Category: Nursing

When would you use standard precautions over sterile precautions while taking care of your patient and why?
Please make an initial post by midweek, and respond to at least two other student’s posts with substantial details that demonstrate an understanding of the concepts, and critical thinking. Remember that your posts must exhibit appropriate writing mechanics including using proper language, cordiality, and proper grammar and punctuation. If you refer to any outside sources or reference materials be sure to provide proper attribution and/or citation.

Now that you’ve read about what Technical Writing is, it’s time to put those concepts to use by exploring and analyzing an increasingly common form of technical writing: Infographics. 
Infographics are visual representations of data, knowledge, or processes designed to make information easily understandable.  
Conduct a Google Image search for infographics related in some way to nursing or healthcare.  
Tip: Search the term “infographic” along with a literally any healthcare or nursing-related term you’re interested in. For example, try “infographic NCLEX,” “nursing infographic ER,” or “nursing infographic pain management.” 
Choose one infographic and analyze it against the characteristics for good technical writing in this week’s reading. Write up your analysis into a document and submit it via this page to complete the assignment.  
For easy reference, here again are the 6 characteristics from the reading:  
Focus on audience 
Rhetorical, persuasive, purposeful, and problem-oriented   
Professional   
Design Centered   
Research and Technology Oriented   
Ethical   
Your analysis should assess how well the infographic you’ve chosen achieves the characteristics above. If it falls short in any of these categories, explain why.  
Your document should:  
Include an image of the infographic you chose, along with a full APA reference. Here’s a page that tells you how to create a reference for an infographicLinks to an external site..  
Be 12pt, Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins, double spaced.   
Be 3-4 paragraphs long (with a minimum of 3 sentences per paragraph).  
https://libguides.easternflorida.edu/c.php?g=992758&p=7183083 Citation for infographic

Response using APA and 2 scholarly references ( Jarvis Phisical Examination book ) Answer the both studies in the same document . No websites . 
All answers to case studies must-have reference cited in the text for each answer and a minimum of 2 Scholarly References (Journals, books) (No websites)  per case Stud

I have included an attachment (word document) for this assessment with instructions. i have also included in the word document a few textbooks to reference from. otherwise MUST BE  Peer-reviewed journal articles within the last 7 years only. 

Situation 
A 63-year-old man, accompanied by his wife, goes to the emergency room of a small rural hospital in a Canadian province because of a dull to sharp pain in the region of the epigastrium that crosses to the back. The pain lasts for several days and is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It becomes more and more intense, frequent and acute. The nurse on call in the emergency room installs the patient on a stretcher in the treatment room. She collects data, performs a physical assessment from head to toe, and proceeds with sanctioned prescriptions according to abdominal complaint protocols. She takes the necessary blood for the tests, then prepares the patient for an intravenous tube. 
Relevant data from the patient’s history
1) Recent laparoscopic cholecystectomy (5 days) performed in a hospital 300 km. The surgeon indicates to have made a small «gash» to the pancreas. According to the wife, a purulent discharge came from the site when the nurse removed the drain before dischare.  
2) Presence of Guilbert’s disease since the patient’s adolescence. 
3) Regular alcohol consumption (makes own wine).
On physical examination, the nurse finds: • T = 38.6 C (oral) P = 113 bpm R = 24 TA = 98/52 Sa02 = 91% room air.
• Decreased bowel sounds, tympanism and abdominal pain with defensive reaction to palpation. • Some crackling at the base of the lungs. • Moist, pale skin. • Slight confusion, lethargy and                    drowsiness.  
Answer the following questions 
1. What should the critical care nurse do if she is to act without the direct supervision of the physician? 
2. Describe the blood tests to include in the patient profile for clinical investigation, especially the most important. 
3. Identify three intravenous solutions that can be infused without compromising patient health. 
4. What is likely the cause of the patient’s condition? 
5. What are the next steps? 
6. Which of Watson’s (1988) carat factors would be a priority in this case? Select a single carat factor. Justi fi ez the care to be provided according to the theory of Watson (1988).  
***Add at leats one scientific reference for each question and respect APA 7th edition. ***

