Category: Nursing

Use APA 7th Edition Format and support your work with at least 3 peer-reviewed references within 5 years of publication. Remember that you need a cover page and a reference page. All paragraphs need to be cited properly. All responses must be in a narrative format and each paragraph must have at least 4 sentences. Lastly, you must have at least 2 pages of content, no greater than 3 pages, excluding cover page and reference page.
Patient with Otitis Externa
ZM is an 8-year-old male who is brought to the clinic by his mother for complaints of acute left ear pain. She has recently picked him up from a week-long stay at camp, and he stated his ear hurt so bad he was crying. When his mother looked at this ear, she noticed the outside canal was very swollen. He could not even touch his ear. His mother states: “He is never sick, and he never cries.” Past Medical History All immunizations current No history of surgeries No history of allergies No history of significant illness
Medications Multivitamin, daily Occasional allergy medication with children’s loratadine Physical Examination Pulse: 100; respiration rate: 22; temperature: 100.2 °F data scan Left ear canal swollen; unable to access with otoscope to observe tympanic membrane Swelling noted in lymph nodes below ear Ear is red and warm to touch Diagnosis External otitis Discussion Questions 1. What factors in ZM’s recent history should the clinician consider, and what additional questions should the clinician ask the mother? 2. What treatment options are indicated for ZM? 3. What patient teaching should the clinician provide?

reflect upon valuable clinical experiences and offer collaborative discussion and evidence to support best practices in practicum experiences. CO# 4: Communicate the rationale for the treatment measures (education, pharmacological, and non-pharmacological) and evaluate the effects of treatments for this age group. CO #5: Critique the psychosocial implications of health and illness on the patient and family. 6. Incorporate the advanced nurse practice role, including integration of family issues and cross-cultural sensitivity in treating clients in a professional and ethical manner. CO #6: Design a plan of care in accordance with the holistic comprehensive assessment, current research, and established protocols for common infant, child, and adolescent conditions. Requirements Select an experience you have had recently in your practicum. Describe the experience, your thoughts and feelings, your evaluation of the situation, your analysis of the experience, conclusions and learning from the experience, and your action plan resulting from the experience, using scholarly writing, APA 7th ed. 2 apa citations

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome:
present a patient with this issue that you have seen in the clinical setting and Discuss the following:
1-symptoms your patient is experiencing
2. Your nursing assessment and diagnostic findings of the patient
3-recommended treatment
Endometriosis:
1-interventions to relieve symptoms
2-medication education
3-long term health complications
RESOURCES:
APA
IN-TEXT CITATION FROM SCHOLARLY SOURCES

Florida state
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the assignment. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
Health inequities result in poor health outcomes creating a burden on clients, families, and communities. One of the areas of impact is in life expectancy. Several factors impact life expectancy, including genetics, race, socioeconomic status, and lifestyle choices. Surprisingly, one of the most significant predictors of life expectancy is zip code. View this brief videoLinks to an external site. on the correlation of zip code to life expectancy. Then, follow the directions below to gather information for your initial discussion post. You may gather information for your home county or for the area in which you intend to practice.
Application of Course Knowledge:
Describe county-level demographics:
Visit the United States Census Bureau websiteLinks to an external site.. https://data.census.gov/advanced
Use the Geography filter in the left menu. Select your state and county. Click the SEARCH button.
View the profile for your county. The link may be found under the county map.
Identify your county and state. Briefly describe demographic data for your county, including total population, median income, percentage of residents with health insurance, poverty percentage, and one additional demographic. Compare the data to state averages and discuss your findings.
Evaluate life expectancy data:
Access the NCHS Data Visualization Gallery siteLinks to an external site.. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data-visualization/life-expectancy/
Select your state and county from the dropdown menus on the interactive map.
Find the census tract with the highest life expectancy and the tract with the lowest life expectancy within your county. Compare these rates with the state and national averages.
Identify and describe demographic factors in the selected county that may play a role in life expectancy.
Explain the implications of this data for your future practice.
Integration of Evidence: Integrate relevant scholarly sources as defined by program expectationsLinks to an external site.:
Cite a scholarly source in the initial post.

