

Print: no dot matrix, only laser or ink jet.

Paper color: white.

Paper size: 8 & 1/2″ by 11″.

No clips or report covers. The paper must be handed in neatly stapled vertically on the left top corner of the page without touching the text.

Attention must be paid to:

a. content (use of textual information and class lectures),

b. critical thinking,

c. grammar,

d. spelling,

e. organization (logical arguments and structure),

f. aesthetics (neatness), and

g. timeliness in finishing the assignment.

Carefully plan. If anything seems unclear, consult immediately after the assignment is handed out and during office hours. Consultation must not take place during the last two days prior to when the paper is due. Please assume responsibility with utmost seriousness.

ASSIGNMENT TWO

Population: Sociology 303-A

Department of Social Sciences

McNeese State University

Collaborative Project – 1

Instructor: Muhammad Haque

SECTION A: Based on your reading of Chapter 5: The Health and Mortality Transition, (a) define the terms life span, life expectancy, and various other measures of mortality, (b) describe, among all the measures which one is the easiest to calculate and which one is most difficult to calculate, and why, (c) develop a very general explanatory model to explore mortality differential by outlining its various direct and indirect social and biological causes without identifying any specific types of societies, (d) specify in what ways the causes you identified in your model may vary between the highly industrialized or modern societies and the least industrialized or traditional societies, (e) describe in what ways changes in mortality levels in any direction—high to low or low to high—may pose a threat to societal stability as well as viability to societal stability, and (f) to analyze all the steps above, describe what types of methodological approaches you would utilize in the collection of data that would be rapid, cost effective, and very precise.

SECTION B: Based on your reading of Chapter 6: The Fertility Transition, (a) define various measures of fertility by distinguishing them from fecundity, (b) describe, among all the measures which one is the easiest to calculate and which one is most difficult to calculate, and why, (c) develop a very general explanatory model to explore fertility differential by outlining its various direct and indirect social and biological causes without identifying any specific types of societies, (d) specify, in what ways the causes you identified in your model may vary between the highly industrialized or modern societies and the least industrialized or traditional societies, (e) describe in what ways changes in fertility levels in any direction—high to low or low to high—may pose a threat to societal stability as well as viability to societal stability, and (f) to analyze all the steps above, describe what types of methodological approaches you would utilize in the collection of data that would be rapid, cost effective, and very precise.

SECTION C: Based on your reading of Chapter 7: The Migration Transition, (a) describe the term migration and define its various measurements by focusing on both, internal and international forms, (b) describe among all the measures which one is the easiest to calculate and which one is most difficult to calculate, and why, (c) develop a very general explanatory model to explore migration differential by outlining its various direct and indirect causes without identifying any specific types of societies, (d) specify, in what ways the causes you identified in your model may vary between highly industrialized or modern societies and the least industrialized or traditional societies, (e) explain in what ways the causal dimension that you portrayed in the explanatory model may vary between internal and international migration, (f) describe, by focusing on both internal and international migration, in what ways the whole migratory process poses a threat to societal stability as well as viability to societal stability, and (g) to analyze all the steps above, describe what types of methodological approaches you would utilize in the collection of data that would be rapid, cost effective, and very precise.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Please note that you will be given a few in-class sessions for the purpose of discussion prior to the actual presentation. If additional time is needed, that must be arranged outside the class session. During the oral presentation every student participant of the group is required to speak. It will be the responsibility of the whole group to collectively decide, divide and share the responsibility as equally as possible during the time of the oral presentation and defense. During the discussion session group must make sure that each student brings the text and notes that are helpful for responding to the questions asked in the assignment. The group has the right to eliminate any member who does not make oral and written contribution in terms of helpful notes during the discussion. However, the student/s in question and the instructor must be informed before any such decision is made to see if any positive resolution can be made. Please note that all forms of conflict must be resolved before the final grade is given. Complaints associated with any disputes will not be accepted after grades have been handed in, due to various legal implications. It is very important that the questions in the assignment are not divided between the group members during the preparatory process of the answers. Rather, the group members must collectively finish answering each question at a time. In that way someone’s absence on the day of presentation will have minimal negative effect on the group performance because every member will have the same information. After finishing responses to all the questions, all of the group members must practice the oral presentation several times as a preparation to finish the presentation in the allocated time. As you practice, each time you should start with a different person in case of any excused absences during the final presentation, since your instructor will decide who will be the first person to initiate the presentation.

