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An understanding of the factors surrounding women’s and men’s health, infections, and hematologic disorders can be critically important to disease diagnosis and treatment in these areas. This importance is magnified by the fact that some diseases and disorders manifest differently based on the sex of the patient.  Effective disease analysis often requires an understanding that …

Why a patient would need a splenectomy after a diagnosis of ITP. Read More »

An understanding of the factors surrounding women’s and men’s health, infections, and hematologic disorders can be critically important to disease diagnosis and treatment in these areas. This importance is magnified by the fact that some diseases and disorders manifest differently based on the sex of the patient.  Effective disease analysis often requires an understanding that …

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An understanding of the factors surrounding women’s and men’s health, infections, and hematologic disorders can be critically important to disease diagnosis and treatment in these areas. This importance is magnified by the fact that some diseases and disorders manifest differently based on the sex of the patient.  Effective disease analysis often requires an understanding that …

Why inflammatory markers rise in STD/PID. Read More »

Consider the following patient scenario: A mother comes in with 9-month-old girl. The infant is 68.5cm in length (25th percentile per CDC growth chart), weighs 6.75kg (5th percentile per CDC growth chart), and has a head circumference of 43cm (25th percentile per CDC growth chart).  Describe the developmental markers a nurse should assess for a …

Describe the developmental markers a nurse should assess for a 9-month-old female infant. Discuss the recommendations you would give the mother Read More »

 Describe the effect of extremely low birth weight babies on the family and community. Consider short-term and long-term impacts, socioeconomic implications, the need for ongoing care, and comorbidities associated with prematurity. Explain how disparities relative to ethnic and cultural groups may contribute to low birth weight babies. Identify one support service within your community to …

Identify one support service within your community to assist with preterm infants and their families and explain how the service adequately addresses the needs of the community, or a population in your community. Read More »

 Describe the effect of extremely low birth weight babies on the family and community. Consider short-term and long-term impacts, socioeconomic implications, the need for ongoing care, and comorbidities associated with prematurity. Explain how disparities relative to ethnic and cultural groups may contribute to low birth weight babies. Identify one support service within your community to …

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 Describe the effect of extremely low birth weight babies on the family and community. Consider short-term and long-term impacts, socioeconomic implications, the need for ongoing care, and comorbidities associated with prematurity. Explain how disparities relative to ethnic and cultural groups may contribute to low birth weight babies. Identify one support service within your community to …

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Review the Institute of Medicine’s 2010 report “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.” Write a 750‐1,000 word paper discussing the influence of the IOM report on nursing practice. Include the following: Summarize the four messages outlined in the IOM report and explain why these are significant to nursing practice. Discuss the direct influence …

Discuss how nurses can assist in effectively managing patient care within an evolving health care system. Read More »

Review the Institute of Medicine’s 2010 report “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.” Write a 750‐1,000 word paper discussing the influence of the IOM report on nursing practice. Include the following: Summarize the four messages outlined in the IOM report and explain why these are significant to nursing practice. Discuss the direct influence …

Discuss the significance of professional development, or lifelong learning, and its relevance in caring for diverse populations across the life span and within the health‐illness continuum. Read More »

Review the Institute of Medicine’s 2010 report “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.” Write a 750‐1,000 word paper discussing the influence of the IOM report on nursing practice. Include the following: Summarize the four messages outlined in the IOM report and explain why these are significant to nursing practice. Discuss the direct influence …

Explain why it is important that a nurse’s role and education evolve to meet the needs of an aging and increasingly diverse population. Read More »

Review the Institute of Medicine’s 2010 report “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.” Write a 750‐1,000 word paper discussing the influence of the IOM report on nursing practice. Include the following: Summarize the four messages outlined in the IOM report and explain why these are significant to nursing practice. Discuss the direct influence …

Discuss the direct influence the IOM report has on nursing education and nursing leadership. Describe the benefits and opportunities for BSN‐prepared nurses. Read More »

Title: Documentation of problem based assessment of the gastrointestinal system. Purpose of Assignment: Learning the required components of documenting a problem based subjective and objective assessment of gastrointestinal system. Identify abnormal findings. Course Competency: Prioritize appropriate assessment techniques for the gastrointestinal, breasts, and genitourinary systems. Instructions: Content: Use of three sections: · Subjective · Objective …

