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History of Art Essay- The Hagia Sophia, Instanbul

History of Art – The Hagia Sophia, Instanbul, Turkey

For this assignment, you will create work of art that is influenced by the following building. Using your textbook, the library, Unit Resources, and the Internet, familiarize yourself with the following:

The Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey

In your exploration, go beyond looking at illustrations; you should gain an understanding of the historical significance of the building.

You will create work of art and upload it to the Discussion Board. If you did not create work digitally, you will need to scan the finished product. Your file should be a .jpg or .gif file. Remember, your colleagues will view your work.

Which example will you be using as your inspiration? Thoroughly explain why you selected it. Include all of the background research that you discovered on the building including why this particular piece inspires you.

When you have finished your exploration, create work of art that is influenced by the building you explored in Part I. Be creative!

Attach the artwork and explain why the medium you selected is appropriate for your inspiration piece. Did you utilize any special techniques to accomplish your art?

NURS 347-Final Reflection Paper

RUBRIC – FINAL REFLECTION PAPER

Total Points Possible = 15

• Papers are due by midnight on Monday of final week. No late papers will be accepted.

• Papers must be a minimum of 2 pages (double-spaced) in length. This paper involves your own perspectives, so do not include any references. Strict APA format is not required; however you must follow principles of good writing (no typos, clarity of sentences, attention to grammar, etc.)

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• What is a reflective paper?

o A reflective paper gives you the opportunity to reflect back on the experiences and learning you have obtained from this course and to place your learning in context with your past, present, and future practice and experience. Reflecting on your learning helps to facilitate the integration and synthesis of newly acquired knowledge and experience.

• What should not be included?

o A list or description of what you learned

o An evaluation of the course – that will be done through the course evaluation process.

Reflection Questions (15 points)

• Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of new educational pathways for nurses.

• Discuss experiences and learning in this course on your past, present, and future practice.

• Identify three challenges for improvements in the delivery of quality healthcare.

• Describe your plans for two specific personal contributions to professional nursing practice that you will accomplish during the next ten years.

Total /15

iHuman Case Study- Pediatric patient with a painful swelling

Apply information from the iHuman Case Study to answer the following questions:

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How would you evaluate and manage a pediatric patient who has a painful swelling of the hands and feet, fatigue, or fussiness? Which diagnostic studies would you recommend for this patient and why?

What physical exam findings and diagnostic results would be concerning to you and why? What would be three differentials in this case?

In SCD, the spleen doesn’t work properly or doesn’t work at all. This problem makes people with SCD more likely to get severe infections. What is the treatment for Miah and education for the family? iHuman Case Study- Pediatric patient with a painful swelling.

NSG6999 Graduate Project in Nursing Essay Assignments

Week 1 -Assignment 2 Discussion

Melynk and Fineout-Overholt (2011) note that there are seven steps to the evidence-based practice (EBP) process. The first step is to cultivate a spirit of inquiry. To encourage this spirit of inquiry, you are asked in this discussion to:

Identify a problem or issue from within your specialty area that you feel needs to be improved upon. The Doctor of Nursing Practice site (http://www.doctorsofnursingpractice.org/resources/dnp-scholarly-projects/) provides many examples of these projects. The list below may help focus your thoughts.

Educational program

Evidence-based healthcare policy change

Evidence-based clinical issue or protocol for specific disease/condition

Discuss the relevance of the issue from your perspective (not the literature at this juncture) in relation to your selected advanced role option.

What piqued your interest about this issue or problem?

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How does it relate to your area of specialization?

What gave you the idea that evidence exists to support this change? See “note” below.

Provide a rationale as to why this will be an evidence-based project to improve outcomes and not generate new evidence (research).

Please remember that the project will not be implemented during this course and no data will be collected. The outcome of this course is to complete a project proposal only.

Week 2 – Assignment 1 Discussion – NSG6999 Graduate Project in Nursing Essay Assignments

Melynk and Fineout-Overholt (2011) note that there are seven steps to the evidence-based practice (EBP) process. The first step is to cultivate a spirit of inquiry. To encourage this spirit of inquiry, you are asked in this discussion to:

Briefly describe the problem or issue that you have decided to be the topic for your project proposal in order to orient your classmates and faculty

Indicate how it relates to your area of specialization

State your PICOT question. Indicate in parentheses after each segment, what part of PICOT the preceding words represent. For example: In patients recently discharged from the hospital following care for heart failure (P), do hand-off calls by the nurse to the primary care provider using the SBAR format (situation, background, assessment, recommendation) (I) compared to no calls (C) decrease readmission rates (O) over a one year period (T).

Discuss which process model resonates with you and will help keep you focused during the project. Process models included in your text (Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt, 2011) are:

Clinical scholar model

Stetler model of evidence-based practice

Iowa model of evidence-based practice to promote quality care

Model for evidence-based practice change by Rosswurm and Larrabee

Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice (JHNEBP) Model

Provide feedback to your classmates that focuses on:

The use of correct PICOT format for the question to guide the literature search.

Does the question reflect a clinical research question or one appropriate for an evidence-based practice project?

Week 3 – Assignment 1 Discussion – NSG6999 Graduate Project in Nursing Essay Assignments

In this discussion, you will share your search strategies that you have employed to find evidence for your study. For this discussion:

State your PICOT question. Did using the terms used in this question lead you to useful research studies?

What MESH terms have you tried? Did they help you find additional studies? Are you finding MESH terms useful to expand or delimit your search?

Are you finding relevant articles? If not, how did you modify your search to increase productivity?

Indicate which databases you used—those you found useful and those that were not.

What levels of evidence do the studies you are finding represent?

Post any questions or concerns you may have and provide feedback and recommendations to your classmates. Working together and sharing search strategies is very helpful.

Use the Search Tracker to keep track of search terms.

Using the appropriate Rapid Clinical Appraisal (RCA) Tools, appraise one or two articles and add the information to your Evaluation Table to receive feedback from faculty. At this juncture, your table is a work in progress. You will complete it in Week 4. The RCA Tools and Evaluation Table in Word for you to complete can be found in the Week 3 Overview section.

Week 4 – Assignment 1 Discussion – NSG6999 Graduate Project in Nursing Essay Assignments

Discuss your experience completing the rapid critical appraisal process.

Was it really “rapid” or was it more of a laborious process?

Did reading the abstract help you make quick decisions about including or excluding the study?

What worked best for you in terms of the approach you decided to use to complete the appraisal and Evaluation Table? What didn’t work?

Post any questions or concerns you may have and provide feedback and recommendations to your classmates. Working together and sharing search strategies is very helpful.

Week 5 – Assignment 1 Discussion

This week the discussion focuses on creating a Synthesis Table(s) as a means to summarize and organize the body of evidence from the Evaluation Table. The Synthesis tables will be included in your formal proposal in the Appendix. In the body of the paper, you will describe the “keeper” studies in narrative format.

For this discussion, include the following:

Share your approach to synthesizing the evidence. What were the variables of interest you identified?

Learning to write in a scholarly fashion requires that you are able to succinctly summarize an article in a sentence or two and cite it appropriately using APA format. In this discussion, practice summarizing 2 articles you have identified from the Synthesis Table as pertinent to your proposal. Include the level of evidence, study design, and evidence of rigor. Use appropriate APA citation in text and references. Incorporate feedback from peers and faculty in your Dropbox assignment for this week.

In addition to research studies, patient preference and clinical expertise should also be considered. Discuss how you will incorporate these important perspectives into your project proposal.

Week 6 – Assignment 1 Discussion

For this week’s discussion, please address the following:

Briefly describe the clinical issue or problem for your project, the setting, and population of interest to orient classmates and faculty

Write your clinical question

Describe the intervention you plan to test

What type of study will you conduct? Will it be experimental? Quasi-experimental? Provide a rationale for your answer.

