Nurses on Healthcare Boards As the spotlight on healthcare reform continues, it is becoming clear that hospitals need to focus on improving value by optimizing the balance among healthcare cost, quality and accessibility for patients and other stakeholders. In moving toward a more value-driven basis for healthcare delivery, hospital boards and leaders will benefit from […]
The Holistic Patient Assessment Choose an adult (over the age of 18) friend or relative and perform a holistic health assessment. Clearly document your holistic health assessment data Your assessment should include the following parts: Health History Physiological Assessment Psychological Assessment Social Assessment Cultural Assessment Developmental Assessment Spiritual Assessment Part 2: Interpret the findings in your […]
Community Health Strategy This milestone focuses on the community health strategy portion of the community assessment. The community assessment is the final written assignment for this course. In any scholarly endeavor, clinical investigation, professional practice, or exploration of a scholarly topic, it is vital that you use scholarly evidence to support your analyses. Careful thought […]
Applying Quality Improvement Methods Chaparral Regional Hospital is a small, urban hospital of approximately 60 beds, and offers the following: Emergency room services Intensive care Surgical care Obstetrics Diagnostic services Some rehabilitation therapies Inpatient pharmacy services Geriatric services and Consumer physician referral services Recently, the CEO has been hearing complaints from both patients and staff. […]
HEALTHY PEOPLE 2020 The concepts of epidemiology provide the framework for the study of infectious and chronic health issues/diseases, which provides a rich source of data for the analysis of trends in disease and health. This assignment will offer the opportunity to explore the population health effects associated with falls. You will identify populations at […]
The Literature Review And Searching For Evidence This week’s graded topics relate to the following Course Outcomes (COs). CO 1: Examine the sources of evidence that contribute to professional nursing practice. (PO 7) CO 2: Apply research principles to the interpretation of the content of published research studies. (PO 4 & 8) CO 4: Evaluate […]
Asthma Assignment Complications of asthma can be sudden. Consider the case of Bradley Wilson, a young boy who had several medical conditions. He appeared in good health when he went to school, returned home, and ate dinner. However, when he later went outside to play, he came back inside wheezing. An ambulance took him to […]
Evidence-Based Practice Project: Intervention on Diabetes This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment.As a group, identify a research or evidence-based article published within the last 5 years that focuses comprehensively on a specific intervention or new treatment tool for the management of diabetes in adults or children. The article must be relevant to nursing […]
Quality Improvement Initiative Evaluation Deliver a 5–7-page analysis of an existing quality improvement initiative at your workplace. The QI initiative you choose to analyze should be related to specific disease, condition, or public health issue of personal or professional interest to you. Too often, discussions about quality health care, care costs, and outcome measures take […]
The Transcultural Nursing Care Theory of Madeline Leininger Leininger, M. (1994). Quality of life from a transcultural nursing perspective. Nursing Science Quarterly, 7(1), 22-28. Leininger explains her belief in this article that the quality of life is derived from her theory of culture care diversity and universality. She tries to demonstrate how medical attendants should […]
