Category: Nursing

What factors contributed to the power grid failure in Texas during February 2021?How does climate change potentially factor into future grid security in Texas and elsewhere?

Before reading the article – had you heard about the February 2021 Texas power grid crisis? What were your impressions of the causes/impacts? Was anyone you know impacted?

What factors contributed to the power grid failure in Texas during February 2021?

What other areas have experienced rolling blackout recently?

How does climate change potentially factor into future grid security in Texas and elsewhere?

What might be done to help safeguard Texas against similar issues in the future?

Most states in the US are interconnected in larger regional grid systems. Google around to look into why Texas is the only state that operates its own grid. Responses can be short, but please link to the source you used.

Discuss the importance of cultural and social sensitivities from a global perspective in relation to mental health issues.

Anorexia Nervosa and adolescent females

Choose an area of mental health that is of interest to you (there is a separate document in the Assessment 1: Essay folder on Blackboard with examples if you would like some ideas).

Explore your chosen mental health topic in depth by searching the literature and reading research papers about your topic.

Examine the impact of your chosen topic on the wellbeing of service users (consumers/clients/patients) by reading peer-reviewed literature and research papers that explores the impact ideally from the person’s (patient, service users, consumer) perspective.

Describe how you would use a recovery focused approach to work with the person (and their family).

Discuss strategies to support the persons mental health and how these that could be used to work collaboratively with the person, their family and/or carers while respecting cultural and social sensitivities.

Demonstrate the mental health strategies required to manage a range of theoretical and clinical situations for clients experiencing mental illness

Describe the recovery orientated approach to working with people with a mental health condition, their families and carers

Discuss the importance of cultural and social sensitivities from a global perspective in relation to mental health issues

What are the aims of your project? Why are you doing it? What are the objectives? What change models will you use to ensure your change is introduced and sustained?

What is Quality Improvement?

What is leadership?

Critically analyse the leadership approach you have used

Consider your role as a leader in this project (even if you do not think you are specifically a l3eader in your role).

Demonstrate your leadership approach to this project and its implementation.

Critically discuss how this project and your leadership approach will improve patient care and the service

What is the Quality Improvement Project?

What evidence did you have to demonstrate that there is a need, did it come from service user feedback or observation.

What is the proposed impact of the project on your service user?

What are your QIP aims? Think SMART!

What are the aims of your project? Why are you doing it? What are the objectives?

What is the proposed impact of the project on the service itself?

Who are your stakeholders?

How will you involve service users in this QIP?

What change is being introduces?

What are the evidence underpinning the propose change.

What QIP methods will you use, if any?

What change models will you use to ensure your change is introduced and sustained?

What assessments are needed to evaluate the change?

How do we know the Quality improvement project you have put in place is working or not?

What active learning behaviors could you encourage your nursing students to engage in to increase the depth of their knowledge and understanding?

Discuss the differences between KNOWLEDGE and CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING.

Would the expectation for nursing students move beyond knowledge and understanding? If yes or no discuss why?

What active learning behaviors could you encourage your nursing students to engage in to increase the depth of their knowledge and understanding?

How does Claire’s blood test results contribute to her diagnosis?Why is Claire prescribed metformin?Why does Claire’s health history contribute to her diagnosis?

Diabetes Mellitus

Application Question 1

Which of the following clinical manifestations are identifiable in Claire’s case study?

Based on her clinical presentation and health history what is the possible aetiology for the clinical manifestations that Claire has presented with?

Which of the following risk factors are identifiable in Claire’s case study? Select the most appropriate answer.

Indicate which of Claire’s results are outside the normal reference range.Based on Claire’s test results what condition does the doctor suspect that Claire has?

Why does Claire’s health history contribute to her diagnosis?

How does Claire’s blood test results contribute to her diagnosis?Why is Claire prescribed metformin?There are various adverse effects with the use of metformin.

What common side effects should Claire be made aware of?Why is Claire prescribed atorvastatin?

Discuss how informatics is used in your practice. What is your primary area where you would use informatics? From completing the Pre-TANIC TIGER assessment for this week, what do you plan to achieve in this course?

WEEK1. NR-512

Reflect on your own practice. Discuss how informatics is used in your practice. What is your primary area where you would use informatics? From completing the Pre-TANIC TIGER assessment for this week, what do you plan to achieve in this course? How did you feel your competency level was compared to the assessment?

Discuss how the Kaiser healthcare system empowers employees for broad based action of change as it applies to your system.

Management Setting 4
Kotter’s Stage 5 Empowering Employees for Broad Based Action

Discuss how the Kaiser healthcare system empowers employees for broad based action of change as it applies to your system.

Kotter’s Stage 6 Generating Short-term Wins
Discuss how your chosen healthcare system generates short term wins for achievements of strategic organizational goals.