Provide feedback on the clinical questions of your colleagues

Week 7 – Assignment 1 Discussion

This discussion will focus on the measurement tools you will use to evaluate change from the intervention. The purpose of this discussion is to fine-tune your thinking about evaluation by receiving feedback from colleagues and faculty. Include in your discussion:

Write a brief description of your project that starts by stating your clinical question and succinctly explaining your planned intervention in order to orient everyone.

Will you need to develop your own evaluation tools or are valid and reliable tools available?

If you create your own tools, what are your thoughts on pilot testing them? How will you go about this?

Will you gather baseline data? Will you use pre- and posttests? How will you measure change?

How will you identify the participants for your study? How does the sampling method chosen further define the type of study you will be doing?

How will you ensure confidentiality of study participants?

Week 8 – Assignment 1 Discussion

The discussion for this week will revolve around the analysis phase of your project. Include the following points in your discussion:

Begin with a brief description of your project that includes your clinical question, your planned intervention, the type of study you will conduct and how you plan to evaluate the outcomes.

What type of statistical analysis will be done?

What is a reasonable timeline for your project?

What expenses should be considered? Include both obvious expenses, such as materials, as well as those that are hidden, such as time, which equates to part of your salary.

Will you need to consider a funding source for your project?

Week 9 – Assignment 1 Discussion

Although you will not implement your project during this course, it is important that you understand the various steps that are necessary to do so. As you begin to formulate your strategic plan for implementing your change project, discuss the following specific to your proposed project:

Who are the stakeholders? Please identify them by role or job within the organization, not by name. Can you identify any “champions” or people within your organization that you can convert to champions?

What potential barriers do you foresee and what strategies do you envision to prevent or overcome these barriers?

What change theory will you use to guide you?

Week 10 – Assignment 1 Discussion

For this discussion question, you are asked to review the student learning outcomes for this course and discuss how you met these outcomes. The intention here is to provide you an opportunity to “reflect” on the learning achieved during this term and how you successfully met these learning outcomes. If you do not feel you successfully met the objective, discuss your plans to successfully complete the objective in the future.

By the end of the course, the student should be able to:

Demonstrate synthesis of the knowledge and skills acquired in preceding graduate nursing core and specialty curriculum content.

Evaluate current health policy and legal and ethical considerations in addressing the health promotion and disease prevention of a target population.

Integrate this synthesis in the creation of a scholarly project of either an evidenced-based practice proposal or a research proposal that generates new nursing knowledge.

Disseminate significant components of the project through a written paper and oral presentation.

Week 1 assignment 3

Evidence-Based Project Proposal

Project Overview:

Title: Evidence Based Project-Proposal

Description:

As the course progresses over the 11 weeks, learners will develop a scholarly project that demonstrates an application of evidence to practice for substantive change. This project emphasizes critical appraisal and application of evidence-based research, scholarly writing, and critical thinking. The scholarly project will be submitted as a written paper in APA format/style. In addition, learners will present a summary of the final project orally or by creating a PowerPoint presentation.

Learners will select one of the following types of projects related to their specific advanced role specialization and target population:

Educational program

Evidence-based healthcare policy change

Evidence-based clinical issue or protocol

Overview of the Evidence Based Project (EBP):

In Week 1 of the course, students will identify an area of inquiry as a basis for practice change, and in Week 2, write their clinical question in PICOT format that will drive the literature search.

Following approval of the practice change idea and the PICOT question by course faculty, in Week 3 students will begin their literature search and rapid critical appraisal (RCA) using the RCA checklists available in Appendix D of the course text (Melynk & Fineout-Overholt, 2011) and in Word format. The Search Tracker may be useful in organizing and tracking your search.

Your evidence review will be completed in Week 4, resulting in a finished Evaluation Table containing only the “keeper” studies.

In Week 5 you will synthesize the evidence to determine best evidence for your project. Faculty will continue to serve in the role of mentor as the student progresses through the remaining steps of the project.

Weekly submissions will be used to monitor progress in the development of your proposal. It is recommended that upon receiving feedback from faculty on each section, you revise your work and add that section to build your final paper. Doing so as you proceed through the course will avoid last-minute work.

When you began your study of evidence-based practice it was contrasted with the research process. The underlying goal of EBP is to appraise research and study its application to specific patient populations in order to identify best practices. In order to accomplish this, what must be included within your project is a research study. You will most likely compare pre-intervention data with post-intervention results. In come cases, statistical analysis will be necessary. Your proposal will include plans for this study.

EBP Project Criteria

Students will prepare a formal project proposal using APA format. Below is an outline for the final paper with the weeks where this content will be covered. Each week you will turn in parts of this outline as Dropbox assignments. The week each part will be due is indicated in the outline. After receiving feedback from faculty on each part submitted, it is recommended that you begin building your paper, adding the pieces where they belong. Since you will not be implementing this project, the results section has been omitted. This outline is consistent with the format used for journal articles when reporting results of evidence-based practice projects.

Criteria and organization of final NSG6999 Graduate Project in Nursing Essay Assignments paper

Abstract

Part 1

Introduction – Week 2

Practice issue

Summarize the practice issue in need of change providing background information about the organization (setting) and the perceived significance and severity of the problem

Describe the specific aims of the project – what improved outcomes do you hope to achieve

PICOT question – State your question in PICOT format, labeling each part with P-I-C-O-T in parentheses

Significance – what is the significance of the issue in terms of poor outcomes, cost, etc.

Part 2 – Week 3. 4, & 5

Evidence review and synthesis

List the names of the databases you searched and if limited to a span of time, i.e., less than 5 years old

Summarize “keeper” studies

Summarize the synthesis of the body of evidence

Part 3 – Week 6

Purpose of the project – include intervention

Theoretical framework

Clinical questions

Part 4 – Week 7

Study design

Setting/sample

Confidentiality

Procedure/intervention

Instruments/scales and measurement of outcomes

Data collection

Part 5 – Weeks 8 & 9

Data analysis

Outcomes expected

Aligning stakeholders

Appendices

Evaluation Table – turned in Weeks 3 & 4

Synthesis Table – turned in Week 5

The paper provides evidence of synthesis of coursework, professional writing, and graduate level scholarship.

Oral or Poster Presentation

In addition to the written paper, students will present a summary of their project by submitting a professional Microsoft PowerPoint presentation.

Criteria:

Organize the presentation to include all required criteria of the EBP project proposal.

Quality of presentation is professional and provides evidence of graduate level scholarship.

This week’s Dropbox Assignment

Keep in mind that this proposal will be developed piece by piece during the course. The Dropbox assignment this week provides you an opportunity to identify the problem or issue within your specialization that is in need of improvement and receive feedback from faculty.

Review the grading criteria listed below as you begin this assignment. Note that you must pass all elements in order to move forward with your proposal development. Faculty will provide feedback either approving or asking that you resubmit prior to further development of your project.

For this week’s assignment discuss the following:

State your idea for your evidence-based project proposal including the rationale as to how it reflects an EBP project vs. a research project

Very briefly describe the issue you will address, the intervention that you feel has research evidence (this may change later after you complete the literature search), and the expected outcomes

Discuss how this project is relevant to your role specialization

Week 2 assignment 2

Evidence Based Project Proposal

For this week’s Dropbox assignment, you will submit Part 1 of the project proposal in a one-page APA formatted paper (excluding the cover page and reference page). Be sure to reflect on feedback from faculty and classmates from this week’s discussion. Include:

Part 1: Introduction

Summarize the practice issue in need of change providing background information and the perceived significance of the problem

Describe the specific aims of the project – what improved outcomes do you hope to achieve

State your question in PICOT format, labeling each part with P-I-C-O-T in parentheses

Discuss the significance of the issue in terms of poor outcomes, cost, etc

Week 3 assignment 2

Evidence Based Project Proposal

This week you will begin the submission of Part 2 of the project proposal written in APA format. In a one-page APA paper, write a narrative that describes your search of the literature for evidence, which includes:

List of the names of the databases you searched

If limited to a span of time, i.e., less than 5 years old

Using the appropriate Rapid Clinical Appraisal Tools, appraise one or two articles and add the information to your Evaluation Table to receive feedback from faculty. At this juncture, your table is a work in progress. You will complete it in Week 4.

