Discuss the importance of advocacy as it pertains to patient care. What is the nurse’s role in patient advocacy? Describe a situation in which you were involved with patient advocacy. Explain what the advocacy accomplished for the patient, and what the repercussions would have been if the patient would not have had an advocate. 

Find and read a nursing scholarly article that relates to your clinical practice and is found in a peer-reviewed journal. Follow the instructions for the format and write a 1-page summary.

Submission Instructions:

• Must be a research article.
• Write a 1-page summary using an outline of the steps of the research process, discuss the study type, purpose, and research question(s).
• The summary is to be clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.
• The summary should be formatted per current APA and 1 page in length, excluding the title, abstract and references page.
• Incorporate a minimum of 2 current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work.

Respond to at least two of your peers postings in one or more of the following ways:  “See attachment for details”

• APA citing 
• No plagiarism 
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 Describe your experience with locating and reading weekly research articles. Share an example of an article that has been useful and applicable to your practice. Share an example of an article (or information) that was not helpful. Provide rationale. 

• The post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. 

Respond to the following question:

As part of the financial planning process, a common practice in the corporate finance world is restructuring through the process of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). It seems that on a regular basis, investment bankers arrange M&A transactions, forming one company from separate companies. What are the advantages and disadvantages of a merger? In your response, provide an example of either – a merger that was successful, or one that was unsuccessful.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines, including a title page, an introduction, and a conclusion. An abstract is not required. Cite in text and include a References section.

Select the leadership style that best represents you and prepare a paper (minimum of 1000 words) discussing:

Why do you think this is your best style?
Give specific example(s) how this style has worked for you.
When this style has not worked in your favor?
Conclude your paper discussing if your current leadership style serves you well and if you aspire to achieve a different style.

Job Analysis Research PowerPoint 

In conducting a job analysis, there are two areas: (1) job-based and (2) person-based structure. For this assignment, identify the needed knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs); the tasks, duties, and responsibilities (TDRs); and any other specifics for a registered nurses position. Refer to the to identify and collect needed data/basic information about a registered nurses position. Utilize to the A-Z Index to access information on registered nurses.Then, use the following website to create your own structure-based analysis: . Follow the steps listed below for the www.onetonline.org website to access the needed information.

1. Search .
2. Go to the Occupation Search section.
3. Enter the keyword (registered nurse) or the O*NET-SOC code.
4. Click the arrow.
5. Identify/record code for registered nurses.
6. Click Registered Nurses.
7. View the report.
8. Click the Custom tab in the middle of the page. (Note: You will customize/select your own job analysis specifics based on the job and person-based specifics.)  In the PowerPoint presentation identify:
   • credentials,
   • KSAs,
   • tasks,
   • work activities and detailed work activities,
   • technology skills,
   • tools used,
   • wages, and
   • an explanation of what a job analysis is and its purpose.
9. Check the appropriate boxes (see below for required information).
10. Click GO.

Once the data is collected, complete an eight- to ten-slide PowerPoint presentation about the job-based and person-based structure needed for the registered nurses position. Use the speaker notes function to explain the content in detail for each of the slides. Imagine you are presenting to your company leaders. Any illustrations should relate to the content being discussed. . 

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Instructions
In a two-page paper, identify one (1) barrier to healthcare in a specific population( use one  population from the syllabus  and illustrate how one national OR one international healthcare agency or organization has approached solution(s) to the identified barrier.

Paper requires a minimum of two references: one from an ENGLISH, peer-reviewed NURSING journal (less than 5 years old) and one from the course textbook. Professional, governmental, or educational organizations may be used as supplemental references.

APA format required. See grading criteria and rubric for the written assignments. Papers more than three (3) days past the due date will not be accepted and a grade of zero (0) will be entered for that assignment.

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In a two-page paper, identify a developing global community and describe the role of the nurse in improving/facilitating healthcare services to a diverse population.

                        Paper requires a minimum of two references: one from an ENGLISH peer-reviewed NURSING journal (less than 5 years old), and one from the course textbook. Professional, governmental, or educational organizations may be used as supplemental references.

APA format is required. See grading criteria and rubric for the written assignments. Papers more than 3 days past the due date will not be accepted, and a grade of zero (0) will be entered for that assignment.
Use the APA  Seventh Edition.  APA format and headings are required.
Cover and reference pages are not included in the paper count; however, they must be included as part of the paper.

Discussion #1

Activities

For this week’s discussion do the following; 

1. Thoroughly review/read the article posted.

2. Identify the theoretical framework used in the article you chose (post the name of the theory and explain the theory).

3. Go the reference section of the article and Identify/select at least one primary source and one secondary source (articles) that supports the theoretical framework (list only the reference of these articles).

4.  Now, search the SU nursing electronic library database such as  Gale-Infotract on LIRN, CINAHL, or ProQuest to identify the primary and  secondary source articles you  selected.