Purpose of Assignment:It is important for nurses to reflect on experiences and new knowledge gained in order to promote professional growth.Course Competencies:Analyze the increased complexity of care among older adults.Compare care models for nursing practice specific to the older adult.Design plans for care specific to the older adult.Identify local, state, and national resources which facilitate safe and effective transitions of care for older adults.Incorporate professional values, attitudes, and expectations regarding ageism when caring for the older adult.Outline the importance of advocating for older adults in management of their care.Transferable Skill:Information Literacy: Discovering information reflectively, understanding how information is produced and valued, and using information to create new knowledge and participate ethically in communities of learning.Instructions:Reflect on your development as a nursing professional and address the following in a 1-2 page paper:Describe how you achieved each of the course competencies and the transferable skill.Provide at least one example of new knowledge gained related to each competency and explain how this new knowledge will impact your nursing practice.Resources:For assistance on creating a newsletter, please read the Library Answer for: What is reflective writing and why is it important in nursing?Submit your completed assignment to the drop box below. Please check the Course Calendar for specific due dates.Save your assignment as a Microsoft Word document.

Like so many areas of practice in social work, mental health is dynamic and ever-evolving. Research continues to provide new information about how the brain functions, the role of genetics in mental health, and evidence to support new possibilities for treatment. Keeping up with these developments might seem impossible. However, being aware of and responsive to these developments and incorporating them into both your practice and social policy is essential to changing the lives of individuals and families who live with a mental health diagnosis and the impact it brings to their daily lives.Search the Walden Library and other reputable online sources for emerging issues in the mental health care arena. Think about the issues that are being addressed by social policy and those that are in need of policy advocacy and why that might be the case. Then, consider what social workers can do to ensure that clients/populations receive necessary mental health services. Also, think about the ethical responsibility related to mental health care social workers must uphold in host settings when they encounter conflicts in administration and home values. Finally, search your state government sites for the mental health commitment standards in your state and reflect on the mental health services covered under your state’s Medicaid programAn explanation of those emerging issues in the mental health care arena that the policymakers address and those that are in need of policy advocacy and why. Then, explain what strategies social workers might use to ensure that clients/populations receive necessary mental health services. Finally, explain the mental health commitment standards and mental health services in your state. In your explanation, refer to the services covered under your state’s Medicaid program.