Write a paragraph explaining your thoughts and beliefs about professional standards and ethics in nursing (chapter 1) and the role they will play in your nursing career.
identify one barrier that prevents people from using the self-care practice. Provide a description of each barrier and how it can be overcome. The Project for Health, Wellness and Self-Care focuses on your self-awareness and reflection to identify your intentions and describe self-care actions to create a plan you will commit to, to live a …
Mellisa applied a figure eight elastic bandage to the hand and wrist of the patient who came to the office for suturing.she immediately sent the patient home after applying the bandage.she did not document the procedure in the patients medical record at that time because the office was quite busy.Discuss all of your concerns regarding …
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What would be a need for a community health nurse to begin a health promotion project in a community where hypertension prevails?
Describe the sample with demographics, data collection process, and identification of variables; sampling design; instruments, tools, or surveys. Bortz, A., Ashkenazi, T., & Melnikov, S. (2015). Spirituality as a predictive factor for signing an organ donor card. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 47(1), 25-33. doi: 10.1111/jnu.12107 Dinkel, S., & Schmidt, K. (2015). Health education needs of …
Justify your rationale with supportive evidence. Public health practice was initially concerned with infectious and environmentally related diseases, but in recent years has evolved to focus more on injury prevention, substance abuse, violence, tobacco-related, and other chronic diseases. Present at least one pivotal legal and historical occurrence that resulted in this shift of public health …
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Write an analysis of the situation and argue whether the doctrine of “respondeat superior” would cause the surgeon to have vicarious liability for the patient Scenario: A patient had surgery and the nurse-anesthetist administered the anesthesia. The patient subsequently arrested and died while under anesthesia. An investigation concluded that the patient was not receiving the …
Lisa expects potential employers to ask her what her strengths are.She has determined six specfic stengths that she can prove with examples from past positions or her externship.What six strengths can you prove?give examples of these strength.
A 33 year old woman at on 32 weeks of gestation took a three hour of glucose tolerance test. The test can indicate 100 mg/dl. These conditions indicate women in blood sugar levels are in fasting. In this case highest priority of nursing diagnoses should be?
Which law or policy regarding justifiable breaches of confidentiality would best protect both the public health and the rights of persons with communicable diseases? And, if the law or policy permits, but does not require, a breach of confidentiality by mandating the disclosure of information to third parties such as sexual partners under certain conditions, …
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Describe four cardiovascular conditions that may lead to heart failure and what can be done in the form of medical/nursing interventions to prevent the development of heart failure in each condition. Taking into consideration the fact that most mature adults take at least six prescription medications, discuss four nursing interventions that can help prevent problems …
A nurse conducts an assessment on a young family with a new baby boy. The husband has recently been promoted to a higher paying position but is not sure if he will be making enough money to move a new apartment in a safer neighborhood. Based on this information, the nurse determines that this family …
what precautions are required to prevent delayed wound healing? Explain. The case scenario provided will be used to answer the discussion questions that follow. Case Scenario Ms. G., a 23-year-old diabetic, is admitted to the hospital with a cellulitis of her left lower leg. She has been applying heating pads to the leg for the …
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What actual or potential problems can you identify? Describe at least five problems and provide the rationale for each? Mr. C., a 32-year-old single man, is seeking information at the outpatient center regarding possible bariatric surgery for his obesity. He reports that he has always been heavy, even as a small child, but he has …
Identify the main accrediting bodies for health care that govern all health care organizations. What oversight do these regulatory agencies provide? How does this protect organizations, health care workers and patients?
discuss the actual Obama care and also discuss the debate in congress to change the actual ACA?
All nursing theories are developed in space and time, and are not value free. Select one nursing theorist and explain the factors that influenced the development of the theory ( history, science paradigm, and personal experiences-mentoring, education, practice, other). Provide references (s) for your response.
Identify a situation in US healthcare that there has been a supplier-induced demand. What elements caused the supplier-induced demand? (The amount of demand that exists beyond what would have occurred in a market which patients are fully aware) Why is increasing demand not always profitable for a physician?
Describe the changes to Medicare that are direct results of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. Analyze and explain the possible impacts upon the health care system as more Americans gain access to health care. Explain the ways in which increased access to health care may affect baby boomers either positively or …
Identify two possible ethical challenges in policy evaluation, and describe how you could avoid them.
Electronic medical records (EMR) are becoming more and more the norm in the healthcare industry. What do you believe are some advantages and disadvantages of EMRs?
1.What is meant by the textbook statement, “the professional who assumes a management role is adopting a second and parallel career of equal importance to his or her profession?” 2.What problems does it create when healthcare professionals “enter management with little or no preparation for running a department or supervising others?” 3.Explain the dual role …
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Outline the potential change in risk and size current health care reform will have in the US. What prediction about supply would you make? Support your predictions with references.
