Day: July 24, 2019

Create a one-page patient education tool that explains usage of a medication and factors that can affect outcomes. Then, write 2–3 pages in which you explain how the tool promotes patient safety and quality outcomes, and adheres to the principles and practices of cultural competence. 

 

 

 

 Imagine your supervisor has asked you to develop a patient education tool for new medication starts in your current area of practice. This tool needs to provide important information to the patient, yet be concise enough to require no more than one page. 

 

 

 

 

 

Preparation

 

Review the suggested list of possible topics in Part 1 of the Requirements and then search the Internet for supporting resources. You will need to provide support for the information you choose to include in the patient education tool.

 

Requirements

 

Complete both Part 1 and Part 2 of this assessment. You may submit both parts in one document or submit them as separate documents. Be sure you complete both parts!

 

Submit a total of 4–5 pages. Write no more than one page for Part 1. Write 2–3 pages, plus a separate reference page, for Part 2.

 

Part 1: Patient Education Tool

 

Complete the following:

 

1. Choose one of the following topics as the basis for your patient education tool:
   • Antibiotics (Amoxil/Amoxicillin) for pediatric ear infections.
   • Statin therapy (Zocor/Simvastatin) for a newly diagnosed patient with hypercholesterolemia.
   • Antihypertensive (ACE inhibitors/Lisinopril/Zestril) for a patient who was discovered to have hypertension at a health screening at work.
   • Drugs for treating gastric acidity (Proton pump inhibitors/antacids/H2 blockers) for a patient complaining of chronic indigestion and heartburn.
   • Ear drops or eye drops (or both) for an elderly patient.
   • Any newly released medication for a patient in your area of practice. This might be a new drug for diabetes, hypertension, or arthritis or a new antibiotic.
2. Include the following in your patient education tool:
   • Explain appropriate use of the medication.
   • Identify specific factors (age, access, culture, and so on) that may affect the efficacy of the medication.
   • Describe possible chemical interactions, side effects, or other negative reactions patients need to be aware of.
   • Explain correct handling, storage, and disposal of the medication.
   • Include any other information you feel would be beneficial and promote patient safety and quality outcomes.

You may format Part 1, the patient education tool, any way you wish, but be sure it is logical and understandable by the typical patient who would use it. Feel free to include pictures or diagrams to reinforce the information.

 

Part 2: Evidence-Based Practice

 

Provide evidence for the information you included in the patient education tool:

• Explain how the information in the patient education tool promotes patient safety and quality outcomes.
• Explain how the patient education tool adheres to the principles and practices of cultural competence. In other words, is the tool appropriate for all cultures, genders, ages, et cetera; or could it be easily adapted for specific needs?

 

Format Part 2 according to APA guidelines. This is not a document you would provide to a patient but, for this assessment, it will provide faculty with the academic and professional principles necessary to evaluate your work.

 

Additional Requirements

• At least 2 current scholarly or professional resources.
• For Part 2 only:
  • Use Times New Roman font, 12 point, double-spaced font.

 Write for your organization a 3–5-page impact report regarding the health concerns of a new immigrant population. Describe the population’s health concerns and issues, explain current pharmacological treatments, and explain how culture and traditional practices may affect use of pharmacology. Identify evidence-based strategies for the organization and nursing staff to use to educate the population and promote health and wellness. 

 

 

 

 

 

Imagine the county health department notifies your organization that a large number of immigrants are expected to be resettled in your area. The organization, wanting to be prepared to handle any health concerns of the population, tasks each department with readying for the influx of immigrants. Your supervisor asks you to prepare an impact report on the pharmacological needs of the population that can be shared with other departments.

 

Preparation

 

Complete the following as you prepare for your impact report:

 

1. Choose one of the global areas below as the area from which the population will be coming.
   • Sub-Saharan Africa.
   • India.
   • China.
   • Dominican Republic.
   • Guatemala.
   • Jamaica.
   • Bangladesh.
   • Saudi Arabia.
   • Pakistan.
   • Mexico.
2. Research the most common health concerns and issues for immigrants from your chosen global area, the pharmacological treatments that will likely be prescribed, and any cultural values or traditional practices that may impact patient outcomes.

 

Requirements

 

Once you have identified the population you will be using for this assessment, include the following in your impact report:

 

• Describe the health concerns and issues for the population.
• Describe current pharmacological treatment regimens for the main health concerns and issues.
• Explain any traditional beliefs and practices associated with the health concerns and issues. Does the population engage in culturally based methods of treating the health concern?
• Explain how cultural values and traditional practices might affect acceptance and use of prescribed pharmacological treatments. Be sure to consider the relationship between quality patient outcomes, patient safety, and the appropriate use of pharmacology.
• Identify evidence-based, culturally sensitive strategies the organization can use to educate the population about the correct use of the pharmacology treatments.
• Identify evidence-based, culturally sensitive strategies the nursing staff can employ with the population to promote health and wellness

 

Write this assessment as an impact report formatted as other reports of a similar nature in your organization or an organization with which you are familiar. Include a title page and reference page and follow APA guidelines for your in-text citations and references.

 

Additional Requirements

• Number of pages: 3–5
• At least 3 current scholarly or professional resources.
• Times New Roman font, 12 point, double-spaced font.

