NURS 3100 Week 6 Assignment 2: Journal: Observe, Process, and Reflect As mentioned in Week 1 Assignment 2, the objective of the Journal Assignment is to provide you with a private place to “think on the page.” As a reminder, the Journal is not formal writing, and only you and your Instructor will see your…

NURS 3110 Week 1 Assignment 1: HIPAA – An Issue of Patient Privacy NURS 3110 Week 1 Assignment 1: HIPAA – An Issue of Patient Privacy For this HIPAA: An Issue of Patient Privacy Essay Assignment, review the following from this week’s Resources:   Resources on the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules Resources on privacy…

NURS 3100 Week 6: Powerful Caring Leads to Social Change Caring and power work together synergistically. They enable nurses to care more effectively for their patients. A caring and empowered nurse is more effective than either a disempowered nurse who cares or an empowered nurse who does not care.       In Sherman Alexie’s…

NURS 3100 Week 6 Discussion: Nurses are Changing the World! As a future Walden nursing graduate, you will take your place beside the many Walden scholar-practitioner nurses that have preceded you. The current political milieu in the world of health care creates abundant opportunities for nurses like you to move health care toward positive social…

NURS 3100 Week 4 Assignment: Quality Nursing (Part 1 of 2) Welcome to Part 1 of this assignment!   Nurses use Quality Indicators (QIs) for several purposes. QIs highlight potential quality concerns, identify areas that need further study and investigation, and track changes over time. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) QIs include…

NURS 3100 Week 4 Discussion: The Essence of Nursing Jean Watson states that “caring is the essence of nursing.” Compassion, wisdom, loving kindness, caring, and knowledge, all concepts of Watson’s Caring Theory, are what nurses are all about. Watson’s Caring Theory incorporates arts and humanities as well as science.   Delivering the kind of care…

NURS 3100 Week 4: Nurses in the Spotlight: Improving Health Care As a Registered Nurse, you are trained and proficient in caring for the physical well-being of patients. Just think about how much time and effort those skills took you to acquire! And you are still improving, correct? The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has answered…

NURS 3100 Week 3 Assignment 2: Promise to Practice by Walden’s Code for Academic Integrity As a nurse, the Nurses’ Code of Ethics is a foundational guide as you practice your professional obligations with integrity and ideals. This assignment allows you build on those nursing ethics as they pertain to your academic work and writing.…

NURS 3100 Week 3 Assignment 1: Impact of Nurses On Health Care Quality It is important for nurses to stay abreast of current issues and trends in our field. Use this opportunity to develop or enhance your expertise on your chosen topic.   This Assignment introduces you to the Walden Library. The Library is an…

NURS 3100 Week 2 Discussion: The Most Trusted Profession Nurses are the most honest and ethical professionals in America, according to Gallup polls for more than 12 years in a row. In 2014, 80 percent of Americans said that nurses have “very high” or “high” standards of honesty and ethics, compared with 7% and 8%…