Module 1 Discussion Board: Bill Selection
By Wednesday at 11:59 pm
1.  Introduction: Provide a brief introduction to your classmates: a).  your name, b).  your specialty and c). where you live.
2.  Bill Selection :
For this course select, one topic of your choice must be a piece of Active Legislation related to a Health Policy issue.
This bill selection will be used for all future assignments and you
will become an expert on the piece of legislation. A great place to
start is to think of a bill you are interested in, then conduct some
research on your bill.   After you have made your selection, refer to https://legiscan.com/ to ensure that your bill has both Proponents & Opponents  (a must-have to be successful in this course.). Must provide State, Party, and District. National Professional Organizations will not be accepted.
You may use national professional
organizations such as ANA or AMA to help you identify supporters or
opposers who are in legislation if they provide applicable publications
within the 5-year timeline with a clear stance or opposition relative to
your chosen active law.  (This assignment only requires the names of 2 Legislators  for supporters and 2 Legislators for opposers and the Districts in which they represent).
Post the bill number and title.
Provide
2 talking points as reasons for your selection of this topic. 1 of your
talking point can be related to your opinion or experience, but 1 must
be evidence research-based and cited correctly within your post. 
By Friday at 11:59 pm
Debate/Discussion Board Information
You
can post to anyone in the course, in order to help others learn, ask
questions, and provide their points of view on your topic.  
You
must post your initial response to the question along with a minimum of
two peer replies for a total of three discussion board posts per week.
Due Dates:
Day 3/Wednesday – Initial response by 1159pm.
Day 5/Friday –Post a minimum of two peer replies by 1159pm.  DB’s closes on Fridays, late entries are not accepted.
Proponents and Opponents of a Legislative Bill
A legislative
bill is a proposal for a new law or a change to an existing law that is
presented for debate and approval in a legislative body such as a
parliament or congress. The process of passing a bill involves various
stages including drafting, committee review, debate, voting, and
presidential or royal assent.
Proponents of a Legislative Bill
Proponents
of a legislative bill are those who support the bill. They believe that
the proposed law will bring about positive change or address a
particular issue effectively. Proponents can include:
Legislators:
These are the lawmakers who introduce the bill. They are often the most
vocal proponents and work to convince their colleagues to support the
bill.
Interest Groups: These are organizations that support the bill because they believe it will benefit their members or the causes they champion.
Citizens: These are individuals who support the bill because they believe it will benefit them or their community.
Opponents of a Legislative Bill
Opponents
of a legislative bill are those who are against the bill. They believe
that the proposed law is unnecessary, ineffective, or harmful. Opponents
can include:
Legislators: These are
lawmakers who are against the bill. They may argue against the bill
during debates and try to convince their colleagues to vote against it.
Interest Groups: These are organizations that oppose the bill because they believe it will harm their members or the causes they champion.
Citizens: These are individuals who oppose the bill because they believe it will harm them or their community.
In
conclusion, the proponents and opponents of a legislative bill play a
crucial role in the legislative process. They influence the debate
around the bill and its eventual fate. It’s important to note that the
same individual or group can be a proponent of one bill and an opponent
of another, depending on the specifics of each bill.
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Where can I find the text of a federal congressional bill or resolution?
Congress.gov/https://www.congress.gov/help/find-bills-by-subject
Find Bills by Subject and Policy Area
Legislative analysts from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) closely examine the content of each bill and resolution to assign Policy Area Terms and Legislative Subject Terms. The Legislative Indexing Vocabulary (LIV) is
an older CRS thesaurus that was discontinued in 2008. Terms from all
three subject vocabularies can be used to search Congress.gov. Terms
assigned to a bill can be seen from the View subjects link to the right of each bill’s overview. Terms are assigned to bills and resolutions but not to amendments.
Vocabulary Number of Terms Number of Terms per Bill Coverage Dates
Policy Area 32 1 1979-present
Legislative Subjects 1,004 varies 2009-present
Legislative Indexing Vocabulary (LIV) 5,500 varies 1973-2008
Using Policy Area Terms
1. Use the Subject – Policy Area filter to refine your legislation search results to measures with a particular policy area.
2. Browse the alphabetical list of Bills by Subject – Policy Area or consult the Policy Area Term Vocabulary for a complete list of policy area terms and their definitions.
The
policy area term vocabulary is consistently used for all bills and
resolutions introduced since 1979 (96th Congress). The term Commemorations was
used from 1997 to 2008 (105th-110th Congresses) to categorize measures
introduced to honor or memorialize. The term displays in the Subject –
