Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

• Textbook: pp. 69-81
• Lesson
• Week 3 Assignment
• Link (Word doc):
• Minimum of 3 academic articles (from the Week 3 Assignment)

Apply the following writing resources to your posts:

• Link (multimedia presentation):
• Link (website):

Instructions
For this assignment, complete the following:

• Review the Toulmin-model outline (Week 2 Lesson) and your completed Week 3 Assignment (Con-Position Proposal). Assess any feedback provided by the professor and/or your peers.
• Compose a position paper representing the con side of your new topic. (See the Con-Paper Template). The paper should include approximately 6 developed paragraphs:
  • Introduction (with thesis statement)
  • Context paragraph
  • 3 body paragraphs (focusing on 3 cons)
  • Conclusion
• Apply a formal tone appropriate for academic audiences, maintaining an objective 3rd person point of view – no 1st person (I, me, my, we, our, us, mine) or 2nd person (you, your). Avoid contractions, clichs, and slang terminology.
• Use the provided template to assist in formatting the title page and document.
• Incorporate at least 3 scholarly sources into the paper. Cite all sources in APA format, both parenthetically and on a reference page.
• Before submission, proofread and edit carefully for spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Not every error will be flagged automatically in word-processing programs, and some that are flagged as errors are actually correct.

Writing Requirements (APA format)

• Length: 2-3 pages (not including the title or reference pages)
• 1-inch margins
• Double spaced
• 12-point Times New Roman font
• Title page
• References page (minimum of 3 academic articles)

Examine the importance of professional associations in nursing. Choose a professional nursing organization that relates to your specialty area, or a specialty area in which you are interested. In a 750-1,000 word paper, provide a detailed overview the organization and its advantages for members. Include the following:

1. Describe the organization and its significance to nurses in the specialty area. Include its purpose, mission, and vision. Describe the overall benefits, or “perks,” of being a member.
2. Explain why it is important for a nurse in this specialty field to network. Discuss how this organization creates networking opportunities for nurses.
3. Discuss how the organization keeps its members informed of health care changes and changes to practice that affect the specialty area.
4.  Discuss opportunities for continuing education and professional development.

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

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. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center

I decided to pursue an advanced practice major due to my interest in enhancing the nursing profession by contributing towards the provision of high-quality healthcare service delivery apart from research activities. An advanced practice nurse (APN) is a highly-educated nurse with advanced knowledge, skills, and clinical education whose role is to provide basic healthcare services that are focused on diagnosing, treating, and preventing illnesses as well as referring patients to specialists apart from prescribing medication. Family nurse practitioners (FNP) are APNs whose role is focused on providing family-based healthcare services to patients in a family setting (Lambert & Housden, 2017). Interestingly, FNPs can work autonomously or in collaboration with other healthcare specialists to achieve this primary care service delivery.

            FNPs could incorporate the utilization of evidence-based practice (EBP) into their caregiving activities in an effort to enhance patient outcomes. Integrating EBP into healthcare service delivery promotes the quality of care provided to patients since it aids decision-making activities made by healthcare providers (Lambert & Housden, 2017). In this respect, FNPs could use EBP to prevent infections among family members to minimize hospital visits, maintain regular checks such as blood pressure monitoring among the elderly members in a family, and providing age-specific care to all members of the family with a view to enhancing their health statuses. Thus, FNPs can use EBP to improve family-based healthcare service provision in this way.

            For one to be a successful nurse practitioner, it is imperative to possess various skills and personality traits. For instance, one should constantly seek information concerning the nursing profession in their area of specialization in order to keep abreast of the dynamic trends in the profession. Besides, one should be culturally sensitive when providing care to optimize patient outcomes through the delivery of culturally congruent healthcare services. Further, one ought to possess excellent communication skills as well as compassion, respect, and leadership skills to effectively deliver healthcare services as required (Balestra, 2019). In connection with observing these skills, I will endeavor to enhance my caregiving abilities to foster success in my nursing career.

                                                                                           References

Balestra, M. L. (2019). Family nurse practitioner scope of practice issues when treating patients with mental health issues. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 15(7), 479-482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2018.11.007

Lambert, L. K., & Housden, L. M. (2017). Nurse practitioner engagement in research. Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal, 27(1), 107110. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6516367/

PICOT Statement Paper 

Review the Topic Materials and the work completed in NRS-433V to formulate a PICOT statement for your capstone project.

A PICOT starts with a designated patient population in a particular clinical area and identifies clinical problems or issues that arise from clinical care. The intervention should be an independent, specified nursing change intervention. The intervention cannot require a provider prescription. Include a comparison to a patient population not currently receiving the intervention, and specify the timeframe needed to implement the change process.

Formulate a PICOT statement using the PICOT format provided in the assigned readings. The PICOT statement will provide a framework for your capstone project.

In a paper of 500-750 words, clearly identify the clinical problem and how it can result in a positive patient outcome.

Make sure to address the following on the PICOT statement:

1. Evidence-Based Solution
2. Nursing Intervention
3. Patient Care
4. Health Care Agency
5. Nursing Practice

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

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. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

Write a 1- to 2-page summary paper that addresses the following:

• Briefly summarize the patient case study you were assigned, including each of the three decisions you took for the patient presented.
• Based on the decisions you recommended for the patient case study, explain whether you believe the decisions provided were supported by the evidence-based literature. Be specific and provide examples. Be sure to support your response with evidence and references from outside resources.
• What were you hoping to achieve with the decisions you recommended for the patient case study you were assigned? Support your response with evidence and references from outside resources.
• Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with each of the decisions and the results of the decision in the exercise. Describe whether they were different. Be specific and provide examples.