NR 361 Week 4 Assignment: Telenursing Is It In My Future The following scenario serves as the basis for your paper: You have worked with Tomika for the past five years. Tomika shares with you that she has resigned and plans to work in an agency that installs telemonitoring equipment into the homes of those with chronic illnesses. Nurses monitor the patients using the equipment with the goal of detecting problems before patients need to be readmitted to the hospital. Tomika will be working from her own home, with occasional meetings at the agency. She would not be visiting her patients in their homes, but rather would be assessing and interacting with them via videoconferencing. She tells you that there are still job openings and encourages you to apply. You are intrigued by this, and decide to investigate whether telenursing would be a good choice for you, too. Is telenursing in your future? Directions 1. You are to research (find evidence), compose, and type a scholarly paper that describes telenursing as described above, and whether it is a good fit for you. Reflect on what you have learned in this class to date about technology, privacy rights, ethical issues, interoperability, patient satisfaction, consumer education, and other topics. Your text by Hebda (2013, Chapter 25) discusses telehealth in detail. However, your focus should be from the professional nurse’s role in telenursing. Do not limit your review of the literature to only what you read in your text. Nurses in various specialties need to know about the advantages and disadvantages of telenursing as it applies to their patients. For example, when you discharge a patient from an acute care setting, will a telenursing service assist that individual with staying out of the hospital? You may need to apply critical thinking skills to development of your paper. In the conclusion of your paper, describe your current employment situation, and whether a job in telenursing would, or would not, fit with your career goals and life situation once you graduate from Chamberlain. 2. Use Microsoft Word and APA formatting to develop your paper. Consult the Publication manual of the APA, 6th edition if you have questions, for example, margin size, font type and size (point), use of third person, and so forth. Take advantage of the writing service, Smarthinking, which is accessed by clicking on the link called the Tutor Source, found under the Course Home tab. Also, review and use the various documents in Doc Sharing related to APA. 3. The length of the paper should be 4–5 pages, excluding the title page and the reference page. Limit your references to key sources. 4. The paper should contain an introduction that catches the attention of the reader with interesting facts and supporting sources of evidence, which need to be mentioned as in-text citations. Keep in mind that APA guidelines state you are not to call this an “Introduction” but you should include it at the beginning of your paper. The Body should present the advantages and disadvantages of telenursing from your perspective as an employee, and the patient’s perspective as a recipient of the care nurses provide. The Conclusion and Recommendations should summarize your findings and state your position on whether you will apply for a position with the agency.]]>
Social Justice Project, Part 3: Advocacy Plan/Presentation (20 percent of final grade)
Submit with your originality report from Turn-It-InAssignment Information
You have made it to the final part of the social justice project. In this part of the project, you will present a plan to politically advocate on behalf of the population plagued with the health care problem you identified in part 1 of this project. You will be taking this opportunity to propose the evidence-based solutions that you identified in part two of the project. Of the many possible ways to advocate, you will choose those strategies that you feel are most appropriate and that will be most effective. This is the most exciting part—very similar to developing a plan of care once you have assessed your patient and decided on which evidence-based interventions to deliver! Completion of this assignment will demonstrate your achievement of the following course outcomes:- 5. evaluate the political advocacy process to identify opportunities for nursing professional involvement
- 6. delineate strategies that nurses can use to engage in advocacy for health care policy to support equity, access, affordability, and social justice for consumers and in support of the nursing profession
Assignment Guidelines
Develop a PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes that includes the following:- summary of the problem
- identification of the consumer challenge and its relationship to equity, access, affordability,and/or social justice in health care
- identification of the population most affected by this problem, and whether it is a vulnerable population
- identification of any healthcare or health disparities related to the problem or population
- summary of legislation and/or political activities that relate to the identified problem
- analysis of impact of legislation
- summary of the evidence-based recommendations
- list of evidence-based solutions with in-text citations of supporting sources
- summary of political advocacy strategies that could be used to advocate for the implementation of the evidence-based solutions
- plan for political advocacy
- identification of the audience you plan to address regarding this challenge. Will you speak out to the workplace or workforce, legislative representatives, professional organizations, the community, or a combination of these entities? Give your rationale for choosing this audience.
- identification and description of the strategies you will use to communicate your recommendations. Examples include writing letters, using the media, and building coalitions. This is where you get to be creative!
- description of what you learned on this project and how you can apply the lessons in your work
- reference list in APA formatting
- Upload your PowerPoint presentation to the specified discussion forum.
diabetic, is admitted to the hospital with a cellulitis of her left lower leg. She has been applying heating pads to the leg for the last 48 hours, but the leg has become more painful and she has developed chilling. Subjective Data • Complains of pain and heaviness in her leg. • States she cannot bear weight on her leg and has been in bed for 3 days. • Lives alone and has not had anyone to help her with meals. Objective Data • Round, yellow-red, 2 cm diameter, 1 cm deep, open wound above medial malleolus with moderate amount of thick yellow drainage • Left leg red from knee to ankle • Calf measurement on left 3 in > than right • Temperature: 38.9 degrees C • Height: 160 cm; Weight: 83.7 kg Laboratory Results • WBC 18.3 x 10¹² / L; 80% neutrophils, 12% bands • Wound culture: Staphylococcus aureus Critical Thinking Questions 1. What clinical manifestations are present in Ms. G and what recommendations would you make for continued treatment? Provide rationale for your recommendations.]]>
choose two articles related to Medicare from the list below utilizing the resources from the South University Online Library journal databases (for example, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) and the Internet).
- Kaiser Family Foundation. (2011). Restructuring Medicare’s beneficiary design: Implications for beneficiaries and spending. Retrieved from http://www.kff.org/medicare/upload/8256.pdf
- Kaiser Family Foundation. (2012). Medicare’s role for dual-eligible beneficiaries. Retrieved from http://www.kff.org/medicare/ upload/8138-02.pdf
- Guterman, S., Davis, K., Schoenbaum, S., & Shih, A. (2009). Using Medicare payment policy to transform the health system: A framework for improving performance. Health Affairs, 28, 238–250.
- Marmor, T. (2007). Medicare’s politics. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 32(2), 307–315.
- Oberlander, J. (2007). Through the looking glass: The politics of The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 32(2), 187–219.
- Zarabozo, C., & Harrison, S. (2009). Payment policy and the growth of Medicare advantage. Health Affairs, 28(1), 55–67.
- Identify one or two main points from each selected article.
- Explain in detail the issues presented in the articles and their impact on the recipients of Medicare.
- Explain in detail the issues presented in the articles and their impact on the providers to Medicare recipients.
Instructions: Submit a paper no longer than two pages in length that address the following points: · · Beginning with your next semester, describe how you will prepare to become a nurse · Identify at least one nurses preparation programme (at a senior institution) you are considering pursuing and why you have chosen this particular programme and institution. · What challenges, academic and personal, do you believe you will face as you prepare to become a nurse? · Map a plan for your financial future. How will you pay for the costs that you will incur? Will you pursue scholarships, grants, or student loans? Be sure to include the cost of living expenses (rent, food, gas, etc.). Refer to Chapter 11 in your text. · Identify two or three strategies/tools you will use for managing your time. What is your preferred method? *To gain a general overview of what is required to become a nurse in Virginia, please visit the Virginia Department of nurse’s website – “The Most Frequently Asked Questions About Nurse Education and Licensure in Virginia” at http://www.don.virginia.gov/ *NVCC offers Associate Degrees that can help you prepare to become a nurse]]>