Maximum time for oral presentation: Ten minutes

Maximum time for defense: Ten minutes

The following criteria will be used to evaluate your performance:

F D- D D+ C- C C+ B- B B+ A- A A+

00% 61% 65% 69% 71% 75% 79% 81% 85% 89% 91% 95% 99%

a.evidence that you have read the text.

b.evidence that you paid attention to the class lectures.

c.whether or not you have responded to all the questions.

d.whether you have used your critical thinking skills.

e.your enthusiasm in presentation.

f.maintaining proper level of eye contact with the audience.

g.maintaining diversity in the tone of voice.

h.whether you have used artful/effective techniques in your presentation.

i.your scholarly defense of arguments while confronted with questions from the audience.

j.balanced distribution of timing for response to all the questions.

k.finishing the presentation in the allocated time.

l.maintaining balanced coordination between the group members during presentation.

m.maintaining balanced coordination between the group members during defense.

ASSIGNMENT THREE

Population: Sociology 303-A

Department of Social Sciences

McNeese State University

Paper – 2

Instructor: Muhammad M. Haque

Based on your reading of the text, and corresponding class lectures and discussion of the materials from Chapter 8: The Age Transition, provide a written response to the following questions. This is an eight page assignment. The first page – cover page – should provide information following the example below. All the information must be typed bold, single spaced, on the left top corner of the page with a one inch margin.

Name: John A. Henry

Albert H. Adams

Paper: Two

Course: Population

No. & Sec.: Sociology 303-A

Semester & Year: Spring 2004

Instructor: Muhammad M. Haque

Due Date: October 10, 1999

Date Handed In:

SECTION A: Address the following terms—1. Age Cohort, 2. Sex Ratio, 3. Age Pyramid, 4. Average Age of a Population, 5. Dependency Ratio, 6. Growth Rates by Age, 7. Stable Population, 8. Zero Population, and 9. Stationary Population—first by defining them, and then by introducing their calculation process. For any particular term that does not have a formula or calculation process available, offer its brief description. Please ensure that the treatment to each concept, in terms of segment length and answer, is proportionate to the total length as indicated in parentheses. (Total 2 pages=24+24 lines: 100 points)

SECTION B: In this section provide a very brief description of the usage of the above demographic measurements by the demographers (12 lines) and the non-demographers (12 lines). (Total1 page=24 lines: 50 points)

SECTION C: Define the term ‘aging’ (old) from a biological and a social point of view with very specific illustrations. Provide your response in descriptive form rather than cursory indicative illustrations. (Total 1/2 page=12 lines: 25 points)

SECTION D: Make a distinction between the biological and social aspects of aging in addressing the causal processes determining the status of the elderly. In the process of discussion, address how the concepts of fertility, mortality and migration processes, discussed during the first part of the course and the concept of age stratification presented in Chapter 8, and the schematic diagram provided in the class, aid in the preparation of this segment of the assignment. (Total 2 and ½ pages=24+24+12 lines: 125 points)

SECTION E: Provide a descriptive illustration of the efficacy of studying the area of aging and its associated processes by the demographers (12 lines) and non-demographers (12 lines) in some specified professional settings. (Total 1 page=24 lines: 50 points)

FORMAT:

1)Your response must follow the precise length as prescribed.

2) Sections must be labeled as SECTION A:, SECTION B:, SECTION C:, SECTION D:. and SECTION E:. You should start typing the text immediately after typing the section label as capitalized, on the same line, instead of starting a separate paragraph. Spacing between two sections should be the same as the text if they appear on the same page (double spaced).

3)For a half page response there cannot be more than two paragraphs, and for a one page response there cannot be more than four paragraphs.

4)Your paper must be word processed, double spaced, justified (aligned left and right), with one inch margins on each side (top, bottom, left and right). Please note that sometimes you may have to readjust the margin spacing after examining a proof page if it comes out as not prescribed by going through page setup (in the File or Format icon on the toolbar).

5)Font size: Times New Roman (12 point).

Print: no dot matrix, only laser or ink jet.

Paper color: white.

Paper size: 8 & 1/2″ by 11″.

No clips or report covers. The paper must be handed in neatly stapled vertically on the left top corner of the page without touching the text.