What are your suggestions to overcome these issues to ensure that all first responders are safe when responding to a bioterrorist attack? How would you implement these suggestions? Individuals in the public health sector are often called upon to be the first responders within twenty-four hours of a bioterrorist attack. These first responders must take …
If you were the doctor what fallacies in this mother’s beliefs could you explain toher? The parents of a 2 month old infant often took him along with them on their frequent trips to the mall. One of the grandmothers suggested that they leave him home as it was flu season and the malls were …
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The authors of the assigned article, “A Patient-Driven Adaptive Prediction Technique to Improve Personalized Risk Estimation for Clinical Decision Support (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3392846/) have found that using patient-driven, adaptive technologies to guide clinical decision making are influencing the quality of patient care. How might these technologies minimize risk, promote health, and encourage patient engagement in their own …
Describe how the concept of multifactorial etiology relates to the natural history of disease and the different levels of prevention. How should the nurse incorporate these concepts into health promotion of clients in community settings? How should the nurse approach client risk in these health promotion activities?
Describe at least two technological advancements that would be available to patients. Envision what the health care system of 2030 might look like? Describe at least two technological advancements that would be available to patients. How would technology help providers make health care decisions? How would patients and families interact with providers from their homes …
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FEMA follows strict guidelines when making a major disaster declaration. As a result of these guidelines, a major disaster declaration by FEMA is not available for all terrorist incidents, such as a bioterrorist attack. On the basis of your knowledge on the topic, answer the following question: How does FEMA define a major disaster for …
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Briefly summarize how you would best write a policy evaluation report.
What is the relationship between the endocrine system and the nervous system?
. What are the implications for nursing education as the EHR becomes the standard for caring for patients? 2. What are asked about a diagnosis with which you are unfamiliar. Where would you start looking for information? How would you determine the validity of the information?
Discuss different societal attitudes that individuals may have in reaction to older adult (mental health)
identify some of the factors that contribute to psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. A 9-year-old child is hospitalized in the children’s unit of a psychiatric hospital. His biological father died 2 years ago, and the mother now has a live-in boyfriend who has repeatedly sexually abused him. His teacher reported this abuse to the …
Discuss the most important nursing implication related to the side effects the client is experiencing. 4. The student was reviewing the medication record for a client diagnosed with major depressive disorder with psychotic features. The client has been on medications for the past 12 years, has exhibited many side effects, and experienced multiple medication changes. …
What is the information imperfection in health care and how does it impact the efficiency of the market?
Discuss how to apply the nursing process in the care of Frances. 3. A 42-year-old divorced school teacher has a 20-year-old daughter who has developed schizophrenia and has withdrawn from college. Her youngest daughter is a 19-year-old, unmarried mother who is living at home. The 19-year –old has just given birth to a baby boy …
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Discuss the influence of the community/public health nurses in the health care reform. You can discuss the actual Obama care and also discuss the debate in congress to change the actual ACA.
Discuss the phenomena of nursing shortage, workforce issues, cost and access of care, education-practice gap, and changes in population demographics and their cumulative impact on the practice of nursing.
In order to evaluate an evidence-based practice project, it is important to be able to determine the effectiveness of your change. Discuss one way you will be able to evaluate whether your project made a difference in practice.
Give an example of an ethical or legal issue that may arise if a patient has a poor outcome or sentinel event because of a distraction such as alarm fatigue. What does evidence reveal about alarm fatigue and distraction when it comes to patient safety?
compare to an adult, a child needs more or less per kg of? Water, Protein, Calories?
What should priorities for nursing care be established for Tommy? Tommy, a 3-year-old boy with tetralogy of Fallot, has just returned to his hospital room from the cardiac catheterization recovery room. His mother calls you to the bedside to tell you that he is vomiting and bleeding. You arrive to find Tommy anxious, pale, crying, …
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define a population that you would like to study. Present the criteria for the inclusion and exclusion and some general information about your chosen population. Include demographics, socioeconomics, health risk factors, and environmental hazards.
What happens during Anaphase? Select one: a. Chromosomes align along the middle plane b. Centromeres separate and pull newly replicated chromosomes apart c. Chromosomes coil and shorten d. A new membrane forms around chromosomes Between 2011 and 2015, which cancer incidence has increased significantly? Select one: a. Pancreatic b. Leukaemia c. Cervical d. Melanoma Which …
What do you believe will be some of the issues that the healthcare industries face in the years to come? Do you think that they can be avoidable? Why or why not?
What actual or potential problems can you identify? Describe at least five problems and provide the rationale for each? Mr. C., a 32-year-old single man, is seeking information at the outpatient center regarding possible bariatric surgery for his obesity. He reports that he has always been heavy, even as a small child, but he has …
Discuss the phenomena of the nursing shortage, workforce issues, cost and access of care, education-practice gap, and changes in population demographics and their cumulative impact on the practice of nursing.
What is the pathophysiological process whereby PID leads in infertility? As you know, Vitamin C and Iron is very important in maintaining health (Grodner, Escott-Stump, Dorner, 2016). As you probably already know, Vitamin C cannot be made in our body – this makes it, what is called an “essential nutrient” (Grodner, Escott-Stump, Dorner, 2016). Since …
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list at least two questions that the PTA needs to be thinking about to gather enough information to write a comprehensive daily note. Has demonstrated improvement in transfer ability, as amount of assistance needed has decreased. Ambulated 75’ x 2 using wheeled walker, required minimal assistance for advancing walker and verbal cueing for proper pattern. …
