Nursing Assignment

IN3002: Nurses at the Forefront of Issues and Trends: Analyze factors, issues, and trends impacting the nursing profession.
Written-Response Submission Form
Instructions
Write your responses where it reads “Enter your response here.” Write as much as needed to satisfy the requirements indicated. Each item contains the Rubric, which will be used to evaluate your responses.

Be sure to support your responses with scholarly sources. Practice using APA in-text citations and reference lists to support your response.  At the end of the template, you will list the references you used to support your responses. Helpful hint: when creating your reference list, you can use “ctrl + T” to create the hanging indent that APA requires.

If you need additional information about how to correctly paraphrase, cite, and/or reference sources, please visit the Walden Writing Center:
http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/apa/citations

Sample Prompt:

As the number of Americans aged 65 years and older continues to rise, the demand for new models of long-term healthcare is growing. Today, medical care for older adults with multiple chronic conditions is increasingly assessed, coordinated, and carried out from the patient’s home.
Explain one impact that the trend toward increased home-based care for older adults might have on a traditional nursing role, and one impact the trend might have on opportunities for nursing leadership. Support your response with appropriate resources.

Sample Response:

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2013), this is a very unique time in American history concerning the growing number of older adults. Between an increase in life longevity and aging baby boomers, within the next 25 years, one in five Americans will be 65 years or older. That means that the number of older adults will have doubled to roughly 72 million. After all, currently two out of three older adults have more than one chronic illness, and these illnesses account for roughly 66% of the U.S. healthcare budget (CDC, 2013). These startling statistics have given rise to concern, as nurses offer up perspectives on how to best care for, and promote the health and well-being of, this specific population. For example, due to an increase in home-based care for older adults, nurses are finding themselves in the position of going beyond traditional bedside roles and into the complex realm of primary care coordinators (Wessel, 2015). According to Wessel (2015), even the American Association of Colleges of Nurses has recently created substantial resources to support faculty to adequately prepare baccalaureate students in their future roles in caring for older adults. Additionally, nurses are leading the way in caring for older adults by gaining advanced competence and advanced degrees in geriatric care (Wessel, 2015). This unique time, of a growing aging American population, is truly changing the face of nursing and its leadership role.

References (to be included at the end of the template)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2013). The state of aging and health in America. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/aging/pdf/StateAging-Health-in-America-2013.pdf

Wessel, K. B. (2015). How an aging population is transforming nursing. Nursing, 45(6), 52–55. doi:10.1097/01.NURSE.0000461856.10691.da

Note: References are usually included at the end of a Short-Answer Assessment only. They are included here as an example of an accurate APA reference list.

Item 1
An unprecedented number of significant issues are impacting nursing practice today. Use the Walden Library to research current issues or trends that have had an impact on your practice. Describe one of these issues or trends and explain its direct or indirect impact on your practice. Describe one or two solutions that are being proposed or implemented to address this challenge. Support your response with appropriate resources (2–3 paragraphs).

Your Response
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Rubric
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Not Present 1
Needs Improvement 2
Meets Expectations
Topic 1: Current Nursing Issues and Trends
Describe one issue or trend impacting nursing and explain its direct or indirect impact on your practice.
LO1: Explain the impact of current nursing issues and trends on nursing practice. Response is missing. Response is vague, inaccurate, or incomplete. Response is clear, accurate, and complete.
Describe solutions that are being proposed or implemented to address the challenge.
LO2: Describe solutions to challenges posed by current nursing issues and trends. Response is missing. Response is vague, inaccurate, or incomplete. Response is clear, accurate, and complete.

Item 2
Nursing is one of the fastest growing occupations in the United States, yet indicators project an ongoing and continuing shortage of nurses in the years ahead. Explain one factor that is contributing to the current nursing shortage. Finally, explain one strategy that is being applied to help alleviate the nursing shortage. Support your response with appropriate resources (1–2 paragraphs).

Your Response
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Rubric
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Not Present 1
Needs Improvement 2
Meets Expectations
Topic 1: Current Nursing Issues and Trends
Explain one factor that is contributing to the current nursing shortage.

LO3: Explain evidence-based factors that are contributing to the nursing shortage.
Response is missing. Response is vague, inaccurate, or incomplete. Response is clear, accurate, and complete.
Explain one strategy that is being applied to help alleviate the nursing shortage.

LO4: Explain strategies for alleviating the current nursing shortage. Response is missing. Response is vague, inaccurate, or incomplete. Response is clear, accurate, and complete.

Item 3
Describe one potential consequence of the nursing shortage on the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care. Include in your response an example of how this consequence might be viewed from both a nurse’s perspective and from a patient’s perspective (1–2 paragraphs).

Your Response
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Rubric
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Not Present 1
Needs Improvement 2
Meets Expectations
Topic 1: Current Nursing Issues and Trends
Describe one potential consequence of the nursing shortage on the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care.
LO5: Analyze consequences of the nursing shortage on the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care.
Response is missing. Response is vague, inaccurate, or incomplete. Response is clear, accurate, and complete.
Describe an example of how this consequence might be viewed from both a nurse’s perspective and from a patient’s perspective.

LO6: Analyze a consequence of the nursing shortage from the perspective of both a nurse and a patient. Response is missing. Response is vague, inaccurate, or incomplete. Response is clear, accurate, and complete.