Attention must be paid to:

a. content (use of textual information and class lectures),

b. critical thinking,

c. grammar,

d. spelling,

e. organization (logical arguments and structure),

f. aesthetics (neatness), and

g. timeliness in finishing the assignment.

Carefully plan. If anything seems unclear, consult immediately after the assignment is handed out and during office hours. Consultation must not take place during the last two days prior to when the paper is due. Please assume responsibility with the utmost seriousness.

ASSIGNMENT FOUR

Population: Sociology 303-A

Department of Social Sciences

McNeese State University

Collaborative Project -2

Instructor: Muhammad Haque

SECTION A: Based on your reading of Chapter 11: Population and Sustainability, (a) make a distinction between economic growth, (b) economic development and (c) social development in both definitional and descriptive forms.

SECTION B: Following the distinction made above, demonstrate how you would argue in favor of the position that population growth acts as a stimulus to economic development. For a critical response to this segment of the assignment you may consider reviewing Chapter 3: Demographic Perspective.

SECTION C: Following the distinction made between economic growth and economic development, demonstrate how you would argue in favor of the position that population growth acts as a detriment to economic development. For a critical response to this segment of the assignment you may consider reviewing Chapter 3: Demographic Perspective.

SECTION D: Based on the population growth’s position as a stimulus and a detriment to economic development, explain how these two positions are attendant to the status of the global environment in its past, current and future forms.

SECTION E: Based on your reading of Chapter 12: What Lies Ahead? and corresponding class lectures, define the term population policy by making a distinction between direct and indirect input measures to the total policy framework.

SECTION F: Develop a general population policy framework for any one of the less developed countries with its specific intervention criteria, taking into consideration three dynamic processes and their patterns—fertility, mortality, and migration. As you develop the policy framework and its interventional criteria, you must demonstrate that ultimately the developmental status that the country will arrive in will be socially balanced, economically cost effective, and environmentally sustainable in the long run.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Please note that you will be given a few in-class sessions for the purpose of discussion prior to the actual presentation. If additional time is needed, that must be arranged outside the class session. During the oral presentation every student participant of the group is required to speak. It will be the responsibility of the whole group to collectively decide, divide and share the responsibility as equally as possible during the time of the oral presentation and defense. During the discussion session group must make sure that each student brings the text and notes that are helpful for responding to the questions asked in the assignment. The group has the right to eliminate any member who does not make oral and written contribution in terms of helpful notes during the discussion. However, the student/s in question and the instructor must be informed before any such decision is made to see if any positive resolution can be made. Please note that all forms of conflict must be resolved before the final grade is given. Complaints associated with any disputes will not be accepted after grades have been handed in, due to various legal implications. It is very important that the questions in the assignment are not divided between the group members during the preparatory process of the answers. Rather, the group members must collectively finish answering each question at a time. In that way someone’s absence on the day of presentation will have minimal negative effect on the group performance because every member will have the same information. After finishing responses to all the questions, all of the group members must practice the oral presentation several times as a preparation to finish the presentation in the allocated time. As you practice, each time you should start with a different person in case of any excused absences during the final presentation, since your instructor will decide who will be the first person to initiate the presentation.

Maximum time for oral presentation: Fifteen minutes

Maximum time for defense: Ten minutes

The following criteria will be used to evaluate your performance:

F D- D D+ C- C C+ B- B B+ A- A A+

00% 61% 65% 69% 71% 75% 79% 81% 85% 89% 91% 95% 99%

a.evidence that you have read the text.

b.evidence that you paid attention to the class lectures.

c.whether or not you have responded to all the questions.

d.whether you have used your critical thinking skills.

e.your enthusiasm in presentation.

f.maintaining proper level of eye contact with the audience.

g.maintaining diversity in the tone of voice.

h.whether you have used artful/effective techniques in your presentation.

i.your scholarly defense of arguments while confronted with questions from the audience.

j.balanced distribution of timing for response to all the questions.

k.finishing the presentation in the allocated time.

l.maintaining balanced coordination between the group members during presentation.

m.maintaining balanced coordination between the group members during defense.

