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Class, what is the most vulnerable population that you work with, specific to your facility and specialty? Please elaborate and give me an example of a situation in which you served this population, the outcome, and the continuing education provided.

CLC – Evidence-Based Practice Project: Intervention Presentation on Diabetes 

• My Group
• Group Forum

This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment.As a group, identify a research or evidence-based article published within the last 5 years that focuses comprehensively on a specific intervention or new treatment tool for the management of diabetes in adults or children. The article must be relevant to nursing practice.Create a 5 slide PowerPoint presentation on the study’s findings and how they can be used by nurses as an intervention. Include speaker notes for each slide and additional slides for the title page and references.
Digital Diabetes Management Application Improves Glycemic Outcomes in People With Type 1 and Type 2 Diabeteshttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1932296817747291
Provide a descriptive and reflective discussion of how the new tool or intervention can be integrated into nursing practice. Provide evidence to support your discussion.
You are required to cite to a minimum of two sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and relevant to nursing practice.While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

CLC – Evidence-Based Practice Project—Intervention Presentation on Diabetes

No of Criteria: 9 Achievement Levels: 5CriteriaAchievement LevelsDescriptionPercentageUnsatisfactory0.00 %Less than Satisfactory75.00 %Satisfactory79.00 %Good89.00 %Excellent100.00 %Content80.0     Article5.0The article is omitted or fails to meet the assignment criteria.The article fails to meet most of the assignment criteria; the article is not relevant to nursing practice.The article is published in the last 5 years and has a general focus on an intervention or treatment tool for managing diabetes in adults or children. The article has some application to nursing practice.The article is published in the last 5 years, has a focus on an intervention or treatment tool for managing diabetes in adults or children. The article has general application to nursing practice.The article is published in the last 5 years, has a focus on an intervention or treatment tool for managing diabetes in adults or children. The article has direct application to nursing practice.Intervention or Treatment Tool and Specific Patient Population of Study5.0Intervention, or treatment tool, and the specific patient population used in the study are omitted or inaccurate.An incomplete summary of the intervention, or treatment tool, and the specific patient population used in the study is presented. There are significant gaps and inaccuracies.A summary of the intervention or treatment tool and the specific patient population used in the study is presented. Some aspects require more detail for clarity. There are minor inaccuracies.A description of the intervention or treatment tool and the specific patient population used in the study is presented. Minor detail is needed for clarity or accuracy.A thorough description of the intervention or treatment tool and the specific patient population used in the study is presented.Summary of Article15.0The summary is omitted or fails to meet the assignment criteria.A partial summary of the article is presented. There are major omissions. The summary fails to accurately represent the main idea for a specific patient population, the clinical findings, or the relevance to diabetes and nursing practice.A summary of the article is presented. The summary generally presents the main idea for a specific patient population, the clinical findings, and the relevance to diabetes and nursing practice. There are some inaccuracies. More information is needed.A summary of the article is presented. The summary presents the main idea for a specific patient population, the clinical findings, and the relevance to diabetes and nursing practice. Some detail or information is needed for clarity.A thorough summary of the article is presented. The summary accurately presents the main idea for a specific patient population and the clinical findings, and clearly illustrates relevance to diabetes and nursing practice.Inclusion of the Psychological, Cultural, and Spiritual Aspects15.0Explanation of why the psychological, cultural, and spiritual aspects are important to consider for patient who has been diagnosed with diabetes is omitted.A partial explanation of why the psychological, cultural, and spiritual aspects is important to consider for a patient who has been diagnosed with diabetes is presented. The explanation contains significant omissions and inaccuracies. Reasoning or rationale is not provided for support.A general explanation of why the psychological, cultural and spiritual aspects is important to consider for a patient who has been diagnosed with diabetes is presented. The explanation contains some omissions and inaccuracies. General reasoning or rationale is provided for support.An explanation of why the psychological, cultural, and spiritual aspects is important to consider for a patient who has been diagnosed with diabetes is presented. The explanation contains adequate reasoning or rationale provided for support. Some detail is needed for clarity.A compelling explanation for why the psychological, cultural and spiritual aspects is important to consider for a patient who has been diagnosed with diabetes is presented. The explanation is well-developed and contains strong reasoning and rationale for support.Presentation of Content40.0The content lacks a clear point of view and logical sequence of information. Includes little persuasive information. Sequencing of ideas is unclear.The content is vague in conveying a point of view and does not create a strong sense of purpose. Includes some persuasive information.The presentation slides are generally competent, but ideas may show some inconsistency in organization and/or in their relationships to each other.The content is written with a logical progression of ideas and supporting information exhibiting a unity, coherence, and cohesiveness. Includes persuasive information from reliable sources.The content is written clearly and concisely. Ideas universally progress and relate to each other. The project includes motivating questions and advanced organizers. The project gives the audience a clear sense of the main idea.Organization, Effectiveness, and Format20.0     Layout5.0The layout is cluttered, confusing, and does not use spacing, headings, and subheadings to enhance the readability. The text is extremely difficult to read with long blocks of text, small point size for fonts, and inappropriate contrasting colors. Poor use of headings, subheadings, indentations, or bold formatting is evident.The layout shows some structure, but appears cluttered and busy or distracting with large gaps of white space or a distracting background. Overall readability is difficult due to lengthy paragraphs, too many different fonts, dark or busy background, overuse of bold, or lack of appropriate indentations of text.The layout uses horizontal and vertical white space appropriately. Sometimes the fonts are easy to read, but in a few places the use of fonts, italics, bold, long paragraphs, color, or busy background detracts and does not enhance readability.The layout background and text complement each other and enable the content to be easily read. The fonts are easy to read and point size varies appropriately for headings and text.The layout is visually pleasing and contributes to the overall message with appropriate use of headings, subheadings, and white space. Text is appropriate in length for the target audience and to the point. The background and colors enhance the readability of the text.Language Use and Audience Awareness (includes sentence construction, word choice, etc.)5.0Inappropriate word choice and lack of variety in language use are evident. Writer appears to be unaware of audience. Use of primer prose indicates writer either does not apply figures of speech or uses them inappropriately.Some distracting inconsistencies in language choice (register) or word choice are present. The writer exhibits some lack of control in using figures of speech appropriately.Language is appropriate to the targeted audience for the most part.The writer is clearly aware of audience, uses a variety of appropriate vocabulary for the targeted audience, and uses figures of speech to communicate clearly.The writer uses a variety of sentence constructions, figures of speech, and word choice in distinctive and creative ways that are appropriate to purpose, discipline, and scope.Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use)5.0Slide errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning.Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader.Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but they are not overly distracting to the reader.Slides are largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present.Writer is clearly in control of standard, written, academic English.Documentation of Sources (citations, footnotes, references, bibliography, etc., as appropriate to assignment and style)5.0Sources are not documented.Documentation of sources is inconsistent or incorrect, as appropriate to assignment and style, with numerous formatting errors.Sources are documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, although some formatting errors may be present.Sources are documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is mostly correct.Sources are completely and correctly documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is free of error.Total Percentage  100

• Link (website): Pew Research Center (Links to an external site.)
  • Click on the Social Trends tab.
  • Click on the Interactives tab.
  • Locate the following link: How Census Race Categories Have Changed Over Time
  • Click on “1790” to see two columns comparing the 1790 Census categories with the 2010 Census categories.
• Minimum of 4 outside scholarly sources

Instructions
In this week’s lesson, you learned about the U.S. Census Bureau’s most recent racial and ethnic categories. For this assignment, consider the racial and ethnic categories used in the 2010 Census with the four racial, ethnic, and gender categories used in the 1790 Census: Free white males, free white females, all other free persons, slaves (Pew Research Center, 2015). Analyze the concepts of race, ethnicity, and gender as social constructs, just as sociologists do, by addressing the following:

1. Explain how you might have been categorized by the 1790 Census and how you would have been categorized by the 2010 Census.
2. Compare and contrast the two potential categorizations and explain how this exercise shows that the concepts of race, ethnicity, and even gender change over time. Most importantly, explain how this exercise shows that the concepts of race, ethnicity, and gender are social constructs.
3. Determine and describe what ethnic, racial, and/or gender categories, if any, would be best, in your view, for the 2020 Census or the 2030 Census, to most accurately show the diversity of the U.S. population. What categories would be best to reveal the segments of the U.S. population most vulnerable to racial, ethnic, and/or gender inequalities or discrimination? What categories could be listed in the 2020 Census or the 2030 Census that might best educate the U.S. population on differences between race and ethnicity? Explain your decisions.

Include headings for each of the three main sections of the paper:

• What the Census Might Have Called Me
• Social Constructs
• Better Future Census Categories

Each of the three main sections of your paper must contain scholarly support in the form of quotes or paraphrases with respective citations from assigned reading (the textbook/lesson) and the outside scholarly source that you identify on your own.

1. Focused Reflection (30 points) 

Objective: To reflect on the interprofessional roles (MD, SW, OT, PT, RT, RD, PharmD) you saw on the unit and describe communication between them and the nurse.

· List all of the different providers that were involved in your patient’s care. What was the focus of each of these providers in the patient’s care? What was your nursing focus in the patient’s care? Be specific and give examples.

· How did you or the nurse communicate with each different provider? How did each provider communicate with the nurse? Be specific and give examples.

· What did you see done well and what would you improve? What would you specifically do to improve it?

The reflection should be 2-3 pages, but not longer than 3 pages. Use Times New Roman 12 point font, 1 inch margins, and double spacing to format your paper. The reflection does not need a title page or references. See syllabus for late assignment point deductions.

Focused Reflection rubric

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3

Length and Mechanics

Does not meet page   requirement.

One formatting   error. Multiple spelling/grammar   errors. Point is not   understandable.

3 pages typed.

Double spaced.

TNR 12 pt font.

1 inch margins.

Minor spelling/ grammar   errors, but point is understandable

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3

5

7

9

Listed providers and   their focus vs. nursing focus. Was   specific and gave examples.

Does not address.

Needs improvement.

Mostly complete.

Above   average.

Completely   addresses.

0

3

5

7

9

Described nurse to   provider and provider to nurse communication. Was specific and gave examples.

Does not address.

Needs improvement.

Mostly complete.

Above   average.

Completely   addresses.

Described what was done   well and what to improve. Gave   specific suggestions on their improvements.

Does not address.

Needs improvement.

Mostly complete.

Above average.

Completely addresses.

Clinical Check-Offs 

1. Medication Administration Check-off

STUDENTS CAN ONLY ADMINISTER MEDICATIONS WITH THE CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR. This includes the administration of any kind of medication by any route. Medications cannot be administered with a staff nurse. Failure to follow this rule will result in failure of the check-off, immediate dismissal from the clinical site and inability to pass NM 322.

The clinical instructor will give medications with two students per day. Students must pass the medication check-off by the end of the semester.

2. Clinical Performance Evaluation

The Clinical Performance Evaluation will be reviewed with the student as needed, at mid-semester and at the end of the semester.  Failure to satisfactorily meet core competencies on the Clinical Performance Evaluation can result in being sent home from the clinical site, an academic alert, a corrective action plan and/or dismissal from the nursing program.

Please review the Student Laboratory and Clinical Handbook, especially the sections entitled “Standards for Student Behavior in the Laboratory and Clinical Setting” and “Clinical Attendance Policy.”

Other Clinical Expectations

1. Timeliness

Students are expected to be in the assigned room ready to go for pre-clinical at 2:00 pm. Time will be determined via the instructor’s cell phone.