You will also turn in the Evaluation Table with two studies appraised (see below) and the Search Tracker for feedback on your search strategies.

After receiving feedback from faculty, add what you have completed this week to Part 1 to begin to build your project proposal paper. Keep this in mind when completing this assignment, using a professional writing style in your narrative

Week 4 assignment 2

Evidence Based Project Proposal

This week you will submit the completed Evaluation Table that includes only your “keeper” studies. This will be added to your final paper as an Appendix. You will also turn in the Search Tracker so faculty can see the steps you took to locate the evidence. This will not become a part of your paper, but it is for feedback only should faculty deem that necessary.

Week 5 assignment 2

Evidence Based Project Proposal

For this week’s Dropbox assignment, you will complete Part 2 of your project proposal, the evidence review and synthesis section. This section consists of narrative descriptions of each study that forms the body of evidence. The length of this section will vary based on the number of studies that you include. The paper should be written in a scholarly fashion using APA format. For each article include in the narrative:

Authors’ names, date of publication (included in the citation).

Quality and level of evidence

How significant (or not) the evidence is and why you think so. How are these articles relevant to change practice or policy for your specific practice site and population? If a study is not significant and you have included it, mention how your clinical expertise was involved in this decision.

Your summary the synthesis section should clearly indicate the intervention you plan to use in your project proposal. You will discuss this in greater detail in the next section, but do leave the reader with the understanding of the intervention you chose.

You will also turn in your completed Synthesis Table(s) that will become part of your Appendix in your final paper.

Week 6 assignment 2

Evidence Based Project Proposal

For your Dropbox assignment this week, you will write Part 3 of your project proposal. In a one- to two-page paper in APA format, include:

Your clinical question

How the clinical question indicates the type of study that will be done (quasi-experimental vs. experimental). Describe the type of study.

Theoretical framework(s) chosen including a rationale for your choice

Week 7 assignment 2

Evidence Based Project Proposal

For your Dropbox assignment this week, you will write Part 4, the Methods section of your project proposal that consists of plans for conducting the study of the intervention and methods of evaluation. Use the titles of each bullet point in your paper.

In a two- to three-page APA formatted paper:

Study design: Briefly describe the study design indicated by the question (experimental, quasi-experimental, descriptive).

Setting/sample: Briefly describe the setting for the study, who your study participants will be, and how these participants will be chosen. Will random sampling or a sample of convenience be used?

Confidentiality: How will you protect the confidentiality of your participants?

Procedures/intervention: Discuss the intervention you will implement and the procedures you will use in enough detail that others could replicate the study.

Instruments/scales and measurement of outcomes: Describe the instruments you will use to measure changes and whether they are quantitative, qualitative, or of a mixed design. If they have been tested previously, include reliability and validity data.

Data collection: Explain plans for data collection including:

Methods of collection, i.e., interviews, paper and pencil testing, etc.

Testing frequency. Will you gather baseline data prior to the intervention? Will you employ repeated measures such as pre- and posttests?

Week 8 assignment 2

Statistical Analysis

For this week’s Dropbox assignment, you will begin to develop Part 5 of your project proposal: Analyzing change. In your discussion, include the following points:

State your clinical question.

Briefly state the intervention you will implement. While these two items are not typically included in Part 5, doing so will help orient faculty so appropriate feedback can be provided.

What outcomes will be analyzed and how they will be analyzed?

Describe the statistical analysis you will do relating this to the data collection tools you plan to use.

Indicate the types of demographic data you plan to report on your participants as well.

Briefly discuss the outcomes expected should this project be implemented.

After receiving feedback from faculty, incorporate the appropriate content into your project proposal.

Week 9 assignment 2

Evidence Based Project Proposal

For your Dropbox assignment, you will write another part of your Methods section (Part 4) that you began in Week 7. In a paragraph or two in APA format include the following:

Identify your stakeholders by job title and how their participation was key to the project.

Briefly discuss potential barriers to project implementation that stakeholders may present. Include strategies to prevent or address these barriers.

After receiving feedback from faculty, incorporate this paragraph into the Methods section of your paper after the “Procedures/intervention” section and before the “Instruments/scales and measurement of outcomes” section.

Week 10 assignment 2

Evidence-Based Project

Overview/Description:

Learners will develop a scholarly project that will demonstrate an application of evidence to practice for a substantive change. This project emphasizes application of evidence-based methodology, scholarly writing, and critical thinking. The scholarly project will be submitted as a written paper in APA format/style. In addition, learners will present a summary of the final project orally and/or with a PowerPoint presentation.

Learners will select one of the following projects related to their specific advanced role specialization that addresses a health promotion and disease prevention of a target population:

Educational program

Evidence-based healthcare policy change

Evidence-based clinical issue or protocol

Criteria for scholarly EBP project proposal

Over the past 11 weeks, students have developed a proposal for an evidence-based project in their area of specialization. This final paper is the culmination of this scholarly activity. All papers must be written using APA format and a professional writing style. The proposal should include the following sections and content.

Abstract

Part 1 – Introduction – Week 2

Introduction

Practice issue

Summarize the practice issue in need of change providing background information about the organization (setting) and the perceived significance and severity of the problem

Describe the specific aims of the project – what improved outcomes do you hope to achieve

PICOT question – State your question in PICOT format, labeling each part with P-I-C-O-T in parentheses

Significance – what is the significance of the issue in terms of poor outcomes, cost, etc.

Part 2 – Evidence review and synthesis – Week 3, 4, & 5

List the names of the databases you searched and if limited to a span of time, i.e., less than 5 years old

Summarize “keeper” studies

Summarize the synthesis of the body of evidence

Part 3 – Purpose of the project – Week 6

Purpose of the project – include intervention

Theoretical framework

Clinical questions

Part 4 – Methods – Week 7

Study design

Setting/sample

Confidentiality

Procedure/intervention

Aligning stakeholders

Instruments/scales and measurement of outcomes

Data collection

Part 5 – Data analysis – Weeks 8 & 9

Outcomes to be analyzed and how they will be analyzed

Outcomes expected (hypothesized)

Appendices

Evaluation Table – turned in Weeks 3 & 4

Synthesis Table – turned in Week 5

Oral and/or PowerPoint Presentation

Students will present a summary of their project using Microsoft PowerPoint.

The presentation for onground campus students will be done orally in a 20-minute presentation

Online campus students will include speaker notes in their PowerPoint slides and will defend their presentation in a discussion board.

Criteria:

Assemble the presentation to present all required criteria sections of the EBP project.

Quality of presentation is professional and provides evidence of graduate level scholarship.

NSG6999 Graduate Project in Nursing Essay Assignments

NSG6440 Practicum IV: Family Health – Primary Care Essay Assignments

Week 1 – Assignment 2 Discussion

You are a family nurse practitioner working in a community health center. The patient you are about to see is a 3 month old natal female infant for a well-baby check. The child has just been adopted. The mother stays at home with the baby and the father works outside the home. They are covered by private health insurance through the father’s work. The parents own their own home in a suburban area, neither smoke, and they have one dog. Answer the following questions using course resources (texts) and two other evidence based sources (current guidelines and/or scholarly articles that are within a 3-5 year time frame).