This week focused on ethics within the workplace. A company that fails to meet ethical standards can find themselves in hot water. Using the real-world as an example, choose an ethical scenario from the media that is less than 1 month old.  Make sure the scenario is recent.  You will assume the role of the manager who would oversee the ethical dilemma that has occurred. 

 

Your work should include the following:

 

· Outline what went wrong in this scenario.

 

· Discuss how you will discipline those involved.

 

· Develop a plan to avoid future ethical issues.

 

· Your paper must be a minimum of 4 written pages (not including the title and reference pages).

 

· Your work must include a minimum of 3 scholarly resources to support your thoughts.

Your task is to create a journalistic profile that focuses on a leader in your chosen profession.

 

Your profile should include all of the following elements: 

 

• An attractive cover page that indicates your name, the course and the date. Include a graphic as well.
• Three, double-spaced pages.
• Indent all paragraphs.
• You may insert photos as long as they are aligned with the text.

Review the Institute of Medicine’s 2010 report “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.” Write a 750-1,000 word paper discussing the influence of the IOM report on nursing practice. Include the following:

 

1. Summarize the four messages outlined in the IOM report and explain why these are significant to nursing practice.
2. Discuss the direct influence the IOM report has on nursing education and nursing leadership. Describe the benefits and opportunities for BSN-prepared nurses.
3. Explain why it is important that a nurse’s role and education evolve to meet the needs of an aging and increasingly diverse population.
4. Discuss the significance of professional development, or lifelong learning, and its relevance in caring for diverse populations across the life span and within the health-illness continuum.
5. Discuss how nurses can assist in effectively managing patient care within an evolving health care system.

As you do this assignment, consider the historical data visualization developed by Charles Minard describing Napoleon’s army march toward and eventual retreat from Moscow (Found in this week’s presentation).

 

Use your imagination to develop your own data visualization that displays several dimensions with a single plot.  (For example, color of data points can be used to categorize one dimension, while the size of the data point can represent a dimension related to magnitude.)

 

The assignment scoring is based on the originality of the display, the number of dimensions displayed, and readability.  The rubric for this assignment can be viewed when clicking on the assignment link.

 

Examples of this type of multidimensional visualization can be found at 

 

Website:

 

• Dundas (Sample Dashboards)
• Tableau Gallery

 

Video:

 

• Ted Talks – Data Visualization

What is the Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Storm exercise?

 

What are the objectives of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Storm IT exercise?

 

What are some of the strengths and weaknesses of exercise?

 

List at least two different strategies you would implement to reduce vulnerability and strengthen weak areas?

 

For this discussion you are required to write a minimum of two paragraphs for each question. Each paragraph should have at least one in-text citation. You should not repeat any of the citations used (Different citation for each citing). Every paragraph should have at least four complete sentences. Each question should have a subtitle (Bold and Centered). 

Foundations online Midterm Exam 2019

 

 

 

 

 

Please answer 5 of the 6 following questions with one paragraph for each question. As per your syllabus, please make sure your answer:

 

• is accurate and complete

 

• appropriately references relevant lecture, readings, and live discussions

 

• is well-written

 

Please refer to the additional information regarding APA format on the course wall that was posted towards the beginning of the course. Thank you!

 

 

 

 

 

1. Trace the roots of the evolution of the wellness perspective in the history of the counseling professions.  In your answer, explain how and why the developmental perspective has shifted to the wellness perspective.

 

 

 

2. Why is the establishment of the ACA in 1993 a significant milestone it the evolution of the counseling profession?

 

 

 

3. Why is a non-hierarchical collaborative relationship between counselor and client a critical element of a wellness model?

 

 

4. Distinguish between culture as difference versus culture as ideology.

 

 

5. What are your thoughts about the relationship between spirituality and organized religion?  In answering this question, be clear about how you are defining spirituality.

 

 

6. In the story about B. T. Miller by J. Mooallem, how would you explain the strong and powerful connections that seemed to characterize Miller’s relationships with others from the perspective of Buddhist psychology. 

Part 1 

 

250 words with one reference and include intext citation in APA format. 

 

 

 

You learned of three (3) ways you can convince the hiring authority to buy what you have to offer.

 

1. Yourself and your personality
2. Your abilities and your credentials
3. Your potential worth to the company

 

Reflect on how you can use yourself and your personality to make the sale.

 

• Choose a personality trait of yours (Dependable) and explain why you chose that strength.
• Discuss how that personality trait reflects the P.R.I.C.E. (Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Caring, and Engaged) elements of success.
• Describe the soft skills that are related to the chosen trait.
• Explain how you plan to use the elements of P.R.I.C.E. and the soft skills you have chosen, to sell that personality trait.

 

Part 2

 

250 words with one reference and include intext citation in APA format. 

 

 

 

Choose one of the following behavioral interview questions and respond to it as you would during an interview:

 

1. Tell me about a time when you had to work with others. What was the situation and how did you respond?
2. Describe a time when you had to deal with others? Describe the scenario and how you handled the situation.
3. Tell me about a time when you made a mistake. What was the situation and how did you respond?

 

In your response, include the following:

 

• A detailed description of your response to the question asked in your selected situation/scenario.
• A comprehensive list of the approaches you have or would use to respond to the questions asked in your situation/scenario.

 

In addition, describe the “selling points” you are trying to make in your response to the chosen question.