Make any revisions to your draft of Part 1 of your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template based on the feedback you receive in the Discussion.

Week 1 | Part 1: My Academic and Professional Network

I have identified and secured the participation of the following academic (at least two) and professional (at least two) individuals and/or teams to form the basis of my network. This network will help me to clarify my vision for success and will help guide me now and in the future.

Directions: Complete the information below for each member of your network. For more than four entries repeat the items below with details of your additional network member(s) in the ‘ADDITIONAL NETWORK MEMBERS’ section.

NETWORK MEMBER 1

Name: Adeyemi Fatoki

Title:Family Medicine/Addition Medicine

Organization: Great Heights Family Medicine

Academic or Professional: Professional

Why I selected this individual and/or team and how they will support my success in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse:

Notes: I choose Dr Fatoki because he inspire me from day one, he encourage me to go back to school for nursing, he supported me in climbing the ladder of become a nurse. He focus in Addiction Medicine which will set my journey and facilitate me with my dream of become a psychiatric NP

NETWORK MEMBER 2

Name:Vivian Greens

Title:Family Nurse Practitioner

Organization:Independence health care

Academic or Professional: Professional

Why I selected this individual and/or team and how they will support my success in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse: 

Notes:

Vivian Greens was my mentor right from my every first day in nursing school. She encourage me, has I move on the ladder. She is my teacher, mentor. She provided me with strategic guidance in research and clinical.

NETWORK MEMBER 3

Name: Francis Kinsey 

Title:Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse practitioner

Organization: Cook County Hospital

Academic or Professional: Professional

Why I selected this individual and/or team and how they will support my success in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse:

Notes: I worked with him for several years, he was my supervisor for many year of my career. He encourage me to further my education to higher level with strength and support. 

NETWORK MEMBER 4

Name: Ronke Champion

Title:Family Nurse Practitioner

Organization: Peace Hospice & Pallative care

Academic or Professional: Professional

Why I selected this individual and/or team and how they will support my success in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse:

Notes: She inspired me in different aspect of my life. I worked with her for a long period of time, she believe in education and nothing more. She believe that education is a continuous of life. She believe you can’t stop at a point, you need to move on and on. 

 Complete Part 1 of your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template. Be sure to address the following:

·   Identify at least two academic and at least two professional individuals or teams to collaborate with to be successful in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse. 

  Explain why these individuals and/or teams were selected and how they will support success in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse.

Written Expression and Formatting – Paragraph Development and Organization: 

Paragraphs make clear points that support well developed ideas, flow logically, 

and demonstrate continuity of ideas. Sentences are carefully focused–neither long and rambling nor short and lacking substance. A clear and comprehensive purpose statement and introduction is provided which delineates all required criteria.

Written Expression and Formatting – English writing standards: 

Correct grammar, mechanics, and proper punctuation

Written Expression and Formatting – The paper follows correct APA format for title page, headings, font, spacing, margins, indentations, page numbers, running head, parenthetical/in-text citations, and reference list.

Make any revisions to your draft of Part 1 of your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template based on the feedback you receive in the Discussion.

Week 1 | Part 1: My Academic and Professional Network

I have identified and secured the participation of the following academic (at least two) and professional (at least two) individuals and/or teams to form the basis of my network. This network will help me to clarify my vision for success and will help guide me now and in the future.

Directions: Complete the information below for each member of your network. For more than four entries repeat the items below with details of your additional network member(s) in the ‘ADDITIONAL NETWORK MEMBERS’ section.

NETWORK MEMBER 1

Name: Adeyemi Fatoki

Title:Family Medicine/Addition Medicine

Organization: Great Heights Family Medicine

Academic or Professional: Professional

Why I selected this individual and/or team and how they will support my success in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse:

Notes: I choose Dr Fatoki because he inspire me from day one, he encourage me to go back to school for nursing, he supported me in climbing the ladder of become a nurse. He focus in Addiction Medicine which will set my journey and facilitate me with my dream of become a psychiatric NP

NETWORK MEMBER 2

Name:Vivian Greens

Title:Family Nurse Practitioner

Organization:Independence health care

Academic or Professional: Professional

Why I selected this individual and/or team and how they will support my success in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse: 

Notes:

Vivian Greens was my mentor right from my every first day in nursing school. She encourage me, has I move on the ladder. She is my teacher, mentor. She provided me with strategic guidance in research and clinical.

NETWORK MEMBER 3

Name: Francis Kinsey 

Title:Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse practitioner

Organization: Cook County Hospital

Academic or Professional: Professional

Why I selected this individual and/or team and how they will support my success in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse:

Notes: I worked with him for several years, he was my supervisor for many year of my career. He encourage me to further my education to higher level with strength and support. 

NETWORK MEMBER 4

Name: Ronke Champion

Title:Family Nurse Practitioner

Organization: Peace Hospice & Pallative care

Academic or Professional: Professional

Why I selected this individual and/or team and how they will support my success in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse:

Notes: She inspired me in different aspect of my life. I worked with her for a long period of time, she believe in education and nothing more. She believe that education is a continuous of life. She believe you can’t stop at a point, you need to move on and on. 

 Complete Part 1 of your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template. Be sure to address the following:

·   Identify at least two academic and at least two professional individuals or teams to collaborate with to be successful in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse. 

  Explain why these individuals and/or teams were selected and how they will support success in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse.

Written Expression and Formatting – Paragraph Development and Organization: 

Paragraphs make clear points that support well developed ideas, flow logically, 

and demonstrate continuity of ideas. Sentences are carefully focused–neither long and rambling nor short and lacking substance. A clear and comprehensive purpose statement and introduction is provided which delineates all required criteria.

Written Expression and Formatting – English writing standards: 

Correct grammar, mechanics, and proper punctuation

Written Expression and Formatting – The paper follows correct APA format for title page, headings, font, spacing, margins, indentations, page numbers, running head, parenthetical/in-text citations, and reference list.

Post must have 250 words, 3 references and apa style 

A 43-y.o. female presents with the complaint of weight gain and fatigue over the past 4 mo. She states that she is always cold and just can’t get warm. She states that she is sleeping really well through the night but does not wake feeling refreshed. She denies shortness of breath, chest pain, or dyspnea on exertion.

1. What additional questions should you ask the patient and why?
2. What should be included in the physical examination at this visit?
3. What are the possible differential diagnoses at this time?
4. What tests should you order and why?
5. How should this patient be managed?

Respond using one or more of the following approaches:

Ask a probing question, substantiated with additional background information, and evidence.

Share an insight from having read your colleagues’ postings, synthesizing the information to provide new perspectives.

Offer and support an alternative perspective using readings from the classroom or from your own review of the literature in the Walden Library.

Note: the answer of this post should be in a positive way 

 

                                                            Main Post

In the past, nursing educational programs did not focus on the undertakings of evidence-based research, the integration into practice settings, or the mere skills to research appropriately (Tagney & Haines, 2009). However, Tagney and Haines (2009) explain that the integration of evidence-based research is a gap that needs to be addressed among health care professionals that require improvements to research and critical appraisal skills and the ability to conduct a research project. Polit and Beck (2017) state that research can commence by the construction of a theory and a person who can interconnect the evidence and take note of themes.

Theory

Concerning research, a theory can be defined as two ideas that are associated or related which places the intentions of a theory to explain the relationship between the two ideas to describe a single phenomenon (Polit & Beck, 2019). Often, theories are descriptive, as they are used to describe individual characteristics of the subject of interest by observation of common features (Polit & Beck, 2017). Polit and Beck (2017) state that descriptive theory is occasionally an indication or suggestion to explanatory or predictive theories. 

The Theory of Planned Behavior gives understanding of how people behave and why from a phycological standpoint (Polit & Beck, 2017). When someone is unstable from anger their behavior can be determined by their intention to act on the behavior (Polit & Beck, 2017). Collectively, the personal attitudes, the social norms, and how easy or difficult the behavior is to partake in all relate to the intention to perform or not to perform the behavior (Polit & Beck, 2017). Notably, the perceived importance of the personal attitudes, social norms, and the ability to follow through on the intention of the behavior are different through different scenarios and situations (Polit & Beck, 2017). Simply put, a theory is an explanation of how two phenomena are interconnected or linked (Laureate Education, 2012). 

