How will increasing your level of education affect how you compete in the current job market?

In a reflection of 450-600 words, explain how you see yourself fitting into the following IOM Future of Nursing recommendations:

  1. Recommendation 4: Increase the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate degree to 80% by 2020.
  2. Recommendation 5: Double the number of nurses with a doctorate by 2020.
  3. Recommendation 6: Ensure that nurses engage in lifelong learning.

Identify your options in the job market based on your educational level.

  1. How will increasing your level of education affect how you compete in the current job market?
  2. How will increasing your level of education affect your role in the future of nursing?

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. 

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Writing your philosophy of nursing will reveal your professional and personal growth over time as you compare previous versions of your philosophy.

Share my nursing philosophy

This written assignment will allow you to reflect on your beliefs about nursing. Writing your philosophy of nursing will reveal your professional and personal growth over time as you compare previous versions of your philosophy.

Think about the following before you start writing your paper.

You have learned about various theoretical works in nursing including Nightingale’s Environmental Theory, and Jean Watson Philosophy and Science of Caring, Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing among others. Which nursing theory most closely matches your beliefs? Why are philosophies of nursing, conceptual models, grand theories, and middle-range theories important to nursing? Why did you choose nursing as your profession? What do you believe is the core of nursing? What is the focus of nursing? To live out your philosophy, what should you keep in mind about your patients, families, environment?

Instructions:

This paper reflects your own values and world view, therefore there are no right or wrong answers.

Paper must be written in APA style.

Paper should be between 5-7 pages excluding cover page and references.

Address the following topics in your paper

  • Your educational and professional background, reasons for returning to school, current practice specialty, and professional goals.
  • Individuals who have influenced your views about nursing
  • Your philosophy of nursing
  • Nursing metaparadigm: your definition of nursing, human beings, the environment, and health
  • Your beliefs: Is healthcare a right or privilege? What are the roles of the nurse? What are your thoughts about nursing education?
  • Trends and current issues affecting nursing
  • Where is nursing going? What can you do to advance nursing?
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Effective Management of Tuberculosis

Assignment 2—Effective Management of Tuberculosis

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has emerged as a global public health concern. Tuberculosis (TB) is contracted by breathing in air droplets from a sneeze or cough of an infected person. TB primarily attacks the lungs; however, it can spread to other parts of the body, especially if left untreated. The drug treatment regimen takes approximately 6 months or longer, so many patients become resistant to the medications after a certain period.

From the assigned readings this week, review the following article:

  • Sharma, S. K., Kumar, S., Saha, P. K., George, N., Arora, S. K., Gupta, D.,  . . . Vashisht, R. P. (2011). Prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among Category II pulmonary tuberculosis patients. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 133(3), 312–315. (Web of Science Accession Number: WOS: 000289322400013)

Write a 3–5-page paper in Microsoft Word format that addresses the following:

  • Explain the significance of monitoring the prevalence of MDR-TB among Category II pulmonary tuberculosis patients.
  • Describe the methodology of the study in the above journal article and how the study sample was selected.
  • Analyze the study’s findings as they relate to the effective management of tuberculosis.
  • Summarize the results of the study.
  • Justify how the results of the study can improve rapid detection of MDR-TB.

Support your statements with appropriate examples and scholarly references.

Submit your assignment to the W4: Assignment 2 Dropbox by Tuesday, October 31, 2017.

Name your document SUO_PHE4095_W4_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.

Cite all sources using the APA format.

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WRITE: an explanation of the differential diagnosis for the patient in the above case study.

QUESTION

NURSING

CASE STUDY

nursing: Child with meningitis: Pediatrics

Case Study 2: MeningitisTrevon is an 18-month-old with a 3-day history of upper-respiratory-type symptoms that have progressively worsened over the last 8 hours. His immunizations are up to date. Mom states he spiked a fever to 103.2°F this morning and he has become increasingly fussy. He vomited after drinking a cup of juice this afternoon and has refused PO fluids since then. Pertinent physical exam findings include negative abdominal exam, marked irritability with inconsolable crying, and he cries louder with pupil examination and fights head and neck assessment. You are unable to elicit Kernig’s or Brudzinski’s signs due to patient noncompliance.

 TO PREPARE:  DUE TUESDAY 5/9/17

WRITE: an explanation of the differential diagnosis for the patient in the above case study. 

Explain which is the most likely diagnosis for the patient and why. Include an explanation of unique characteristics of the disorder you identified as the primary diagnosis.