Policy Area section of those measures. Examples: H.Con.Res.205 [110th]
3. From the Advanced Search Query Builder, choose Legislation and select a term from the Subject – Policy Area list.  Build your search by adding additional elements.
4. Policy area terms may be used with the billPolicyArea search field from the search bar, legislation search form Words and Phrases box or command line search page.  For example, this search finds all measures with the Energy policy area that also contain the word hydropower in the bill text.
Using Legislative Subject Terms
1. From the Advanced Search Query Builder, select Subject – Legislative Subject Term from the search field list and enter a term from the Legislative Subject Term vocabulary. Use the contains all connector when entering a single word term.  Use the contains phrase connector when entering exact multi-word terms. Build your search by adding additional elements. For example, this search finds measures that include the subject terms Nuclear power, Canada, and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
2. Browse the alphabetical lists of Legislative Subject Terms by Congress.
3. From the search bar, legislation search form Words and Phrases box or command line search page, include one or multiple legislative subject terms using the billSubjectTerm field.  For example, this search finds measures with the subject term military history or Veterans’ organizations and recognition that became law.
Using the LIV
1. From the Advanced Search Query Builder, select Subject – All from
the search field list and enter a term from the Legislative Indexing
Vocabulary (LIV). Legislative Subject Terms, Policy Areas and LIV terms
are searched when you use Subject (All). For example, this search finds all measures indexed with the LIV terms citizenship and government paperwork.
2. From the search bar, legislation search form Words and Phrases box or command line search page, use the search label allBillSubjects: .
Using the Congressional Record Index
The Congressional Record Index is another useful subject index to legislation. The index is compiled by experts at the Government Publishing Office.
Bill and resolution texts published by GPO are available on Congress.gov from 1993 (103rd Congress). Bill and resolution texts from 1989 (101st Congress) to 1992 (102nd Congress) that predate authenticated digital publishing are partially available.
Law texts published by GPO are available on Congress.gov dating from 1951 (82nd Congress).
Text
versions for bills and joint resolutions dating from 1799 (6th
Congress) to 1873 (42nd Congress) are available on Congress.gov.
House-originated bill text versions are available from 1799 (6th
Congress), Senate-originated bill text versions are available from 1819
(16th Congress), and Senate-originated joint resolution text versions
are available from 1823 (18th Congress). The text versions are
undesignated and not necessarily in order of legislative procedure. In
the legislation text search results, these text versions use the file
extension UBTV (Unidentified Bill Text Version).
GovInfo.gov
GovInfo contains all published versions of bills from the 103rd (1993-1994) Congress forward.
Subscription Online Databases
Bills and resolutions have also been digitized and made part of the ProQuest Congressional and ProQuest Legislative Insight databases, which are available onsite at the Library of Congress.
Print Copies
Bills and resolutions are available in print and microform at the Law Library of Congress and are selectively available at other libraries throughout the country, including some Federal Depository Libraries.
For more information about federal bills and resolutions, visit the Law Library’s research guides:
Federal Statutes: A Beginner’s Guide — Bills and Resolutions
Compiling a Federal Legislative History: A Beginner’s Guide
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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS1.What are the benefits and the challenges of offering group psychotherapy services within both inpatient and outpatient clinical environments?
2.Discuss key components of group process that occur during all phases of group development, giving examples of patient-focused activity that occurs during each phase.
3.Describe how various theoretical orientations could be used when leading short-term group psychotherapy. What patient populations or clinical presentations would be best served by each theoretical framework.
4.Discuss the benefits and challenges of using one or two group therapists during a psychotherapeutic intervention.
5.Discuss the importance of identifying ground rules, especially in relation to confidentiality for group psychotherapy services.
6.Describe how group psychotherapy differs from individual psychotherapy and describe the types of patients who might be better served by group psychotherapy.
7.Identify a specific group you would like to lead in your practice and discuss the purpose, your target population, how you would screen and recruit participants, establishing a fee schedule, the time frame (open or closed), number of participants, theoretical orientation for the group, selection of a co-therapist or why you do not want a co-therapist, marketing and advertising, and length of each session.
To reflect, write one or two paragraphs with a minimum of 150 words, scholarly written, APA formatted, and referenced. A minimum of two references are required (other than your text).

