To prepare for this Discussion: Review the Resources pertaining to alternative therapies. Select one of the following areas where alternative therapies are being used: o    Cancer treatment o    Cancer symptom management o    End-of-life care o    Palliative care Find at least one scholarly journal article discussing alternative therapies in your chosen subtopic. By Day 3 Respond to the following: Identify at least one challenge associated with the nurse’s role ...

As Dr. Rempher and Ms. Manna discussed this week, data from the NDNQI is used to improve nursing practices and support the strategic outcomes of an organization. This data is also used to create the Dashboard. The Dashboard, then, is used to create an action plan. Correctly interpreting information presented on the Dashboard provides nurses with a better understanding of the goals of the action plan. To prepare For this Assignment, use the Dashboard located in this week’s Resources, to interpr...

As a nurse, you are the individual who has the ability to empower patients in the decision-making process pertaining to their health care. In addition, you are in a unique position to empower your nursing colleagues to improve job satisfaction and use performance indicator data from dashboards to effect social change. In this week’s Learning Resources, you examined both the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) and the key role nurses play as advocates for patient rights. To a...

Assignment: How Illnesses and Injuries Affect the Mind Health complications can be stressful, especially in more vulnerable populations like young children and the elderly. With stress and loss of function often come depression and other psychological manifestations. As a nurse, part of your job is to recognize and educate patients and caregivers on how to deal with the psychological complications of a health crisis. In this Assignment, you will educate either a caregiver of an elderly patient...

The nurse’s role goes far beyond that which is expected. Nurses are the main communicators between patients, doctors, and family, and they care for more than just physical ailments. Often, nurses are presented with difficult situations where being an advocate becomes paramount to the healing of the patient. One of the issues that patients with acute and chronic illnesses or extended hospitalization face is a tendency to become depressed. The nurse’s role in this situation requires more than just...

By Day 3 Respond to the following: Identify your subtopic and provide a brief summary of your journal article on how this topic relates to nursing practice. What is the nurse’s role in providing care in relation to your subtopic and the overarching theme of advocacy? What ethical implications should be considered with regard to genetics and genomics for nursing practice? Why? Support your response with references from the professional nursing literature. Solution: The select...

Sir Francis Bacon said, “Knowledge is power.” This is most definitely true when it comes to diseases and how to prevent and treat them. As a nurse, you are charged with teaching patients how to prevent infectious diseases and what to do if they become infected. A powerful tool in your arsenal is the Fact Sheet. Usually comprised of one page of easy-to-read content, these leaflets can be distributed easily and can effectively inform your practice. To prepare for this Assignment: Select on...

Requirements: Provide the following information (if more than one list them each separately): Name of site Location (city, state) of the practicum location Type of practice (i.e., IM, Peds, FP) Are there any age restrictions for patients at this office? (i.e., this office does not see children under the age of 12, etc.) What is your tentative clinical schedule at the practicum? Does your preceptor(s) have any other students at the same time? Discuss your feeling...

Purpose Problem-based learning is a methodology designed to help students develop the reasoning process used in clinical practice through problem solving actual patient problems in the same manner as they occur in practice.  The purpose of this activity is to develop students’ clinical reasoning skills using a case-based learning exercise. Through participation in an online discussion forum, students identify learning issues in a self-directed manner which facilitates learning for the entire ...

Week 6: Clinical Case Study Part One Discussion No unread replies.No replies. Purpose Problem-based learning is a methodology designed to help students develop the reasoning process used in clinical practice through problem solving actual patient problems in the same manner as they occur in practice.  The purpose of this activity is to develop students’ clinical reasoning skills using a case-based learning exercise. Through participation in an online discussion forum, students identify ...