Research Article Using the Theory of Planned Behavior

Chang-Chiao, Tsui-Ping, Bih-O., and Chia-Chi (2015) put forth a cross-sectional study that consisted of 548 nurses that worked on general hospital wards and intensive care units with an aim to study how nurses’ attitudes and intentions affected medication administration errors and the reporting of the errors. The theory of planned behavior was used as the as the framework for this study. Chang-Chiao et al. (2015) explain that medication administration errors reporting is a professional obligation where the clinicians consider behaviors before reporting. The barrier of medication administration errors reporting behaviors was investigated as this issue still occurs in todays practices. 

Many obstacles around reporting errors exist such as leadership styles on the unit, unfriendly work environments, lack of knowledge of the importance of reporting errors, and nursing shortages (Chang-Chiao et al, 2015). According to the theory of planned behavior, beliefs and attitudes are the fundamental determinants of behaviors and to change or influence the behavior the attitudes and beliefs need to be addressed (Chang-Chiao et al, 2015). To tackle this, intentions need to be changed via attitudinal beliefs, control beliefs, and normative beliefs.

In this study the biggest factor that played a role of intentions towards not reporting medication errors were the attitudes of nurse managers and coworkers which involved the nurse to feel blame which consequently influenced their own attitude to not report (Chang-Chiao et al, 2015). Thus, the conclusion is that the intent of reporting errors is concerned with patient safety and not blame and that there should be increased awareness as to why errors need to be reported to change the intent and the nurses’ belief systems (Chang-Chiao et al, 2015).

How the Theory Provides Structure and Value to the Research Study 

The theory provided structure to this study because of the investigated underpinnings around the nurses’ behaviors, attitudes, and intentions (Polit & Beck, 2017). The relationship between the intent to choose to not report medication errors and the perceptions used provided the framework for the hypothesis of fear of the manager and coworkers to place blame and to a conclusion to increase education around patient safety to change nurses’ beliefs around subjective norms of the unit (Polit & Beck, 2017). The theory provided has given a valuable framework by contribution of a starting point for the researchers and a guide to follow through to a logical conclusion.

References

Chang-Chiao, H., Tsui-Ping, C., Bih-O, L., & Chia-Chi, H. (2015). Nurses’ Attitude and intention of Medication Administration Error Reporting. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 25(3-4). Retrieved from the Walden University Library database.

Laureate Education (Producer). (2012). Selecting a Framework. Baltimore, MD: Author. 

Polit, D. F., & Beck, C. T. (2017). Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice (10th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.

Tageny, J., & Haines. C. (2009). Using Evidence-Based Practice to Address Gaps in Nursing Knowledge. British Journal of Nursing, 18(8), 484-489. Retrieved from

https://web-b-ebscohost-com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=1&sid=06adf448-2563-4f18-9a8f-23de83a12610%40pdc-v-sessmgr02Respond using one or more of the following approaches:

Ask a probing question, substantiated with additional background information, and evidence.

Share an insight from having read your colleagues’ postings, synthesizing the information to provide new perspectives.

Offer and support an alternative perspective using readings from the classroom or from your own review of the literature in the Walden Library.

                                                            

  It is anticipated that the initial discussion response should be in the range of 250-300 words. Response posts must demonstrate topic knowledge and scholarly engagement with peers. This is not the only criteria utilized for evaluation; substantive content is imperative. All questions in the topic must be addressed. Please proofread your response carefully for grammar and spelling. Do not upload any attachments. All responses need to be supported by a minimum of one scholarly resource. Journals and websites must be cited appropriately. Citation and reference must adhere to APA format ( 

A 43-y.o. female presents with the complaint of weight gain and fatigue over the past 4 mo. She states that she is always cold and just can’t get warm. She states that she is sleeping really well through the night but does not wake feeling refreshed. She denies shortness of breath, chest pain, or dyspnea on exertion.

1. What additional questions should you ask the patient and why?
2. What should be included in the physical examination at this visit?
3. What are the possible differential diagnoses at this time?
4. What tests should you order and why?
5. How should this patient be managed?