Course Reflection

Guidelines

Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to provide the student an opportunity to reflect on selected RN-BSN competencies acquired through the NUR4516 course.

Course Outcomes

This assignment provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes:

– The student will identify the different types of crisis and their impact on the patient safety and health (AACN Essentials, QSEN: safety, teamwork and collaboration, quality improvement, informatics and patient centered care).

– The student will be able to approach and safely manage patient/families in crisis.

Points

This assignment is worth a total of 100 points (10%).

Due Date

Submit your completed assignment under the Assignment tab by Friday 11:59 p.m. EST of Week 15 as directed.

Requirements

1. The Course Reflection is worth 100 points (10%) and will be graded on quality of self-assessment, use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions and grading criteria/rubric.

2. Follow the directions and grading criteria closely. Any questions about your essay may be posted under the Q & A forum under the Discussions tab.

3. The length of the reflection is to be within three to six pages excluding title page and reference pages.

4. APA format is required with both a title page and reference page. Use the required components of the review as Level 1 headers (upper and lower case, centered):

Note: Introduction – Write an introduction but do not use “Introduction” as a heading in accordance with the rules put forth in the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (2010, p. 63).

a. Course Reflection

b. Conclusion

Preparing Your Reflection

The BSN Essentials (AACN, 2008) outline a number of healthcare policy and advocacy competencies for the BSN-prepared nurse. Reflect on the NUR4516 course readings, discussion threads, and applications you have completed across this course and write a reflective essay regarding the extent to which you feel you are now prepared to:

1. “Integrate theories and concepts from liberal education into nursing practice.

2. Synthesize theories and concepts from liberal education to build an understanding of the human experience.

3. Use skills of inquiry, analysis, and information literacy to address practice issues.

4. Use written, verbal, non­verbal, and emerging technology methods to communicate effectively.

5. Apply knowledge of social and cultural factors to the care of diverse populations.

6. Engage in ethical reasoning and actions to provide leadership in promoting advocacy, collaboration, and social justice as a socially responsible citizen.

7. Integrate the knowledge and methods of a variety of disciplines to inform decision making.

8. Demonstrate tolerance for the ambiguity and unpredictability of the world and its effect on the healthcare system.

9. Value the ideal of lifelong learning to support excellence in nursing practice.” (p. 12).

Reference:

American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN]. (2008). The essentials of baccalaureate education for professional nursing practice. Washington, DC: Author.

Background

Imagine that Jennifer Brea, whose TEDTalk (TED Conferences, LLC, 2016) you watched, is referred to you for ongoing supportive therapy when her psychiatry consultant decides that she does not have a conversion disorder. Despite the psychiatrist’s opinion, her primary care physician ignores that consult and labels Jennifer with the conversion disorder anyway. Be sure to investigate what the ‘conversion’ diagnosis means when responding.

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Instructions

· Explain in a concise professional manner how you would conduct your first meeting with Jennifer. Identify specific steps you would take to understand her circumstance and needs.

· Explain how you would proceed with her medical team in terms of advocacy for her as a client believed to have this condition.

· Explain why you would need to take a biopsychosocial approach to her ongoing care.

· Explain what social, family, vocational, Internet, and medical supports you would explore to help with her longer-term stabilization.

· Analyze the controversy in diagnosing a mental disorder based on unexplained physical symptoms. Within your analysis, consider how power and privilege influence who provides the diagnoses and which groups are more likely to be diagnosed with certain disorders.

Explain your thoughts on this debate.

Content

https://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_brea_what_happens_when_you_have_a_disease_doctors_can_t_diagnose

1. There are plenty of risk considerations to keep in mind when contemplating investing in Iran. Some considerations according to a CNBC article from 2019 include political and financial risks. Political risks could involve actions of the host government within Iran in relation to them breaking their agreed uranium enrichment limits, risk of war due to high tensions and lack of diplomatic channel of communication, and corruption within their government that can cause increase in business costs or reduction in revenue. As for financial risks, there are considerable risks involved in regards to economic growth within Iran that can affect the price of oil which is also dependent on how Iran handles their nuclear program.

If I were to invest in Iran, I would have created a future contract to aide in being able to sell oil at a solid price since fluctuation was bound to occur, which would have aided in reducing financial risk.

2. If Trump were to re-negotiate the Iran Nuclear deal, there would a number of implications if one was to invest in that country. One of the first few benefits of such an event happening is the fact that sanctions would be lifted, either partially or fully which would encourage trade between the two nations. When the Iran deal was withdrawn from, the price of importing oil from Iran grew for consumers and manufacturers, while the increase in price benefitted those in the energy sector as well as oil exporters. If a new deal was reached, consumers would benefit from a lower price in oil. For this reason, it would be best for an investor to monitor commodity prices such as petroleum and crude oil.

If sanctions are lifted, the Iranian economy would experience great relief as their GDP fell from 12.3% the year after the deal was implemented to 3.7% once the deal was no longer valid. The sanctions restricted the US, and countries that trade with the US from dealing with Iran. The political implications behind a new deal would involve improved relations between the US and Iran which would ease concerns of any conflict progressing. The financial implications behind such an event would be that Iran could supplement their entry into the world market through growth from improved relations between the two nations.

3. Tensions between the US and Iran pose significant political risk for US investors and businesses operating in Iran. First, Iranian citizens have felt quite antagonistic toward the US for many recent years. This discourages US purchases as Iranians preferences veer away from products associated with the US. Another consideration would certainly be host government actions that interrupt cash flows for US companies. The Iranian government could add corporate taxes, place restrictions on fund transfers and currency conversions as retaliation for US sanctions and threats made by the Trump administration. Iran ranks quite high as a perceptively corrupt nation, meaning that US businesses attempting to compete in the Iranian economic landscape may be disadvantaged through an intentional increase in the cost of doing business and/or a reduction in revenue through government manipulation of policies and law. Threats of a possible war between the US and Iran are another cause for concern when such an engagement may affect the safety of employees and well being of assets, should the business be subject to or targeted in an attack.

Additionally, the Iran Nuclear Program offers its own set of financial costs and risks that affect the Iranian economy and its growth potential. The reactor alone is costing $11 billion (the most costly reactor in the world) and if the program outcomes are not as expected, exchange rates, interest rates and inflation may all be impacted.