The scope and standards of practice guide the nursing profession in competence and performance expectations. The scope of practice for nursing defines the activities that a person licensed as a nurse is permitted to perform while the standards of practice delineate performance expectations for all registered nurses. Review Chapter 3, “The Nursing Workforce,” of The Future of […]
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Read the scenario and address the discussion question: Scenario Nurse Lope is starting a busy shift in which she was finishing report on Mr. Johnson. During report, Nurse Jim who was finishing his shift also gave Nurse Lope a medicine cup containing three of Mr. Johnson’s unopened medications that he reported were recently retrieved from
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Analyze the potential effectiveness resulting from professional or nurse-provided social support versus enhancement of social support provided by personal relationship and social networks for parents of children with chronic mental illness. 400 words Title: The Impact of Professional vs. Personal Social Support for Parents of Children with Chronic Mental Illness Introduction: Parenting a child with
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Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) consider social, political, and economic factors that contribute to health disparities in patients and populations. The most common health-related SDOH exposures are food and housing insecurity, financial instability, transportation needs, low levels of education, and psychosocial stress. The Future of the Public’s Health in the 21st Century. The health of
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Post a description of the national healthcare issue/stressor you selected for analysis, and explain how the healthcare issue/stressor may impact your work setting. Which social determinant(s) most affects this health issue? Then, describe how your health system work setting has responded to the healthcare issue/stressor, including a description of what changes may have been implemented. Be specific and
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This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment. Download and complete the attached “Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) Agreement” form. Fill out the agreement and upload the completed document to the assignment dropbox. This agreement pertains to the CLC – Health Care Organization Evaluation assignment, due in Topic 4. This agreement is to be completed in a
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Technology in health care has made it possible for patients to use devices to access their medical information, monitor vital signs, take tests at home, and carry out a plethora of other tasks that could only previously be conducted inside the doctor’s office (Topol, 2013). This enhanced technology is one of the many reasons that
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The use of health information technology (HIT) has increased dramatically over the past decade, resulting in the federal government enacting several pieces of legislation such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009. Continuing to build on your
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Develop a realistic case and Identify a chronic illness and its relationship to rehabilitation. Could be from a previous experience on your career. Identify chronic illness and its relationship to rehabilitation. Choose from one: COPD, CHF, Stroke, Hip fracture Create interventions that support an older adult’s adaptation to the chronic illness or disability. Describe the
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Consider the following question: Women want to be in control of their contraception choices, but they may need a little help. In this assignment, you will try and convince a woman about contraceptive options for her and her male mate. You will convince her about the method you signed up for in class. ******The topic
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