Gina is the charge nurse of the 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM shift on the acute care unit where you have worked for 18 months since your graduation. Your supervisor has asked you if you would like to learn the duties of the relief charge nurse. You were thrilled that she approached you for this position. Because it was a relief position, it was […]

  Select a public health issue and write a 750-1,000 word policy brief that provides a brief summary of the issue, options to solve the issue, and the best way to solve this issue. Select a public health issue from one of the following American Public Health Association websites: Climate Change  Follow this outline when writing the policy brief: Identify issue. Background information – (a) […]

    Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Group Therapy with Children and Adolescents Group therapy may be beneficial for children and adolescents, because it often provides an environment that normalizes clients’ thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. However, as with any therapeutic approach, group therapy might not be appropriate for every client, every setting, or even every therapist. When selecting therapies, you must always consider the psychodynamics of the client […]

  Discuss the differential diagnosis (DD) process. Identify 3 different DD processes used in clinical practice.  Describe the risks/benefits of these 3 processes.   Responses to students should include an example of when the student identifies one of the differential diagnosis processes used in the clinical setting. Initial Post: Due: Thursday, 11:59 pm PT Length: A minimum of 250 words, not including references Citations: At […]

PICOT is an acronym used to help develop clinical research questions and guide you in your search for evidence: P = Patient population I = Intervention or issue of interest C = Comparison of interventions or comparison of interests O = Outcome T = Time frame For example, you may wish to research the effects of interrupted sleep on cognition of ICU patients 65 or […]

Module 1 Assignment: Case Study Analysis A 34-year-old Hispanic-American male with end-stage renal disease received kidney transplant from a cadaver donor, as no one in his family was a good match. His post-operative course was uneventful, and he was discharged with the antirejection drugs Tacrolimus (Prograf), Cyclosporine (Neoral), and Imuran (Azathioprine). He did well for 3 months and had returned to his job as a […]

Benchmark – Capstone Change Project Objectives  (  Fall prevention strategies in hospitals. )  Review your problem or issue and the cultural assessment. Consider how the findings connect to your topic and intervention for your capstone change project. Write a list of three to five objectives for your proposed intervention. Below each objective, provide a one or two sentence rationale. After writing your objectives, provide a […]

  This activity provides students with the resources and methods to conduct a community assessment. Performing a community assessment involves getting to know and understand the community as client. Phase One – Defining the Community Who is the community assessed? A clear definition must be provided of who is being assessed and where they are located. Phase Two – Community Assessment Phase two is the […]

discuss:  There is only one constant in healthcare: change, continual changes in policies, guidelines, practices, and procedures. Most of the changes are based on evidence-based practices (EBP), but where does the evidence emit? The answer is from change projects or research. Then there are the questions of who funds the projects and or the research? While research is the catalyst for inevitable changes, the financing […]

PowerPoint Slideshow Guidelines Updated 3/2019 Purpose The purpose of this PowerPoint presentation is to present the best plan of action, as a leader, assigned to make a change to a problem or issue in your place of work. If you are not presently working, use information from your prelicensure experience or previous healthcare experience. You will be using the Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals […]