Theoretical and Scientific Foundations of Nursing

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APPLYING INTERDISCIPLINARY THEORIES TO NURSING PRACTICE

D10

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BHA435 Module 4 Case SLP

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9/25/23, 6:00 PM SLP – BHA435 Healthcare Quality Assessment and Improvement (2023AUG14FT-1)

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Module 4 – SLP

CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

Quality assurance and continuous quality improvement is often merged together as
one, however, there are distinct difference between the two terms.

In a 2-page report, complete the following:

Explain in detail and provide a healthcare example of quality assurance in
healthcare.

Explains in detail and provide a healthcare example of continuous quality
improvement in healthcare.

Identify if these concepts work together or independently and explain your
rationale.

SLP Assignment Expectations

Conduct additional research to gather sufficient information to justify/support your
training.

1. Limit your response to a maximum of 2 pages (title and reference pages are not
included in page number count).

2. Support your responses with peer-reviewed articles, with 2 to 3 references. Use
the following link for additional information on how to recognize peer-reviewed
journals:
How to Recognize Peer-Reviewed (Refereed) Journals
http://www.angelo.edu/services/library/handouts/peerrev.php.

3. You may use the following source to assist in formatting your assignment:
Purdue Owl – https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/.

4. For additional information on reliability of sources, review the following source:
https://nccih.nih.gov/health/webresources.

5. This assignment will be graded based on the content in the rubric.

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Unit 5 Discussion 551

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A 41-year-old obese male patient is diagnosed with congestive heart failure (CHF). He is told to begin a moderate exercise routine with a healthy diet and is prescribed several medications — including a diuretic.

  1. Based on your knowledge of the kidney and the disease of CHF, what factors would be important in selecting a specific diuretic? How would you explain to this patient how it works?
  2. If this patient developed a disease that caused the renal blood flow to be diminished, how might this impact the medication he is taking for his congestive heart failure? As his health care provider, how would you change his treatment in this situation?

Instructions: One to 1 pg and a half is enough its a discussion post. APA style. Must have at least 3 references.

Module 1 week 2 scenario

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Scenario: 

  • A 49-year-old patient with rheumatoid arthritis comes into the clinic with a chief complaint of a fever.
  • Patient’s current medications include atorvastatin 40 mg at night, methotrexate 10 mg po every Friday morning and prednisone 5 mg po qam.
  • He states that he has had a fever up to 101 degrees F for about a week and admits to chills and sweats.
  • He says he has had more fatigue than usual and reports some chest pain associated with coughing.
  • He admits to having occasional episodes of hemoptysis.
  • He works as a grain inspector at a large farm cooperative.
  • After extensive work-up, the patient was diagnosed with Invasive aspergillosis.

The Assignment

(1- to 2-page case study analysis-this does not include title page and reference page)

Develop a 1- to 2-page case study analysis in which you:

  • Explain why you think the patient presented the symptoms described. (Not a trick question but reflective of a patient on immunosuppressive drugs and a high-risk employment for exposure to Aspergillosis)
  • Identify the genes that may be associated with the development of the disease.
  • Explain the process of immunosuppression and the effect it has on body systems.

Developing answers to these 3 questions, each question 1-2 paragraphs will bring you to the 2-page expected limit. 3 pages will not lose points but learning to synthesize points, provide current references (submissions like this would earn 3 primary references) and citations will garner full credit.

Reminder: Include a title page, introduction, summary, and references, done in APA format. Keep references current, 5 yr. from publication please and from primary references (# references to support your points for full credit) like classroom textbook, peer-reviewed journals. 

FOCUSED CASE STUDY 2

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 Marie, A 58-year-old woman with a complicated history which includes chronic low back pain, bipolar disorder, mixed anxiety, and depressive disorder presents to her PCP, a PA, complaining of constipation for several months 

REVIEW OF CURRENT HEALTHCARE ISSUES

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If you were to ask 10 people what they believe to be the most significant issue facing healthcare today, you might get 10 different answers. Escalating costs? Regulation? Technology disruption? Social Determinant such as environment/community, education, access/quality to healthcare?

These and many other topics are worthy of discussion. Not surprisingly, much has been said in the research, within the profession, and in the news about these topics. Whether they are issues of finance, quality, workload, or outcomes, there is no shortage of changes to be addressed.

