Category: Nursing

Nursing’s primary focus is on the promotion of wellness and disease prevention. In this assignment you will develop and implement a patient educational brochure to educate your patient on the nutritional considerations of a specific disease process. Use any type of publisher software you choose to create your brochure. Information must be in the form of a patient educational brochure.
Need help? Here’s a YouTube video on creating a trifold brochure:https://youtu.be/2-wuhi2W-YcLinks to an external site.  
Develop a trifold instructional brochure on the nutritional aspects of one of the disorders below:
Type 2 Diabetes
Include in your brochure all points below:
Explanation of the pathophysiology of the disorder. Provide 4 risk factors OR 4 symptoms of the disorder.
Two common, specific medications (not classifications of medications) used for the disorder. Explain how medications work to treat the disorder. Include 3 nutritional considerations for each medication. (Example: food interactions, foods to avoid, foods to take with medication).
Identify an evidence-based diet to prevent or reduce the incidence of the disorder.
Include at least 3 specific foods that should be included in the diet, provide rational for why foods should be included in the diet for this disease process.  
Include at least 3 specific foods that should be avoided in the diet, provide rational for why the foods should be excluded from the diet for disease process.
Examples of Evidence-based diets:
Dash diet
Mediterranean diet
Low carb diet
Low sodium diet
Low fat diet
Modified fiber and bland diet
Protein restricted
High protein diet
Include the information for at least 2 patient resources. One resource on the evidence-based diet and 1 resource on the disorder. Include name of organization and URL for the citation.
Include images or clipart to support your information. Trifold brochure should look professional. 
Include at least 2 evidence-based references (less than 5 years old) included in your brochure to support your information. Proper use of in-text citations and references in APA Style. References must be on brochure.
Double check that you have submitted the correct file. You will not be able to resubmit after grading. Only PDF or Word files will be accepted.

Compare properties of the anterior pituitary hormones with the posterior pituitary hormones. How are they similar or different relative to regulation and mechanism of secretion, vulnerability to brain trauma and inflammation, and long-term consequences of dysfunction?
Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted, and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources and citation using the APA guidelines.

Evaluate and discuss clinical and business solutions for hospital improvement.  Include in your discussion improvement of outcomes, reduction in costs, optimization of payment, and improvement in the overall patient experience. 
Discuss the nurse’s role in the policy development model. Additionally, talk about the policy meeting you have attended or will be attending. What key points could a nurse bring to this meeting and subject?

Review the Healthy People 2030 Vaccination objectives. What vaccines would be recommended for a young adult? What opportunities for education would you identify? How would an individual’s opinions about vaccines impact your educational strategies? Must use 2 scholarly citations

Your written assignment for this module should be a 1-2 page paper (not including title page and reference page) that describes the following:
You are caring for a patient with c-diff as part of your workload assignment. Discuss what c-diff is and how it is transmitted (how you can get it)?
What actions will you take as a nurse to protect yourself and the other patients on the unit when taking care of your patient?
You should include a minimum of 3 scholarly references. Include a title page, in-text citations, and a reference page in APA format.

Hello!
I included the module 1 instructions for the case study. As well as the chapters power points to help answer the questions. Please reach out if you need more information. 
Also in the module 1 instructions at the bottom I wrote the book that we need to use as a reference
Thank you!

Assignment Instructions: 
Use critical thinking and apply the information you learned in Chapter 2. 
Select ONE question from the list below and answer it completely.  
Write a well-written paragraph to answer your selected question.  
Your instructor is looking for 3-4 key points in your responses that relate to this week’s readings.  
Reference your information using the APA citation format.  
Participation in weekly discussions is worth a significant part of your final grade and this forum presents you with an opportunity to develop a lifelong skill of written communication. Please review the grading rubric attached to this assignment so you know what is expected. Please see the course calendar for specific due dates. 
Select the question you would like to answer from the list provided below: 
Describe the five key principles of a healthy diet and the tools you can use to help guide you. 
Explain what the DRIs are and the differences between EAR, AI, RDA, UL, and AMDR.    
What are the 2020-2025 US Dietary Guidelines? Include the 4 overarching guidelines in your explanation. 
What is MyPlate? Include the concepts of nutrient and energy density.  
What is the food label and why is it important? What information does the FDA mandate on every packaged label?  
The FDA allows 4 types of claims on food products. What are they and what specific criteria do they need to meet?  
What are the characteristics of a reputable and valid nutrition website? 
Restaurants are now required to post nutritional information on their menus. Do you think this will solve our obesity epidemic?  
Does reading nutritional information overrides the compulsion to order something unhealthy? How do you decide what to order in a restaurant?  
Describe what the phrase, “You are what you eat” means. Do you notice how you feel after eating certain types of foods? How might this relate to your overall health? 
This week, we will be discussing the tools used for healthy eating. Chapter 2 is packed with lots of information on meal planning and the guidelines that are used to determine if a meal is nutritiously balanced.  As you work through the questions this week, pay close attention to the detailed guidelines and serving sizes. You could be quizzed on serving sizes and food group categories. You will be applying this information throughout the course, so the more familiar you are with this information the easier it should be at least in theory.  Your instructor is looking for detailed answers that are both substantive and informative. 

