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Discussion Board 1.

Specifically define the role of the registered nurse in patient advocacy. Describe situations in which nursing advocacy can assist patients within the healthcare environment. Defend why nurses are, or are not, adequately prepared, in pre-licensure education, to act as patient advocates. 

Compose at least 2-3 paragraphs all in APA format with proper references.

Discussion Board 2.

The ANA Code of Ethics currently emphasizes the word “patient” instead of the word “client” in referring to nursing care recipients. Do you agree with this change? Why or why not? Review the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses.

Compose at least 2-3 paragraphs all in APA format with proper references.

The Roles of Congress and The Presidency

Discussion

Required Resources

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

· Textbook: Chapters 4 and 10

· Lesson: Read this Week's Lesson which is located in the Modules tab

· Initial Post: minimum of 2 scholarly sources (must include your textbook for one of the sources). Follow-Up Post: minimum of 1 scholarly source for your Follow-Up Post.

· Your Initial Post and your Follow-Up Post must be based on the same Option that you chose in order to receive credit for both posts. 

Initial Post Instructions

For the initial post, respond to one of the following options, and label the beginning of your post indicating either Option 1 or Option 2:

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Option 1: Political scientists disagree on the exact causes of low representation of women in Congress. Why do you think there are so few women in Congress in comparison to men? How likely is it that these patterns of representation will dramatically change over your lifetime? For this discussion question, you will have to do some research online.

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Option 2: What characteristics do you think voters look for when choosing a president? Do you think voters choose the characteristics they are looking for depending on the socioeconomic and political environment – lack of jobs, riots, COVID-19, environmental concerns and other issues etc.? Explain your answer.

Be sure to make connections between your ideas and conclusions and the research, concepts, terms, and theory we are discussing this week.

Follow-Up Post Instructions

Respond to the same Option you chose for your Initial Post (i.e., if you chose Option 1 for your Initial Post, your Follow-Up Pst should also be for Option 1). Respond to at least one peer. Further the dialogue by providing more information and clarification. Minimum of 1 scholarly source which can include your textbook or assigned readings or may be from your additional scholarly research.

Writing Requirements

· Minimum of 2 posts (1 initial & 1 follow-up)

· Minimum of 2 sources cited (assigned readings/online lessons and an outside source) for your Initial Post, and 1 scholarly source for your Follow-Up Post.

· APA format for in-text citations and list of references

EBOOK: The Struggle for Democracy, 2018 Elections and Updates Edition

https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/reader/books/9780135246849/pageid/227 or

· email:
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Experiential Nursing Learning Planning Proposal
Assignment

 20 points 

Overview and Instructions:
Demonstrating the student’s ability to effectively collaborate with nursing leaders and community health nurses for the upcoming public/community health clinical experience, while using leadership skills as a means to prepare for the upcoming NURS 450 experiential nursing learning experiences, the student will submit an experiential learning planning proposal paper by 6-25-23.

During this course (410), you will plan your experiences that will take place during the NURS 450 course. Prior to due date, you will be responsible for contacting a BSN (or higher) preceptor for 24 hours in a public/community health clinical site for your upcoming NURS 450 course. The clinical site must offer community/population-based services, with the primary preceptor being a BSN (or higher) prepared nurse working in a clinical setting providing community or population-based care, while using nurse leadership skills. You will also arrange for 11 additional volunteer hours in a different public/community health setting. Within this module, you will find a list of potential experiential learning (clinical) sites that have been used by previous nursing students. This is not an all-inclusive list but does give the student an idea of previously used sites. Your precepted and/or volunteer experiential nursing learning (clinical) site does not need to be included in this list, as other public/community health sites can be arranged as well.

