Requirements For Week 6 of the course there will not be a case study given to you by the faculty. Instead you will be assigned a mental health disorder commonly seen in primary care and you will create a case study based on that disorder. You may create a case study either from a previous clinical patient experience or if you have not had a patient in clinical that represents your assigned topic you may research your disease using the week’s classroom material and the evidence-based literatur...

  Step 1. Review your Week 4 APEA Predictor Exam Results and focus on the "Percent Correct By Knowledge Area" Choose a Knowledge Area on which you scored the lowest to work on this week. Step 2. Once you've chosen the subject, research and work up a common chief complaint from that system and present your findings in the discussion by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of Week 5. Work up includes: -Chief complaint -Associated risk factors/demographics that contribute to the chief compl...

Week 3: PBL Case Discussion Part 1: Cardiovascular Setting: large rural clinic; family practice clinic that employs physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners   You open the chart to review for your next patient, and you see it is Lorene M. Lorene is a 60 year-old African American female with a history of hypertension and known documented metabolic syndrome following lifestyle changes per her request. You note she is not due for a follow up at this time, so you look a...

Write up the full SOAP note, including the final treatment plan for Michelle incorporating all the learning and guidance from faculty during the week as you would in clinic in SOAP format. The treatment plan should include: Specific Diagnosis ICD 10 code Prescriptions Education Activity Follow up Referrals Solution: Name: Michelle G.  Pt. Encounter Number: Date: Age: 40 Sex: Female SUBJECTIVE CC:  Shortness of breath and seasonal allergic rea...

Setting: A free medical clinic that provides health care for the under-insured. Your next patient, Michelle G., age 40, is a regular of the clinic and the last patient of the day. The chart states she is here for recent episodes of shortness of breath. You enter the room and Michelle G is dressed in work clothes, standing up looking at a health poster on the wall. You introduce yourself and ask her what brings her to the clinic today. "I think I may have a cold. I've been having a hard tim...

Rate yourself using the results from the "Nurse Manager Skills Inventory": http://www.aone.org/resources/nurse-manager-skills-inventory.pdf Write a reflection of 750-1,000 words in which you identify your strengths and weaknesses related to the four content areas below: Personal and professional accountability Career planning Personal journey disciplines Reflective practice reference behaviors/tenets Discuss how you will use your current leadership skill set to advocate for ...

This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment. In your CLC group, create a PowerPoint presentation of 10-15 slides in which you compare the pros and cons of continuing nursing education related to the following: Impact on competency. Impact on knowledge and attitudes. Relationship to professional certification. Relationship to ANA Scope and Standards of Practice. Relationship to ANA Code of Ethics. Take a position with your CLC group: Should continuing nursin...

Details: As you have discovered through this course, nurses are influential members of the community and the political system. Therefore, for the purposes of this assignment you will identify a problem or concern in your community, organization, etc. that has the capacity to be legislated. You will conduct research and state a proposal. Through the legislative process, your proposal for the problem or concern may influence an idea for change into a law. First, refer to the "How a Bill Becomes ...

Identify advocacy strategies that you can use to create change in your current workplace Solution: Advocacy in nursing is a necessity as it improves the quality of care provided to patients and enhances the total health outcomes. This advocacy includes advocating for patients, and advocating for self and colleagues. In regards to advocating for patients, nurses spend considerable time with patients and thus, it is a primary role to advocate the patients through applying a number of strategie...

Identify the educational preparation and role(s) of the clinical nurse leader (CNL) designation. Give an example of how the CNL influences direct patient care whether in a hospital or out in the community  Solution: With time, the educational preparation and the roles of the clinical nurse leader (CNL) have encountered a mixed response within the field of nursing basically because there is inadequate understanding regarding approaches to transfer of its roles and purpose within clinical practi...