**Proposed study is Racial Disparities in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hidradenitis
Suppurativa** Will attach page 138 conceptual map
By the due date assigned, post your response to the assigned discussion questions in the below Discussion Area. It is important to support what you say with relevant citations in the APA format from both the course materials and outside resources. Include the South University Online Library in your research activities utilizing not only the nursing resource database, but also those pertaining to education, business, and human resources.
No later than by the end of the week, review and comment on the discussion question responses posted by at least two of your peers. Be objective, clear, and concise. Always use constructive language. All comments should be posted to the appropriate topic in this Discussion Area.
Discussion Question
Visit South’s online library and review these two articles.
Connelly, L. M. (2014). Use of theoretical frameworks in research. MEDSURG Nursing, 23(3), 187-188.
Green, H. E. (2014). Use of theoretical and conceptual frameworks in qualitative research. Nurse Researcher, 21(6), 34-38.
Next, review the evidence you are collecting for your proposed study. Which theories have others cited? Are you seeing a common theme? Next construct a conceptual map (see p. 138 in your textbook). Use Microsoft Word or Microsoft PowerPoint and include this as an attachment. Be sure you have defined the concepts and included relational statements.

Read chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, & 10 in the O’Brien textbook.
Read the article entitled, “When Suffering Takes a Toll” or click here.
Online students, navigate to the threaded discussion and respond to the following: (Onsite students will discuss the following in class)
Share your personal definition of suffering and discuss whether you believe there is meaning and purpose in suffering.
How does your perspective on suffering influence the care that you provide to those who suffer? Share personal experiences from the workplace, if possible.
Choose one variation in health (acute illness, HIV/AIDS, cancer, mentally challenged, etc.) from Chapters 7 and 8 in Spirituality in Nursing: Standing on Holy Ground that interests you. Discuss approaches from a Christian worldview that address the physical, emotional, and spiritual suffering in patients with that health variation.
Can you relate the Scripture, Romans 5:1-11 discussion on suffering to this health issue?
Cite a minimum of one current scholarly source to support your initial post.

Using Kaltura,  where you reflect on an interprofessional collaboration experience, proposing recommendations for how to improve interprofessional collaboration that can be shared with leadership and colleagues. Support these recommendations with references to the literature.
The interprofessional project that you reflect on may be one that you collaborated on at your current or former place of practice, or you may choose to imagine you collaborated on the interprofessional project presented in the Assessment 01 Supplement: Collaboration and Leadership Reflection Video [PDF] Download Assessment 01 Supplement: Collaboration and Leadership Reflection Video [PDF]resource and reflect on that.
Be sure that your assessment addresses the following criteria. Please study the scoring guide carefully so you will know what is needed for a distinguished score:
Reflect on an interdisciplinary collaboration experience, noting ways in which it was successful and unsuccessful in achieving desired outcomes.
Explain aspects of the collaboration that helped the team make progress toward relevant goals or outcomes.
Explain aspects of the collaboration that could have been improved.
Identify how poor collaboration can result in inefficient management of human and financial resources, citing supporting evidence from the literature.
Discuss the ways in which the interdisciplinary team did not collaborate effectively.
Discuss the negative implications for the human and financial resources of the interdisciplinary team and the organization as a whole.
Cite the literature for support.
Identify best-practice leadership strategies from the literature that would improve an interdisciplinary team’s ability to achieve its goals, citing at least one author from the literature.
Identify at least one leadership best practice or strategy that you believe would improve the team’s ability to achieve their goals.
Identify the strategy and its source or author and provide a brief rationale for your choice of strategy.
Cite the literature for support.
Identify best-practice interdisciplinary collaboration strategies to help a team achieve its goals and work together, citing the work of at least one author.
Identify at least one best practice or strategy for interdisciplinary collaboration to help the team achieve its goals and work more effectively together.
Identify the strategy, its source, and reasons why you think it will be effective.
Communicate in a professional manner, is easily audible, and uses proper grammar. Format reference list in current APA style.
The Example Kaltura Reflection will show you how to cite scholarly sources in the context of an oral presentation.
Notes:
If you require the use of assistive technology or alternative communication methods to participate in this activity, please contact  to request accommodations.
This assignment which I have to record Video.
Attached is the written Example.