In this Discussion, you examine a national healthcare issue and consider how that issue may impact your work setting. You also analyze how your organization has responded to this issue.

 To Prepare:

  • Review the Resources and select one current national healthcare issue/stressor to focus on.
  • Reflect on the current national healthcare issue/stressor you selected and think about how this issue/stressor may be addressed in your work setting.

 Post a description of the national healthcare issue/stressor you selected for analysis, and explain how the healthcare issue/stressor may impact your work setting. Which social determinant(s) most affects this health issue? Then, describe how your health system work setting has responded to the healthcare issue/stressor, including a description of what changes may have been implemented. Be specific and provide examples. 

Nutritional Principles in Nursing

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Module 02 Content

To prepare for the live classroom session and your written submission, use your chapter readings and course materials.

The focus for this live classroom is on Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI). You can review information about DRI at

https://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/dietary-reference-intakes

Complete the Interactive DRI on yourself. Go to https://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/dri-calculator/

Be prepared to answer the following questions:

What are the three components of the DRI?

Describe how RDA, AI, and UL influence health?

After reviewing your results on the Interactive DRI, how well are you meeting the RDAs suggested?

What two changes can you make to improve?

After the live classroom discussion, submit written answers to the above questions.

Health equity

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Define and describe Health equity. What are some of the problems and Risks factors associated with health equity. please do this in about 4 -5  bullet points.  

power point

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N402 Social Media Assignment Instruction

30 Possible Points

Overview: This assignment will engage the learner to gain a better understanding of social media use in their work environment, the risks and benefits of social media, protection of patient privacy, and the importance of appropriate social media use and content as a form of communication.

This assignment will be in the form of a PowerPoint presentation. PowerPoints should be concise and briefly highlight information. Slides should be presented in APA 7th ed. format, be clearly presented, free of spelling and formatting errors, information should be paraphrased and include citations. Images need to be correctly credited and should include a minimum of 2 images. Turn it in report should be less than 10%

1. This assignment is based on the following article by the National Council State Boards of Nursing. The article is located in the content area of the course on D2L.

NCSBN. (2011).
White paper: A nurse’s guide to the use of social media.

2. Please review the ANA Factsheet on social media and website found in D2L

Instructions:

Prepare a power point presentation and include the following:

Title Slide: Name of presentation, Student Name, Instructor Name, College and Course, Date.

Social Media Policy: Discuss the types of policies that are used in your place of work. NO AGENCY names, use initials only and describe the facility. For example, small rural hospital, a hospice agency or a nursing home.

Include the date you viewed the policy and when the policy was written/and or reviewed. How is social media being used in your place of work? For your citation and reference use Agency policy and the date on the policy. Policies should be reviewed yearly so it would be a recommendation if they are outdated. Discuss findings in brief. No more than 2 slides.

Social Media Risk and Benefits: List and describe 2 of the benefits of social media for nursing
? Below is a list of possible benefits. List and describe 2 risks of social media?
Minimum 2 reference/citation for benefits and 2 reference /citation for risks. No more than 4 slides total.

Consider:

1. Keep up with current health issues, trends, and up to date EBM

2. Opportunities to dialogue with colleagues

3. Education and training

4. Instant alerts in cases of disaster management

5. Dedicated phone for emergency calls to MD

6. Professional groups such as LinkedIn or Research Gate.

7. Facebook to recruit and inform public

Moral /Practice Issues: Describe at least 2 moral or practice issues have you seen arise from the use of social media.
No more than 2 slides total with at least one journal reference

Workplace Social Media: In this section identify specific social media use concern or issue for where you currently or formerly work. Illustrate the social media issue concern or issue in the form of a scenario. How will you correct the issue or concern? Examples could include:

· training for staff and what would this training include or the

· development of a departmental/hospital policy and what would need to be included.

Include :

· Recommendations on the use of social media in your place of work. Use at least 4 recommendations based on the literature reviewed. Be specific and these should be clearly stated and reasonable to the identified setting.

No more than 6 slides total for this section with Reference /citation to the reading for this assignment ANA Factsheet on Social Media and NCSBN. (2011).
White paper: A nurse’s guide to the use of social media.

Summary: End the presentation with a short statement of the main points.

References: Make sure to include 3 different references or more from additional scholarly journals or credible websites in addition to the ANA white paper and Facility policy reference.

APA: You may lose additional points for not using APA format and citing references appropriately both within the slides and on a reference page.