N508- ACITIVITY 1-5
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ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS For this Course (N508-SIMPATH 07-14-24) |
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ACTIVITY-1  |
ePortfolium: “Your Online Resume of Achievement!” Access your American Sentinel Portfolium Site and create an online profile based on the elements in the rubric below. Please make sure you are using this linked site on Canvas. If you need assistance, click the blue question mark in the bottom right corner of the site or access the Portfolium User Guide. The rubric below includes information on the grading requirements. Copy/Paste the link to your portfolio to the Assignment drop box & Submit. Introduction is comprehensive and contains rich information about the student. Photos exemplify professionalism and prompt the viewer to learn more about the student. Introduction entices the viewer to explore additional information about the student. Work/Professional experiences are comprehensive and indicate a steady career growth. Resume is well-organized, visually appealing, and demonstrates a commitment to goal attainment. Examples Work/Profession al experiences are comprehensive and indicate a steady career growth. Examples of experiences are rich in detail and engage the viewer. Education/Training section includes comprehensive information on degrees, training, conferences, awards, certifications and licensing. This section is rich in detail regarding learning experiences. Activities/Volunteer section is rich with detail on at least two (2) leadership activities, community engagement events, or volunteer work activities. More about Me: Hobbies/Activities/ Personal section includes rich detail of your personal interests, hobbies, and activities are clearly described, and personal/professional mission statement clarifies future aspirations. Portfolium site is visually engaging and sparkles with rich information and visuals. Portfolio information is logically organized and Weblinks to external resources are provided where appropriate. The Introduction page or section is engaging and entices the viewer to explore additional information about the student. There are virtually no mechanical errors and information demonstrates scholarship. |
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ACTIVITY-2 |
Cloud-Based Data Entry Form: The requirements for Activity-2 are simple, but it requires multiple technical platforms and formats to be used and submitted. First you must create a Cloud-based Data Entry Form…an online survey form for a patient population. The activity instruction page gives ideas and suggestions for contents, etc., as well as the online literature at-large. The online survey form must be Professional in Appearance and Background, be posted publicly online–you have to include an active link so I may go to it and see it online. Finally, you must also attach screen shots as an Appendix to your Word document script or upload a separate PDF of the form into the activity submission site. Next, you are to create a video of you presenting the survey form as if you were doing so at a conference of nurses. The video must be publicly accessible online, meaning you have to submit an active link that will permit me to view the video presentation of you presenting and explaining the form. The video format is your choice: mp3 or mp4, VoiceThread, etc, but it has to be viewable after created, to anyone whom you send the link. I recommend VoiceThread because we have the platform embedded in the course. Your video has to be a video of any working type, and you have to be in it presenting your form, how you made it, what was your process, what will it do, (not just your voice—You must be seen on the screen explaining it, too), but please make sure it is public enough that I have permission to view it wherever it is uploaded (Thanks). Please make sure your video meets the minimum requirements of three (3) minutes in length. As always, with any non-traditional Word document paper submitted for an activity: If you are presenting slides, VoiceThreads, Prezi, or any straight Video with you presenting something, you must submit a Word document that includes all your audio or presentation script: all your words. Your Narrative Words are to be included within a Word document with an APA title page and appropriate APA reference page. It is here one could include active links and append an image of your survey (without having to submit a separate PDF). Remember, appendix pages go after the Reference page in APA format. So again, to review: Create a Survey, Present the Survey on Video, Submit all Formats including a Word document of your Video Script, with proper APA pages as required (you may upload a separate PDF of the survey form or paste images of it as an appendix in this Word document–your choice). Multiple uploads are permitted in one activity submission page. If you receive an unlocked submission sent back to you, it typically means you need to add a missing component. I will almost always give you a message along with the reverted submission sent back to you. Any questions, please email me: Chris.kowal@instructor.post.edu. Thanks.–Dr. K. |
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ACTIVITY-3 |
Process (Flow) Diagram: Your Flow Diagram begins with a Start node point: let’s say either a problem or need for improvement. Your Diagram Title should be a well-constructed title placed positionally in the diagram indicating the purpose of the process/workflow analysis. The Process Shapes within the Diagram must include at least the main basic appropriate standardized shapes (Start, Decision, Process, Input / Output, and Flow Lines) for each step of the process, and the flow of process should have cross-connection and not stay in their own lanes all the way to the End (Meaning, for each Decision, there must be 2 Flow Lines coming out and going somewhere…to another Node). The diagram should be on a single Excel spreadsheet, or you may submit an image on a Word doc page, or PPT slide (Landscape Layout with Margins 0.2 as needed, all-around). Font must all be the same but can be smaller for page fit. The Organization and Flow Diagram should be well-organized by showing relationship between any lanes and a flow that is logical to appropriate connections: i.e., In the Surgical Patient Readmission process (Starting Node) Is the patient High-risk (Decision node) and would they benefit from a Care Coordination process (Decision node) and / or an Education process (Decision-node)–How would that look on a diagram before you get to an End node of Patient to Home on Abx or Patient Admitted? Make sure the Flow Diagram does have visual impact, benefitting from more cross-connections (rather than single process lanes) for a stronger visual impact. Please view the YouTube video here to see how to develop the process diagram in Excel. Please review the link and some images below. Any questions, please email me. Thanks.–(Dr. K). Ultimate Flowchart Guide 2024: Definition, Examples, Symbols, etc. (zenflowchart.com) |
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When building a process flow diagram, remember it is a Map. The Basic shapes to be used, at the minimum, are Terminal Ovals or Ellipses (Process Start / Stop), Connector Lines (Flow Lines on a Map, the Direction of the Process), Process Rectangles (Boxes showing an Action, Activity, or Process Step), and Decision Diamonds (Yes / No Decision Points…with Connector -Yes and Connector-No Lines coming off of it). There are multiple other shapes that may be used. However, you are only required to include the four listed above. Please see my attached handout as well as the other Announcement handouts for support. Thanks.–Dr. K.
