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Assessment 3: Professional Accountability and Patient Safety
Defining the Issue: Violence from Patients towards Nurses:
In this discussion, I concern myself with ‘violence from patients towards nurses.’ It is important to note, from the Continue Reading...
Self-Injury
Biopsychosocial Approach to Treating Self-Injurious Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing
My initial thoughts/feelings on the topics were: (This section contains your general feelings on the topic and NOT what the readings have infor Continue Reading...
Nursing-Sensitive Quality Indicators
Nurse Sensitive Quality Indicators
Nursing-Sensitive Quality Indicator: Standard Technique Hand Washing
Reports of incidences of superbug infections in hospitals and highly infectious diseases in underdeveloped Continue Reading...
Ergonomic Risk Assessment
The human body encourages a specific posture and has muscles and joints which can become overstressed through repetition or overextension. Unfortunately, every job has actions which cause these types of problems. Injuries i Continue Reading...
Hispanic-American Population Assessment
POCKETS OF MISERY
The Hispanic-Americans of Santa Ana, California are the population to be assessed.
National Demographics
The total U.S. population is 312 million, according to the latest U.S. Census Burea Continue Reading...
Enhancing Patient Engagement Through Healthcare Technology: A Needs Assessment on Childhood ObesityIntroductionChildhood obesity is a critical public health issue that demands patient-centered approaches for successful management. Central to this is Continue Reading...
Evidence-Based Practice
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Clinical Practice Guidelines (1)
Authors combined several studies for efficacy
Block, S.L. (2)
Older data (over 10 years) and used only one research study.
Kelley, et.al. (3)
Credible and Continue Reading...
Evidence-Based Counseling: Implications Counseling Practice, Preparation, Professionalism. ERIC Digest. Hauenstein, E.J. (2008). Building rural mental health system: From de facto system quality care.ID
Review the Sexton article and make a case for Continue Reading...
COMPETENCY & CLINICAL REASONING |
Competency and Clinical Reasoning
The society should be able to trust professional nurses to display a high level of competence in their work (American Nurses Association, 2013). All nurses have a personal resp Continue Reading...
Research Database Matrix
National Institute of Health's Intramural Database Resources
Location: http://intramural.nih.gov/index.tml
Description: The stated objective of the NIH Intramural Database is to collect and disseminate data gathered from r Continue Reading...
medical evacuation company. Indeed, the complexity and intricacies of the medical field have led to a higher and higher amount of specialization and customization. Some of the layers of that proverbial onion are special services that are not needed Continue Reading...
These are questions dealing with attitude and are the most important questions when doing qualitative social science research to gauge relationships among events. In addition to construction questions about attitudes, it is important to have the que Continue Reading...
Sloan Kettering Healthcare Website
The Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City is "the world's oldest and largest private cancer center" (About Us, 2016) and has a website that is accessible by all users. Its home page displays a series of al Continue Reading...
Finances in Nursing, Interview
Description of the role of a CFO within selected organization
A CFO has to have a sharp understanding of finance. Individuals presume that CFOs have that; however one would state it's not in all cases. It's likewise b Continue Reading...
Workplace violence can be prevented by creating a workplace environment and organizational culture that prevents the problem, protects employees, and pursues strategies for change. The presence of official policies or codes of ethics in the workplace Continue Reading...
Rising Cost of Medical Malpractice: The Impact of Medical Insurance on Patients and Physicians
The purpose of this study is to examine the extent to which rising medical malpractice premiums have affected the quality care provided by physicians. Res Continue Reading...
Introduction
In any academic study, there are inevitably going to be limitations to the study that have to be taken into account when evaluating the results of the study. The authors are supposed to build these limitations into their conclusions, but Continue Reading...
Combating the Human Immunodeficiency Virus in South Africa
Although Swaziland has the highest incidence rate for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) at 27.7%, South Africa suffers from the largest number of people living with HIV in the world (6. Continue Reading...
Economic Evaluation
Should economic evaluation play a role in the FDA's new drug approval process? Why or why not?
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the agency charged with the responsibility of making certain that the medicines accessible Continue Reading...
