For this week’s assignment, you will develop a brochure. Your brochure should be an educational brochure designed for the larger community, or population, in which you describe memory and its functioning. You can include information on stereotypical thinking and biases in cognition, and suggestion of how to be aware of, and change, these thought processes.

Length: 2 pages

Unit V Journal

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Take a few moments to think about the facility where you are currently employed or one where you were employed in the past. Do you feel that the facility you are thinking about does (or did) enough to protect its workers from chemical or biological hazards? Why, or why not? If you feel that the facility does (or did) enough, discuss the protections that are or were employed? If you feel that the facility does not (or did not) do enough, how could they improve their protection strategy?

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

 Unit V

Article Review In the Health and Medical Collection database within the CSU Online Library, locate and read the following article: Swierczynska-Machura, D., Brzeznicki, S., Nowakowska-Swirta, E., Walusiak-Skorupa, J., Wittczak, T., Dudek, W., . . . Palczynski, C. (2015). Occupational exposure to diisocyanates in polyurethane foam factory workers. International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 28(6), 985-998. Write a summary of the article that addresses the following variables: Summarize the industrial hygiene sampling procedures that were used in the study to evaluate a chemical hazard. Explain the results of each of the sampling procedures used, how those results were used to evaluate occupational exposures, and the potential health effects of chemical hazards. Provide your opinion as to which of the sampling procedures used in the study provided the most accurate and precise information about the occupational exposures of the workers and potential health effects. Explain why you chose one particular sampling procedure over the others. You should use the textbook and resources from the CSU Online Library to obtain information for this assignment. Your article review must be a minimum of three pages in length, not counting the title page and reference page. Use APA style when writing the paper, making certain to include in-text citations and references. 

Response 1

I am pursuing my Master’s of Science in Nursing, specializing in Family Nurse Practitioner. The decision to select this specialty came without difficulty. There will be an estimated shortage of 55,000 primary care providers in the next ten years (Bennett, n.d.). An increasing number of rural states are granting nurse practitioners full practice authority to help with the growing demand (Ortiz et al., 2018). I feel the most effective means for making the most significant impact on our patient’s health is by health promotion, education, and early intervention. My nursing career has been entirely on inpatient medical/surgical units. A significant majority of the reasons for admission are preventable. I want to help my patients receive early diagnosis and treatments before hospitalization is required.  

                Another reason I chose to pursue my degree as a family nurse practitioner is due to the job market in my area. To practice as an APRN in one of the other specialties, one would need to relocate to one of the two closest cities, which are both two hours away from my home. A certified nurse practitioner has a much higher demand and offers more flexibility to fill the needs of my community.

                The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) is an excellent professional organization for future, active, and retired nurse practitioners. The mission of the AANP is to improve quality patient care and advance the profession through education, research, and leadership. (AANP, n.d.). To become a member of the AANP, one can go to the main website and select the membership tab on the top. This page will present the user with the various types of memberships with the fee and eligibility. Annual costs vary from $55 for students and retired NPs to $160 for non-NP associates (AANP, n.d.). This page will also present a link to list the numerous member benefits. 2 APA references

Response 2

The decision to go back to school for my master’s in nursing was a difficult one. I wish that I had more time as a registered nurse to develop my clinical skills and knowledge, but I also have a deep desire to learn more and be able to provide higher level of care to my patients. When I finally made the decision to go for my master’s degree in nursing, I easily decided to go with the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) route. As mentioned, I want to provide higher level of care to my surrounding community, and I feel that becoming an FNP would give me a broad range of education and experience to care for and treat an entire family unit. According to the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (2021), an FNP has a broad scope of practice, but they also have the availability to obtain additional certifications in specialties such as pain, obesity management, and diabetes. I love the fact that I have options to continue my education after I have obtained my FNP license. This option is what is driving me into the direction of becoming an FNP.

            Two professional organizations that I am interested in joining as I continue this journey are the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) and the Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education (NPACE). The AANP provides NPs with career support, continuing education, state advocacy, and relevant information on current health events (AANP Member Benefits, n.d.). An additional perk to becoming an AANP member is that NPs qualify for a $75 discount when filling out certification applications. To join the AANP, one fills out an application online and pays a fee.

NPACE is beneficial for an NP because it provides countless avenues for continuing education hours. As nurses, we understand the daunting task it can be to find exciting and educational experiences that will give us the required CE hours to keep our license active. NPACE is a place where NPs can track their CE certificates, enjoy diverse CE courses, receive networking opportunities, attend exhibitions, and have the chance to listen to renowned speakers (Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education, 2021). As a future NP, I want to affiliate with an association that assists me in my education and keeps me accountable to continue learning. To become a member of NPACE, one must make an account and then purchase the educational bundle they wish to participate in. 2 APA refrences

In this unit, you become the sole owner of a healthcare organization. You would like to increase marketing potential while maintaining social responsibility within your field. As a new owner, you are not afforded a budget to hire a marketing expert and must develop the marketing strategy and subsequent collateral materials yourself. Your objective for this unit it to develop a marketing package that promotes your healthcare organization. By the end of this unit, you will become the subject matter expert on developing and deploying a marketing strategy for a healthcare organization.

• Submit your marketing package as one (1) Word document. To do this, you will need to use Page Break and copy/paste functions. Failure to submit your marketing package into one (1) document may result in a grade reduction.
• Your final submission must include each of the following:
• Professional letter from you to the local Chamber of Commerce introducing your new healthcare organization to the community. This is your opportunity to make a good, first impression, so be sure to incorporate the elements you would want to promote.
• Discuss the 4 P’s of marketing in your organization
• Discuss the 5 P’s of healthcare marketing in your organization
• Create mission and vision statements
• Develop codes of professional conduct which support social responsibility in your select healthcare field
• Design a print advertisement (e.g. billboard, bus, newspaper, etc.). You will provide the print advertisement that you create on a separate page in your marketing package. 
• All materials in your marketing packet must be completely original. Copying and pasting work from other sources for this assignment is strictly prohibited. Remember, you are developing a marketing package for your own healthcare organization; make it unique. Plagiarism is not permitted and will result in academic discipline. All content submitted needs to be original.

Collaboration between teachers, students, parents, and colleagues can be done efficiently with technology, fostering a safe environment for all groups to learn, share, and troubleshoot together.

You have been tasked with organizing a PLC (Professional Learning Community) with three other teachers who teach the same subject or grade level as you. Research collaborative tools such as Evernote, Trello, Google Docs, and select your favorite. Using the selected tool, set up the first PLC meeting. The goal of this PLC is to dedicate planning time for collaboration on how to appropriately and effectively leverage technology to create authentic learning experiences for students in alignment with your personal technology integration philosophy.

Address the following goals:

• Discuss technology integration and how it can create authentic learning experiences for students.
• Strategies to foster collaboration using technology, including teacher-student, student-student, global connections, and parents as co-collaborators in student learning. 
• Minimum of 3-5 tech tools you suggest exploring within your meetings. Each tool should accomplish the following:
  • Expand students’ authentic, real-world learning experiences by engaging virtually with experts
  • Connect students on a local/global scale
  • Facilitate parent/teacher communication
• Methods for participants in the PLC to demonstrate cultural competency when communicating with students, parents, and colleagues and interacting with them as co-collaborators in student learning.
• How the team will co-learn with students to discover and use new digital resources and diagnose and troubleshoot technology issues should they arise.

Share the link to your collaborative space with your instructor.

Support your findings with at least three supporting resources.

While APA style format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.