NUR2868 All Module Discussions latest 2018 October NUR2868 Role, Scope, Quality, and Leadership in Professional Nursing Module 1 Discussion

Professional Ethics: What Would You Do?

Today’s health care environment gives nurses many reasons to
be conflicted. Genetic testing, abortion, and end of life care are just some of
the areas in which nurses may face ethical dilemmas. Consider how you feel
about the following issues:

Respecting the wishes of a suffering client that he is
permitted to die with dignity,

Respecting the health surrogate’s wishes regarding
termination of life support,

Or even observing another nurse take two tablets of
oxycodone as ordered but keeping one for herself.

Then give an example of an ethical dilemma you may have
confronted in your own clinical experience or workplace. How did you come to
the decision you made? What feelings did you experience while coming to that
choice? (If you have not yet faced an ethical dilemma, research one and comment
on it, answering the same questions.)

NUR2868 Role, Scope, Quality, and
Leadership in Professional Nursing

Module 2 Discussion

Case Study What Sort of Leader Is Needed?

Read the case study and comment on the following.

Case Study

Two new associate-degree graduates were hired for the
pediatric unit. Both worked three 12-hour shifts a week; Jan worked the
day-to-evening shift and Rosemary worked the night shift. Whenever their shifts
connected, they would compare notes on their experience. Jan felt she was
learning rapidly, gaining clinical skills and beginning to feel at ease with
her colleagues.

Rosemary, however, still felt unsure of herself and often
isolated. There have been times that she was the only registered nurse on the
unit all night. The aides and LPNs were very experienced, but Rosemary feels
she is not ready for that kind of responsibility. Rosemary knows she must speak
to the nurse manager about this, but she’s called several times, and she’s
never available. The shift assignments are left in the staff lounge by an
assistant.

Questions

Your discussion post should answer the following questions
in a well-constructed commentary. Use references, in APA format, where
appropriate.

To what extent is this problem due to a failure to lead? Who
has failed to act?

What style of leadership was displayed by Rosemary? The
nurse manager?

How effective was their leadership? What are your
suggestions for Rosemary?

NUR2868 Role, Scope, Quality, and
Leadership in Professional Nursing

Module 5 Discussion

Intuition vs. Experience in Nursing

Your discussion post is to answer this question: What do you
think nursing contributes to health care? How can a robotic system incorporate
the clinical judgment that nurses use? Be as creative as you wish!

If you can, listen to the following audio clip from National
Nurses United’s “Insist on a Registered Nurse” campaign:

While this is an attempt at humor about a serious situation,
it drives a fundamental question: What would health care be without nurses?

NUR2868 Role, Scope, Quality, and
Leadership in Professional Nursing

Module 6 Discussion

Political Issues for Nursing

Go to the ANA home pageand search for their Advocacy Policy.
Read through the ANA Advocacy Policy’s web pages.

Look at issues at a federal, state, or local level for which
the ANA is advocating change or new policies.

Which one are you most eager to see enacted? Why does it
interest you? How will passage of such legislation affect you or your patients?

NUR2868 Role, Scope, Quality, and Leadership
in Professional Nursing

Module 7 Discussion

Teamwork

Think back to your most recent time in the clinical setting
when another discipline (respiratory, physical therapy, nutrition, occupational
therapy) was utilized.

Describe a form of interdisciplinary collaborative care
you’ve seen on your current assigned clinical or work site. Then have a
discussion about the following questions:

Who coordinated that care? What was the nurse’s role in
ascertaining that the care was provided?

Was the patient’s outcome met? How or why not? What would
you, a novice nurse-leader, have done differently to achieve the patient’s
goals?

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Leadership in Professional Nursing

Module 9 Discussion

What Motivates You to Become or Stay Healthy?

The concept of health and wellness differs greatly between
people. Health can be the absence of disease, while wellness can imply a
positive state of health in holism, encompassing the mental, emotional,
spiritual, and even social aspects. Think about your own state of health. Do
you consider yourself a healthy person? If so, what motivates you to be
healthy? If not, what would motivate you to become so?

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Leadership in Professional Nursing

Module 10 Discussion

How Can You, One Nurse, Educate Clients in Your
Facility/Neighborhood/Community?

The ANA has stated, “Education for those in the
health-care professions must increase in depth and breadth as scientific
knowledge expands” (Catalano, 2012, p.91) According to Catalano, there has
been a lack of adequate preparation for educating clients with self-management
concerns, particularly clients with chronic illnesses, and this lack of
education is a serious violation of ethical responsibilities by health care
providers.

Do you agree or disagree with these statement and why? Is
the failure to properly educate clients the fault of the Nurse? Does the
Nurse’s level of education matter? Why do you feel that way?