Category: Nursing

Health Care Disparities in LGBTQ 
Discuss how to close the health care disparities gap in the LGBTQ community?
Submission Instructions:
Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.
You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per response.) 
All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.
Attention: Please post your initial response by 11:59 PM ET Thursday, and comment on the posts of two classmates by 11:59 PM ET Friday.
Late work policies, expectations regarding proper citations, acceptable means of responding to peer feedback, and other expectations are at the discretion of the instructor.
You can expect feedback from the instructor within 48 to 72 hours from the Friday due date. 

Please answer to that post from the Professor on my initial post. 
You’ve given a detailed account of a malware attack on a financial services firm and its consequences. Reflecting on this incident, what best practices should financial services firms adopt to prevent similar breaches in the future? How can continuous monitoring, regular updates, and comprehensive cybersecurity policies contribute to a more robust defense against cyber threats?
My Initial Post:
Cyber Security Breach: Malware
Cybersecurity threats are rising today, especially for organizations in all fields and sectors. Considering that our company is a mid-sized organization from the financial services industry dealing with clients’ personal information, it is well knowledgeable about the threats that come with malware and similar cyber threats. This discussion involves a case analysis of a financial services firm that has been attacked by malware that has adversely affected the integrity and security of the services firm, the occurrence of the breach, the parties involved, and the impact of the breach on the firm.
Identifying and Defining the Breach
The assigned cybersecurity breach is malware. Malware is short-term malicious software; it is any software that has been deliberately designed to cause harm to a computer, server, client, or computer network. This can mean viruses, worms, trojans, ransomware, spyware, and adware. Vulnerabilities are often the main route of attack by malware alongside phishing emails and websites, and the consequences that it may have are data theft or destruction of other systems, as well as other negative impacts on the organization that has been attacked.
Type of Organization
This scenario involved a mid-sized organization that fell under the financial services category, but its name has been withheld. The affairs of this company entail handling clients’ financial status information such as identification details, transaction records, and balance sheets (Hosen et al., 2020). As much as the organization takes pride in dealing with sensitive data, it has ensured that it has well-fortified its security systems since clients rely on them so much. However, even with these precautions, it is a magnet for the most skilled hackers who are always looking for vulnerabilities to exploit. 
Individuals Involved
The breach involved several parties: The aimed target, which is the employees who fall for the trick, the cyber team that is supposed to prevent the attack, and the malicious attackers who created the malware in the first place. The incident at the organization involved an employee, a customer service representative, who inadvertently downloaded the malware as an email framed as an emergency message from a client. The cybersecurity team was later informed of other abnormal activities on the network.
How the Breach Occurred
The breach was established when a customer service representative received a mail that ostensibly emanated from a client who required urgent help concerning their account. The received mail has a link; the access to it led to downloading a harmless file, a virus. This malware is later disseminated through the firm’s network, attacking weak web servers and containing weak or outdated software applications. However, there are cases like this where a very advanced form of malware could go unnoticed for several days and steal vast amounts of confidential data in the process. 
Impact on the Organization
As mentioned above, the case reveals that the malware attack damaged the financial services company. Firstly, it entailed massive leakage of client data and prelude to identity stealing and financial fraudulent practices. Secondly, the company suffered the first direct business loss regarding clients’ trust in its capability to protect their data (Istanbulluoglu & E., 2022). Last, losses of financial resources are expenses used to hire cybersecurity specialists to address and mitigate the breach, regulatory penalties for violating data protection laws, and payment provided to clients affected by the cyber-attack.
Consequences of the Breach
The outcome of the breach was regrettable and a wake-up call for both the organization and the individuals involved. Workers started pulling their money and closing their accounts, hence low business. The firm accumulated client data but lacked security;  regulatory bodies initiated probes, and the firm was penalized heavily. Internally, this led to a coordinated analysis and thorough auditing of the company’s internal structure and cybersecurity stances. 
The attack on the financial services company stresses the importance of utilizing every necessary measure to protect against a similar incident. However, the best-laid plans are always vulnerable to today’s brilliant hackers. More often than not, such glitches can lead to significant leaks and, possibly, corporate losses and reputational loss. This scenario highlights the need to be alert, keep the software current, provide extensive employee engagement, and implement sophisticated threat detection measures to avoid such risks.