In a 5–7 page written assessment, define the patient, family, or population health problem that will be the focus of your capstone project. Assess the problem from a leadership, collaboration, communication, change management, and policy perspective. Plan to spend approximately 2 direct practicum hours meeting with a patient, family, or group of your choice to explore the problem and, if desired, consulting with subject matter and industry experts. Document the time spent (your practicum hours) with these individuals or group in the Capella Academic Portal Volunteer Experience Form.
Introduction
This assessment lays the foundation for the work that will carry you through your capstone experience and guide the practicum hours needed to complete the work in this course. In addition, it will enable you to do the following:
Develop a problem statement for a patient, family, or population that’s relevant to your practice.
Begin building a body of evidence that will inform your approach to your practicum.
Focus on the influence of leadership, collaboration, communication, change management, and policy on the problem.
Preparation
In this assessment, you’ll assess the patient, family, or population health problem that will be the focus of your capstone project. Plan to spend approximately 2 hours working with a patient, family, or group of your choice to explore the problem from a leadership, collaboration, communication, change management, and policy perspective. During this time, you may also choose to consult with subject matter and industry experts about the problem (for example, directors of quality or patient safety, nurse managers/directors, physicians, and epidemiologists).
To prepare for the assessment, complete the following:
Identify the patient, family, or group you want to work with during your practicum. The patient you select can be a friend or a family member. You’ll work with this patient, family, or group throughout your capstone project, focusing on a specific health care problem.
Begin surveying the scholarly and professional literature to establish your evidence and research base, inform your assessment, and meet scholarly expectations for supporting evidence.
In addition, you may wish to complete the following:
Review the assessment instructions and scoring guide to ensure that you understand the work you’ll be asked to complete and how it will be assessed.
Review the Practicum Focus Sheet: Assessment 1 [PDF] Download Practicum Focus Sheet: Assessment 1 [PDF], which provides guidance for conducting this portion of your practicum.
Note: As you revise your writing, check out the resources listed on the Writing Center’s Writing Support page.
Instructions
Complete this assessment in two parts.
Part 1
Use Assessment 01 Supplement: Assessing the Problem: Leadership, Collaboration, Communication, Change Management, and Policy Considerations [PDF] Download Assessment 01 Supplement: Assessing the Problem: Leadership, Collaboration, Communication, Change Management, and Policy Considerations [PDF]to define the patient, family, or population health problem that will be the focus of your capstone project. Assess the problem from a leadership, collaboration, communication, change management, and policy perspective and establish your evidence and research base to plan, implement, and share findings related to your project.
Part 2
Connect with the patient, family, or group you’ll work with during your practicum. During this portion of your practicum, plan to spend at least 2 hours meeting with the patient, family, or group and, if desired, consulting with subject matter and industry experts of your choice. The hours you spend meeting with them should take place outside of regular work hours. Use the Practicum Focus Sheet [PDF] Download Practicum Focus Sheet [PDF]provided for this assessment to guide your work and interpersonal interactions. Document the time spent (your practicum hours) with these individuals or group in the Capella Academic Portal Volunteer Experience Form.
Requirements
The assessment requirements, outlined below, correspond to the scoring guide criteria, so be sure to address each main point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. In addition, note the additional requirements for document format and length and for supporting evidence.
Define a patient, family, or population health problem that’s relevant to your practice.
Summarize the problem you’ll explore.
Identify the patient, family, or group you intend to work with during your practicum.
Provide context, data, or information that substantiates the presence of the problem and its significance and relevance to the patient, family, or population.
Explain why this problem is relevant to your practice as a baccalaureate-prepared nurse.
Analyze evidence from peer-reviewed literature and professional sources that describes and guides nursing actions related to the patient, family, or population problem you’ve defined.
Note whether the authors provide supporting evidence from the literature that’s consistent with what you see in your nursing practice.
Explain how you would know if the data are unreliable.
Describe what the literature says about barriers to the implementation of evidence-based practice in addressing the problem you’ve defined.
Describe research that has tested the effectiveness of nursing standards and/or policies in improving patient, family, or population outcomes for this problem.
Describe current literature on the role of nurses in policy making to improve outcomes, prevent illness, and reduce hospital readmissions.
Describe what the literature says about a nursing theory or conceptual framework that might frame and guide your actions during your practicum.
Explain how state board nursing practice standards and/or organizational or governmental policies could affect the patient, family, or population problem you’ve defined.
Describe research that has tested the effectiveness of these standards and/or policies in improving patient, family, or population outcomes for this problem.
