This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment.

In your CLC group, create a PowerPoint presentation of 5 slides in which you compare the pros and cons of continuing nursing education related to the following:

1) Relationship to professional certification.

A minimum of three scholarly sources are required for this assignment.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation 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 not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

rganization and Effectiveness

5.0 %Layout

The 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, over use 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.

10.0 %Organization and Effectiveness

5.0 %Language Use and Audience Awareness (includes sentence construction, word choice, etc.)

Inappropriate 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 and/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.

10.0 %Format

5.0 %Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use)

Slide 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 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.

5.0 %Evaluating and Documenting Sources(in-text citations for paraphrasing and direct quotes, references page listing and formatting, as appropriate to assignment and style)

Contains no title slide, no references section, and no correctly cited references within the body of the presentation.

Title slide is incomplete or inaccurate. References section includes sources, but many citation errors. Citations are included within the body of the presentation but with many errors.

Title slide has minor errors. References section includes sources, but they are not consistently cited correctly. Citations are included within the body of the presentation but with some errors.

Title slide is complete. References section includes correctly cited sources with minimal errors. Correct citations are included within the body of the presentation.

Title slide is complete. References section includes correctly cited sources. Correct citations are included within the body of the presentation.

Capital Expenditure Proposals

This week we will focus on budgets for the healthcare industry, specifically, the operating budget and capital budget. Budgeting provides a plan for health care organizations (HCOs) that shows, in quantitative terms, how costs and expenditures are being used throughout the organization. Think about this in terms of your personal budget at home: sometimes you can purchase an item needed or wanted because you have the cash available; other times, you need to plan ahead and save additional money in order to purchase an item. HCOs go through a similar process when determining what monies are available for purchasing items that may be needed. Each of the managers will submit a proposal with justifications and benefits to the HCO for the expense outlay. It is up to the senior managers to determine which proposals will be accepted for the upcoming budget year(s), so the manager submitting the proposal must understand and provide the information needed to make the decision. Remember that the mission of HCOs is to provide quality patient care or a quality patient experience, so integrate the mission within the budget request. Capital requests may be a result of a new project, expanding existing services to enhance the services currently being provided, replacing equipment to ensure that the most comprehensive technology is being utilized for patient care, or replacing equipment to reduce the costs currently being incurred (Peavler, n.d.).

Complete the following sections for your capital investment proposal:

Your paper needs to be two to three pages in length (not including the title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. You must use the textbook- chapter 7 and 10- (Smith, D. G. (2014). Introduction to healthcare financial management. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.)and at least one scholarly source per area. Cite and reference your sources in APA format as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Key Strategic Goals: one page minimum, include specific funding sources for the capital investment.

-Apply theoretical frameworks and concepts to ethical dilemmas in the advanced practice role.

-Demonstrate integrity through the application of relevant codes of conduct and social responsibility within one’s profession.

Note: Please take a moment to read this for an introduction:

As an advanced practice nurse, you will face many dilemmas. It is important to have a clear set of principles to deal with these issues. Knowing the difference among legal, ethical, and moral precepts is a starting point to determine what the right thing to do is.

Ethical models help to delineate and sort through ethical issues. Understanding moral principles such as patients’ right to autonomy, beneficence, nonmalfeasance, veracity, freedom, fidelity, justice, and confidentiality provide guidelines to make decisions.

Many times, families want to make decisions for patients. Knowing when a health care proxy or directive is in effect is important. Advance care directives have legal, health, and financial implications. Many confuse the power of attorney as a health care directive. It is not; it is a legal document that directs the finances of a client or patient. It does not give the power of attorney the right to make end of life decisions.

Heath care directives usually come into effect when the person is incompetent and cannot make decisions on their own. Many families try to make decisions for their loved ones before they are rendered incompetent. As nurses, it important to respect the autonomy of our patients and respect their dignity and ability to make their own decisions.

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Find audio clips of adventitious lungs sounds. Discuss what makes these sounds, how would we identify them, and what the implications would be if they go unrecognized. Summarize your findings.