NUR 301 Project One Guidelines and Rubric Competencies In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competencies: Integrate knowledge of nursing to inform the profession Develop professional communication and scholarly inquiry to guide nursing practice Overview As a nurse, you should know how important it is to update your professional information on a regular basis as you continue your education by gathering experience, acquiring skills, and even specializing! This is part of developing and exploring your professional nurse identity. This project will help you to establish a strong personal identity to help navigate your practice with integrity and confidence. The details gathered in this project can also be applied to other professional spaces and applications. One example is a bio that you could provide prior to a conference presentation. A bio is a statement summarizing your professional skills and accomplishments. By this time, you have completed formative assignments that will prepare you for this. This project provides a foundation for additional updates throughout the program and beyond. Scenario Imagine you need to update your professional nurse identity within your resume. You have numerous resources, writings, and artifacts that can guide details of your integrity and confidence as a strong candidate. You want to create a summary that highlights your professional nursing attributes, examines your current nursing practice, and promotes the professional nursing path you plan to follow in the future. To demonstrate scholarly inquiry and academic integrity, you will include in-text citations and references. Directions This assignment should not only be a reflection of your professional skills and what guides those skills, but also your values, strengths, and aspirations. Use at least five scholarly, current (published within the last five years) resources to provide evidence-based support for your work. Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria: Professional Nurse: Describe yourself as a professional nurse. Be sure to include the following in your response: Describe your vision for your future professional nursing practice. Describe the path you will take to achieve your vision. Professional Attributes: Explain your professional attributes that you display or plan to display in your professional practice. Be sure to include your emotional intelligence strengths in your response. Interpersonal Communication: Explain a skill you use or will use for communicating professionally with other nurses and care team members. Nursing Theory: Explain a nursing theory you apply or will apply to your professional practice. Scholarly Inquiry: Explain how you incorporate or will incorporate scholarly inquiry into your professional practice. Academic Integrity: Explain how you incorporate or will incorporate academic integrity into your professional practice. Professional Organization: Describe a membership organization that guides or can guide your professional nursing practice. What to Submit To complete this project, you must submit the following: Complete and submit Project One. Your submission should be a 3- to 4-page Word document that follows APA standards. The title and reference pages are not included in the page count. Sources should be cited according to APA style. Project One Rubric Criteria Exceeds Expectations (100%) Meets Expectations (85%) Partially Meets Expectations (55%) Does Not Meet Expectations (0%) Value Professional Nurse Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Describes self as a professional nurse Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions Does not attempt criterion 11 Professional Attributes Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Explains professional attributes, including emotional intelligence strengths, that are or will be displayed in professional practice Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions Does not attempt criterion 11 Interpersonal Communication Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Explains a skill that is or will be used for communicating professionally with other nurses and care team members Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions Does not attempt criterion 11 Nursing Theory Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Explains a nursing theory that is or will be applied to professional practice Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions Does not attempt criterion 11 Scholarly Inquiry Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Explains how scholarly inquiry is or will be incorporated into professional practice Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions Does not attempt criterion 11 Academic Integrity Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Explains how academic integrity is or will be incorporated into professional practice Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions Does not attempt criterion 11 Professional Organization Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Describes a membership organization that guides or can guide professional nursing practice Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions Does not attempt criterion 11 Clear Communication Exceeds expectations with an intentional use of language that promotes a thorough understanding Consistently and effectively communicates in an organized way to a specific audience Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but communication is inconsistent or ineffective in a way that negatively impacts understanding Shows no evidence of consistent, effective, or organized communication 7 Scholarly Sources Incorporates more than five scholarly, current (within the last five years) sources, or use of sources is exceptionally insightful Incorporates five scholarly, current (within the last five years) sources that support claims Incorporates fewer than five scholarly, current (within the last five years) sources, or not all sources support claims Does not incorporate sources 8 APA Style Formats in-text citations and reference list according to APA style with no errors Formats in-text citations and reference list according to APA style with fewer than five errors Formats in-text citations and reference list according to APA style with five or more errors Does not format in-text citations and reference list according to APA style 8 Total: 100%

Your topic should be broad enough to allow for an in-depth exploration but narrow enough to be manageable within the scope of a 500-650 word research paper.

You must utilize at least 3 peer-reviewed scholarly articles that have been published within the last 5 years. You may use databases such as CINAHL, MEDLINE, Embase, ClinicalKey, The Cochrane Library.