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Explain the controversy that surrounds dissociative disorders. Explain your professional beliefs about dissociative disorders, supporting your rationale with at least three scholarly references from the literature. Explain strategies for maintaining the therapeutic relationship with a client that may present with a dissociative disorder. Finally, explain ethical and legal considerations related to dissociative disorders that you …

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Advocacy Through Legislation Identify a problem or concern in your state, community, or organization that has the capacity to be advocated through legislation. Research the issue and complete the sections below. For each topic that requires the listing of criteria, a minimum of two criteria should be identified and discussed. Add more rows as is …

Discuss the stakeholders who would support the proposed idea and explain why they would be in support. Read More »

Advocacy Through Legislation Identify a problem or concern in your state, community, or organization that has the capacity to be advocated through legislation. Research the issue and complete the sections below. For each topic that requires the listing of criteria, a minimum of two criteria should be identified and discussed. Add more rows as is …

outline your idea for addressing the issue and explain why legislation is the best course for advocacy. Read More »

Directions: Here is a scope of practice table for ND/MN, you may use another source or the information from discussion post 3. For this weeks discussion, how can understanding roles of nurses (RN vs LPN) support civility? I would also like to hear if you have encountered any incivility in your workplace or other. Make sure to use …

how can understanding roles of nurses (RN vs LPN) support civility? Read More »

Professionalism and Social Media Social media plays a significant role in the lives of nurses in both their professional and personal lives. Additionally, social media is now considered a mainstream part of the process for recruiting and hiring candidates. Inappropriate or unethical conduct on social media can create legal problems for nurses as well as …

Discuss why nurses have a responsibility to uphold a standard of conduct consistent with the standards governing the profession of nursing at work and in their personal lives Read More »

Professionalism and Social Media Social media plays a significant role in the lives of nurses in both their professional and personal lives. Additionally, social media is now considered a mainstream part of the process for recruiting and hiring candidates. Inappropriate or unethical conduct on social media can create legal problems for nurses as well as …

Describe the posts or conversations in which you have engaged that might be considered inappropriate based on the professional standards of nursing. Read More »

Final Research Project This is the final written assignment for the course.  In this assignment you will conduct a literature review and describe the plan for conducting a proposed research or quality improvement project based on your initial research inquiry assignment. Using complete sentences (Essay) and APA format, complete your proposal according to the listed …

What are the nursing implications for the proposed project and/or relevance of expected findings? Read More »

Final Research Project This is the final written assignment for the course.  In this assignment you will conduct a literature review and describe the plan for conducting a proposed research or quality improvement project based on your initial research inquiry assignment. Using complete sentences (Essay) and APA format, complete your proposal according to the listed …

Who is the population (nurses, patients, students etc.)? Read More »

Discussion questions (self evaluation) Examine nursing roles that meet the emerging health needs of individuals, families, communities and populations. Explore historical, legal, social, cultural, political, and economic forces that influence the client, nursing practice, and the health care system. Evaluate strategies that can be used by public and community health nurses to improve the health …

Develop strategies to deliver nursing care in the preparedness, response, and recovery phases of disaster management. Read More »

Discussion questions (self evaluation) Examine nursing roles that meet the emerging health needs of individuals, families, communities and populations. Explore historical, legal, social, cultural, political, and economic forces that influence the client, nursing practice, and the health care system. Evaluate strategies that can be used by public and community health nurses to improve the health …

Evaluate strategies that can be used by public and community health nurses to improve the health status and eliminate health disparities of vulnerable populations. Read More »

Discussion questions (self evaluation) Examine nursing roles that meet the emerging health needs of individuals, families, communities and populations. Explore historical, legal, social, cultural, political, and economic forces that influence the client, nursing practice, and the health care system. Evaluate strategies that can be used by public and community health nurses to improve the health …

Explore historical, legal, social, cultural, political, and economic forces that influence the client, nursing practice, and the health care system. Read More »

Discussion questions (self evaluation) Examine nursing roles that meet the emerging health needs of individuals, families, communities and populations. Explore historical, legal, social, cultural, political, and economic forces that influence the client, nursing practice, and the health care system. Evaluate strategies that can be used by public and community health nurses to improve the health …

Examine nursing roles that meet the emerging health needs of individuals, families, communities and populations. Read More »

Common Alterations in Urinary Functioning Step 1 Select a urinary system disorder to research for this discussion. Using the CDC website or other credible source of medical information, research the pathophysiologic alterations for the urinary system disorder you chose. Step 2 Select three to five key alterations in urinary functioning that are caused by the …

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Step 1 Select a urinary system disorder to research for this discussion. Using the CDC website or other credible source of medical information, research the pathophysiologic alterations for the urinary system disorder you chose. Step 2 Select three to five key alterations in urinary functioning that are caused by the disorder you selected.