What are the components of a well-child check for this 3-month old infant?

Write an educational intervention plan for the parents. What are you going to teach the parents about their baby?

When completing a physical exam for this baby, what would be of particular focus and why?

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Week 2 – Assignment 1 Discussion

SOAP Note

Each week, you are required to enter your patient encounters into eMedley. Your faculty will be checking to ensure you are seeing the right number and mix of patients for a good learning experience. You will also need to include a minimum of one complete SOAP note using the SOAP Note template.

SOAP Note: Choose one patient from an area of weakness identified from the Week 1 Pre-Predictor Exam and submit a SOAP note of this patient. Remember to remove all forms of patient identification from the SOAP note format. Provide a reference (s) for the differential diagnosis and treatment plan in APA format. The reference should be within a 3-5 year time frame and come from a textbook, guideline,or currently published peer reviwed journal article.

Submission Details:

By Wednesday, October 18, 2017, enter your patient encounters into eMedley and complete at least one SOAP note in the template provided.

Include the reference number from eMedley in your document.

Submit your SOAP note into the discussion area below by Sunday, October 15, along with clinical insights about your case.

Respond to two peers with a substantial response that includes supportive references by Wednesday, October 18, 2017.

Week 3 – Assignment 1 Discussion

Assignment 1: SOAP Note

Each week, you are required to enter your patient encounters into eMedley. Your faculty will be checking to ensure you are seeing the right number and mix of patients for a good learning experience. You will also need to include a minimum of one complete SOAP note using the SOAP Note template.

SOAP Note: Choose one patient from an area of weakness identified from the Week 1 Pre-Predictor Exam and submit a SOAP note of this patient. Remember to remove all forms of patient identification from the SOAP note format. Provide a reference (s) for the differential diagnosis and treatment plan in APA format. The reference should be within a 3-5 year time frame and come from a textbook, guideline, or currently published peer reviewed journal article. NSG6440 Practicum IV: Family Health – Primary Care Essay Assignments

NSG6440 Practicum IV: Family Health – Primary Care Essay Assignments Submission Details:

By Wednesday, , enter your patient encounters into eMedley and complete at least one SOAP note in the template provided.

Include the reference number from eMedley in your document.

Submit your SOAP note into the discussion area below by Sunday, October 22, 2017 along with clinical insights about your case.

Respond to two peers with a substantial response that includes supportive references by Wednesday, October 25, 2017.

Name:

Pt. Encounter Number:

Date:

Age:

Sex:

SUBJECTIVE

CC:

Reason given by the patient for seeking medical care “in quotes”

HPI:

Describe the course of the patient’s illness, including when it began, character of symptoms, location where the symptoms began, aggravating or alleviating factors, pertinent positives and negatives, other related diseases, past illnesses, and surgeries or past diagnostic testing related to the present illness.

Medications:
(List with reason for med )

PMH

Allergies:

Medication Intolerances:

Chronic Illnesses/Major traumas

Hospitalizations/Surgeries

“Have you ever been told that you have diabetes, HTN, peptic ulcer disease, asthma, lung disease, heart disease, cancer, TB, thyroid problems, kidney problems, or psychiatric diagnosis?”

Family History

Does your mother, father, or siblings have any medical or psychiatric illnesses? Is anyone diagnosed with: lung disease, heart disease, HTN, cancer, TB, DM, or kidney disease?

Social History

Education level, occupational history, current living situation/partner/marital status, substance use/abuse, ETOH, tobacco, and marijuana. Safety status

ROS

General

Weight change, fatigue, fever, chills, night sweats, and energy level

Cardiovascular

Chest pain, palpitations, PND, orthopnea, and edema

Skin

Delayed healing, rashes, bruising, bleeding or skin discolorations, and any changes in lesions or moles

Respiratory

Cough, wheezing, hemoptysis, dyspnea, pneumonia hx, and TB

Eyes

Corrective lenses, blurring, and visual changes of any kind

Gastrointestinal

Abdominal pain, N/V/D, constipation, hepatitis, hemorrhoids, eating disorders, ulcers, and black, tarry stools

Ears. NSG6440 Practicum IV: Family Health – Primary Care Essay Assignments

Ear pain, hearing loss, ringing in ears, and discharge

Genitourinary/Gynecological

Urgency, frequency burning, change in color of urine.

Contraception, sexual activity, STDs

Female: last pap, breast, mammo, menstrual complaints, vaginal discharge, pregnancy hx

Male: prostate, PSA, urinary complaints

Nose/Mouth/Throat

Sinus problems, dysphagia, nose bleeds or discharge, dental disease, hoarseness, and throat pain

Musculoskeletal

Back pain, joint swelling, stiffness or pain, fracture hx, and osteoporosis

Breast

SBE, lumps, bumps, or changes

Neurological

Syncope, seizures, transient paralysis, weakness, paresthesias, and black-out spells

Heme/Lymph/Endo

HIV status, bruising, blood transfusion hx, night sweats, swollen glands, increase thirst, increase hunger, and cold or heat intolerance

Psychiatric

Depression, anxiety, sleeping difficulties, suicidal ideation/attempts, and previous dx

OBJECTIVE

Weight BMI

Temp

BP

Height

Pulse

Resp

General Appearance

Healthy-appearing adult female in no acute distress. Alert and oriented; answers questions appropriately. Slightly somber affect at first and then brighter later.

Skin

Skin is brown, warm, dry, clean, and intact. No rashes or lesions noted.

HEENT

Head is normocephalic, atraumatic, and without lesions; hair evenly distributed. Eyes: PERRLA. EOMs intact. No conjunctival or scleral injection. Ears: Canals patent. Bilateral TMs pearly gray with positive light reflex; landmarks easily visualized. Nose: Nasal mucosa pink; normal turbinates. No septal deviation. Neck: Supple. Full ROM; no cervical lymphadenopathy; no occipital nodes. No thyromegaly or nodules. Oral mucosa, pink and moist. Pharynx is nonerythematous and without exudate. Teeth are in good repair
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Cardiovascular

S1, S2 with regular rate and rhythm. No extra sounds, clicks, rubs, or murmurs. Capillary refills two seconds. Pulses 3+ throughout. No edema.

Respiratory

Symmetric chest wall. Respirations regular and easy; lungs clear to auscultation bilaterally
.

Gastrointestinal

Abdomen obese; BS active in all the four quadrants. Abdomen soft, nontender. No hepatosplenomegaly
.

Breast

Breast is free from masses or tenderness, no discharge, no dimpling, wrinkling, or discoloration of the skin
.

Genitourinary

Bladder is nondistended; no CVA tenderness. External genitalia reveals coarse pubic hair in normal distribution; skin color is consistent with general pigmentation. No vulvar lesions noted. Well estrogenized. A small speculum was inserted; vaginal walls are pink and well rugated; no lesions noted. Cervix is pink and nulliparous. Scant clear to cloudy drainage present. On bimanual exam, cervix is firm. No CMT. Uterus is antevert and positioned behind a slightly distended bladder; no fullness, masses, or tenderness. No adnexal masses or tenderness. Ovaries are nonpalpable.

(Male: Both testes are palpable, no masses or lesions, no hernia, and no uretheral discharge.)

(Rectal as appropriate: No evidence of hemorrhoids, fissures, bleeding, or masses—Males: Prostrate is smooth, nontender, and free from nodules, is of normal size, and sphincter tone is firm).

Musculoskeletal

Full ROM seen in all four extremities as the patient moved about the exam room.

Neurological

Speech clear. Good tone. Posture erect. Balance stable; gait normal.

Psychiatric

Alert and oriented. Dressed in clean slacks, shirt, and coat. Maintains eye contact. Speech is soft, though clear and of normal rate and cadence; answers questions appropriately.