Evaluating Sources: Once you have identified potential sources, be sure to identify if they are relevant to your topic, written by credible authors, and based on rigorous research methods.

Writing the Paper: Your research paper should follow APA 7 guidelines and include an introduction and a conclusion. Be sure references are cited throughout the paper and included in a reference list at the end of your paper.

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NUR 301 Module Five Journal Guidelines and Rubric Overview Nurses must understand diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) issues and the associated initiatives within the nursing profession. Recognizing the significance of DEI is essential in delivering comprehensive, patient-centered care to diverse populations. This awareness enables nurses to improve patient safety and quality-of-care outcomes. For example, a nurse whose patient faces disparities or inequities such as lack of resources, language barriers, or inadequate healthcare literacy skills should be able to identify these problems and suggest resources to fill any gaps in care. The lack of DEI has been a persistent concern in healthcare, contributing to disparities and inequities among diverse patient groups. These disparities or inequities include limited access to healthcare information for marginalized communities, cultural insensitivity from healthcare providers, and difficulties with navigating healthcare resources due to lack of healthcare literacy. As nurses encounter various DEI challenges, it becomes imperative for them to actively propose evidence-based solutions that foster and advance DEI within the nursing profession. For example, nurses can improve their cultural competency skills as an active way to decrease biases and stereotypes in healthcare delivery. Identifying these disparities is pivotal in crafting evidence-based solutions to address them in healthcare delivery and patient care. This journal provides an opportunity to examine DEI concerns that directly apply to healthcare situations and recommend evidence-based solutions to the disparity issues. Directions You will write a journal describing a healthcare disparity or inequity that directly applies to healthcare situations. You will focus your responses on one healthcare disparity or inequity. You will also include an evidence-based solution related to the disparity issue. An APA-style template can be found in the RN-BSN Library Guide linked in the Start Here section of the course. Use at least two scholarly, current (within the last five years) references to support your work. Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria: Disparity: Describe a healthcare disparity or inequity issue that is experienced in nursing practice. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI): Explain the impact of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) on patient outcomes. Focus your response on the healthcare disparity or inequity issue you described. Healthcare Resources: Discuss how a lack of diverse and inclusive healthcare resources can lead to healthcare disparities or inequities. Evidence-Based Solution: Recommend an evidence-based solution that addresses the disparity issue and promotes equitable care. Importance: Summarize the importance of the professional nurse promoting DEI in healthcare. What to Submit Submit your completed journal. Your submission should be a 2- to 4-page Word document with separate title and reference pages that are not part of the page count. Follow APA style standards for formatting and citing your sources. Module Five Journal Rubric Criteria Exceeds Expectations (100%) Meets Expectations (85%) Partially Meets Expectations (55%) Does Not Meet Expectations (0%) Value Disparity Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Describes a healthcare disparity or inequity issue that is experienced in nursing practice Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions Does not attempt criterion 16 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Explains the significance of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in healthcare and its impact on patient outcomes Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions Does not attempt criterion 16 Healthcare Resources Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Discusses how a lack of diverse and inclusive healthcare resources can lead to healthcare disparities or inequities Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions Does not attempt criterion 16 Evidence-Based Solution Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Recommends an evidence-based solution that addresses the disparity issue and promotes equitable care Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions Does not attempt criterion 16 Importance Exceeds expectations in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner Summarizes the importance of the professional nurse promoting DEI in healthcare Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but with errors or omissions Does not attempt criterion 16 Clear Communication Exceeds expectations with an intentional use of language that promotes a thorough understanding Consistently and effectively communicates in an organized way to a specific audience Shows progress toward meeting expectations, but communication is inconsistent or ineffective in a way that negatively impacts understanding Shows no evidence of consistent, effective, or organized communication 5 Scholarly Sources Incorporates more than two scholarly, current (within the last five years) sources, or use of sources is exceptionally insightful Incorporates two scholarly, current (within the last five years) sources that support claims Incorporates fewer than two scholarly, current (within the last five years) sources, or not all sources support claims Does not incorporate sources 10 APA Style Formats in-text citations and reference list according to APA style with no errors Formats in-text citations and reference list according to APA style with fewer than five errors Formats in-text citations and reference list according to APA style with five or more errors Does not format in-text citations and reference list according to APA style 5 Total: 100%

