Analyze the leadership role of the nurse in preventing and managing health problems.
Analyze the leadership role of the nurse in preventing and managing health problems
Analyze the leadership role of the nurse in preventing and managing health problems across the lifespan in health care practice settings.
Overview
Have you contemplated the role of the professional nurse? As a nurse, you have many roles, including advocate, educator, and collaborator. However, with the ever-changing practices in healthcare, nurses must stay abreast of the evolving role of the professional nurse. Nurses are being exposed to complementary and alternative healthcare, hospice and palliative care, and mental healthcare, in addition to the areas of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases and their prevention and antimicrobial stewardship. These areas of practice reflect unique opportunities where you, as a professional nurse, can take the lead to advocate for patients and provide quality and effective patient care.
For this Written-Response Assessment, you will address the role of the nurse in preventing and managing healthcare across the lifespan.
Submission Length: 4 written response items
Competency Statement: Analyze the role of the professional nurse in preventing and managing health problems across the lifespan
Type of Assessment: Written Response
For this Written Response Assessment, you will respond to a series of prompts addressing the role of the nurse in preventing and managing health care across the lifespan. Be sure to include references to support your responses to each series of prompts.
Questions
1. Mr. Norton just finished speaking with his wife’s physician. Susan, Mrs. Norton’s nurse, enters the room and sees that Mr. Norton is crying uncontrollably. He tells Susan that the doctor is sending his wife for hospice care and wants to know if the doctors are giving up on his wife. In your response, explain the role of the nurse in hospice and palliative care by addressing the following:
Item 1
Explain the difference between hospice care and palliative care. Support your response with appropriate resources. (1–2 paragraphs)
Item 2
Provide two examples of how the nurse’s role in hospice and palliative care might impact patient outcomes. Support your response with appropriate resources. (1–2 paragraphs)
Item 3
Explain how one of the specific roles of advocate, educator, and communicator contributes to health care delivery for hospice and palliative care. Support your response with appropriate resources. (2–3 paragraphs)
Item 4
Describe two professional development resources or opportunities that could assist you in delivering effective end-of-life care. Explain the benefits of each. Support your response with appropriate resources. (2–3 paragraphs)
Analyze the leadership role of the nurse in preventing and managing health problems