Lab Tests

Urinalysis—pending

Urine culture—pending

Wet prep—pending

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Special Tests

Diagnosis

Include at least three differential diagnosis

Final diagnosis

Evidence for final diagnosis should be
documented
in your Subjective and Objective exams.

PLAN including education

Plan:

Further testing

Medication

Education

Nonmedication treatments

Follow-up

Week 4 – Assignment 1 Discussion

Assignment 1: Grand Rounds

As a major project in this course, you will deliver a Grand Rounds presentation.

The health care topic for this presentation will be decided by your course faculty based on the results of the APEA Pre-Predictor Exam in Week 1. Your presentation will consist of a patient scenario that you experienced in your clinical setting. The format of your presentation can be Microsoft PowerPoint. APA format is also expected, and references should be cited. Include references at the bottom of the slides and a final reference list on the last slide.

Your goal is to:

Provide a case study to go with the diagnosis.

Utilize research articles or other materials to support your findings.

Identify any practice barriers, issues, or problems (including cultural diversity and healthcare literacy).

Discuss best practices for optimal outcomes.

In addition to submitting your presentation, you will also be expected to lead a discussion throughout the week. You will want to keep the presentation interesting, professional, and focused to the topic.

When the week is over, you will update, revise, and complete your presentation on the basis of student comments and instructor feedback.

In Week 1, the instructor will divide the class into groups and assign you a week in which you will be expected to present your case. Some of you will present in Week 4, some will present in Week 7, and the remainder will present in Week 9.

Those who are not presenting in a given week are responsible for participating in at least two presentations.

For additional details, please see the Grand Rounds assignment page in the week in which you are assigned to present.

Submission Details:

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Week 5 -Assignment 1 Discussion

Assignment 1: Discussion

As a family nurse practitioner, you are working in a rural health clinic. You are evaluating a 16-year-old adolescent patient who comes in complaining of having difficulty concentrating in school. On exam, you also note that the patient is very thin and frail in appearance and is asking you for diet pills.

What are some initial areas for concern? What screening tools can help lead you closer to your diagnosis?

Describe 1 health promotion strategy you can discuss with the patient.

Be sure to address the following in your plan of care: pharmacological and non-pharmacological (OTC) interventions, labs, follow-up, teaching, and referral/s.

Your work should integrate course resources (text/s) as well as a minimum of two (2) other evidence-based guidelines and/or articles published within 3–5 years.

Submission Details:

Name your document SU_NSG6440_W5_A1_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.

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Week 6 -Assignment 1 Discussion

Assignment 1: SOAP Note

Each week, you are required to enter your patient encounters into eMedley. Your faculty will be checking to ensure you are seeing the right number and mix of patients for a good learning experience. You will also need to include a minimum of one complete SOAP note using the SOAP Note template.

SOAP Note: Choose one patient from an area of weakness identified from the Week 1 Pre-Predictor Exam and submit a SOAP note of this patient. Remember to remove all forms of patient identification from the SOAP note format. Provide a reference (s) for the differential diagnosis and treatment plan in APA format. The reference should be within a 3-5 year time frame and come from a textbook, guideline, or currently published peer reviewed journal article.

Submission Details:

By Wednesday, November 15, 2017, enter your patient encounters into eMedley and complete at least one SOAP note in the template provided.

Include the reference number from eMedley in your document.

Submit your SOAP note into the discussion area below by Sunday, November 12, 2017 along with clinical insights about your case.

Respond to two peers with a substantial response that includes supportive references by Wednesday, November 15, 2017.

Week 7 -Assignment 1 Discussion

Assignment 1: Grand Rounds

As a major project in this course, you will deliver a Grand Rounds presentation.

The health care topic for this presentation will be decided by your course faculty based on the results of the APEA Pre-Predictor Exam in Week 1. Your presentation will consist of a patient scenario that you experienced in your clinical setting. The format of your presentation can be Microsoft PowerPoint. APA format is also expected, and references should be cited. Include references at the bottom of the slides and a final reference list on the last slide.

Your goal is to:

Provide a case study to go with the diagnosis.

Utilize research articles or other materials to support your findings.

Identify any practice barriers, issues, or problems (including cultural diversity and healthcare literacy).

Discuss best practices for optimal outcomes.

In addition to submitting your presentation, you will also be expected to lead a discussion throughout the week. You will want to keep the presentation interesting, professional, and focused to the topic.

When the week is over, you will update, revise, and complete your presentation on the basis of student comments and instructor feedback.

In Week 1, the instructor will divide the class into groups and assign you a week in which you will be expected to present your case. Some of you will present in Week 4, some will present in Week 7, and the remainder will present in Week 9.

Those who are not presenting in a given week are responsible for participating in at least two presentations.

For additional details, please see the Grand Rounds assignment page in the week in which you are assigned to present.

Submission Details:

Name your document SU_NSG6440_W7_A1_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.

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Week 8 – Assignment 1 Discussion

Assignment 1: SOAP Note

Each week, you are required to enter your patient encounters into eMedley. Your faculty will be checking to ensure you are seeing the right number and mix of patients for a good learning experience. You will also need to include a minimum of one complete SOAP note using the SOAP Note template.

SOAP Note: Choose one patient from an area of weakness identified from the Week 1 Pre-Predictor Exam and submit a SOAP note of this patient. Remember to remove all forms of patient identification from the SOAP note format. Provide a reference (s) for the differential diagnosis and treatment plan in APA format. The reference should be within a 3-5 year time frame and come from a textbook, guideline, or currently published peer reviewed journal article.

Submission Details:

By Wednesday, November  enter your patient encounters into eMedley and complete at least one SOAP note in the template provided.

Include the reference number from eMedley in your document.

Submit your SOAP note into the discussion area below by Sunday, November 26, 2017 along with clinical insights about your case.

Respond to two peers with a substantial response that includes supportive references by Wednesday, November 29, 2017.

Week 9 -Assignment 1 Discussion

Assignment 1: Grand Rounds

This week continues the Grand Rounds presentations as assigned by the instructor.

Those who are not presenting this week are responsible for participating in at least two presentations.

Keep in mind the following guidelines while taking part in this assignment:

For those who are presenting, post your presentation to this Discussion Area by Saturday, December 2, 2017. Begin facilitating the discussion and continue to lead it throughout the week.

For those who are participants this week, begin participating on Saturday, December 2, 2017, and continue until the end of the week.

For the presenters:

The Grand Rounds presentation should consist of a patient scenario that you experienced in your clinical setting or a diagnosis that has been covered within the course material prior to this week. This may be presented in Microsoft PowerPoint or Microsoft Word format

Your goal is to:

Provide a case study to go with the diagnosis.

Utilize research articles or other materials to support your findings.

Identify any practice barriers, issues, or problems (including cultural diversity and healthcare literacy).

Discuss best practices for optimal outcomes.

In addition to submitting your presentation, you will also need to lead a discussion. Here are some guidelines:

To prepare for your presentation, rehearse the key points and findings of your research and think about points you can make to initiate the discussion and keep it going.

Develop questions you can ask to initiate the discussion and keep it going.

As you approach the end of the discussion period, ask participants to:

Summarize the discussion.

Draw conclusions from the collective group discussion.

Keep the presentation interesting, professional, and focused to the topic. APA format is expected and references should be cited. If you are presenting on Microsoft PowerPoint, include references at the bottom of the slide(s) and a final reference list on the last slide.

When the week is over, update/revise/complete your presentation based on students’ comments and instructor’s feedback.

For the participants:

Those who are not assigned to present this week should review at least two presentations and participate in the discussion. Here are some guidelines for participation:

Prepare for the discussion by reading the presenter’s submission.