Nursing Theory to Direct (2)

Nursing Theory to Direct Her Care

The most appropriate nursing theory is the Theory of Human Caring by Jean Watson. This theory contends that caring potentiates an individual’s capabilities and regenerates their life energies. As highlighted by Jean Watson, the benefits of caring include but are not limited to self-actualization, which is one of the aspects the 30-year-old woman needs. Therefore, the Theory of Human Caring emphasizes the nursing’ humanistic aspects that healthcare practitioners are supposed to intertwine with the nursing practice and scientific knowledge. The theory would also help the patient learn how to mold her immediate environment, including relationships, to benefit her health (McEwen & Willis, 2017).

Concepts from Other Theories That Can Be Used to Enhance Her Care

Human beings cannot be treated as mere objects or separated from the self. Resilience can be grown from social assistance, optimistic thinking, a sense of meaning, and robust relationships. It forms the foundation of healthcare education. Adaptability encompasses the capacity to transform or alter with new information due to the predicament adjustments. Resilience and adaptation are significant in the Strain Theory and Adaptation Model in Nursing Experience. The following tool is pivotal to transforming nurses to be more compassionate, empathetic, and powerful. Professionalism should be upheld during patient care as well as observing responsibility, advocacy, and respect (Black, 2019). The patients need to maintain autonomy over their self-care (Self Care Deficit Theory by Dorothea Orem).

Social help – there are cognitive and emotional benefits to being surrounded by the right people to understand one’s feelings. Emphasis should also be placed on the care delivery systems that promote learning from errors, prevents errors using non-punitive measures, and promotes a culture of safety. The healthcare practitioners should employ a clinical decision-making process government by subjective and objective information about a patient. This helps avoid exposing the healthcare consumer to risks. A healthcare system should also uphold moral rules to defend and protect the rights of the healthcare consumers, avoid harm, and mitigating conditions that can contribute to harm. Other concepts include; Social supports, behavioral therapy, cognitive, or psychotherapy; Pharmacotherapy, and Supportive counseling

References

Black, B. (2019). Professional nursing e-book: Concepts & challenges. Elsevier Health Sciences.

McEwen, M. and Wills, E.M., 2017. A theoretical basis for nursing. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Nursing Shortage Resources

Nursing Shortage Resources

Nursing shortage is where the demand for nursing professionals exceeds their supply which can be in a given healthcare facility that is a local scenario or either nationally or globally. This can be measured through the number of job openings that calls high number of nurses that are working in the healthcare than the ones who are available or even the ration between nurses and population. This is a problem that has become rampant in both developing and developed countries all over the world. From the Second World War, hospitals in the U.S have had to deal with a cyclical shortage of nurses. The national supply of nurses cannot meet the high demand nationally. With this recurrent shortage in nurses in the U.S means that the quality of patient care will go down. This is a complex issue that is multifaceted and the causes are very many.

The shortage that has been observed recently is due to multiple factors that are cumulative this includes the population growth that has been observed recently and it is very steep. This means that the number of people in need of care from nurses is increasing at an alarming rate but the number of nurses is not increasing to meet the high population. The other cause of the shortage is a continuing diminishing number of new students who enroll into nursing. This means that the inflow of new nurses into the healthcare industry to replace the nurses who are retiring. A decline in the RN earning which is relative to other careers that are available is yet another reason. Nurses opt to switch to other careers that attract better pay and hence leave gaps in hospitals. An aging workforce is also another reason, just like other careers the nursing profession is affected by the aging population meaning that nurses continue to retire and with no fresh graduates to take up the positions of this retired nurses translates to an inevitable shortage. There is also the fact that there is an overall rise in the aging population which requires a lot of healthcare services. This calls for great attention that may even mean personal nurses meaning the patient nurse ration has be balanced. This however is not possible as the available nurses are few hence the nursing shortage. All this issues are taking place just when the job opportunities that are found within the healthcare industry are expanding at the same time a large number of nurses are retiring (KaiserEDU.org, 2012).

The issue of nursing shortage is a very serious one that needs to be looked into very urgently. The magnitude of the shortage can be seen for instance in 2002, it was estimated that the shortage of the estimated nurses was 125,000 which can be translated to 65% of the full-time equivalence. This shortage is expected to go higher by 2020 ranging from 400,000-808,000 due to the fact that there is a limited entry of new nurses into the profession. According to reports by American Health Care Association that was released in July 2008 shows that there are more than 19,400 opportunities in the nursing industry and at the same time additional 116,000 positions were open in 2007 according to the same association. This means that the total opportunities are 135,000 an approximate vacancy of 8.15%.this is a very high percentage meaning that the healthcare industry is seriously in need of nurses. It is also speculated that there are over 900,000 nurses that are aged above 50 years and are on their way to retirement, which means that a huge gap will be left with this nurses upon their retirement.