Assignment 1: (15 points):
Purpose: Stress can have a negative impact upon one’s health. Students will incorporate knowledge of MI techniques to engage a specific population in an evidence-based activity that reduces stress levels. Through creating a stress management plan, the APRN gains experiential knowledge to utilize in their clinical practice. How do you, as APRN, foresee screening and treating stress or behavioral change in the primary care setting? this should guide the paper.

For this assignment, students will explore a mindfulness technique of interest and apply it to a specific population. Develop a scholarly paper that addresses the following criteria:
Explore pathology of toxic stress levels and scales used to measure.
Incorporate motivational techniques used to develop an effective stress management plan
Identify evidence-based intervention useful for stress management citing effectiveness. (e.g. journal, aerobic exercise, yoga, Pilates, etc.)
Create a Stress Management Plan using two SMART goals for population of interest (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time Bound).
Provide any cultural considerations that may impact success of the intervention.
Submit a 3-to-5-page paper using APA format (intro, conclusion, references) to Assignments in Canvas by the due date.
The scholarly paper should be in narrative format – 3 to 5 pages excluding the title and reference page.
Include an introductory paragraph, purpose statement, and a conclusion.
Include level 1 and 2 headings to organize the paper.
Write the paper in third person, not first person (meaning do not use ‘we’ or ‘I’) and in a scholarly manner. To clarify: I, we, you, me, our may not be used. In addition, describing yourself as the researcher or the author should not be used.
Include a minimum of 4 professional peer-reviewed scholarly journal references to support the paper (review in Ulrich Periodical Directory) and be less than five (5) years old.
APA format is required (attention to spelling/grammar, a title page, a reference page, and in-text citations).
Submit the assignment to Turnitin prior to the final submission, review the originality report, and make any needed changes.
Submit by the posted due date.

Scenario
You are a staff nurse voted as the nursing delegate to sit on the Emerging Innovations Steering Committee. In preparing for your first committee meeting you have read through the last year of meeting minutes and determined what the past nursing delegate had achieved and what future goals were set for this specific role. The meeting minutes from last month show the steering committee is currently looking at emerging communication technologies and how the hospital can leverage integration of cost effective healthcare technology. In preparation for the first meeting, you have created a list of best practices based on your scholarly research and create a list of action plans for leveraging these into practice. You have been tasked with creating a comparative analysis of two communication technologies and how they can be used to improve communication between healthcare teams and how it can influence patient outcomes. Before the next monthly committee meeting, they want you to send them a comparative analysis using a format of your choice (i.e. table) of two communication technologies that you feel best improve safety and quality healthcare.
Instructions
Write a comparative analysis table including the following:
Discuss the two selected communication technologies you have chosen with support from scholarly research
Describe the function of each technology
Analyze how it is used in the healthcare setting
Examine how the two selected technologies can be used to improve communication among the healthcare team.
Provide a specific practice example from the literature to support how each technology has been shown to improve communication among the healthcare team.
Discuss how each type of communication technology has been shown to improve patient outcomes underneath the table.
Identify evidence from the literature to support how each technology has been shown to impact patient outcomes.

