Task: FALL IN HOSPITAL AND NURSING HOME. Review your problem or issue and the study materials to formulate a PICOT question for your capstone project change proposal. A PICOT question starts with a designated patient population in a particular clinical area and identifies clinical problems or issues that arise from clinical care. The intervention used […]

Assignment 13: Evidence Based Practice For each Barrier to Patient Centered Care, identify facilitators that could be introduced to balance/offset the barrier. Provide rationale for your response based on (text books, articles, practice guidelines, etc) as appropriate: Barriers: Competing care obligations (patient–load) interfere with prioritizing discussions of discharge planning with patient/planning. Discharge communication ranged from […]

Task: Experiential Versus Narrative Family Therapies Summarize the key points of both experiential family therapy and narrative family therapy. Compare experiential family therapy to narrative family therapy, noting the strengths and weakness of each. Provide a description of a family that you think experiential family therapy would be appropriate, explain why, and justify your response […]

Med-Surge Module 2 Death And Dying Discuss the term “clinical death,” especially with respect to when not to initiate CPR. Discuss what is meant by a “peaceful death” and a “good death,” including goals for End-Of-Life care. How would you feel if you knew your patients did not want CPR but the family insisted on […]

Assignment 13: Public Health Trends And Practices Describe what specific resources or federal agencies that you will utilize to remain informed and current in public health trends and practices

Task 2: The Nurse as Advocate In a Microsoft Word document of 5-6 pages formatted in APA style, you will describe the advocacy process. Whether nurses are advocating for their patients, health care, and/or policies that improve people’s lives, the advocacy processes have commonalities that transcend the subject of their advocacy. There are also differences, […]

Discussion: Mild persistent asthma A 21-year-old Greek female presents to her PCP for establishment of care. She reports 3 months of progressive fatigue but has no other complaints. Family history is notable for anemia in her mother and older sister. Past medical history is positive for mild persistent asthma. Her CBC collected in the office […]

Evidence Base Practice Using and creating evidence Describe a clinical situation where you were concerned (e.g., a higher incidence of falls, infections, errors, etc.) and where decisions were made to improve the situation. What sources of evidence were utilized to make the decision (e.g., personal experience, expert advice, etc.)? 1 page excluding cover and reference […]

Assignment 12: Geriatrics OTC Medication Use Review the American Geriatrics Society article and interactive media piece in this week’s Learning Resources. Select one of the following over-the-counter drugs commonly used by geriatric patients: Antacids or acid suppressants Antidiarrheal Antihistamines Antimicrobial ointments Antispasmodics for the bladder Cough suppressants Laxatives Neutraceuticals (choose one; e.g., ginseng, St. John’s […]

Assignment: Patient Care Efficacies. In the Discussion for this module, you considered the interaction of nurse informaticists with other specialists to ensure successful care. How is that success determined? Patient outcomes and the fulfillment of care goals is one of the major ways that healthcare success is measured. Measuring patient outcomes results in the generation […]