Item 4
The “essence of nursing” can be defined as high-touch nursing, in which face-to-face personal and compassionate contact between nurse and patient and the patient’s family is at the core of the delivery of care. Recall a professional situation in which you mindfully and comprehensively demonstrated the essence of nursing in your practice. Analyze how characteristics of the essence of nursing were evident in your responses to the situation. Explain how patient safety and quality of care were enhanced and how you felt about your role as a nurse in this situation (2–3 paragraphs).

Your Response
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Rubric
0
Not Present 1
Needs Improvement 2
Meets Expectations
Topic 2: Nurses’ Integral Role in Healthcare Solutions
Analyze how characteristics of the essence of nursing were evident in your responses to the situation.
LO1: Analyze evidence of the essence of nursing in a professional situation. Response is missing. Response is vague, inaccurate, or incomplete. Response is clear, accurate, and complete.
Describe how patient care, quality, and safety were enhanced and how you felt about your role as a nurse in this situation.
LO2: Describe the impact of delivering the essence of nursing in an authentic situation. Response is missing. Response is vague, inaccurate, or incomplete. Response is clear, accurate, and complete.
Item 5
Analyze one reason why the current focus on quality and cost of healthcare delivery could enhance the future of nursing empowerment. Support your response with appropriate resources (1 paragraph).
Your Response
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Rubric
0
Not Present 1
Needs Improvement 2
Meets Expectations
Topic 2: Nurses’ Integral Role in Healthcare Solutions
Analyze why the current focus on quality and cost of healthcare delivery could enhance the future of nursing empowerment.
LO3: Analyze how the current focus on quality and cost of healthcare delivery could enhance the future of nursing empowerment. Response is missing. Response is vague, inaccurate, or incomplete. Response is clear, accurate, and complete.

Item 6
In what might be described as coming full circle, it has been suggested that a conscious return to nursing’s core tenets and “heart” is critical to maintaining the special distinction that has long defined the role of the nurse in healthcare delivery. Explain how the ability to uphold the essence of nursing aligns with nursing leadership and empowerment. Support your response with appropriate resources (1–2 paragraphs).
Your Response
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Rubric
0
Not Present 1
Needs Improvement 2
Meets Expectations
Topic 2: Nurses’ Integral Role in Healthcare Solutions
Explain how the ability to uphold the essence of nursing aligns with nursing leadership and empowerment.
LO4: Explain how the essence of nursing aligns with nursing leadership and empowerment. Response is missing. Response is vague, inaccurate, or incomplete. Response is clear, accurate, and complete.

References

Provide a citation for each resource you used to write your response to this Assessment. A sample citation is provided below:

Wessel, K. B. (2015). How an aging population is transforming nursing. Nursing, 45(6), 52–55. doi:10.1097/01.NURSE.0000461856.10691.da

Mastery Rubric
In order to achieve mastery of this Competency, you must achieve a “2” on every rubric row in addition to meeting the additional expectations indicated in the Mastery Rubric.

Exceeds Expectations: In-Depth Analysis
LO1: Synthesizes in-depth information from relevant sources representing various points of view/ approaches. Responses to the items use information from relevant sources to demonstrate a thorough understanding of the factors, issues, and trends that are currently impacting the nursing profession.
Yes
No

Professional Skill Building

The Faculty Assessor will provide feedback based on the following Professional Skills: Written Communication and Information Literacy. Although the feedback is here to inform the development of your skills, it is not a barrier to achieving the Competency, unless the writing is too poor to be able to score the content of the Assessment. Review the Rubric and check your work based on the Learning Objectives listed. If you are concerned that you will not meet these expectations yet, reach out to your Coach so he or she can work with you to further develop these important professional skills.

It is highly recommended that you use this opportunity to practice these important skills in the context of this Competency Assessment in order to receive feedback about your current level of proficiency.

Written Communication: Communicate with clarity, coherence, and purpose.
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Not Present 1
Needs Improvement 2
Meets Expectations
LO1: Construct complete and correct sentences. Sentences are incoherent and impede reader’s access to ideas. Sentences are incomplete and/or include fragments and run-on sentences, limiting reader’s access to ideas. Sentence structure effectively conveys meaning to the reader.
LO2: Demonstrate the effective use of grammar and mechanics. Multiple inaccuracies in grammar and mechanics impede reader’s access to ideas. Some inaccuracies in grammar and mechanics limit reader’s access to ideas. Use of grammar and mechanics is straightforward and effectively conveys meaning to reader.
LO3: Create cohesive paragraphs with a clear central idea. Paragraphs, or lack of paragraphs, impede reader’s access to ideas. Construction of main idea and/or supporting paragraphs limit reader’s access to ideas. Main idea and/or supporting paragraphs effectively convey meaning to reader.
LO4: Use supporting material to support a claim. Supporting materials are not present. Supporting material is used inconsistently or inappropriately. Supporting material is used to enhance meaning. Writing is appropriately paraphrased and uses direct quotes as applicable.
LO6: Identify sources. Sources are missing. Writing inconsistently identifies or misrepresents sources. Writing clearly identifies the source of non-original material and/or ideas.
Information Literacy: Apply strategies to evaluate information in order to effectively analyze issues and make decisions.
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Not Present 1
Needs Improvement 2
Meets Expectations
LO1: Identify and locate credible sources. No sources or non-credible sources are present. Sources are inconsistently credible, appropriate, and relevant to the topic and/or assessment. Sources are mostly credible, appropriate, and relevant to the topic and/or assessment.
LO2: Analyze information sources. Analysis is not present. Analysis superficially applies aspects of sources that are most relevant to the topic and/or assessment, and/or analysis is unclear. Analysis thoroughly and clearly applies aspects of sources that are most relevant to the topic and/or assessment.