This means that the issue of nursing shortage has to be looked at if not then it means that there will be a negative impact on the patient outcomes which will eventually contribute to errors in the medical field. Furthermore a lower-nurse patient ratio that is in the surgical and medical teams means that there will be low mortality of patients. Therefore if the nursing shortage is not looked into it means that the patient mortality rate will go up and at the same time the low rates of nurse’s retention will lead to patients’ deaths that can be prevented.

Therefore there are strategies that can be implemented so as to deal with this issue; solutions should focus on increasing wages and recruitment of the nurses even if it means outsourcing from other countries such as Canada, Great Britain, India, African countries and so on. Focus should be on retaining the nurses who are currently in job positions and encouraging the people who left the nursing career to get back .the primary retention strategies are the improvement of their working conditions and enhance education and professional development (KaiserEDU.org, 2012).

These solutions require solutions require economic investments as well as contribution from the lay public. When addressing this issue there is requirement of efforts that aim to recruit as well as retain nurses and at the same time strengthen the capacity of nursing schools. These strategies call for the supply of educational facilities with ample faculty and funding, improvement of aid in terms of finances to students such as scholarship that target groups that are underrepresented like minorities and even men. Therefore many stakeholders as well as the government should invest financially in to ensure that these strategies are a reality. The lay public should be involved with these efforts since they are the ones who feel the impact of nursing shortage.

Reference

KaiserEDU.org. (2012).Nursing Workforce. Retrieved February 25, 2013 from http://www.kaiseredu.org/Issue-Modules/Nursing-Workforce/Background-Brief.aspx

Nursing Shortage And Nurse Turnover

Nursing Shortage And Nurse Turnover

Introduction

The ongoing instability in the nursing workforce has raised many questions about the issue of nursing shortage and nurse turnover (Gates & Jones, 2007). A compressive paper below will discuss the issues of nursing shortage and nurse turnover. The paper will also describe how leaders as well as nurse managers and leaders can resolve those problems effectively and the different applicable principles, skills, roles of the leader, and theories of leadership and management.

There are various factors that are contributing to the current nursing shortage and turnover; some of the factors include poor nursing staff retention, poor working conditions, and nurse burn-out due to working short-staffed, a critical nursing faculty shortage, an aging nursing workforce and greater career choices for women.   Additionally, there is inadequate funding from the federal government for nursing education which in turn has created long waitlists and the turning away of applicants for entry.

According to Paller (2012), the nursing shortage in different countries for example the United States tends not to be the only growing problem, but has also become a complex one. Nursing shortage and nurse’s turnover has become the worsening predicament in the health care industry in the United States. Several studies carried out show that in 2020, the problem may get to worsen more than it is today if no measures are taken in resolving the problem.

For a proper functioning of the hospital facilities, each hospital must have their own managers and leaders who will be responsible of day to day of running activities in that organization. The future and the success of the hospitals can only be decided by the long term strategy that is implemented by the leaders and an overall management. Poor management and effective leadership in the hospitals usually put the life of people in danger. It is true that, when there are shortages in nurses, the nursing turnover rate will on the other hand increase this is because most employees prefer working in an environment where they are esteemed as well as less stress at the workplace (Gates & Jones, 2007). For that case, managers and leaders in the hospitals are placing greater emphasis on how to retain the current staffs instead of hiring new staffs given that workplace learning is essential to staffs and managers allowing managers to know how they can handle every individual in the workplace. Nurses are able to perform well and meet the organization goals if only they can see support from the leadership as well as management. Managers should understand their staffs and know what inspire them so as to stick on to their facility. According to Northeastern University, College of Business Administration (2012), provision of a good working environment with great opportunities for the professional growth and support on personal for the staffs encourages workers retention.

