You will interview a person in your selected healthcare field outside of class. This assignment may take several days: first identify a person and set up an interview. Ask him/her about the job opportunities available for this position. Ask what kind of healthcare site does s/he work in (e.g., hospital, clinic), and what support does s/he experience to help stay up-to-date and informed about the profession. For instance, how does s/he earn continuing education credits or maintain licensure? How is his/her work evaluated? That is, how does s/he know what s/he is doing well and how does s/he know what s/he should be improving? What does s/he find most fulfilling and most challenging in the profession?   

Develop a list of interview questions. This list may include the following:  

1.    Describe the activities in a typical day in your job. 

2.    How many hours do you work in a typical week? 

3.    Tell me about your background, including education and experience. 

4.    What kind of people do you work with? Who do you serve? Who are your colleagues? 

5.    Why are you interested in this particular field? 

6.    What do you enjoy most about your job? 

7.    What skills–such as communication and problem solving–are most important in your field? Describe a situation in which you use these skills. 

8.    Describe a challenging situation you’ve had in your job.

9.    Describe your relationship with your patients or clients. 

10.    If I were interested in pursuing your career, what classes do you think I should be taking in high school? What extracurricular activities should I pursue? 

11.    What other healthcare professionals do you work with? 

Deciding to place a loved one into a long-term care facility can be extremely difficult. Even more difficult is the thought of your loved one’s rights being violated while in long-term care. Patient healthcare rights are not as clearly defined as one would expect, and there are long-term care and other healthcare facilities that create their own sets of patient rights. However, there are also certain indisputable rights afforded to patients across the board.

Read the case study titled “A Legal and Ethical Dilemma”, located on pages 463–465 of your text. Next, use the Internet or Strayer Library to research information on a patient’s right to die. 

Instructions

Write a 4–6 page paper in which you:

Describe the legal and ethical dilemma discussed in the case study. Analyze the key ways in which a patient’s right to die relates to this specific case. 

From your research, specify the potential repercussions for failure to comply with the wishes of a patient who has requested to withhold a life-sustaining procedure. Next, take a position on whether the patient’s right to die or the patient’s right to be protected from harm should take precedence in this case. Provide a rationale for your position.

Imagine that you are a part of the ethics committee investigating this case. Determine the main facts pertaining to the issue that the committee should consider. Suggest one step that the facility should take next in order to resolve the dilemma. Provide a rationale for your response.

2. The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

Propose an action toward resolving issues related to a patient’s rights in a given case.

For the discussion:

1. Select the topic of your advocacy discussion early in the semester

I chose —ANA Healthy Nurse Healthy Nation

Develop a power point presentation no more than 10 slides

Describe the advocacy topic you have selected with the following information:
1. Include a problem statement in a single sentence.
2. State why this topic or problem is significant to nursing leaders
3. State one (1) overarching aim that identifies the expected final outcome of the advocacy work

Based on your strengths-based leadership assessment, what leadership strengths will you bring to develop an interprofessional collaboration team to analyze health policy proposals, health policies or related issues from the perspective of stakeholders for the selected advocacy topic? Who will participate on the team? What is needed to educate and guide individuals and groups through complex health and situational transitions?

Discuss ways to demonstrate leadership in the development and implementation of institutional, local, state, federal and/or international health policy.
Is there pending legislation at this time for the selected advocacy topic?
Describe an example of respectful discourse showing two opposing views of the concern.Describe a plan to influence policy makers through active participation on committees, boards, or task forces at the institutional, local, state, regional, national, and/or international levels to improve healthcare delivery and outcomes.

What information about the advocacy topic could you share that might influence others?
What organizations might you join to increase your influence?
How can emotional intelligence be used to increase your influence on policy makers?

What CHANGE THEORY can be used in planning for change and educating others, including policy makers at all levels, regarding the advocacy topic?

Instructions

Generate a professional Power Point presentation that sums the following areas:

Introduction to topic, include introducing yourself, why this is important (1 slide)

• Develop a business plan to start or manage a practice (6-10),  identify SWOT analysis, marketing plan, key stakeholders, reimbursement,  insurance issues, a solid budget plan (expense and revenue sheet)
• Construct  an employment contract for an advanced practice nurse in  your selected care setting. (3-4)) Be specific. What should APRN ask for  salary, vacation, Health insurance, dental, vision, long and short term  insurance, professional development/education fees, professional  journals, any others?
• Compare the legal, ethical, and contractual considerations for APRN in the employment setting (2-3 slides)
• Parameters
• Inclusive of references in presentation, and references then fully  presented in final slide of presentation as a reference page (1-2  slides)

Use APA for formatting

Presentation should be minimally 25 slides, enough slides to appropriately cover material being presented

• Presentation is to be designed as if you, the ARPN, were seeking funding for starting your own clinic.
• Presentation to include:Contract portion is to be designed as if  student/APRN was seeking a position. What would an APRN want in the  contract? Provide details within the contract about salary, insurances,  benefits, duties, etc.
• Type of clinic, clientele serving, location
• Mission/vision statement
• DETAILED budget analysis. Expense and revenue reports

Insurance and reimbursement: Provide information on expected  revenue. What would an APRN charge for certain visits (sick versus  health check), what is expected pay from insurance types (private,  Medicare/Medicaid?)

• Contract portion is to be designed as if student/APRN was seeking a  position. What would an APRN want in the contract? Provide details  within the contract about salary, insurances, benefits, duties, etc.

An explanation of how you personally could use networking with peers or professionals in the public health field

Two strategies for addressing public health issues using networking

Identification of at least one professional organization in your field of study that posts on social media sites and an explanation of why following the organization might be beneficial

• By Day 6 of Week 8
• Respond to at least two peers’ initial posts regarding the use of professional networking. Provide a substantive reply in one or more of the following ways: 
• Share a professional organization that a peer did not share.

Offer an additional benefit of following the organization that your peer mentioned in his or her post.

Offer another method of networking in the public health field.

By Day 7 of Week 8, be sure to review the responses to your initial post and follow up on your responses to your peers’ posts.

• By Day 4 of Week 9
• Write a post in which you reflect on what you have learned about your peers through the “interview process.” Your post should address the following:
• Identify at least two members of your peer group who are similar to you in field, interests, goals, strengths, and/or weaknesses. Explain how you and each peer can support each other through networking.

Identify at least two member of your peer group who are different from you in field, interests, goals, strengths, and/or weaknesses. Explain how you and each peer can support each other through networking.

Explain why peer networking is important.

Describe how common and diverse networks can be beneficial for addressing public health issues.