Describe current literature on the role of nurses in policy making to improve outcomes, prevent illness, and reduce hospital readmissions.
Describe the effects of local, state, and federal policies or legislation on your nursing scope of practice, within the context of this problem.
Propose leadership strategies to improve outcomes, patient-centered care, and the patient experience related to the patient, family, or population problem you’ve defined.
Discuss research on the effectiveness of leadership strategies.
Define the role that you anticipate leadership must play in addressing the problem.
Describe collaboration and communication strategies that you anticipate will be needed to address the problem.
Describe the change management strategies that you anticipate will be required to address the problem.
Document the time spent (your practicum hours) with these individuals or group in the Capella Academic Portal Volunteer Experience Form.
Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions.
Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.
Additional Requirements
Format: Format your paper using APA style. APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX] is provided to help you in writing and formatting your paper. Be sure to include:
A title page and reference page. An abstract is not required.
Appropriate section headings.
Length: Your paper should be approximately 5–7 pages in length, not including the reference page.
Supporting evidence: Cite at least five sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your central ideas. Resources should be no more than five years old. Provide in-text citations and references in APA format.
Proofreading: Proofread your paper, before you submit it, to minimize errors that could distract readers and make it more difficult for them to focus on its substance.
Capella Academic Portal
Complete the NURS-FPX4900 Volunteer Experience Form in Capella Academic Portal. Include a description of your relationship to the patient, family, or group in the Volunteer Experience comments field.
The BSN Capstone Course (NURS-FPX4900 ) requires the completion and documentation of nine (9) practicum hours. All hours must be recorded in the Capella Academic Portal. Please review the BSN Practicum Campus page for more information and instructions on how to log your hours.
Context
Nurses in all professional roles work to effect positive patient outcomes and improve organizational processes. Professional nurses are leaders in problem identification, planning, and strategy implementation—skills that directly affect patient care or organizational effectiveness.
Too often, change agents jump to a conclusion that an intervention will promote the envisioned improvement. Instead, the ideal approach is to determine which interventions are appropriate, based on an assessment and review of credible evidence. Interventions could be patient-facing or involve a change in policy and process. In this assessment, you’ll identify and make the case for your practicum focus area, then explore it in depth from a leadership, collaboration, communication, change management, and policy perspective.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
Competency 1: Lead people and processes to improve patient, systems, and population outcomes.
Define a patient, family, or population health problem that’s relevant to personal and professional practice.
Competency 2: Make clinical and operational decisions based upon the best available evidence.
Analyze evidence from peer-reviewed literature and professional sources that describes and guides nursing actions related to a defined patient, family, or population problem.
Competency 5: Analyze the impact of health policy on quality and cost of care.
Explain how state board nursing practice standards and/or organizational or governmental policies could affect a defined patient, family, or population problem.
Competency 7: Implement patient-centered care to improve quality of care and the patient experience.
Propose leadership strategies to improve outcomes, patient-centered care, and the patient experience related to a defined patient, family, or population problem and document the practicum hours spent with these individuals or group in the Capella Academic Portal Volunteer Experience Form.
Competency 8: Integrate professional standards and values into practice.
Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions.
Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.

Your healthcare facility is considering implementing a new health information system (HIS). You are on a committee evaluating different systems. As a committee member, you have been assigned to consider the components of a new HIS from different perspectives.
You are assigned to consider the different components of a HIS from a client perspective.

instructions: in this assignment, you are tasked with reflecting on your personal experiences with various technologies, as a nurse or in your academic studies. Examples include experience with documentation systems, use of software programs to engage in nursing education, experience in physician offices and technology. Write a 150-word response discussing your interactions with technology throughout your life. Consider the devices, software, and digital platforms you have encountered, and reflect on how they have impacted your daily life, education, work, or personal interests.
Assignment Guidelines:
Begin by briefly introducing the role of technology in your life and its significance.
Reflect on specific instances or experiences where technology has played a pivotal role. This could include interactions with computers. smartphones, software applications, social media platforms, or any other digital tools.
Discuss how these technologies have influenced your daily routines, communication patterns, learning experiences, or professional endeavors.
Reflect on any challenges or benefits you have encountered while navigating the digital landscape.
Conclude by summarizing the overall impact of technology on your life and any insights gained from your experiences.