In this assignment, you will examine the clinical manifestations, pathophysiology, and developmental considerations for two urinary disorders of your choosing.  Consider how one disorder would affect adolescents and the other adults or older adults. Step 1 Locate at least one evidence-based resource to support your response.  Step 2 Download the  worksheet that attached.  Step 3 Complete the …

Consider how one disorder would affect adolescents and the other adults or older adults. Read More »

Peer 1 The Institute of Medicine (IOM) nursing reports from 2010 to 2016 are the summarized findings of the IOM committee that examined changes in the field of nursing since the publishing of “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health” (Shalala et al., 2011). The summarized findings found in our class reading assignments outline …

Describe how you will utilize and implement the IOM Nursing Reports from 2010 and 2016 in your role as an Advanced Practice Nurse. Read More »

The purpose of this assignment is to conduct a review of literature concerning a health care issue that is important to you in order to develop a proposal for implementation.  Conduct a literature review of nine articles. The articles must be published within the last 5 years, and only one article may be a meta-analysis or …

The purpose of this assignment is to conduct a review of literature concerning a health care issue that is important to you in order to develop a proposal for implementation. Read More »

Stark Law Policy (Effective Date: November 1, 2017) SCOPE: This policy applies to all Sightpath Medical LLC (“Sightpath”) employees worldwide, including part time, temporary contract employees, Management Committee Members, Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA) Covered Persons, and Vendor’s. PURPOSE: Sightpath is committed to compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, including the Stark Law. This policy …

The Stark Law further prohibits the entity receiving a prohibited referral from presenting a claim to Medicare or Medicaid for the designated health service furnished under the prohibited referral. Read More »

You are seeing a patient with fatigue, pallor, dyspnea on exertion, and palpitations.The patient is 50 years old. Laboratory report indicates a low hematocrit 32, hemoglobin 9.7 and reticulocyte count low at .47% MCV of 78 and MCHC of 32.1 Post/Response #2 In your own thread post the diagnosis you believe to be correct for …

In your own thread post the diagnosis you believe to be correct for this patient. Read More »

The Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) landmark publication – The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health has significantly changed the nursing profession. Review the IOM 2010 Report – The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. Identify and discuss one (1) example of the impact the Future of Nursing report has had on the Advanced …

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Step 1 Write a two-page (minimum) paper, not including the title page or the reference page. For all professional papers, you will need a title page, an introduction paragraph, the body with research, a conclusion and a reference page. All format must be in 7th edition APA. For the body of your paper, address the …

Which theory would you like to incorporate more into your practice in the future? Explain your reason. Read More »

Step 1 Write a two-page (minimum) paper, not including the title page or the reference page. For all professional papers, you will need a title page, an introduction paragraph, the body with research, a conclusion and a reference page. All format must be in 7th edition APA. For the body of your paper, address the …

Which theory are you most likely to use in your practice? Explain your reason. Read More »

Step 1 Write a two-page (minimum) paper, not including the title page or the reference page. For all professional papers, you will need a title page, an introduction paragraph, the body with research, a conclusion and a reference page. All format must be in 7th edition APA. For the body of your paper, address the …

Define and/or describe grand, middle range, and micro-range nursing theory. For each type of theory, give one theorist and his or her theory as an example. Read More »

Please respond to the following discussion questions (5 points each) 1. During morning rounds, your patient states, “I will never get better, I can’t get any sleep in this place…can you help me?”  What are some independent nursing interventions you could implement to assist this patient?” 2.  What is your family’s cultural background?  How do …

A patient is stressed about an upcoming surgery and asks you to pray with her. Would you? Is this the role of the RN? How could you facilitate prayer with the patient? Read More »

Please respond to the following discussion questions (5 points each) 1. During morning rounds, your patient states, “I will never get better, I can’t get any sleep in this place…can you help me?”  What are some independent nursing interventions you could implement to assist this patient?” 2.  What is your family’s cultural background?  How do …

