Category: Nursing

Discuss the collaboration that takes place between interdisciplinary colleagues and intersectoral community stakeholders (i.e., advanced practice nurses, educators, etc.)How does this competency affect the health and well-being of the population in your community?

6.3 Discussion: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice

Describe the collaborative effort between nurses, interprofessional colleagues, and community stakeholders in the disaster management cycle.
Interpret the core competencies for interprofessional practice.

How does the collaborative engagement of healthcare professionals within the community affect the health of the population?

Describe the role of interprofessional collaboration within your specific practice or job responsibilities.

Discuss the collaboration that takes place between interdisciplinary colleagues and intersectoral community stakeholders (i.e., advanced practice nurses, educators, etc.)

Briefly identify the four areas of competency for interprofessional collaborative practice as outlined in the Core Competencies publication.

Discuss how this competency was evident in his/her practice. Be sure to provide specific examples to illustrate the competency.

How does this competency affect the health and well-being of the population in your community?

Identify one additional competency that was evident in his/her practice specific to the disaster preparedness/management process and explain its purpose and value to the community.

Discuss the impact of collaboration between nursing, interprofessional colleagues, and community stakeholders evident within the course offering.

6.2 Discussion: Disaster Management and the Public Health Nurse

Give a list of the people in charge if the disaster were to happen in Cincinnati, Ohio. What are their responsibilities?

Where were you when the first plane hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center? Do you remember what you were doing when Hurricane Katrina hit the Louisiana coastline? Do you remember the tsunami that hit Indonesia? What about the earthquake that leveled Haiti? All of these events were turning points in history and have had an impact on how the world powers operate and collaborate, as well as how the US does business with other countries.

Differentiate various roles and responsibilities of nurses throughout the disaster management cycle.

Describe the collaborative effort between nurses, interprofessional colleagues, and community stakeholders in the disaster management cycle.

Discuss the impact of nursing and interprofessional collaboration throughout the process.

Describe the roles and responsibilities of nurses involved, and the phase(s) of the disaster management cycle addressed through this offering. If the role of the nurse is not mentioned, describe your thoughts on the nurse’s roles in this scenario.

Discuss the impact of collaboration between nursing, interprofessional colleagues, and community stakeholders evident within the course offering.

 

What interventions can nurse care managers provide to reduce patient disenrollment in our Care Management program?Should cryotherapy become a protocol for helping to prevent peripheral neuropathy in patients who are receiving Taxene-based chemotherapy?

Respond to these two discussion posts and ask a question at the end of each response. 1 reference for each

DISCUSSION POST 1
Research question:

What interventions can nurse care managers provide to reduce patient disenrollment in our Care Management program?
DISCUSSION POST 2

Research Question:

Should cryotherapy become a protocol for helping to prevent peripheral neuropathy in patients who are receiving Taxene-based chemotherapy?

Discuss how quality measures and pay for performance affect patient outcomes. Explain how these affect nursing practice and describe the expectations and responsibilities of the nursing role in these situations.

Outline a current or emerging health care law or federal regulation introduced to reform or restructure some aspect of the health care delivery system. Describe the effect of this on nursing practice and the nurse’s role and responsibility.

Discuss how quality measures and pay for performance affect patient outcomes. Explain how these affect nursing practice and describe the expectations and responsibilities of the nursing role in these situations.

Discuss professional nursing leadership and management roles that have arisen and how they are important in responding to emerging trends and in the promotion of patient safety and quality care in diverse health care settings.

Discuss professional nursing leadership and management roles that have arisen and how they are important in responding to emerging trends and in the promotion of patient safety and quality care in diverse health care settings.

Health Care Delivery Models and Nursing Practice

Examine changes introduced to reform or restructure the U.S. health care delivery system. In a 1,000-1,250 word paper, discuss action taken for reform and restructuring and the role of the nurse within this changing environment.

Outline a current or emerging health care law or federal regulation introduced to reform or restructure some aspect of the health care delivery system. Describe the effect of this on nursing practice and the nurse’s role and responsibility.

Discuss how quality measures and pay for performance affect patient outcomes.

Explain how these affect nursing practice and describe the expectations and responsibilities of the nursing role in these situations.

Discuss professional nursing leadership and management roles that have arisen and how they are important in responding to emerging trends and in the promotion of patient safety and quality care in diverse health care settings.

 Describe the patient’s presentation and your initial assessment of the patient based on the history and physical you completed in i-Human. What are your top three concerns for this patient and why (based on objective and subjective data)?

PCP as a final diagnosis

Describe the patient’s presentation and your initial assessment of the patient based on the history and physical you completed in i-Human. What are your top three concerns for this patient and why (based on objective and subjective data)?

Patient is CHarlie Harris who presented with fevers in the last 3-weeks, progressive dyspnea at rest and on exertion, and a 5-pound unintentional weight loss. Physical exam revealed a fever of 101 F/38.3C, hypoxemia with a pulse ox of 82%, and cervical and axillary adenopathy.

Based on your initial assessment, describe the top five differentials you selected, and discuss which tests you ordered to either rule in or rule out those conditions. Address if the tests you ordered are both time/cost effective, or if a better approach could have been used.

Asthma, COPD, HIV, lung neoplasm, bacterial pneumonia

Present the patient’s final diagnosis, and discuss the pathophysiology behind the condition.

HIV/AIDS with Pneumocystis jirovecci pneumonia

Describe how you plan to treat this patient based on current clinical guidelines.

Support your analysis with at least five reliable references from the text, clinical guidelines, and research. At least two of the five references must come from peer-reviewed research that is less than five years old.

 Describe the role of the nurse in relation to behaviour change drawing on the information from section one. Discuss why it is important for nurses to understand behaviour change. Include the potential consequences on the individual, community and society.

Behaviour Change to Prevent Ill Health

Describe the role of the nurse in relation to behaviour change drawing on the information from section one.

Describe and discusses behaviour change models . Include pros and cons of each.

Discuss why it is important for nurses to understand behaviour change. Include the potential consequences on the individual, community and society.

Discuss what facilitates or inhibits behaviour change? Considers social determinants of health , health literacy, cycle of change)

Includes some relevant data / statistics to your points.

Considers community initiatives that help individuals to help themselves. i.e. Dadz

Relates information to government / local policy .

Considers the role of the nurse in promoting behaviour change. Considers

What strategies can be used by the nurse to tackle the issue, what skills may the nurse need for example

Individual/population focus

Brief intervention, motivational interviewing,

Communication, empathy, empowering, local knowledge

Advocate for service redesign

Nurses role as an educator including pros and cons

Consider any ethical considerations that the nurse needs to be aware of, from an individual or a larger perspective i.e. NMC

Analyse the evidence and theory underpinning the issues being discussed.

Describe a situation in your practice in which an ethical dilemma arose.How did you respond as a nurse to the dilemma in practice?

Ethical dilemma

Describe a situation in your practice in which an ethical dilemma arose.

Name and describe the ethical concept involved i.e. Paternalism. Review the PowerPoint in your Resource folder for the Ethical Concepts.

Describe the ANA Code of Ethics Provisions linked to your scenario (at least

How did you respond as a nurse to the dilemma in practice?

What can be done to facilitate changes

Describe your planned project, including the target audience, your methods for community health promotion, and the rationale for using this approach. Include health promotion theory that supports your approach.

PPAP Design Plan

Describe your planned project, including the target audience, your methods for community health promotion, and the rationale for using this approach. Include health promotion theory that supports your approach. Students should prepare a 2-3 page summary and submit to facilitator for review and feedback.