Scheduling and Staffing Competency Collaborate in healthcare delivery systems settings for improved patient outcomes. Scenario You are making a staffing assignment knowing that you are short-staffed. You have five registered nurses (RNs), two licensed practical nurses (LPNs), and two nursing assistants. Those nine employees need to provide a 12-hour shift of services to 30 clients with a high acuity required to a ratio of […]

Respond to the Case Study presented in Chapter 12  about  direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs. What impact have  you observed in the populations you serve in your nursing practice?  Comment on the ethics of this practice, in terms of autonomy,  beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice. Submission Instructions: Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at […]

reply to this discussion RNs and APRNs have several opportunities to facilitate policy-making in their field. However, the two opportunities were RNs and APRNs can actively partake in policy-making are advocacy and engaging with policy-makers. In advocacy, it is essential to note that RNs and APRNs work with a various individuals, which gives them an opportunity to experience and learn about potential issues that their […]

  Word cloud generators have become popular tools for meetings and team-building events. Groups or teams are asked to use these applications to input words they feel best describe their team or their role. A “word cloud” is generated by the application that makes prominent the most-used terms, offering an image of the common thinking among participants of that role. What types of words would […]

 This discussion board forum will focus on Chapter 8 of the textbook, International Collaboration for Global Public Health, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) Fact Sheet, Tiffani DeMarco‘s TED talk, Genetic Counselors, and Genetic Testing: Past Present and Future, and the Believed podcast, For One Nassar Survivor, Recognizing Her Own Abuse Took Decades – And 2 Key Moments.   Genetic Counselors and Genetic Testing: Past, Present, and Future; with Tiffani DeMarco, MS, […]

   CASE STUDY. CULTURAL DIVERSITY  2. You are a nurse caring for a 79-year-old man, a retired railroad worker who was admitted with dizziness and a history of falling. During your shift, your nursing assistant reports (with frustration) that the patient refuses to use his urinal while in bed and insists on standing bedside or walking to the bathroom to eliminate. The assistant requests a […]

DOMAIN: HISTORY 1a) Identify two (2) additional questions that were not asked in the case stud and should have been? 1b) Explain your rationale for asking these two additional questions. 1c) Describe what the two (2) additional questions might reveal about the patient’s health. DOMAIN: PHYSICAL assessment For each system examin in this case; 2a) Explain the reason the provider examin each system. 2b) Describe […]

   This assessment directs you to analyze the uses for health data with the purpose of improving health care policies and operations. Raw data doesn’t say much to most people, but through data analysis, information can be extracted and used to “tell the story” of a particular patient population. Select or generate a dataset that is meaningful to you and your interests in the health […]

 Women in Yisrael/Judaism The Tankh/Old Testament of the Bible shows some very powerful Yisraelite women.  Write a brief exposition of the most significant, powerful, forceful, or dramatic action (or series of actions) that the Yisraelite/Jewish woman did in the passage(s) indicated below.    1-Miriyam – (Exodus 15). 2-Devorah – (Judges 4-5). 3-Yael (Jael) – (Judges 4-5). 4-Yudit (Judith) – (Yudit 10-13). 5-Huldah – (2nd Kings […]

  Discussion Prompt Initial Post: Describe the physiology of blood pressure control. Causes of Primary Hypertension may include overactivity of the SNS; overactivity of the RAAS; alterations in other neurohumoral mediators of blood volume and vasomotor tone such as ANP, BNP, and adrenomedullin; inflammation; a complex interaction involving insulin resistance and endothelial function; and obesity-related hormonal changes Select 3 of the above potential causes and […]