Coursework Prompts

Coursework Prompts

Prompt 1

Disasters always occur with little or no control by human efforts to mitigate them. California floods are among the recent natural disasters that left many residents unanswered questions. The floods came amid drought such that nobody expected such occurrences. Yet, in January 2021, California had water running through the state and its streets, which resulted from the outburst of rivers that draw their water from the Pacific Ocean (Lewitt & Berkowitz, 2021). The local government immediately intervened in the floods by developing bypasses, dams, seawalls, and levees. These structures approach aimed at controlling the spread of floods into the communities. On the other hand, the local and state governments established long-term policies to mitigate floods in the future (Guirguis et al., 2020). Such long-term interventions include land-use policies which aim to minimize flood damage. Land-use procedures ensure that land activities do not give room to the accumulation of floodwater.

Additionally, the government adopted a natural flood plan that ensures undeveloped land absorbs water before reaching developed areas. The government can ensure that a drainage system gets established to provide the swift flow of floodwater. The government should also settle residents of flood-prone areas to higher grounds to avoid future disasters.

Prompt 2

My vision for my nursing career in 2025 is to couch upcoming nurses using my long-term nursing experience. I realized that most young nursing professionals struggle to familiarize themselves with the medical field due to constant changes in the operating environment, such as new infections like covid-19 (Kim, Lee & Lee, 2022). To achieve my nursing coaching vision, I will work closely with my current followers by observing their performance. In addition, there will be a need for consistent research and publications on the current trends in the nursing profession to ensure that all my followers adopt the industry trends.

However, barriers such as a change in technology used in the nursing field and the emergence of new infections previously not studied in nursing college would be barriers. Overcoming such barriers will require me to work closely with other nursing professionals to learn how they approach their barriers (Ndalamba, Caldwell, & Anderson, 2018). I will also engage in ongoing studies to establish ways used by nurses to overcome barriers in their field. Finally, my vision’s success can get measured by setting key performance indicators that I will refer to as my balanced scorecard.

Prompt 3 Exercise 5

My current resume differs from the first one I created when I came out of college in terms of knowledge and experience gained, exposure to different working environments, and changed career objectives. My resume reflects my career development journey from graduating from nursing college until now as a nursing practitioner (Hicks et al., 2020). A colleague thinks that my resume should list all my achievements since I started working as a nurse. My current resume only outlines work experience but with no corresponding achievements in my career. My resume can be improved by listing my achievements in every work environment that I have got exposed to (Jilk et al., 2018). Generally, the resume captures my successful journey in the nursing career to imply that it reflects my greatest strengths.

Prompt 4

A strong leader can help the work environment by setting standards that all employees need to follow. Strong leaders can provide a sense of direction that guide the activities of everyone in the work environment (Rakhshan et al., 2019). They can also set an attainable vision to help the organization achieve its short and long-term objectives. Additionally, strong leaders set the pace for others by showing an example of what needs to get done in the work environment. However, weak leaders can stall the organization’s objectives by not setting the right direction to be followed. Ineffective leaders can also encourage laziness in the organization since their followers follow their deeds (Khan et al., 2020). Additionally, weak leaders can drain motivation from their followers and cause them to approach their jobs with slothfulness. 

References

Guirguis, K., Gershunov, A., Hatchett, B., Shulgina, T., DeFlorio, M. J., Subramanian, A. C., ... & Ralph, F. M. (2021). Weather Patterns Driving Atmospheric Rivers, Santa Ana Winds, Floods, and Wildfires During California Winters Provide Evidence for Increasing Fire Risk.

Hicks, R. W., Berg, J. A., & Roberts, M. E. E. (2020). Business documents of the advanced practice registered nurse: Curriculum vitae, resume, and biosketches. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 32(9), 610-615.

Jilk, E. M., Crawford, C. L., Kawar, L. N., & Medina-Gulapa, E. (2018). Brush up your professional nursing résumé. Nursing made Incredibly Easy, 16(6), 46-50.

Khan, M. A., Ismail, F. B., Hussain, A., & Alghazali, B. (2020). The interplay of leadership styles, innovative work behavior, organizational culture, and organizational citizenship behavior. Sage Open, 10(1), 2158244019898264.

Kim, H. O., Lee, I., & Lee, B. S. (2022). Nursing leaders’ perceptions of the state of nursing leadership and the need for nursing leadership education reform: A qualitative content analysis from South Korea. Journal of Nursing Management.

Levitt, Z & Berkowitz, B, (2021). Cold, heat, fires, hurricanes and tornadoes: The year in weather disasters. The Washington Post.

Ndalamba, K. K., Caldwell, C., & Anderson, V. (2018). Leadership vision as a moral duty. Journal of Management Development.

Rakhshan, M., Rostami, K., Setoodegan, E., & Eslami, J. (2019). The relationship between leadership style and time management in senior and middle nursing managers. Revista Latino Americana de Hipertensión, 14(1), 26-31.