This assignment will introduce you to the concept of worldview. It will also provide you with a fundamental understanding of Christian spirituality that looks to the union of body, mind, soul, and spirit, along with how those beliefs inform a unique ethical awareness and decision-making in professional practice. In addition, you will gain knowledge about your own personal beliefs, according to your own worldview.
After reading topic Resources, you will complete the “Worldview Analysis and Personal Inventory” document, which includes prompts related to the following:
Christian perspective of the nature of spirituality and ethics
Scientism and two of the main arguments against it
Ultimate reality
Nature (origin) of the universe
What it means to be a human being and purpose in your existence
What knowledge is and sources of knowledge
Ethics and where the knowledge of right and wrong comes from
Purpose of human life and existence
Influence of personal worldview values in decision-making within current or future professional practice
Support your response using only Chapter 1 from the textbook Practicing Dignity: An Introduction to Christian Values and Decision-Making in Health Care and two other Topic 1 Resources.  
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
Topic 1 Resources: 
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Instructions
Review your state nurse practice act by visiting Find Your Nurse Practice Act (https://www.ncsbn.org/policy/npa.page) and compare the specific scopes of practice for RNs, licensed practical nurses/licensed vocational nurses (LPNs/LVNs), certified nurse assistants, certified medication aids, and unlicensed assistive personnel (UAPs).
Create a Microsoft Word document and respond to the following:
How does a nurse leader and manager know that staffing levels are adequate?
Compare and contrast various state regulations regarding minimum staffing levels.
Provide at least one example of skills or tasks that are within the scope of practice for each of the following healthcare team members:
RN
LPN/LVN
CNA
CMA
UAP
Consider one of your clinical experiences throughout the nursing program. How well did the unit or clinical setting staff the unit? What was the typical nurse-to-patient ratio? What was the typical staff mix on the unit? Did the unit use LPN/LVN, CNAs/UAPs, or CMAs? If so, what were their responsibilities
Submission and Assessment Guidelines
Submit your Microsoft Word document with the questions clearly listed and answered.
Each response should be 2–3 sentences in length, clear, concise, and use correct grammar.
This activity will be submitted via Turnitin.

Hi
This is last didactic course for MSN PMHNP.  I have attached instruction, rubric, case 
transcript, learning resources, and template.  
Can you assist me with this?

Building upon the skills you acquired in Introduction to Nursing Research in reviewing quantitative and qualitative research studies, present an overview sample of the evidence which will serve in informing the material your team will present in your capstone essay (Pandemic Impact in Healthcare)
This is an individual assignment in which each team member will provide a literature overview of two primary research studies from peer-reviewed nursing journals and/or related professional journals, each with a publication date within the past five years.  These studies should be original research, and not literature reviews, meta-analyses, or systematic reviews.
For this assignment:
Create a properly formatting cover/title page
Use the pre-formatted templates provided for quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods studies. You will be typing your responses for each article directly on to the appropriate template.
Please note that responses provided on the template should summarize and paraphrase the information you are gathering from each source.  It is not appropriate to copy and paste information from your research articles onto the template. The only exceptions to this would be research questions and/or hypotheses that are germane to a study.
A separate reference page is not required for this assignment as students will be required to provide properly formatted reference entries on the literature overview templates.
In the selection of your studies for the literature overview, you will want to consider those resources that will assist your team in addressing the strategic action plan and key topical areas that will be considered as part of the capstone essay, namely:
Leading, Managing and Following: Nursing Roles and Responsibilities
Patient Safety, Quality and the Process of Change
Regulation and Legal Obligations to the Patient, the Health Care System and the Profession
Intro and Interdisciplinary Communication and Collaboration
Nursing Resource Management
Technology
Please note that this section will contain only a sample of the literature and evidence that you may use in preparation of your capstone essay.
Use this template for the Literature Overview

For this assessment, you will develop a Word document or an
online resource repository of at least 12 annotated professional or scholarly
resources that you consider critical for the audience of your safety
improvement plan to understand or implement to ensure the success of the plan.