Keep your participation at the level of critical thinking—analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluation. Make connections between what you are learning in this course and what you already know.

Make comparisons, note contrasts, and challenge points of view. Interact with both presenters and other students.

Add to the experience what you might have read about the topic or experienced personally.

Be prepared to substantiate your points of view.

At the end of the week, be prepared to summarize or draw conclusions from the presentation experience.

Week 10 – Assignment 1 Discussion

Assignment 1: Evidence-Based Clinical Intervention

By Friday, December 8, 2017, submit your Evidence-Based Clinical Intervention to the Discussion Area.

Your Evidence-Based Clinical Intervention should be submitted in a Microsoft Word document following APA style and should include the following:

The medical problem/diagnosis/disease.

Typical presenting signs and symptoms including:

Onset, Characteristics, Location, Radiation, Timing, Setting, Aggravating factors, Alleviating factors, Associated symptoms, Course since onset, Usual age group affected

Concomitant disease states associated with the diagnosis

The pathophysiology of the problem.

Three differential diagnoses and the usual presenting signs and symptoms in priority sequence with rationales.

Reference to at least two current journal articles that show evidence-based practice as how to best treat this disorder related to the primary differential.

The expected outcomes of the intervention.

Algorithms if available.

A typical clinical note in SOAP format.

Respond to at least two of your classmates’ Evidence-Based Clinical Interventions using the lessons and vocabulary found in the reading. Support your answers with examples and research. Your responses should clarify your understanding of the topic. They should be your own, original, and free from plagiarism. Follow the APA format for writing style, spelling and grammar, and citation of sources.

Week 10 -Assignment 2 Discussion

Assignment 2: Reflection

By Saturday, December 9, 2017, reflect on the course and what you have learned over the last ten weeks. Write up a brief summary of how you meet each course objective. Include examples from both the course and practicum experiences.

Post your response to the Discussion Area by Saturday, December 9, 2017. Include references to support your work. Respond to at least two of your peers providing substantial feedback supported with references.

NSG6440 Practicum IV: Family Health – Primary Care Essay Assignments

westcoast nurs561 Week 7 Final Adolescent Health Risk Seminar Presentation

Click the link above to post a copy of your final presentation to the discussion board to share with your classmates no later than Sunday, 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time).

(You must also submit it to the assignment folder above for grading.) In the final presentation discussion board, review and comment on at least four presentations by the end of the course (for a total of 4 comments, minimum). You are encouraged to view and comment on as many peer projects as you can.

nurs561 Global Health Risk Paper

Choose a global health issue. For this assignment, you will introduce the health issue and discuss the interventions necessary to prevent the issue and promote health.

Some topics to consider may include:

Anthrax

Bioterrorism

Cholera

Clostridium botulinum infection

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus

Ebola virus disease

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Escherichia coli

Human immunodeficiency virus disease

Malaria

Plague

Severe respiratory distress syndrome

Small pox

Suicide

Tuberculosis

Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus infection

West Nile virus

Include the following in your paper:

Introduction/overview of the health issue and the prevalence in the United States and worldwide

Contributing factors

Prevention strategies

Signs and symptoms

Diagnostic tests (if applicable)

Advanced practice nursing role and management strategies

Medical/pharmacological management (if applicable)

Follow-up care

Conclusion

Write a 3–4 page paper following APA format. You must include 2–3 scholarly sources in your citations and references.

Review the rubric for further information on how your assignment will be graded.

Due: Sunday, 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time)

Points: 100

Ethical Health Promotion Paper and Final Adolescent Health Risk Seminar Presentation

Week 2 Ethical Health Promotion Paper

Find a scholarly, peer-reviewed article no more than four years old that discusses an ethical health promotion-related issue. Use the WCU library databases to search for appropriate articles.

In your paper:

Briefly summarize the presented issue.

Describe your thoughts on the role health care professionals should play in resolving the ethical issue.

Provide specific theories and refer to specific ethical codes to support your position.

Your paper should be 2–3 pages long. Use APA to cite and reference the article and any other optional sources you use. Adhere to APA formatting throughout your paper.

Week 3 Community Strategic Plan: Part A, Community Assessment

For this assignment, identify an area of focus in community health within your own community.

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Using Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns framework (p. 130 in your e-text), assess the health risks in your community.

In your community assessment paper, include the following:

Identify resources in your community that would enable you to complete a community assessment and submit a summary of your findings (1–2 paragraphs).

Refer to Table 8-2: Examples of Community Strengths and Concerns, and assess the strengths and concerns of your community (2–3 paragraphs).

Identify potential barriers to implementing community health plans in your community and brainstorm ways of addressing these barriers (2–3 paragraphs).

Plan ahead: Next week, as Part B of this assignment, you will select one (1) identified risk from this assessment to develop a community-focused strategic plan to address that health risk. It is recommended that you look ahead to next week’s assignment so that you can begin framing your chosen community health focus.

Your paper should be 2–3 pages in length, not including the cover and reference pages. Use APA throughout.

You must include 2–3 sources that are APA cited and referenced in your paper. (Sources may include community resources such as flyers, brochures, interviews, news stories, and local research data from credible sources.)

Review the rubric for further information on how your assignment will be graded.

Week 4 Community Strategic Plan: Part B, Strategic Plan

For this assignment, you will research and prepare a community-level strategic plan that addresses a key public health issue.

Potential topics may include:

• Using prenatal and infancy home visits to prevent child abuse and neglect

• Preventing falls in the elderly

• Reducing population salt intake

• Reducing tobacco use among adults

• Preventing risky sexual behavior among youth and young adults

• Reducing drug experimentation among young adults

Include the following in your paper:

Introduction:

Provide an overview of the community health issue as described in Part A with identified causes and influences, including knowledge gaps.

Detail the prevalence of the issue inside and outside the United States.

Describe potential monetary costs associated with the issue in the United States.

You must include data as part of your introduction (images, charts, graphs, etc., may be included as well as written data).

Describe advance practice roles and management strategies that affect change at the community level.

Identify key community and social resources that negatively and positivelyaffect the selected issue.

Identify changes or enhancements in community-related services for your selected topic.

Develop a strategic plan that could decrease the prevalence of your selected topic.The goals for this plan needs to be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound. Include how your plan takes into consideration health literacy, socioeconomic factors, and cultural differences.

Conclusion:

A summary of the goals and challenges

An assessment of the outlook for action/progress

Appendix A: Include your community assessment from Week 3 as Appendix A.

Your paper should be 3–5 pages in length (not including the cover or reference pages). Use APA throughout.

Include 2–3 scholarly sources that are carefully selected and appropriate to the topic. References should be current—no more than four years old.

Due: Sunday, 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time)

Points: 110

Review the rubric for further information on how your assignment will be graded.

Before you begin, review some strategic plans to garner ideas for developing your own strategic plan.

ACL strategic plan (2013–2018)

A strategic plan to make improvements in the network of community-based long term care and supportive services for older adults and adults with disabilities in San Francisco

Week 5 Disease Analysis Paper

For this assignment, you will select a disease of your choice and conduct a detailed analysis of that disease, exploring it from a balanced traditional and alternative health perspective.

Begin by searching the Center for Disease Control (CDC) website Diseases and Conditions Index to choose a disease or condition of interest to you.

Next, review the website for Healthy People 2020 for information related to the disease or the disease category (e.g., mental health for ADHD).

In your paper, discuss the following:

Prominent aspects of this disease

Current data and statistics related to the disease

Health disparities related to the disease

Prevention strategies including complementary and alternative health therapies

Contemporary research and clinical studies related to the disease

An analysis of the pathophysiologic effects of stress related to the disease

Evidence-based stress management interventions that might help with prevention or cure

The paper should be between 3–4 pages.