Experiential Nursing Learning Planning Proposal Grading Rubric

Criterion	Excellent	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory
Determine the experiential nursing learning (clinical) precepted site (5 pts.)	a. Description of the clinical site is clear and relevant, including location and demographics of location (include either community/county/city demographic data such as age, race, ethnicity, gender, income, education, etc.) and population served (2.5 pts.) b. Describes appropriateness of the clinical site to a community/population health focus as well as application to professional nursing practice (2.5 points)	a. Minimally describes the clinical site (1.25 pts) b. Minimally describes the appropriateness of the clinical site to a community/population health focus as well as application to professional nursing practice (1.25 pts.)	a. Description of the clinical site is unclear and/or irrelevant (0.625 – 0 pts.) b. Does not describe the appropriateness of the clinical site to a community/population health focus as well as application to nursing practice (0.625 – 0 pts.) *May receive (0) if description of clinical site and/or appropriateness is missing
Describe the role of the BSN preceptor (5 pts.)	a. Describes the role of the proposed BSN preceptor as a community/ population-based BSN prepared nurse and nurse leader (2.5 pts.) b. Describes the value of the nursing student having an experience with a BSN prepared nurse preceptor in general, and specifically with the proposed preceptor, integrating nursing standards of practice and how this relates to their role in adhering to the Standards of Practice while completing the nursing process during this public/community health clinical experience. c. (2.5 pts.)	a. Minimally describes the role of the proposed BSN preceptor as a community/population-based BSN and nurse leader (1.25 pts.) b. Minimally describes the value of the nursing student having an experience with a BSN preceptor, does not integrate public health nursing standards of practice (1.25 pts.)	a. Does not describe the role of the proposed BSN preceptor as a community/population-based BSN and nurse leader (0.625 – 0 pts.) b. Does not describe the value of the nursing student having an experience with a BSN preceptor (0.625 – 0 pts.) *May receive (0) if description of the role of the BSN prepared preceptor and/or public health nursing standards of practice are missing
Explain the community service and volunteer public/community health setting (2.5 points)	a. Explains the appropriateness of the community service/volunteer setting to a community/population health focus (2.5 points)	a. Minimally explains the appropriateness of the community service/volunteer setting to a community/population health focus (1.25 pts)	a. Does not explain the appropriateness of the community service/volunteer setting (0.625 – 0 pts.)
Included at least one professional/research nursing journal article to support rationale (2.5 pts.)	a. Includes at least one professional research nursing journal article (hint- use CINAHL) (2.5 pts.)	a. Includes article that lacked professional credibility (1.25 pts.)	a. Fails to include professional journal article (0.625 – 0 pts.)
Experiential Learning (clinical)agency/contact information for preceptor (2.5 pts.)	a. Includes agency/contact information for BSN preceptor, including preceptor name, clinical site name, phone contact, address, and email contact (2.5 pts.)	a. Includes partial agency/contact information for BSN preceptor (1.25pts.)	a. Does not provide any agency/contact information for BSN preceptor (0.625 – 0 pts.)
Writing Mechanics and APA formatting (2.5 pts.) *Must include American Nurses Association (2013). Public health nursing: Scope and standards of practice (2nd ed.) reference	a. Demonstrates information literacy and proper writing mechanics through formatting, citing, and documenting a reference list for resources while displaying a proficient understanding of how to appropriately organize his/her work using headings per 7th ed. APA formatting. Must include · Title Page · Body of paper · Reference list (2.5 pts)(No page length requirements. Suggested page length of paper for the body of the paper is one to two pages in length.)	a. Demonstrates information literacy through formatting, citing, and documenting relevant material but does not organize work using headings per 7th ed. APA formatting. Includes partial paper requirements. (1.25 pts.)	a. Incorrect use of information literacy in formatting, citation, and documentation. Multiple errors in APA formatting. (0.625 – 0 pts.)
Total Points	20 points

Instructions:

1. Read the Article – Meeting the Challenges of Nursing Staff Education, and then answer the following questions:
   1. List the unit you are working in (if not working, then use ICU as the model)
   2. Considering the unit you are working in presently, what educational needs do you think that you or any nurse working on the unit would need in the next two years (State requirements every two years + certifications (hint: AACN website- pick at least one)
   3. What other training would you anticipate that you would need?
2. Your paper should be:
3. One (1) page
   • Typed according to APA Writing Style for margins, formatting, and spacing standards.
   • Typed your paper in a Microsoft Word document, save the file, and then upload the file.