Interprofessional Communication – Population Focused Interventions Introduction Create an audio/visual VoiceThread presentation that will describe a healthcare education tool for a specific health need of a specific population that is different than your own. *Note: This requires students to provide the script of the audio presentation as a separate Word document, submitted through the assignment link. Upload the Word document along with the VoiceThread presentation. Audio has to be provided on the VoiceThread presentation.* The presentation should include the following elements: identify the population and how it is different than your own. discuss the importance of the health need. identify special learning challenges this population faces. include a description of the tool to teach the information and explain how it works. discuss how the literature supports the use of the technology you have chosen. explain how the tool contributes to critical thinking. explain how the tool contributes to nursing practice and patient outcomes. Instructions Choose a population that is different than your own. For example: if you are a 25 year old woman, who is a U.S citizen and only speak English, choose an older male patient who is from another race, culture, or ethnicity and who speaks limited English). Identify the population and how it is different than your own. Discuss the importance of the health need. For this population. For example: there is an increased incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the teen population so there a need for a tool to address this populations special needs. Identify special learning challenges this population faces. For example: income, sensory impairment, or language. Develop a teaching tool: Incorporate technology/multimedia into your tool. For example: texts, twitter, blogs, email, YouTube video, video-conferencing, Skype, computer or cell phone app, electronic brochures, and electronic booklets. Include a description of the tool to teach the information. Explain how the tool works but you do not have to actually create the tool. For example: your tool may be a web site but you do not have to actually create the site. Discussion: Discuss how the literature supports the use of the technology you have chosen. Explain how the tool contributes to critical thinking what skills does it develops. Explain how the tool contributes to nursing practice and patient outcomes. Important note: Develop education materials at the sixth grade reading level to ensure the general population will understand the information. Use this simple readability index calculator to check any text that you may incorporate into your teaching materials. Just click on the link, and when it opens, copy and paste an example from your written text to reveal the reading level. You can also use Microsoft word to assess the reading level of your writing by selecting review, spelling and grammar, readability statistics. Do not include: A description of the disease process What the client can expect from the disease Extraneous information; For example, if you are creating a tool for patients who have lung cancer, do not include statistics about lung cancer unless it is part of your tool. Additional Instructions: All submissions should have a title page and a reference page. Utilize a minimum of three scholarly resources. Adhere to grammar, spelling, and punctuation criteria. Adhere to APA compliance guidelines. Final Project Grading Rubric Interprofessional Communication – Population Focused Interventions Description: The baccalaureate-graduate nurse will utilize the social and ecological determinants of health to work effectively with diverse individuals, families, and groups. Course Competencies: 1, 2, 5, 7 QSEN Competencies: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education Domain 1 Competency Mastery Proficient Acceptable Acceptable Mastery Not Demonstrated Discuss the target population for the health tool. Using a VoiceThread, fully details the population, how it differs from your own, the importance of the health need for this population and any special learning challenges, specific to this population. Includes two of the three elements for this competency. Include only one of the elements of this competency. Not submitted and/or content missing. How the tool contributes to critical thinking. Using a VoiceThread, fully details how the literature supports the use of the technology you have chosen, how the tool contributes to critical thinking and how the tool contributes to nursing practice and patient outcomes. Includes two or three of the four elements for this competency. Includes only one of the elements of this competency. Not submitted and/or content missing. Develops a health tool. Using a VoiceThread, fully details the health tool, which includes the use of technology and demonstrates how the tool is appropriate for this population. Describes the health tool but does not use technology or is not appropriate for the population. Discusses a health tool but it is not an original tool. Not submitted and/or content missing. References Provides three or more scholarly references. Provides two scholarly references. Provides one scholarly reference. Does not provide references. APA, Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation No errors in APA, grammar, spelling, and punctuation. One to three errors in APA, grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

The Assignment Write a 2 – 3 page paper, not including the title and reference pages, addressing the following prompts. Describe how information and communication technology tools support patient and team communications. Be specific and provide examples. Cite relevant sources in APA format. Explain how a lack of communication or improper communication by providers using various forms of technology can negatively impact patient safety and/or privacy. Provide an example of mistakes that have or may happen with inappropriate use of technology in your nursing practice. Explain how a lack of information exchange, interoperability, and integration of hardware in healthcare technology systems might impact communication between healthcare providers and patients. Explain how a lack of communication or improper communication may impact patient safety. Cite at least two sources in the body of the paper. Create a reference page listing the cited sources using APA 7th format.