A good leader should ensure that they have a well established leadership skill by having a clear plan of what they should do and a vision, they should also have a good understanding on how the vision and plans should be achieved, however vision only cannot be sufficient enough. The managers should therefore share the vision with their subordinates and find ways of acting upon it as they should try to have excellent interpersonal formal as well as informal relationship skills in solving the problems. According to Wong (2003), effective communication between the managers and staffs in organization is significant since it allows the managers to perform their basic functions which involve planning, organizing, controlling as well as leading making them to perform their jobs and responsibilities. Similarly leaders and managers must communicate effectively with their staffs to achieve the set goals since the success of the organization may not be possible without proper communication.

The approach that best fits my personal and professional philosophy of nursing is the critical thinking. Critical thinking displays how an individual has an intellectual skills and ability towards a certain task assigned; it is also an approach that suits an individual personal leadership style. Nursing work requires proper critical thinking that enables one to apply skilful reasoning for guiding action. Critical thinking in nursing provides clinical decision making of systematic thinking which reflects reasoning process to be used so as to ensure safe nursing practices as well as quality care. According to Heaslip (2008), “Critical thinking when developed in the practitioner includes adherence to intellectual standards, proficiency in using reasoning, a commitment to develop and maintain intellectual traits of the mind and habits of thought and the competent use of thinking skills and abilities for sound clinical judgments and safe decision-making”.

The practitioners in nursing who happen to be critical in their thinking in most cases adhere to the intellectual standards given that they try very hard to strive for their clarity, a complete logicality and to be fair while they listen to their clients. Nurses should eliminate illogical thoughts by not being imprecise, unclear and vague when reasoning about the client care. Nurses who are critical thinkers tend to hold all their views as well as reasoning to these standards ( Heaslip, 2008). The approach of critical thinking in the philosophy of nursing suits my personal leadership skills in various ways, firstly it helps me explore the talents and skills that I have in attending to the clients and secondly it makes me achieve the goals set by the organization.

References

Paller, D. A. (2012). Rx for the Nursing Shortage. Gallup Business Journal. Retrieved November 6, 2012, from http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/13603/nursing-shortage.aspx

Northeastern University, College of Business Administration. (2012). Northeastern University, College of Business Administration. Retrieved November 6, 2012, from web.archive.org/web/20080211140854/http://web.cba.neu.edu/~ewertheim/skills/writovv.htm

Gates, M., & Jones, C. B. (2007). The Costs and Benefits of Nurse Turnover: A Business Case for Nurse Retention. American Nurses Association. Retrieved November 7, 2012, from http://www.nursingworld.org/mainmenucategories/anamarketplace/anaperiodicals/ojin/tableofcontents/volume122007/no3sept07/nurseretention.aspx

Heaslip, P. (2008). Critical Thinking and Nursing. Critical Thinking. Retrieved November 7, 2012, from http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/critical-thinking-and-nursing/834

Wong, A. S. (2003). Verbal Communication Model. Retrieved November 7, 2012, from http://www.vtaide.com/lifeskills/verbalC.htm

Why I Chose to Pursue Nursing Degree

Nursing Program Application Essay

Why I Chose to Pursue Nursing Degree

My desire to pursue a nursing degree stems from my inborn empathy, the need to be helpful to others, and a clear vision of what I can do to improve people’s well-being. From an incredibly tender age, I knew I wanted to be part of the medical professionals to render quality healthcare and touch many people’s lives globally. I want to pursue a nursing degree to develop myself and develop a set of skills for serving the patient population. I also want to become a nurse since this will mark the start of my long and successful career in serving in the most challenging and rewarding medical career that grows continually with its endless opportunities in practice. Also, with the increasing co-morbid conditions, there is an increased demand for disease prevention, health awareness, and promotion. I want to become a nurse and join the medical staff dealing with the same. I want to be remembered as one of the medical professionals who worked tirelessly and did their best to improve patient outcomes during these challenging times. I believe a nursing degree program will be a crucial underpinning to realizing my ambitions.

Furthermore, I want to pursue a nursing program since I want to take on the challenges that come with the nursing job. While I know nursing is a challenging career, I firmly believe I possess the ability to significantly contribute to the stability and success of healthcare institutions and patients by helping them during their vulnerable times. I am a passionate, compassionate, persistent, and emotionally stable individual. I believe these values will serve me incredibly well in the nursing profession. I also wish to become a nurse due to the amazing rewards of this profession. One of the enormous benefits of selecting nursing as a specialty is the wide range of occupations available under the various categories of the nursing profession.

