What regulations exist to safeguard data and patients when using an EHR? What legal considerations play a role in use and maintenance of an EHR? What role does the nurse play in upholding legal, ethical, and regulatory integrity of the EHR? Why does JCAHO care about informatics? What can accreditation offer a hospital? If a … Read more
Why are so many people skeptical about global climate change? Why are so many people reluctant to listen to public health advice? How do we get information to people in order to change their behavior or to get them to support laws that protect public health?
The purpose of this assignment is for students to identify potential legal risks providers face in the current health care environment. 1. Please identify and discuss existing or potential areas of legal/litigation risk for a new graduate (support with at least 2 references). 2. Discuss ways the new graduate APRN can avoid these pitfalls. Needs … Read more
Discussion Topic: The surrogate role is not one that is frequently mentioned in recent nursing practice literature. Is that role as defined by Peplau relevant to nursing practice as currently experienced. If so, in what way. If not, why? Student Learning Outcomes Select one Student Learning Outcomes from the following list: Critique nursing’s conceptual … Read more
Obtain a recent advertisement for a Nurse Practitioner job opening and submit with this assignment. The job must be primary care job that related to your specialty of study (AGNP or FNP), and open to new grad NPs. Write a list of 10 questions you would ask the interviewer at an interview and give hypothetical … Read more
GI & Musculoskeletal This Discussion has 2 parts: GI Make a comprehensive list of relevant information to gather when assessing abdominal pain. How do you assess for masses in the abdomen and how you would document such findings? Describe your findings on a previous patient that you have encountered where you have palpated … Read more
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring After studying Module 4: Lecture Materials & Resources, discuss the following: Therapeutic drug monitoring is a frequent practice in health care. How does age affect drug absorption, metabolization and excretion? The use of salt substitutes can cause hyperkalemia in older adults when use in conjunction with what types of drugs? Describe … Read more
Competency Describe the principles of genetics and genomics. Scenario One of the clients you worked with in your clinical experience is Native American, a member of the Navajo Nation. He has symptoms of neuropathy and an autoimmune disorder. He relays that it runs in his family and many Navajo people that he knows have … Read more
Activity Time: 2 hours; Additional Time for Study, Research, and Reflection: 1hour Directions Sarah is a 69-year old female that presented to the emergency department with shortness of breath. Her past medical history includes heart failure and COPD. Her pulse oximetry on room air is 82%. You notify the provider, and he orders oxygen … Read more
Critique quality of the literature reviews conducted for two different types of studies- a quantitative and qualitative research. • Identify and discuss the research questions, sampling and sampling sizes, research designs (qualitative vs. quantitative), hypothesis, data collection methods, and research findings. • Discuss the credibility of the sources and the research/researchers findings. • 400-word … Read more