Day: November 20, 2019

Word document as a formal paper in APA format with reference. 

 

The nurse is caring for a patient who has a history of asthma and is currently admitted to the hospital with pneumonia. Discuss the pathophysiology of asthma and the impact of pneumonia, assessment information pertinent for the patient, lab work or diagnostic test appropriate for managing the disease process, pharmacology agent that would be appropriate for the patient, and specific nursing interventions addressing the specific needs and care measures. In the discussion discharge planning and teaching should be included. 

Course Reflection Nursing and the Aging Family.

Guidelines

PURPOSE

The purpose of this assignment is to provide the student an opportunity to reflect competencies acquired through the course Nursing and The Aging Family.

COURSE OUTCOMES

This assignment provides documentation of student ability to meet the following course outcomes:

– The students will identify the physiological process of aging.

– The students will be able to differentiate the adaptive human response to the aging process.

– The student will be able to manage and care older adults and their families.

REQUIREMENTS

1. The Course Reflection will be graded on Original paper (NO plagiarism), quality of self-assessment, use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required components as summarized in the directions and grading

2. The length of the reflection is to be within three to six pages excluding title page and reference pages.

3. APA format is required with both a title page and reference page. Use the required components

of the review as Level 1 headers (upper and lower case, centered):

Note: Introduction – Write an introduction but do not use “Introduction” as a heading in accordance with the rules put forth in the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (2010, p. 63).

a. Course Reflection

b. Conclusion

PREPARING YOUR REFLECTION

The BSN Essentials (AACN, 2008) outline a number of healthcare policy and advocacy competencies for

the BSN-prepared nurse. Reflect on the course Nursing and The Aging Family readings, discussion threads, and applications you have completed across this course and write a reflective essay regarding the extent to which you feel you are now prepared to:

1. “Conduct comprehensive and focused physical, behavioral, psychological, spiritual, socioeconomic, and environmental assessments of health and illness parameters in patients, using developmentally and culturally appropriate approaches.

2. Recognize the relationship of genetics and genomics to health, prevention, screening, diagnostics, prognostics, selection of treatment, and monitoring of treatment effectiveness, using a constructed pedigree from collected family history information as well as standardized symbols and terminology. 

3. Implement holistic, patient centered care that reflects an understanding of human growth and development, pathophysiology, pharmacology, medical management, and nursing management across the health illness continuum, across the lifespan, and in all healthcare settings.

4. Communicate effectively with all members of the healthcare team, including the patient and the patient’s support network.

5. Deliver compassionate, patient centered, evidence-based care that respects patient and family preferences.

6. Implement patient and family care around resolution of end of life and palliative care issues, such as symptom management, support of rituals, and respect for patient and family preferences.

7. Provide appropriate patient teaching that reflects developmental stage, age, culture, spirituality, patient preferences, and health literacy considerations to foster patient engagement in their care.

8. Implement evidence-based nursing interventions as appropriate for managing the acute and chronic care of patients and promoting health across the lifespan.

9. Monitor client outcomes to evaluate the effectiveness of psychobiological interventions.

10. Facilitate patient centered transitions of care, including discharge planning and ensuring the caregiver’s knowledge of care requirements to promote safe care.

11. Provide nursing care based on evidence that contributes to safe and high-quality patient outcomes within healthcare microsystems.

12. Create a safe care environment that results in high quality patient outcomes.

13. Revise the plan of care based on an ongoing evaluation of patient outcomes.

14. Demonstrate clinical judgment and accountability for patient outcomes when delegating to and supervising other members of the healthcare team.

15. Manage care to maximize health, independence, and quality of life for a group of individuals that approximates a beginning practitioner’s workload

16. Demonstrate the application of psychomotor skills for the efficient, safe, and compassionate delivery of patient care.

17. Develop a beginning understanding of complementary and alternative modalities and their role in health care.

18. Develop an awareness of patients as well as healthcare professionals’ spiritual beliefs and values and how those beliefs and values impact health care.

19. Manage the interaction of multiple functional problems affecting patients across the lifespan, including common geriatric syndromes.

20. Understand one’s role and participation in emergency preparedness and disaster response with an awareness of environmental factors and the risks they pose to self and patients.

21. Engage in caring and healing techniques that promote a therapeutic nurse patient relationship.

22. Demonstrate tolerance for the ambiguity and unpredictability of the world and its effect on the healthcare system as related to nursing practice.” (pp. 31-32).

Reference:

American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN]. (2008). The essentials of baccalaureate education

for professional nursing practice. Washington, DC: Author.

You are to conduct a personal interview with at least two (2) individuals who have been in a supervisory or managerial position for a minimum of three (3) years. For the purposes of this assignment, we will define “supervisory or managerial position” as follows:

1. Must direct the daily activities of at least three (3) subordinate employees.

2. Must have decision-making authority to direct the daily activities of the unit.

3. Must have direct input into the employment process, employee compensation, and progressive discipline within the unit.

4. Must not be a relative of the student by blood, marriage or adoption.

You are to cover the following points, as a minimum, in your interviews: All work must be and produced by word processor and formatted into MLA style. NO late work will be accepted! 

Paper should begin with an introductory paragraph introducing the interviewee and include years of experience, industry, education level, and any of pertinent information you gather. At the end of each interview, you will provide a conclusion paragraph with your observations of what you have learned from this assignment and how this information can help you in your career.

You may complete 1 interview and move directly to the next or you may list the question and under each have (see example below)

1. How long has he/she been in management?

Manager 1– their response

Manager 2– their response

Include each question with your answer for each interviewee.

1. How long has he/she been in management?

2. What was his/her first job in management?

3. How did he/she get into management?

4. What is the educational background of the person being interviewed?

5. What courses did they take in school that proved most useful to them as a manager?

6. What courses or skills do they feel would be most beneficial for them at this stage of their management career?

7. How have they kept up with the changes in management styles and models in today’s business world? (Have they been back to school; attended seminars; read industry and management related books, etc?).

8. What was the biggest challenge they faced when they first moved into management? How did they address this challenge?

9. What do they see as the three (3) most significant challenges facing managers in today’s workplace?

10. What has been the single most significant change they have seen during their career as a manager?

11. What do they see as the most significant challenges facing their business in the next 5 years? What plans have they made to address this challenge?

12. What do they like most about being in management? Why?

13. What do they like least about being in management? Why? (see next page) 

14. What do they feel is the key to motivating today’s work force?

15. In what type of planning do they participate? How?

16. What do they see as the keys to being an effective leader in today’s business environment? Why do they feel these are so critical to today’s manager?

17. How do they compare the workforce and employee of today with that of past years? Why?

18. What advice can they offer to you as someone pursuing a degree and a career in the field of management? What do you think about their advice? Why?