Students arriving after 2:00 pm will be given the opportunity to prepare for patient care. Failure to complete the Pre-Clinical Patient Care Form completely by the end of pre-clinical will result in the student being sent home from the clinical shift and losing all points associated with the clinical day.

Students who are able to complete the Pre-Clinical Patient Care Form will be allowed to stay for clinical, but will lose all points associated with the clinical day. All assignments must still be completed for the clinical day.

Failure to arrive on time will be reflected on your Clinical Performance Evaluation. Failure to meet core competencies on the Clinical Performance Evaluation can result in being sent home from the clinical site, an academic alert, a corrective action plan and/or dismissal from the nursing program.

Any student who is not at pre-clinical at 2:00 pm needs to have notified their clinical instructor. See the first page for how to notify instructor.

2. What You Can Do as a Student Nurse

Provide the best possible care for your patient that day. This includes assessing the patient, documenting your assessment and providing personal cares. Learn as much as you possibly can from this experience. Attend therapy or tests/procedures with your patient. Please notify the patient’s nurse, so they know where you and the patient are at all times.

Students should answer call lights when they are not providing care for their patient. The student should then check with the patient’s nurse regarding the patient’s request before carrying it out. For example, a patient may ask for water and be NPO. The student would not know this without checking with the nurse. A patient may say they can walk to the bathroom, but really need assistance with transferring.

3.  What You Can’t Do as a Student Nurse (Per BSN Clinical Instructor handbook)

1. Administer Blood

2. Program a PCA pump

3. Manage Epidural Infusion, Tubing or Pump Settings

4. Do EKG or Fetal Monitoring Interpretation (it is crucial that students not document in a fashion that would suggest they have done any monitoring interpretation)

5. Take Verbal or Telephone Orders

6. Verify Informed Consent

7. Advance the plan of care (must be licensed professional)

8. Blood Glucose Monitoring

9. Blood draws from any line

10. Discontinue a central line

11. Administer IV push medications, including IV flushes

12. Start IVs

13. Administer chemotherapy

14. Insert a urinary catheter (Regions new policy)

4. What You Can Do as a Student Nurse, But Only with the Instructor Present

a. Administer medications by any route

b. Anything IV or tube feeding related (hanging a new bag, programming the pump, etc.)

c. For anything other than a patient assessment or personal cares, the student must connect with the clinical instructor. The clinical instructor will then determine if the student can perform the skill with the patient’s nurse or the instructor. Students can always observe a nurse doing anything for a patient, if it is okay with the patient.

Failure to follow the rules regarding what a student can/can’t do will be reflected on your Clinical Performance Evaluation. Failure to meet core competencies on the Clinical Performance Evaluation can result in being sent home from the clinical site, an academic alert, a corrective action plan and/or dismissal from the nursing program.

Last Day of Clinical

We will show our appreciation for all of the unit staff for their help on every clinical day. All interactions with staff should be respectful and include a thank you for their help. In addition to our daily thanks, we will sign a card and bring treats for the staff on our last

In collaboration with your approved course mentor, you will identify a specific evidence-based practice proposal topic for the capstone project. Consider the clinical environment in which you are currently working or have recently worked. The capstone project topic can be a clinical practice problem, an organizational issue, a quality improvement suggestion, a leadership initiative, or an educational need appropriate to your area of interest as well as your practice immersion (practicum) setting. Examples of the integration of community health, leadership, and an EBP can be found on the “Educational and Community-Based Programs” page of the Healthy People 2020 website.

Write a 500-750 word description of your proposed capstone project topic. Make sure to include the following:

1. The problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need that will be the focus of the project
2. The setting or context in which the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need can be observed.
3. A description providing a high level of detail regarding the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need.
4. Impact of the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need on the work environment, the quality of care provided by staff, and patient outcomes.
5. Significance of the problem, issue, suggestion, initiative, or educational need and its implications to nursing.
6. A proposed solution to the identified project topic

You are required to retrieve and assess a minimum of 8 peer-reviewed articles. Plan your time accordingly to complete this assignment.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.