Then, explain a treatment and management plan for the patient, including appropriate dosages for any recommended treatments.

 Finally, explain strategies for educating patients and families on the treatment and management of the musculoskeletal or neurologic disorder.

 RULES:

APA, No plagiarism, 5-6 References not later than 5 yeras old. Use scholarly written aricles from USA only.  MASTERS LEVEL WRITING.

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Summarize the issues facing rural health care providers' efforts to deliver quality care.

Preparation

Search the Capella library and the Internet for scholarly and professional peer-reviewed articles on medical technology used to manage patients post-hospitalization. You will need at least three articles to use as support for your work on this assessment.

Directions

Assume you work in a rural health care center. The facility just received a generous grant from a health care foundation. The funds from this grant must be used to acquire new technologies to foster better health outcomes for residents who live in remote areas. The Director of Nursing has formed a committee to research types of patient care technologies that are available to manage and monitor patients upon their release from care. You have been asked to look into the different types of technologies available for patients who are discharged from the hospital and cannot travel hundreds of miles for frequent follow-up appointments. You were also asked to provide evidence-based research to support your selections.

Write a 3–4 page report for the committee that provides your findings:

  • Summarize the issues facing rural health care providers’ efforts to deliver quality care.
  • Explain the use of information management tools and technologies to monitor and improve outcomes.
  • Recommend three new technologies that improve patient outcomes post-hospitalization, in rural settings.
  • Support your recommendations for new technologies with evidence-based research.

Format this report following current APA style, paying close attention to headings and subheadings, paragraph structure, and proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

Additional Requirements

Your report should meet the following criteria:

  • Contain between 750–1000 words (3–4 pages).
  • Include a minimum of 3 references. (These must be recent, from within the past five years.)
  • Be double-spaced in Times New Roman font, 12 point. 
  • apa format
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Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA)

NSB231: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) –  Nursing Assignment

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Internal Code: MAS3033

Assessment is a key component of nursing practice, required for planning and provision of patient and family centred care. The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) in the national competency standard for registered nurses states that, “The registered nurse assesses, plans, implements and evaluates nursing care in collaboration with individuals and the multidisciplinary health care team so as to achieve goals and health outcomes.” The simulation scenario involved Mr Bright who had just undergone an angioplasty. A potential problem related to this procedure includes impaired tissue perfusion related to haematoma formation or bleeding.

Questions:

1. Review the Mr Harry Bright case study including the videos that set the context, the simulation prereading and the patient related 
documentation available in your Blackboard site under Week 5 Clinical Simulation and Assessment Task 1.. 
2. Review the knowledge and skills relating to:

a. Nursing Care implications: Coronary artery disease, Angioplasty (PTCI), Chest Pain.

b. Processes for patient assessment and patient assessment.

c. ISBAR framework for effective communication.

d. Vital sign monitoring.

e. IVT and infusion management.

f. BGL monitoring.

g. Clinical reasoning and decision-making.

Question:

Question 2:

National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards for Clinical Handover recommend that communication of patient information should be conducted in a standardised format using a structured process in order to transfer relevant patient information. In the simulation, ISBAR was the structured format used to communicate patient information.

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Epidemiology of Health and Illness. Transforming the Public’s Health Care Systems.

Epidemiology of Health and Illness.
Transforming the Public’s Health Care Systems.
Global Health
Please read chapter 4, 5 & 7 of the class textbook and review the attached Power Point presentations.  Once done answer the following questions;

1. How does the epidemiologic triad apply to health issues we see in the hospital? What are some common diagnoses in the acute care setting? What about in the community setting? How does the epidemiologic triad differ when a nurse is providing care to someone in the community or in his home? Does the nurse have more or less control in either arena?
2. Discuss the data presented regarding obesity in America in the Ethical Connection feature on page 118.  Please review the data and discuss your feelings about the role of community health nurses in community nutrition.
3. What are some of the causes for increases in healthcare costs in recent years, as outlined in the chapter?  Brainstorm some examples that you have actually witnessed in the clinical setting. Can any of these factors be modified? What could nurses do to help cut down on costs related to the different factors?
4. Why are the causes of morbidity and mortality in other countries different than in the United States? In what ways are they the same? Why do those differences exist? What types of services & interventions are needed in less developed countries to help with their health issues?

As stated in the class syllabus please present your assignment in an APA format word document, Arial 12 font attach to the thread in the discussion board title “Week 2 discussion questions”.  A minimum of 2 references no more than 5 years old are required with 2 replies to any of your peers sustained with the proper references.  A minimum of 500 words without counting the first and reference page are required.  

