Part 1: Trends and Issues in Health care

1. Discuss the correlation between nursing education and positive patient outcomes.
a. Describe current research that links patient safety outcomes to advanced degrees in nursing.
2. Based on some real-life experiences, explain whether you agree or disagree with this research (writhe in the first person)

Part 2: Trends and Issues in Health care

1. Discuss the difference between a DNP and a PhD in nursing.
2. Discuss which of these you would choose to pursue if you decide to continue your education to the doctoral level and explain why.

Part 3: Trends and Issues in Health care (Write in the first person)

The IOM published report, “Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health,” makes recommendations for lifelong learning and achieving higher levels of education.
Purpose: Examine the importance of nursing education and discuss your overall educational goals.
Include the following:
1. Discuss your options in the job market based on your educational level.

Review the IOM Future of Nursing Recommendations for achieving higher levels of education.
2. Describe what professional certification and advanced degrees (MSN, DNP, etc.) you want to pursue and explain your reasons for wanting to attain the education.
3 Discuss your timeline for accomplishing these goals.
3. Discuss how increasing your level of education would affect how your competitiveness in the current job market and your role in the future of nursing.
4. Discuss the relationship of continuing nursing education to competency, attitudes, knowledge, and the ANA Scope and Standards for Practice and Code of Ethics.
5. Discuss whether continuing nursing education should be mandatory. Provide support for your response.

APA Format

1) Minimum 6 full pages (No word count per page)- Follow the 3 x 3 rule: minimum three paragraphs per page

 Part 1: minimum 1 page
 Part 2: minimum 1 page
 Part 3: minimum 4 pages

Submit 1 document per part

2)¨******APA norms
 All paragraphs must be narrative and cited in the text- each paragraph
 Bulleted responses are not accepted
 Don’t write in the first person
 Don’t copy and paste the questions.
 Answer the question objectively, do not make introductions to your answers, answer it when you start the paragraph

Submit 1 document per part

3)****************************** It will be verified by Turnitin (Identify the percentage of exact match of writing with any other resource on the internet and academic sources, including universities and data banks)
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4) Minimum 3 references (APA format) per part not older than 5 years (Journals, books) (No websites)
Part 3: Minimum 5 references (APA format) per part not older than 5 years (Journals, books) (No websites)
All references must be consistent with the topic-purpose-focus of the parts. Different references are not allowed.

5) Identify your answer with the numbers, according to the question. Start your answer on the same line, not the next
Example:
Q 1. Nursing is XXXXX
Q 2. Health is XXXX

6) You must name the files according to the part you are answering:
Example:
Part 1.doc
Part 2.doc
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