Objectives
Identify electronic database search strategies (e.g., CINAHL, PubMed)
Locating and evaluating sources of evidence
Deliverables
Write a 3-5 page (not including the title and reference pages) paper
APA 7 formatted paper with an introduction and conclusion.
APA 7 headings for each section of the paper
At least 3 peer-reviewed articles 
Step 1: Research
Interview a librarian or nursing scholar on methods for locating and appraising health and other relevant research literature and electronic database search on strategies.
You may want to base this research on your idea from your Capstone Project; however, you may not self-plagiarize your previous work.
Step 2: Consider
Write a quality appraisal of the Library and resources.
What did you learn?
How do you locate and evaluate sources of evidence?
Which electronic database would you use most and what types of search words would you use?
What are the strengths?
What are the weaknesses?
Is it adequate? Why or why not?

use my article and worksheet to create this PowerPoint the instructions is in the pdf plus grading Rubic

Write paragrpah each post with intext citation APA 7th edition format.
Post 1:
Have you come across other digital tools or interventions that have shown similar success in improving workplace culture and staff retention?
Post 2:
Nurses Burnout and Quality of Life: A Systematic Review and Critical Analysis of Measures Used
According to this journal review, a significant relationship exists between nurse’s burnout and their quality of life. The review found that most studies conducted in the last ten years showed a strong correlation between burnout and quality of life among nurses. This systematic review aims to examine the relationship between nurses’ burnout and their quality of life based on existing research. The objectives of this review include describing nurses’ burnout and how it was measured, describing nurses’ quality of life and how it was measured, assessing the relationship between nurses’ burnout and their quality of life, and introducing practical recommendations to reduce nurses’ burnout and improve their quality of life. The conclusion emphasizes the need for interventional programs to reduce burnout levels and enhance the quality of life for nurses.
Post 3:
The idea to supplement RNs with LPNs is one concept to attempt relieving the workload and achieving quality and safe patient care. As per Prentice et al. (2020) a teamwork approach among health care providers, including RNs, LPNs, and PCTs has been viewed as a strategy to “ensure optimal quality patient care” (Prentice et al., 2020).
Changes to the work environment and protocols will have to be made and staff need to be educated on legal and safe task delegations, and new workflow and strategy. It may cause resistance as change is difficult to accept by staff at times, and it takes time, trial and error to have an optimal workflow. A study in Canada revealed challenges regarding teamwork between these different team members due to unfamiliar workflow, unclear delegation of tasks, and change in staff due to high turn over (Prentice et al., 2020).
A structured plan by the educator on role responsibilities and delegation must be in place and presented to staff and trials and reviews will show results and effectiveness. It would be helpful to have staff fill out evaluations and review of the trial to find out if the new work strategy of integrating LPNs and PCTs to perform tasks the RNs are able to delegate legally and safely.
Reference
Prentice, D., Moore, J., Crawford, J., Lankshear, S., & Limoges, J. (2020). Collaboration among Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses: A Scoping Review of Practice Guidelines. Nursing Post4: Using CNAs and LPNs to address nursing shortages raises questions about how well they can do their job and keep patients safe, and if it’s okay for them to do certain tasks. Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) and Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) have less training and fewer responsibilities than Registered Nurses (RNs). So, it’s important to make sure that they don’t have to do things they aren’t trained for because it could put patients at risk. This is also about the ethical rule of not hurting anyone. Depending too much on CNAs and LPNs could make RNs feel less important and cause problems with keeping and motivating staff in the healthcare field.
This situation, there are many important moral beliefs to consider. Hospital administrators must make sure they use their resources fairly and do what is best for their patients while also considering the limited resources they have. The nurse educator needs to be honest and make sure that CNAs and LPNs are well-trained and good at their jobs. The nursing team may have problems with making their own decisions about their work, and making sure they don’t harm their patients. Patients have the right to receive good and safe care. This could be in danger if the care is not done well or causes harm.
As a nurse educator or part of the hospital management team, I would make sure that CNAs and LPNs get the right training and education to do their jobs well before they join the nursing staff. I will make sure that everyone on the healthcare team knows exactly what they are supposed are supposed to do so that there is no confusion, and no one gets hurt. The rules for making decisions are doing good, not causing harm, being fair, and respecting people’s freedom to choose. I will work hard to make decisions that are best for patients, respect the freedom of healthcare workers, and create a fair and just workplace.
To address nurse shortages, hospitals can implement strategies such as increasing nurse recruitment efforts, offering competitive compensation packages, and providing support for professional development and career advancement. Additionally, hospitals can work to improve retention by addressing factors that contribute to burnout and turnover, such as workload, job satisfaction, and work-life balance.
References:
Haddad LM, Annamaraju P, Toney-Butler TJ. Nursing Shortage. [Updated 2023 Feb 13]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK493175/