Scenario
Alma Faulkenberger is an 85-year-old female outpatient sitting in the waiting room awaiting an invasive pelvic procedure. The health care professional who will assist in her procedure enters the room and calls "Alma." There is no reply so the professional retreats to the work area. Fifteen minutes later the professional returns and calls "Alma Frankenberg." Still no reply, so he leaves again. Another 15 minutes pass and the professional approaches Alma and shouts in her ear, "Are you Al..
Week 2 - Discussion Question 1
Sister Mary is a patient in Level 2 Emergency Department. She must have a neural examination, physical assessment, radiographs of her facial bones, and a computed tomography scan of the head. Taking into consideration that she is a Roman Catholic nun, what would be the ideal course of patient education as this woman progresses from department to department?
Week 2 - Discussion Question 2
What possible reservations could a health care professional have in workin..
Week 3 - Discussion Question 1
Discuss a patient of another culture. How can the health care professional communicate in presenting patient education? Consider language, family, cultural differences, and method of communication.
Week 3 - Discussion Question 2
Compare and contrast culture, ethnicity, and acculturation...
Week 4 - Discussion Question 1
How has the patient's control over his own health care changed?
Week 4 - Discussion Question 2
What part does negotiation play in patient education?..
Week 5 - Discussion Question 1
Using the NIH website, how would you describe CAM and the typical person who uses CAM?
Week 5 - Discussion Question 2
What are the percentages of people using CAM with prayer and those who do not?..
Topic 6 Discussion Question 1 | 3 Answers
After discussion with your preceptor, name one financial aspect, one quality aspect, and one clinical aspect that need to be taken into account for developing the evidence-based change proposal. Explain how your proposal will directly and indirectly impact each of the aspects.
Topic 6 Discussion Question 2 | 6 Answers
Now that you have completed a series of assignments that have led you into the active project planning and development stage for your pro..
Topic 6 DQ 1
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go, I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Psalm 32: 8
Objectives:
Describe the characteristics of scholarly nursing research for the advanced registered nurse.
Discuss methods for accessing and evaluating nursing research
Relate credibility to academic integrity and evidenced based practice expectations.
Study Materials:
Read Chapters 20-22 in Advanced Practice Nursing: Essential Knowledge for the Profession
Read the elect..
Topic 6 Discussion Question 1
In what ways can informatics help Health Care (HC) providers overcome current or emerging barriers to care and increase access to safe, quality health care? Include a discussion of the value and challenges of clinical provider order entry (CPOE) and clinical decision support systems (CDSS) in providing safe patient care in your response.
Topic 6 Discussion Question 2
Differentiate between EMRs and EHRs. Discuss the importance of interoperability in relationship to ..