Classification and Types of Burns and Measuring the Body Surface AreaClient Profile: Julie is a 5 year old girl who lives in North Carolina with her parents and two siblings, a 3 year old brother and an 18 month old sister. Her father works at a brokerage firm in Raleigh and her mother stays at home to care for the children. Julie has never had any health problems other than occasional episodes of the common cold. Case Study Jul...
Background: Cassandra's CaseForced chemotherapy Before Cassandra could have her first round of chemotherapy to treat Hodgkin lymphoma, she had to have a port placed in her body to deliver cancer-fighting drugs. During this surgical procedure, she had to be strapped to the bed against her wishes, for she was adamantly against receiving chemotherapy—a treatment she deemed poisonous to her body, despite knowing that without it she would al...
Service Availability and Improving Access for AdultsThis module explores the changing nature of healthcare needs and the national/international challenges for healthcare delivery for older people living with a long term condition. This module will enable nursing students to demonstrate how their current and future roles contribute to making excellence in nursing care an integral part of everyday care practices and services. This re...
Sections to Include in Your ProjectAssignment 3: Design Your Own Healthcare Organization (25%) Due at the end of Unit 12 Introduction Congratulations! You have spent the past few months reading the course material related to Management and Leadership in Nursing Practice (Nursing 432) and hopefully you have gained some new knowledge and understanding. Now, you have been given the opportunity to apply some of what you have learned in a ?real-life?...
Choosing Patient Assignments· As a nurse, if you had the ability to select your patient assignments from the list of bios below, which 3 patients would you choose? What guided you in this decision-making process? What are some assumptions you had about the patients and families based on the descriptions alone? How would you proceed with the family nursing assessment and family health promotion with your selected patients? (5 marks) ...
Physiological Origins of Three DisordersExplain the physiological origin of at least three disorders, e.g. diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer’s, MS, Crohn’s disease, Parkinson’s Describe the physical effects of the chosen disorders. Explain the contributory factors to the onset of the chosen disorder, e.g. lifestyle, employment, hereditary factors, diet Explain the process of referral to identified specialist services Exp...
Assignment OverviewIn this assignment, you will assess a current semi-direct or indirect nursing situation that is in need of change. Observe a healthcare environment, focusing on areas of the nursing process that are inefficient, unsafe, or problematic in nature. Diagnose the problem and choose a nursing change theory that suits the change(s) you want to make. Propose a detailed plan based on your chosen change theory, explaining how to imple...
TaskTask: The case study deliberates about Dr. S., a male in the middle adulthood period of the life cycle (Jarvis, 2008), with complaints of persistent upper abdominal pain for the last two months, now seeking medical advice. He reveals a history of smoking, irregular eating habits, more intense pain immediately after eating, a pain-antacid-relief pattern, recent weight loss, and the use of aspirin for pain relief of headaches and rheumatoid s...
The Importance of Registered Nurses in a Changing Healthcare SystemPurpose/instruction of this assignment It is becoming increasingly important for registered nurses to assume a leadership role in a changing health care system. Hence, registered nurses must be able to assess and act to fulfill their own learning needs in order to work to their full scope of practice. To complete this assignment, consider an issue or trend in nursing or health ca...
Part 1: My Academic and Professional NetworkTask: Week 1 | Part 1: My Academic and Professional NetworkI have identified and secured the participation of the following academic (at least two) and professional (at least two) individuals and/or teams to form the basis of my network. This network will help me to clarify my vision for success and will help guide me now and in the future.Directions: Complete the information below for each member of ...
Background: Understanding Medication Errors in HealthcarePurpose/instruction of assignment It is becoming increasingly important for registered nurses to assume a leadership role in a changing health care system. Hence, registered nurses must be able to assess and act to fulfill their own learning needs in order to work to their full scope of practice. To complete this assignment, consider an issue or trend in nursing or health care and write it...
Nursing Shortage and Its Impact on Healthcare ServicesTask: Nurses are found to be the single biggest group of healthcare professionals in the United States. Projected and current nursing shortage reflects the fact that only some people are coming in the profession. Among this, nursing shortage are seen which is not easy to project or estimate. There are several personal and professional reasons behind shortage of nursing staff in the Commonwea...
Part 1: Agenda Comparison GridIt may seem to you that healthcare has been a national topic of debate among political leaders for as long as you can remember. Healthcare has been a policy item and a topic of debate not only in recent times but as far back as the administration of the second U.S. president, John Adams. In 1798, Adams signed legislation requiring that 20 cents per month of a sailor’s paycheck be set aside for covering thei...
Procedure: Review the two peer-reviewed journal articles provided by the instructor; one is a report of a qualitative research study and one is a report of a quantitative randomized control trial. Based on these two research study reports, employ the PICO framework to formulate a research question and focus your search for two additional articles, using the key words/terms from your question. One additional systematic review and one additional...
Approaching the AssignmentA major skill that is learned in this course is how to critically read and critique nursing research articles. The purpose for critiquing an article is to critically evaluate the research process followed by the author(s) of the assigned article. This is an information-intensive, time-intensive process that is not learned overnight. To demonstrate your skill at critiquing an article, you will complet...