Collaboration for Improving Outcomes Discharge Plan Instructions The purpose of this assignment is to gain an understanding on what goes into a discharge plan. For assignment 3, using the case study, you will create a discharge plan for a patient using the attached Discharge Plan template document. You are to complete all sections of the discharge plan: assessment, diagnosis/plan, education needs, financial worksheet, and the reflection and conclusion. You need to be as detailed as possible in filling out all the boxes. The reflection and conclusion section allows you to summarize the patients plan of care based on all proceeding information and to make recommendations for the plan of care for the patient. Reflect on what you learned in this assignment. What do you think about using this discharge plan, did it help you to consider areas you might not have previously included in a discharge plan? You can type right into the document, save it, and submit for grading. What necessary community resources and referrals will the patient need? What, if any, special equipment, or supplies might the patient need? You may not find all the information you need for the discharge plan in the case study. So, you need to research the patients condition, etc. to help you complete sections of the discharge plan. You can find approximate costs for equipment/insurance, etc. on the internet. Remember this is a fictitious patient. Case Study Mr. Joe Jones, who is 75 years of age, is being discharged home after having a right knee replacement. I am glad that the surgery is over. Now, I can walk without a walker and pain. He lives in a one level home independently. His wife died last year. He has private insurance. Mr. Jones is a retired engineer and can meet his financial needs for daily living. His allergies include penicillin and seasonal allergies. The discharge orders from the orthopedic surgeon include continuous passive motion (CPM) at the current setting of 0-degree angle. Patient to use crutch extensions when walking with crutches for upper body support (non-weight-bearing post discharge day 1 and may begin weight-bearing post-discharge day 2); and home nurse visits, as needed. Physical therapy should begin the day after discharge at an orthopedic center. Dressing changes BID until stitches are removed 14 days post-op. Clean with normal saline and apply clean, dry dressing with paper tape. The prescriptions will be faxed to the center. The following medications with prescriptions attached include: Lovenox (enoxaparin) 70 mg subcutaneously once daily for 7 days, Vicodin (hydrocodone bitartrate) 10 mg every 4 hours PRN, and Colace (docusate sodium) 100 mg every day. The patient is to follow up with the orthopedic surgeon in 3 weeks. His daughter, Nancy, plans to stay with him for several weeks to assist him with meals and household chores, and take him to physical therapy and the orthopedic surgeon for follow-up. Mr. Jones has three other children, Kevin, Lucy, and John, who live in other states. He is a widower and attends a local church. He volunteers as an usher every Sunday. He has a past medical history of a colon resection related to acute diverticulitis and arthritis. Mr. Jones uses ibuprophen 200-400 mg prn for pain. Additional Instructions: All submissions should have a title page and reference page. Utilize a minimum of three scholarly resources. Adhere to grammar, spelling and punctuation criteria. Adhere to APA compliance guidelines. Adhere to the chosen Submission Option for Delivery of Assignment guidelines.

Assignment topic: SNPs and DNA extraction

Delivery date: 2026-02-09

Additional notes or comments: I studied Biotechnologie and dont want to write an introduction to my project paper. the instroduction needs to include: a defenition of what SNPs are and what propertys they have.

Infos of SNPs in different regions like that people in northern europe have more red hair than people in asia for example. I need you to also name the numbers of said snps if you use examples. Also we looked at rs713598 extracted DNA from some of our co students. Via ethanol precipitation. After we extrated the dna we ran a pcr. I need also an explanation of what pcr is. After that we used sanger sequenzing to look at our co students dna to find if they taste bitterness normal or not.

This is a scientific paper so i need you to back up any info with scientific papers. PLs use a Havard or APA-, MLA citation styles whatever feels comfortable.

The Introduction needs to be about 3 Sides long

Literature Review Section

• Due Sunday by 11:59pm Points 60 Submitting a file upload Available after Jan 5 at 12am

Objective

• Implement research for your project

Deliverables

• Write a 5-6 page (not including the title and reference pages)
• APA-formatted paper with an introduction and conclusion
• APA headings for each section of the paper
• At least 5 peer-reviewed references

Step 1: Capstone Project

• Write a thorough literature review paper

Step 2: Consider

• Subheadings (Themes Discovered In Review)
• Notice Of Gaps In Knowledge
• At least 5 references within 5 years and peer-reviewed.

Step 3: Write

• Write a paper that addresses the current literature for your project.
• Use the template attached below.

Step 4 Save and Submit

When you have completed your assignment, save a copy for yourself in an easily accessible place and submit a copy to your instructor using the dropbox

References MUST BE PEER REVIEWED