Why I would Like to Participate in the Baptism Health Nurse Scholars Program (BHNSP)

I wish to participate in the BHNSP so as to partake in clinical experiences with Baptism Health facilities. This experience will improve my skills to serve the patient population better and improve the patient quality of life. Through the experience, I will learn skills such as the ability to monitor and recognize changes in patient signs and symptoms and intervene in emergent circumstances, differentiate between abnormal and normal physical conditions, insights into analyzing the situation, foreseeing pathophysiological problems, and detecting status changes. Also, participating in the BHNSP will allow me to improve my knowledge and skills in managing and caring for patients with critical health conditions. Furthermore, I wish to participate in the baptism health nurse scholars’ program to be able to access free tutoring and lectures each month. This will allow me to focus on a specific subject and gain experience with a different kind of learning to potentially gain new skills and reach new confidence levels. Lastly, I wish to participate in the BHNSP so as to secure an employment opportunity with the Baptist Health facilities to help me reach the lives of as many people as possible and achieve my career goal of positively impacting lives.

Nursing Processes Assessment

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Nursing Process

Nurses use a scientific procedure called the nursing process to ensure patients get quality medical care (Capernito, 2005). The process entails a five-step progression as discussed below.

Assessment

A dynamic and systematic way is used in this phase during collection of data regarding the patient. The data collected from the patient analyzes the spiritual, psychological, sociological and physiological position of the patient (Gardner, 2003).The data collection has several steps to be followed. Such are interviews, finding out a lot of the history of the patient and history of the family of the patient, examination and observation of the patient generally. This helps determine both the manifestation and the physical causes of the patient’s disease. The interaction of the patient with a nurse will assist the nurse know what the patient suffers from. Such manifestations will be portrayed through lack of eating due to loss of appetite, withdrawal from both the staff and family members (Gardner, 2003).

Diagnosis

The second phase entails an agreement between the patient and a nurse to conduct a judgment that is clinical on the health condition of the patient. Reflection of the diagnosis on a patient will show all the sufferings a patient goes through. For instance, all causes of pain that arises as a result of pain (Gardner, 2003). Such may include family conflicts, nutrition that is poor and anxiety. Improvements in health and any kind of syndrome development are assessed through diagnosis (Gardner, 2003).

Intervention

It involves implementing the plan in the nursing care that will help reduce the effect of illness the patient has (Capernito, 2005). Intervention may be in the form of medication or treatment or physical therapy in support of the patient. It is more of counseling to a patient that is on a short term basis that will help the patient be in the state he was in before the casualty. Nurses perform intervention treatment to help patients reach the medical set goals that would aid in their quick recovery.It is for a nurse to have the knowledge of the procedure that is best for the patient to recover. A nurse educates a patient on the importance and side effects of not taking the medication. Nursing intervention is classified into three categories that include dependence, interdependence, and independence (Gardner, 2003).

Planning

A plan of action is developed ones the patient and the nurse reach an agreement when the diagnosis process is complete (Capernito, 2005). Achievable and measurable long term and short term objectives are set by the nurse. The patient moves from always sleeping on a bed to sitting in a chair and also having a walk. He might start eating much frequently than before. Classification of Nursing Outcome is always used in this phase by nurses to assess the progress of the patient. Terms that are standardized and a set of measurements are relied on to check on the patient’s health progress (Gardner, 2003).

Outcome

The result phase is all about the effects of the nursing process. The patient’s health status is evaluated as per the indications of the day by day progress. Outcomes for a patient are always documented so as to follow a patient in some stipulated period of time. It is always based on the intervention of the nursing process and developed to be used in any kind of an environment setting. Basically, patient’s health status is described in the outcome process. Moreover, their usefulness is relevant in other disciplines during the evaluation process (Capernito, 2005).

Allie’s Pre-Surgery Preparation

The nurse must ensure that Allie understands the importance and the process of operation as it is key to the role of nursing. This will help Allie get prepared both psychologically and to assist reduce anxiety as he gets ready for the surgery process (Capernito, 2005).

A band for identity will be placed on Allie’s arm with information printed on it as per the requirement by the National Patient safety Agency. All the assessments pertaining to risk are indicated as required by the local policy. The nurse will record Allie’s health status such as blood pressure, content of the glucose in the blood, his respiration among others.