Female Reproductive Health - Episodic Case Study: PreeclampsiaPatient Information:Initials: J.D.Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: CaucasianSubjective:CC: Headache and visual disturbancesHPI: Mrs. J.D., a 32-year-old Caucasian female, presents with a head Continue Reading...
Health Promotion PlanIntroductionThis health promotion plan addresses tobacco use, including the practice of vaping, using e-cigarettes, hookah, chewing tobacco, and smoking. The goal of the plan is to facilitate the cessation of tobacco use. This pl Continue Reading...
The best change initiative would be to follow the Canada Health Infoway Change Management Framework. This framework identifies six important elements which should characterize any meaningful change initiative (Antwi & Kale, 2014).
Governance and Continue Reading...
ReflectionIntroductionAt the end of my Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) program, I now look to reflect on the course and what I have gained from it at this point in my life and career. I have been an RN for 20 years, and I have a great deal of Continue Reading...
DNP Assessment: A Self-Reflective Overview
Q1: Integration and Application
In terms of the direct application of what I have learned over the course of my DNP studies, I feel I have grown in my ability to systematically apply nursing theory to my eve Continue Reading...
Clinical Skills Self AssessmentAs an advanced practice nursing student, my journey in the world of healthcare has been rewarding, with each encounter and every experience increasing my skills, knowledge, and clinical acumen. An important part of the Continue Reading...
OBESITY 1
OBESITY 15
Obesity
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Introduction
Obesity is a global epidemic affecting almost all population cohorts. Rates of obesity are rising worldwide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO, 2013), the obesity e Continue Reading...
Falls in Nursing Homes, Are They Preventable
Preventing falls in nursing homes
Falls are quite common in the homes of the elderly with around one hand a half falls for each nursing-home bed-years. Although most falls are not fatal, 10% to 20% lead Continue Reading...
Jasmine University School of Nursing has worked diligently to develop a new curriculum. Even though the faculty examined the advantages of an upper-division nursing program, they decided to continue with their 4-year integrated curriculum. This new c Continue Reading...
MEDICAL NURSING Medical Nursing: PDCA Cycle (Time Management)The PDCA (plan, do, check, act) cycle is a useful management tool that helps a person create an effective approach for identifying problems and devising solutions (Wu et al., 2015). It is a Continue Reading...
Optimizing Merged Health Information Systems
Although the merger of two comparably sized companies competing in the same industry is a relatively commonplace business strategy, the process is fraught with obstacles and challenges and a significant pe Continue Reading...
Community Site Orientation
Activity: The activity for this day involved carrying out a community site orientation in order to familiarize myself with the site. Since I am doing rotation in a skill nursing facility, my first activity was an orientati Continue Reading...
Community Health Project for Pregnant Women
Healthcare is the fundamental necessity for every individual living in any state, regardless of religion, race, sex, color, etc. The population chosen for this paper is that of JMJ Pregnancy Center, which i Continue Reading...
CLC - Leadership Styles and Nursing1. Summary of personal leadership style, traits, and practicesMy personal leadership style is primarily democratic and participative, with the following corresponding traits and practices: I involve team members in Continue Reading...
Quality Development in Advanced Practice field knowledge in nursing: Proposal on Enhancing the dental health of children suffering Congenital Heart Disease
One of the most prevalent development abnormalities found in children is heart disease, and i Continue Reading...
Mrs. Margaret Foley's Culturally Congruent, Personalized Nursing Care Plan
Case Scenario Overview
Mrs. Margaret Foley (Maggie) is a 46-year-old Aboriginal female has had an emergency open cholecystectomy. Although the case does not specifically Continue Reading...
Fall Prevention Project
The target audience for this fall prevention plan consists of RNs and LPNs who work at nursing home facilities, or otherwise work with the elderly. There is a strong body of evidence that shows that fall-related injuries to t Continue Reading...
GAPS IN PRACTICEDiscussion: Discuss Gaps in PracticeOne of the most significant practice concerns in clinical settings happens to be medication errors. From the onset, it would be prudent to note that medication errors are described by the U.S. Food Continue Reading...
Combining Nurse Leader With Advocacy
My strengths outweigh my weaknesses in personal and professional accountability. On this front, I am actively pursuing continuing education, which gives me to the tools to advance both in understanding of the fie Continue Reading...