Text and materials:
Saucier Lundy, K & Janes, S.. (2016). Community Health Nursing. Caring for the Public’s Health. (3rd ed.) ISBN: 978-1-4496-9149-3
Publication Manual American Psychological Association (APA) (6th ed.).
2009 ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5 

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Reflect on a patient who presented with a hematologic or metabolic disorder during your Practicum experience. Describe your experience in assessing and managing the patient and his or her family.

QUESTION

nursing

Journal Entry:

Reflect on a patient who presented with a hematologic or metabolic disorder during your Practicum experience. Describe your experience in assessing and managing the patient and his or her family. Include details of your “aha” moment in identifying the patient’s disorder. Then, explain how the experience connected your classroom studies to the real-world clinical setting. If you did not have an opportunity to evaluate a patient with this background during the last 8 weeks, you may select a related case study from a reputable source or reflect on previous clinical experiences.

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Identify two (2) cognitive skills used in critical thinking the RN should have applied in this scenario

Review the article Critical thinking at the bedside: Providing safe passage to patients (Robert & Petersen, 2013).

Scenario:

Adam is a 10-year-old scheduled for discharge from the Emergency Department after a bicycle incident resulted in a fractured right ulna and radius. His arm has been casted, is immobilized and in a sling. Adam states, “My arm feels better now, and I am sleepy. The pain medicine makes me feel like I will vomit.” The RN is reviewing medications with Adam and his mother when the mother states, “We have a two (2) hour drive home from this emergency room. Can you give Adam something for nausea so he does not throw up in the car?” The RN has already completed the discharge paperwork, and the orthopedic physician who casted the arm has left the Emergency Department. The RN states, “No orders are available for Adam to have nausea medicine. I can give him another dose of pain medicine if you think that will help him sleep on the way home. Then he might not vomit.”

Initial Discussion Post:

  • Identify two (2) cognitive skills used in critical thinking the RN should have applied in this scenario
  • Provide an alternative nursing intervention to ensure safe patient care in this scenario.

Base your initial post on your readings and research of this topic. Your initial post must contain a minimum of 250 words. References, citations, and repeating the question do not count towards the 250 word minimum.

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The Primary Care Clinic

Assignment 1: The Primary Care Clinic

Due Week 4 and worth 160 points

You are the manager of a new primary care clinic located about twenty five (25) miles outside of a small city (population of 50,000). With five (5) family physicians, two (2) nurse practitioners, two (2) physicians’ assistants (PAs), and twenty (20) clinical support staff consisting of RNs, LPNs, and CMAs, the clinic provides primary care services to a diverse community of people living and working outside the city limits. Originally a rural area, the community has been growing and now includes promising opportunities in employment, education, and comfortable living spaces for young families. However, there are still many residents who struggle to make ends meet with older farms that have belonged to families for generations.

The central city includes two (2) large acute care facilities, and one (1) tertiary care facility that is known for its excellent pulmonary care. Both acute care hospitals provide the usual services such as labor and delivery, outpatient surgery, chronic diseases care, etc. and have fully equipped ancillary departments, such as lab and radiology. Up until this point, the residents have used the facilities’ emergency departments for routine illnesses and conditions when their private physicians were not readily available.

Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you:

  1. Analyze some of the key social, political, and economic factors that have led to the proliferation of urgent care facilities and primary care practices over the last 20-30 years.
  2. Create a comprehensive mission statement for the clinic, and discuss how it will facilitate the provision of quality services.
  3. Analyze and discuss one (1) or more directions the clinic might take to grow its business. Determine what factors you would consider when deciding what services to provide in-house and which ones to affiliate with other institutions.
  4. Decide how you will determine if the clinic is meeting its goals. Identify three (3) performance measurements you could use to evaluate the success of the clinic’s services. Begin by naming a goal, and then identify a quantifiable measurement you could use for each to determine if you are coming close or falling short of the goal.
  5. Determine how you would then address whatever opportunities for improvement seem to exist and what processes you would put in place.
  6. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
  7. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
    1. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
    2. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
    3. Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Analyze the critical management issues, purpose, functions, and performance measures of different departments within healthcare organizations.
  • Examine the political, economic, and social forces that have influenced the organizational foundations of the United States healthcare system.
  • Explain how public policy has shaped the development of the U.S. healthcare system.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in health services organization management.
  • Write clearly and concisely about health services organization management using proper writing mechanics.
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