A definitive observation unit is where patients are moved to from care (Capernito, 2005). It entails highly trained nurses and medical staff with medical facilities to provide intensive care to patients who are extremely sick.

The nurse would console Allie and her parent by offering counseling to them to minimize the anxiety and give them some hope. He will as well tell them after surgery effects and duration expected for recovery (Gardner, 2003).

The nurse will use his knowledge and thinking ability to assess Allie’s recovery process. Both the oral and physical therapy will be given to the patient to help her recover speedy. Allie should be told the importance and side effects of medication and how long she will be under medication. Her parents are the best advisors to be by her side during this difficult time (Gardner, 2003).

To prevent boredom, ones Allie is on the right track to recovery, lots of bed rest will be useless. As a matter of fact, lots of physical therapies will help her health status improve. Walking around and stories of encouragement will be vital to her recovery (Capernito, 2005).

Taking of Allie’s photos by the nurse during her admission and after she is discharged would be an encouragement to Allie and her parents. Gifts to early and always checking on her progress will be a positive recovery impact on Allie’s family.

References

Carpenito-Moyet, . (n.d.). Nursing process made easy. Lippincott Williams & wilkins, 2005.

Gardner, P. (2003). Nursing process in action. Australia: Thomson, Delmar Learning

NURSING PROCESS TEMPLATE

NURSING PROCESS TEMPLATE:

Assessment (Recognizing Cues)

Which patient information is relevant? What patient data is most important? Which patient information is of immediate concern? Consider signs and symptoms, lab work, patient statements, H & P, and others. Consider subjective and objective data.

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Analysis (Analyzing Cues)

Which patient conditions are consistent with the cues? Do the cues support a particular patient condition? What cues are a cause for concern? What other information would help to establish the significance of a cue?

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Analysis (Prioritizing Hypotheses)

What explanations are most likely? What is the most serious explanation? What is the priority order for safe and effective care?

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Planning (Generate Solutions)

What are the desirable outcomes? What interventions can achieve these outcomes? What should be avoided? (SMART Planning- specific, measurable, attainable, realistic/relevant, time-restricted- Goal setting)

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Implementation (Take actions)

How should the intervention or combination of interventions be performed, requested, communicated, taught, etc.? What are the priority interventions? (Mark with asterisk)

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Evaluation (Evaluating Outcomes)

What signs point to improving/declining/unchanged status? What interventions were effective? Are there other interventions that could be more effective? Did the patient’s care outlook or status improve?

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Introduction

There are various fields of medicine that provide different types of nursing. In this course I choose to be an (ER) Emergency Room nurse that provides first care and assesses patients before they are admitted with different conditions.

An ER Nurses provides emergency first aid care to patients in diversity. The Nurse needs to have dedication and commitment to help patients and families. Mostly the patients will in shock, confusion, disorientation and some unconscious. The nurse has to work at close with the doctor as well as with the health care professionals in order to advocate and serve families and patients. The nurse aims at dealing with the person who may be the patient, the families and friends to feel they are cared for. The nurse nurtures the patient and empowers them to manage their health. As an ER one is responsible to administer medication, track critical signs and keep family members informed as well as assist the doctors while doing the ER process. Those Patients found to having serious or life threatening conditions will need more attention so one has to be in a position to realize in time. It is crucial to note that the term health and wellness is a relative term when it comes to assessing a patient’s health. The nurse differentiates a patient with critical conditions from minor injuries. The nurse defines a person’s health thus the patient’s genetic factors, emotional, spiritual and intellectual wellness. As an ER nurse one deals with biological, psychosocial and cultural needs of a patient to provide an environment that impacts the patient’s illness and recovery. It is crucial for a patient to be in an environment that promotes his recovery. An ER nurse makes differences in a patient’s life through provision of hand care and assistance to bring about a healthy life. As an Emergency room nurse one works at flexible hours, mostly on weekends and at night. In addition one should always be ready to perform with perfection even under stressful conditions.

Conclusion

ER nursing is a very rewarding career that gives nurses the opportunity to employ what they learn in school and also advance their career. An ER should always have the right character traits of caring, listening, empathetic, organizing, helping, thinking, leading and having great communication skills. When done appropriately, the ER nurse is certain she/he is providing the best care.