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Module 05 Content Purpose of AssignmentThe goal of creating a newborn nutrition teaching presentation is to prepare the nursing student to provide evidenced based education to the pre and postpartum client on lactation.CompetencySelect safe, effective nursing interventions for the postpartum client and newborn.InstructionsCreate a teaching tool to promote breastfeeding. The material created to educate new …

Explain how breast milk is formed in the mammary glands and the physiology of breast milk Read More »

Module 05 Content Purpose of AssignmentThe goal of creating a newborn nutrition teaching presentation is to prepare the nursing student to provide evidenced based education to the pre and postpartum client on lactation.CompetencySelect safe, effective nursing interventions for the postpartum client and newborn.InstructionsCreate a teaching tool to promote breastfeeding. The material created to educate new …

Describe three additional benefits of breast feeding with supporting rationales Read More »

Module 05 Content Purpose of AssignmentThe goal of creating a newborn nutrition teaching presentation is to prepare the nursing student to provide evidenced based education to the pre and postpartum client on lactation.CompetencySelect safe, effective nursing interventions for the postpartum client and newborn.InstructionsCreate a teaching tool to promote breastfeeding. The material created to educate new …

Discuss the advantages of breastfeeding related to immunities transferred to the newborn Read More »

Discuss the history of policy development and policy making in nursing (CO1)  Examine different types of policy and their relationships to healthcare policy (CO1)  Explain current barriers to practice for advanced practice nurses (CO2)  Discuss health policy and methods of lifting barriers to practice (CO2)  Using the readings from this week as well as outside …

Discuss interest groups that exist at the state and national levels that influence APN policy. Read More »

Discuss the history of policy development and policy making in nursing (CO1)  Examine different types of policy and their relationships to healthcare policy (CO1)  Explain current barriers to practice for advanced practice nurses (CO2)  Discuss health policy and methods of lifting barriers to practice (CO2)  Using the readings from this week as well as outside …

Identify and describe practice barriers for APNs in your state and discuss these barriers on a state and national level. Read More »

Discuss the history of policy development and policy making in nursing (CO1)  Examine different types of policy and their relationships to healthcare policy (CO1)  Explain current barriers to practice for advanced practice nurses (CO2)  Discuss health policy and methods of lifting barriers to practice (CO2)  Using the readings from this week as well as outside …

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Discuss the history of policy development and policy making in nursing (CO1)  Examine different types of policy and their relationships to healthcare policy (CO1)  Explain current barriers to practice for advanced practice nurses (CO2)  Discuss health policy and methods of lifting barriers to practice (CO2)  Using the readings from this week as well as outside …

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Purpose  Discuss barriers to practice as an APN in one’s state from both a state and national perspective.  Research methods to influence policy change from various forms of competition, state legislative and executive branches of government and interest groups.  Activity Learning Outcomes  Through this discussion, the student will demonstrate the ability to:  Discuss the history of policy development and policy …

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Purpose  Discuss barriers to practice as an APN in one’s state from both a state and national perspective.  Research methods to influence policy change from various forms of competition, state legislative and executive branches of government and interest groups.  Activity Learning Outcomes  Through this discussion, the student will demonstrate the ability to:  Discuss the history of policy development and policy …

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You are the nurse receiving a report on your patient that was admitted as an emergency earlier in the day. A 64-year-old female underwent a right colectomy. The right side of her colon was removed due to cancer. She has a history of smoking & no other health problems. She is currently being transferred to …

What precautions will you take to prevent this patient from obtaining a nosocomial infection? Read More »

Module 05 Written Assignment – Pulmonary Education Infographic CompetencyCompare strategies for safe, effective multidimensional nursing practice when providing care for clients with lower respiratory disorders.ScenarioYou are a nurse on a pulmonary rehabilitation team at an outpatient clinic in your community. You are updating educational resources to educate clients who want to know more about health promotion …

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Information for your Professional Paper The professional paper is individually assigned. Each student needs to choose one nursing role and write 3 pages about the role. Suggested roles: advocate, educator, care provider, collaborator, researcher, administrator…ect The professional paper should include the following: 1. Introduction – clear description of the nursing role being researched 2. Body- …

provide description of educational requirements and any specialized training associated with this professional nursing role. Read More »

Discuss the differential diagnosis (DD) process. Identify 3 different DD processes used in clinical practice.  Describe the risks/benefits of these 3 processes. Responses to students should include an example of when the student identifies one of the differential diagnosis processes used in the clinical setting. It is crucial to appropriately utilize APA 7th ed. All …

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