Incorporate at least three scholarly sources within the paper. Sources should be no more than three years old.

Use proper APA format to cite and reference sources.

Review the rubric for further information on how your assignment will be graded.

Due: Sunday, 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time)

Week 7 Adolescent Health Risk Seminar

For this assignment, you will develop and deliver a 10–15 minute seminar/workshop aimed at the teen or young adult audience on a specific health risk associated with the population. you will submit your presentation using the Kaltura recording tool within Blackboard. See the Getting Started with Kaltura link listed under the Resources area in your course menu to learn how to use this tool.

* If you predominantly work with a specific population and would like to present a relevant health risk seminar to that population, you must seek instructor approval in advance. Email your instructor through the Virtual Office.

1. Choose a health risk associated with adolescence. Some categories to consider may include:

Suicide

Pregnancy

Substance use and abuse

Motor vehicle crashes

Tobacco use

Sexually transmitted disease

Domestic violence

Mental health issues

Sexual identity issues

Eating disorders

Nutrition and fitness

2. As the health care advocate, you will present the following to the target audience (adolescents or young adults)in 10-15 slides or screens:

An overview of the risk factor

Contributing factors

Prevalence of the health risk (meaningful data)

Explain your role with the issue as a health care practitioner/advocate

Ways to identify a problem and address the issue

Present an activity or project or exercise for the audience to engage in related to the topic

Help and support resources

3. In your research materials, incorporate 3–4 current sources with one containing the most current statistics.

4. Use age-appropriate creativity to ensure the message gets across to the selected audience.

As you plan your seminar, consider:

How will you initiate a conversation (rather than give a lecture)?

How will you keep the attention and respect of this audience?

5. Use APA for citing and referencing your sources.

6. Keep your design and audio appropriate to the audience, yet professional. Your presentation must include both audio and visual components and be professional in nature.

What is a seminar?

See this week’s Resource folder for curriculum and topic ideas.

Review the rubric for further information on how your assignment will be graded.

Submit your final presentation here for grading and post a copy in the discussion board to share with your peers

Due: Sunday, 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time)

Points: 300

Week 7 Final Adolescent Health Risk Seminar Presentation

Click the link above to post a copy of your final presentation to the discussion board to share with your classmates no later than Sunday, 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time).

(You must also submit it to the assignment folder above for grading.) In the final presentation discussion board, review and comment on at least four presentations by the end of the course (for a total of 4 comments, minimum). You are encouraged to view and comment on as many peer projects as you can.

Week 8 Global Health Risk Paper

Choose a global health issue. For this assignment, you will introduce the health issue and discuss the interventions necessary to prevent the issue and promote health.

Some topics to consider may include:

Anthrax

Bioterrorism

Cholera

Clostridium botulinum infection

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus

Ebola virus disease

Escherichia coli

Human immunodeficiency virus disease

Malaria

Plague

Severe respiratory distress syndrome

Small pox

Suicide

Tuberculosis

Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus infection

West Nile virus

Include the following in your paper:

Introduction/overview of the health issue and the prevalence in the United States and worldwide

Contributing factors

Prevention strategies

Signs and symptoms

Diagnostic tests (if applicable)

Advanced practice nursing role and management strategies

Medical/pharmacological management (if applicable)

Follow-up care

Conclusion

Write a 3–4 page paper following APA format. You must include 2–3 scholarly sources in your citations and references.

Review the rubric for further information on how your assignment will be graded.

Due: Sunday, 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time)

Points: 100

Westcoast NURS561 Full Course Weekly Assignments

Week 1 discussion

Discussion 1

This discussion prompt refers to the Pathways to Safer Opioid Use simulation.

After participating in the Pathways to Safer Opioid Use simulation exercise, reflect on the following.

Have you empowered a patient to believe they could make needed lifestyle modifications irrespective of the barriers that exist in their environment? Please provide examples. If so, you were engaged in health promotion activities as part of your nursing role.

Where there any strategies used in this simulation exercise that you use to improve patient health literacy? Are there any that you use that were not mentioned here? In your experience, how effective are these strategies?

What are some of the biggest challenges you encounter when trying to improve health literacy? What solutions can you offer to manage these challenges?

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Discussion 2

Choose two emerging populations, such as Latino/Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders, or Black/African Americans. How do health issues differ between the two populations?

Week 2 discussion

Discussion 1

How should you respond if your health promotion values conflict with a client’s values?

Discussion 2

What ethical issue have you recently encountered when teaching health promotion strategies to a patient? What ethical decision-making process did you use?

Week 3 discussion

Discussion 1

How should you use Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns to assess individual health? What health screening interventions do you regularly participate in?

Discussion 2

What family characteristics may contribute to potential or actual dysfunctional health patterns?

Week 4 discussion

Discussion 1 Watch the Ted Talk video,

What if our health care system kept us healthy?

Watch Video

Rebecca Onie: What if our healthcare system kept us healthy?

Duration: (16:35)

User: TED – Added: 6/12/12

What role does your facility play in keeping people healthy? Would the Health Leads program work in your facility? Why or why not?

Discussion 2

How do the nutrition and fitness goals in Healthy People 2010 compare to those in Healthy People 2020?

Week 5 discussion

Discussion 1

What resources do you use to determine safety and effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicine?

Discussion 2

Discuss some of the psychophysiological aspects of stress. Which evidence-based stress management interventions do you apply to clinical practice? How effective are they?

Week 6 discussion

Discussion 1

What methods can nurses use to actively influence health policies and legislation?

Discussion 2

Discuss the controversy regarding childhood immunization and the potential affect on community health.

Week 7 discussion

Discussion 1

What essential elements should be included in a health teaching plan addressing physical, emotional, social, and spiritual challenges in adolescents?

Discussion 2

Discuss factors that contribute to risk-taking behaviors and situations during adolescence. What impact might stress play on this age group? Do you see any connection between stress and common adolescent risk factors? Consider the findings from the 2013 APA report Stress in America on millennials (pages 19-21 of the report).

Week 8 discussion

Discussion 1

Please watch the film, And the Band Played On.

This film may be available on the Internet through free sites such as Youtube and Vimeo (please note: accessing these sites is at your own risk). You may also view the film for purchase online through sites such as Amazon or HBO.

What factors inhibited the early war against acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)? Do you believe the AIDS outbreak could have been stopped? Why or why not? What role does advocacy play in the film? How much publicity does HIV/AIDS receive today? What’s the story of HIV/AIDS in the 21st century? Explain.

Discussion 2

How do occupation and culture influence psychosocial stressors that affect middle-aged adults? How does your occupation influence psychosocial stressors?

Week 2 Ethical Health Promotion Paper

Find a scholarly, peer-reviewed article no more than four years old that discusses an ethical health promotion-related issue. Use the WCU library databases to search for appropriate articles.

In your paper:

Briefly summarize the presented issue.

Describe your thoughts on the role health care professionals should play in resolving the ethical issue.

Provide specific theories and refer to specific ethical codes to support your position.

Your paper should be 2–3 pages long. Use APA to cite and reference the article and any other optional sources you use. Adhere to APA formatting throughout your paper.

Week 3 Community Strategic Plan: Part A, Community Assessment

For this assignment, identify an area of focus in community health within your own community.

Using Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns framework (p. 130 in your e-text), assess the health risks in your community.

In your community assessment paper, include the following:

Identify resources in your community that would enable you to complete a community assessment and submit a summary of your findings (1–2 paragraphs).

Refer to Table 8-2: Examples of Community Strengths and Concerns, and assess the strengths and concerns of your community (2–3 paragraphs).

Identify potential barriers to implementing community health plans in your community and brainstorm ways of addressing these barriers (2–3 paragraphs).

