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Tasks: 1. Locate a nursing study that examines the effects of an intervention. Provide a summary of the study, focusing primarily on the intervention. Was the development and implementation of the intervention described in detail? Based on a theoretical framework? Did the design of the study promote investigation of the effects of the study—for example, was there comparison of experimental and control groups? Were there variables that could have impacted the findings that were not part of the intervention? Was there evidence of efforts to monitor the safety of participants? Are there any ways that the study could have been improved?
Module 6 Assignment:
Professional Development:- Each response to a task below should be 500-1000 words.
- All responses should be combined into a sin...
Assignment Description: For this week assignment, write a 1500-word essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Read the case study presented at the end of Chapter 10, which begins “The elderly patient resided at the nursing home for almost a year before she died at the hospital.” Did the lack of documentation in the admitting nurse’s assessment and notes affect the ultimate outcome of this case? Was there negligence on the part of the nursing staff in the care of this patient? What could the nurse have done differently to facilitate a different outcome in this case? How would you decide this case?
Assignment Description: For this week assignment, write a 1500-word essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Read the case study presented at the end of Chapter ...
Assignment: Professional Development : Reflect upon a patient care encounter from personal practice in which multiple “ways of knowing” were used. Illustrate how each fundamental pattern for nursing knowledge contributed to the care of this patient. Differentiate among the concepts of nursing philosophy, nursing science, and philosophy of science Is nursing a profession or an occupation? What can advanced practice nurses do to enhance nursing’s standing as a profession? Please note: Each response should be 500-1000 words APA formatting required
Assignment: Professional Development :
- Reflect upon a patient care encounter from personal practice in which multiple “ways of knowing” were used. Illustrate how ...
Assignment: Please complete ALL THREE of the Professional Development exercises. In the Chapter 7 summary, Staggers and Nelson state, “In a way all of us are already informatics nurses.” Reflect on this summary statement and describe a scenario from your clinical experience where you manipulated data, information, and knowledge to make a wise decision. Focus specifically on the key concepts of data, information, knowledge and wisdom. What do you believe are the advantages and disadvantages of having a single shared consensus-driven model of terminology use? How can a single agreed model of terminology use (with linkages to a single terminology) help to integrate knowledge into routine clinical practice? Hospital C is looking to implement an EHR. It has been suggested that a NIS be hired. This position does not involve direct patient care and the administration is struggling with how to justify the position. How can this position be justified?
Assignment: Please complete ALL THREE of the Professional Development exercises.
- In the Chapter 7 summary, Staggers and Nelson state, “In a way all o...
The Assignment: (1 page not including the title and reference page) Create a 1 page fact sheet that your healthcare organization could hypothetically use to explain the health or nursing informatics policy/regulation you selected. Your fact sheet should address the following: Briefly and generally explain the policy or regulation you selected. Address the impact of the policy or regulation you selected on system implementation. Address the impact of the policy or regulation you selected on clinical care, patient/provider interactions, and workflow. Highlight organizational policies and procedures that are/will be in place at your healthcare organization to address the policy or regulation you selected. Be specific. Use APA format and include a title page, in-text citations, and reference page. Use the Safe Assign Drafts to check your match percentage before submitting your work. Expert Answer and Explanation
The Assignment: (1 page not including the title and reference page) Create a 1 page fact sheet that your healthcare organization could hypothetically use to explain the health or...
Physical Exam: Vital Signs: 37.2, 72, 15 unlabored, 155/88, 99% RA Ht 5 ft 10 inches Wt 260 lbs BMI 37.3 General: Alert, oriented, ambulatory, appears stated age. Skin: warm, dry, normal cheddar, no petechiae, no ecchymoses, no rash. HEENT: Head: NCAT; Eyes: PERRLA, EOMI, no scleral icterus; Ears: externa
Physical Exam: Vital Signs: 37.2, 72, 15 unlabored, 155/88, 99% RA Ht 5 ft 10 inches Wt 260 lbs BMI 37.3 General: Alert, oriented, ambulatory, appears stated age. Skin: ...
Case Study #1 Osteoarthritis Patients Chief Complaint: I’m having difficulty walking, my joints have been killing me for the past 3 months. My knees and lower back hurts. History of Present Illness: B. is a 71 yo overweight male who presents to your clinic for the first time complaining of months to years of bilateral knee pain that becomes worse with rain and feels better when the weather is warm and dry. He is now concerned because the arthritis symptoms have not an improved this summer. The pain in the right knee is greater than the left knee. He is also concerned about back pain he has had for several years that has recently become worse. He has difficulty using the stairs in his home.
Case Study #1 Osteoarthritis Patients Chief Complaint: I’m having difficulty walking, my joints have been killing me for the past 3 months. My knees and lower...
Based on the reading of the “Case Study: Healing and Autonomy” and topic Resources, you will complete the “Applying the Four Principles: Case Study” document by including the following: Part 1: Chart This chart will formalize the application of the four boxes approach by organizing the data from the case study according to the relevant principles of biomedical ethics: autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice. Part 2: Evaluation This part includes questions, to be answered in a maximum of 500 words, that evaluate how the four principles approach would be applied according to the Christian worldview. Support your response using only Chapter 3 from the textbook Practicing Dignity: An Introduction to Christian Values and Decision-Making in Health Care and the Topic 3 Resource “Rising to \’The Highest Morals\’ -The Rich History of Nursing Ethics.”
This assignment will incorporate a common practical tool in helping clinicians begin to ethically analyze a case. Organizing the data by means of the four boxes approach to analyze the case will help ...
Shirley is a 76yo female who presents to your office for evaluation of chest pain that has been going on for the past 4 days. She states she occasionally does get chest pain now and again, but she noticed that over the past 4 days, when walking up the stairs, or going on her morning walk to get coffee with her girlfriends, she develops a central chest pressure and pain.
When she stops walking, and rests, the pain completely resolves. When asked to point to where her pain is she points to the are above her left breast. She states it radiated to her left shou...