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ACTIVITY-4 |
Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Gantt Chart: Your Project SDLC Gantt Chart will have a project title, and it will describe a set of Phases with Tasks within each Phase. Each Phase should have a summary Milestone identified, but I am fine with you having at least two (2) Milestones for the entire presentation. Remember, all Tasks will be on a Timeline in each Phase, and ideally, each phase will include a summary Milestone. Complete your SDLC Gantt Chart Final Project using the Final Project instructions (Excel instructions link included in this module). Upload your SDLC Gantt Chart Final Project as a PDF file to this space. This assignment is due by the end of week 7. Please follow the instructions step-by-step. You will not be successful if you don’t do all the steps. Please remember to PDF the assignment when complete. Each specific Phase of Tasks should have color-coded Timeline bars on the chart. [Reason: Sometimes, a task within an earlier, completed phase may need to repeat later on the timeline (lower in the Chart), and the originally-assigned color should be maintained.] You must identify at least two (2) Milestones, if not more. Milestones are specific points of completion within the project, noting strong progress. For example: If you were creating a project for Falls-Prevention for hospital inpatients, your Plan and Design Phases of multiple Tasks would result in the notable Milestone: Completion of a Falls-Prevention Survey Tool. See below for more help on Milestones. Identify Major Milestones: How to write project milestones (with practical tips and examples) (filestage.io) Review the sequenced list of tasks and phases. Identify the major milestones or achievements you must complete along the way. These are the significant events that signify progress, such as completing design phases, finishing development, passing testing, getting customer signoff, etc. Write down target milestone completion dates based on your estimates. Plot milestones strategically at accomplishments that justify moving the project forward. Resist the urge to create too many insignificant milestones. Stick to major achievements only. Gantt Chart Milestones are important points along your project: They can be essential dates, deadlines, start and finish points, or other key events in your project. Milestones represent significant events and achievements in your project timeline. They have a duration of zero days and show as diamond icons on a Gantt chart. Milestones help track progress and determine if you’re on schedule to finish your project by its ultimate deadline. Gantt Chart | Digital Healthcare Research (ahrq.gov) Submission of a System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Gantt Chart. We have some familiarity with them from our past discussion. Please follow the instructions and rubric requirements. I will summarize below. A final Note: The sample or example of the Gantt chart displayed in this week’s module is NOT what your submission should look like. Your submission should be a little more in-depth, listing Phases, Tasks, Milestones, and Dates along a Longitudinal Calendar Line (X-axis) on a single page submission. Your Gantt Chart Items:
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(Note: The “X”, Star, and Triangle are Milestone markers: do please name the Milestone, too [Thanks]) NOTE: The Large Blue Arrows below indicate Milestones. Make sure to NAME the Milestones in your submission. Thanks.—Dr. K.
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ACTIVITY-5 |
Nursing Quality Indicators Case Presentation: Administrative functions include nurse financial resources, payroll, patient acuity, risk management, coding and scheduling functions to name a few. It is critical that nurse administrators become astute informaticists to ensure efficient and effective care for their staff and patients. To answer this question: Imagine yourself in the role of a nurse manager who is responsible for 50 nursing staff.
Explore the following documents: Instructions Review the resources in the module, and provide one specific example and discussion of how you can apply these data to make decisions regarding administration and patient care. Please do your best to summarize the below helpful suggestions (you may be brief in discussion): Discuss information management systems that you would need to be able to perform the duties of managing the administrative functions of your unit. Touch on selected nursing quality indicators in the NDNQI database and fully appraise the reviewed information in the resources supplied and cited. Provide at least one (1) specific example as well as a thorough discussion of how you can apply these (NDNQI) data to make decisions regarding administration and patient care. |