Plan ahead: Next week, as Part B of this assignment, you will select one (1) identified risk from this assessment to develop a community-focused strategic plan to address that health risk. It is recommended that you look ahead to next week’s assignment so that you can begin framing your chosen community health focus.

Your paper should be 2–3 pages in length, not including the cover and reference pages. Use APA throughout.

You must include 2–3 sources that are APA cited and referenced in your paper. (Sources may include community resources such as flyers, brochures, interviews, news stories, and local research data from credible sources.)

Review the rubric for further information on how your assignment will be graded.

Week 4 Community Strategic Plan: Part B, Strategic Plan

For this assignment, you will research and prepare a community-level strategic plan that addresses a key public health issue.

Potential topics may include:

• Using prenatal and infancy home visits to prevent child abuse and neglect

• Preventing falls in the elderly

• Reducing population salt intake

• Reducing tobacco use among adults

• Preventing risky sexual behavior among youth and young adults

• Reducing drug experimentation among young adults

Include the following in your paper:

Introduction:

Provide an overview of the community health issue as described in Part A with identified causes and influences, including knowledge gaps.

Detail the prevalence of the issue inside and outside the United States.

Describe potential monetary costs associated with the issue in the United States.

You must include data as part of your introduction (images, charts, graphs, etc., may be included as well as written data).

Describe advance practice roles and management strategies that affect change at the community level.

Identify key community and social resources that negatively and positivelyaffect the selected issue.

Identify changes or enhancements in community-related services for your selected topic.

Develop a strategic plan that could decrease the prevalence of your selected topic.The goals for this plan needs to be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound. Include how your plan takes into consideration health literacy, socioeconomic factors, and cultural differences.

Conclusion:

A summary of the goals and challenges

An assessment of the outlook for action/progress

Appendix A: Include your community assessment from Week 3 as Appendix A.

Your paper should be 3–5 pages in length (not including the cover or reference pages). Use APA throughout.

Include 2–3 scholarly sources that are carefully selected and appropriate to the topic. References should be current—no more than four years old.

Due: Sunday, 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time)

Points: 110

Review the rubric for further information on how your assignment will be graded.

Before you begin, review some strategic plans to garner ideas for developing your own strategic plan.

ACL strategic plan (2013–2018)

A strategic plan to make improvements in the network of community-based long term care and supportive services for older adults and adults with disabilities in San Francisco

Week 5 Disease Analysis Paper

For this assignment, you will select a disease of your choice and conduct a detailed analysis of that disease, exploring it from a balanced traditional and alternative health perspective.

Begin by searching the Center for Disease Control (CDC) website Diseases and Conditions Index to choose a disease or condition of interest to you.

Next, review the website for Healthy People 2020 for information related to the disease or the disease category (e.g., mental health for ADHD).

In your paper, discuss the following:

Prominent aspects of this disease

Current data and statistics related to the disease

Health disparities related to the disease

Prevention strategies including complementary and alternative health therapies

Contemporary research and clinical studies related to the disease

An analysis of the pathophysiologic effects of stress related to the disease

Evidence-based stress management interventions that might help with prevention or cure

The paper should be between 3–4 pages.

Incorporate at least three scholarly sources within the paper. Sources should be no more than three years old.

Use proper APA format to cite and reference sources.

Review the rubric for further information on how your assignment will be graded.

Due: Sunday, 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time)

Week 7 Adolescent Health Risk Seminar

For this assignment, you will develop and deliver a 10–15 minute seminar/workshop aimed at the teen or young adult audience on a specific health risk associated with the population. you will submit your presentation using the Kaltura recording tool within Blackboard. See the Getting Started with Kaltura link listed under the Resources area in your course menu to learn how to use this tool.

* If you predominantly work with a specific population and would like to present a relevant health risk seminar to that population, you must seek instructor approval in advance. Email your instructor through the Virtual Office.

1. Choose a health risk associated with adolescence. Some categories to consider may include:

Suicide

Pregnancy

Substance use and abuse

Motor vehicle crashes

Tobacco use

Sexually transmitted disease

Domestic violence

Mental health issues

Sexual identity issues

Eating disorders

Nutrition and fitness

2. As the health care advocate, you will present the following to the target audience (adolescents or young adults)in 10-15 slides or screens:

An overview of the risk factor

Contributing factors

Prevalence of the health risk (meaningful data)

Explain your role with the issue as a health care practitioner/advocate

Ways to identify a problem and address the issue

Present an activity or project or exercise for the audience to engage in related to the topic

Help and support resources

3. In your research materials, incorporate 3–4 current sources with one containing the most current statistics.

4. Use age-appropriate creativity to ensure the message gets across to the selected audience.

As you plan your seminar, consider:

How will you initiate a conversation (rather than give a lecture)?

How will you keep the attention and respect of this audience?

5. Use APA for citing and referencing your sources.

6. Keep your design and audio appropriate to the audience, yet professional. Your presentation must include both audio and visual components and be professional in nature.

What is a seminar?

See this week’s Resource folder for curriculum and topic ideas.

Review the rubric for further information on how your assignment will be graded.

Submit your final presentation here for grading and post a copy in the discussion board to share with your peers

Due: Sunday, 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time)

Points: 300

Week 7 Final Adolescent Health Risk Seminar Presentation

Click the link above to post a copy of your final presentation to the discussion board to share with your classmates no later than Sunday, 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time).

(You must also submit it to the assignment folder above for grading.) In the final presentation discussion board, review and comment on at least four presentations by the end of the course (for a total of 4 comments, minimum). You are encouraged to view and comment on as many peer projects as you can.

Week 8 Global Health Risk Paper

Choose a global health issue. For this assignment, you will introduce the health issue and discuss the interventions necessary to prevent the issue and promote health.

Some topics to consider may include:

Anthrax

Bioterrorism

Cholera

Clostridium botulinum infection

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus

Ebola virus disease

Escherichia coli

Human immunodeficiency virus disease

Malaria

Plague

Severe respiratory distress syndrome

Small pox

Suicide

Tuberculosis

Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus infection

West Nile virus

Include the following in your paper:

Introduction/overview of the health issue and the prevalence in the United States and worldwide

Contributing factors

Prevention strategies

Signs and symptoms

Diagnostic tests (if applicable)

Advanced practice nursing role and management strategies

Medical/pharmacological management (if applicable)

Follow-up care

Conclusion

Write a 3–4 page paper following APA format. You must include 2–3 scholarly sources in your citations and references.

Review the rubric for further information on how your assignment will be graded.

Due: Sunday, 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time)

Points: 100

How Illnesses and Injuries Affect the Mind Essay Assignment

I would like to do it on Depression if possible…..

Assignment: How Illnesses and Injuries Affect the Mind

Health complications can be stressful, especially in more vulnerable populations like young children and the elderly. With stress and loss of function often come depression and other psychological manifestations. As a nurse, part of your job is to recognize and educate patients and caregivers on how to deal with the psychological complications of a health crisis.

Develop a teaching plan for treating the potential psychological issues that may result from health crises in either the elderly or young children. You will use PowerPoint to present your teaching plan. Some considerations to make include:

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· In what ways does mental health need to be considered across the illness/injury continuum?

· How can nurses help both patients and caregivers work through mental blocks and depression associated with an illness or injury?

· Although treatment will take place in a medical facility, how can non-medical treatments be used as a supplement?

Include the main elements of your presentation to a group of parents or elderly or their caregivers. This PowerPoint presentation should include between 8–10 slides. It will be assessed using the How Illnesses and Injuries Affect the Mind Rubric. Prior to submitting your Assignment, make sure to review the rubric, which is located in the Course Information area.

Writing Resources and Program Success Tools

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This checklist will help you self-assess your writing to see if it meets academic writing standards for this course.