Making the Case for Telehealth
Outcomes
Analyze the use of Telehealth
Analyze the role of the Internet in health care informatics
Explain how the security of patient information can be enhanced
Determine the relationship between informatics and patient outcomes
Assignment Overview
For this project milestone, create a slide presentation addressing the use and benefits of telehealth, its role in communication, how telehealth can be used to enhance the care of selected patient populations, and the technology and staff support needed when implementing new telehealth solutions.
Deliverables
A 16 –to-20 slide presentation (no longer than 20 slides)
Step 1: Review the following scenario:
In this assignment you will focus on telehealth. You are the nurse manager for the stroke unit at Gladwin Community Hospital. Your hospital has recently become Joint Commission certified for stroke care and is in full compliance with the Get with The Guidelines for stroke care https://www.heart.org/en/professional/quality-improvement/get-with-the-guidelines/get-with-the-guidelines-strokeLinks to an external site.. As a result of your excellent work in this area and the need for more advanced stroke care to the community, you have been given the task of setting up a telehealth program for stroke care.
This program will provide support and follow-up care for stroke patients who are not able to travel to the stroke clinic. The program will also provide nursing assistance to local emergency rooms for triage purposes. Additionally, emergency physicians will be able to consult with neurologists and transmit CT scans and video of neurologic examinations.
In order to receive funding for the program, it is beneficial for those in the top level leadership to endorse the project. As the nurse manager, you will prepare and present informational materials to those in leadership positions at Gladwin Community Hospital. You will explain the importance of telehealth and the benefits it will provide for the patients.
Step 2: Create a 16 –to- 20 slide presentation.
Prepare a slide presentation to share with leadership to get their initial support. This should cover the following elements:
The impact of health care informatics on patient outcomes
The role of the Internet in health care informatics
An overview of telehealth
Benefits of telehealth
How telehealth can be used for stroke patients
How the security of patient information can be enhanced
Potential technology needs and the staff training and support that will be needed.
****Make sure that you properly cite any resources used and include a reference slide. (not included in the 20) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Step 3: Add presenter’s notes.
Include talking points and details in the notes area for each slide. These notes should document what you would say to an audience about each slide as if you were to present in-person.
As you prepare your presentation, you should follow these guidelines:
Use clear, concise, and complete sentences.
Use relevant examples to help explain concepts.
Use language intended for a listener as opposed to a reader.

Analyze financial models of reimbursement and their effects on patients and health care providers
-Nurse Practitioners

CO 3: Identify ethical issues common to research involving human subjects. (PO 6)
CO 5: Recognize the role of research findings in evidence-based practice. (POs 7 & 8)
During the assigned week (Sunday the start of the assigned week through Sunday the end of the assigned week):
Posts in the discussion at least two times, and
Posts in the discussion on two different days
Discussions are designed to promote dialogue between faculty and students, and students and their peers. In discussions students:
Demonstrate understanding of concepts for the week
Integrate outside scholarly sources when required
Engage in meaningful dialogue with classmates and/or instructor
Express opinions clearly and logically, in a professional manner
Use the rubric on this page as you compose your answers.
Best Practices include:
Participation early in the week is encouraged to stimulate meaningful discussion among classmates and instructor.
Enter the discussion often during the week to read and learn from posts.
Select different classmates for your reply each week.
Discussion QuestionsWe begin our journey into discovering the new world of research and evidence-based practice (EBP) by exploring our past. After completing the required readings and lesson, answer the following:
Explain how research has evolved since the Florence Nightingale era.
Discuss how research and EBP are different; include how you believe research supports EBP for nursing.
Describe one past/historical unethical breach of research conduct; then, share how you would ensure care of a study participant using one ethical or legal research consideration (guideline/principle).

Cultural Influences
In this first discussion, you will introduce yourself by sharing a picture, song, or piece of artwork that reflects your personal definition of culture. You and your peers will then discuss how culture impacts an individual’s perceptions, beliefs, habits, and nursing practice.
Create one initial post and respond to at least two of your classmates.
For your initial post, address the following:
1. Briefly introduce yourself to the class by sharing a picture, song, or piece of artwork that reflects your personal definition of culture. Be sure to include a citation if applicable. How does the item you shared reflect your personal definition of culture?
2. What is the difference between culture and ethnicity?
3. What nursing consideration do you feel is important to individuals’ cultural representation and should be incorporated into individual care? Why is it important?
4. Briefly discuss barriers to nurses developing cultural awareness.