Chapter 31 A 56-year-old patient with newly diagnosed stage I hypertension has been referred to you for counseling regarding lifestyle modifications. He is married, with four children––two in high school, two in college. His job as a senior vice-president for a major retail chain requires that he work long hours and frequently eat at restaurants. He smokes two packs of cigarettes a day, has a […]

Marcia Stapleton    4 posts   Re: Topic 1 DQ 2  Another “cultural” type barrier to EBP in clinical settings is our preference for humans  as our information source. When working in a clinical setting and there are more experienced nurses around us, most nurses default to asking the more experience nurse what to do in a clinical situation.  The more experienced nurse might have experience with […]

Signature Assignment Title: The Holistic NURSING Patient Assessment Part 1: Choose an adult (over the age of 18) friend or relative and perform a holistic health assessment. Clearly document your holistic health assessment data Your assessment should include the following parts: Health History Physiological Assessment Psychological Assessment Social Assessment Cultural Assessment Developmental Assessment Spiritual Assessment Part 2: Interpret the findings in your holistic health assessment […]

Assignment: Create a power point with the intended audience to be a community health department. Focus on a real or fictional disaster that has or could affect your area. For example, if you live on the Florida coast you might choose potential hurricane.  (Location is Texas) Discuss the role of the Community Health Nurse in each stage of disaster. You should include a few slides […]

Research Paper Drug Research Paper Students are to choose any controversial topic related to substance abuse and exhibit this knowledge in a carefully crafted research paper. Feel free to use our e-text to help narrow down an area of interest. You are strongly encouraged to contact me with your topic idea for your paper prior to beginning your research.  Examples include: Risks associated with Drug […]

This week’s graded topics relate to the following Course Outcomes (COs). CO 2: Apply research principles to the interpretation of the content of published research studies. (PO 4 & 8) CO 5: Recognize the role of research findings in evidence-based practice. (PO 7 & 8) Discussion Data analysis is key for discovering credible findings from implementing nursing studies. Discussion and conclusions can be made about […]

In this module, you will complete a full assessment of your own community. You may build upon this assessment in Community Health II by planning, implementing and evaluating a project within your community designed to address primary prevention of an identified health concern. Defining the Community Your community can be any geographically defined county, city, or town. Clearly delineate the following dimensions before starting the process […]

Provide at least a 50 word reply to discussion question answer below in apa format with in-text citations:  Servant leadership and transformational leadership can be described as similar. The definition of transformational leadership is “a leadership approach that causes change in individuals and social systems” (Stone, Russel & Patterson, 2003). Transformational leadership focuses on the organizations goals and then works on empowering the individuals within […]

Part 1: Choose an adult (over the age of 18) friend or relative and perform a holistic health assessment. Clearly document your holistic health assessment data Your assessment should include the following parts: Health History Physiological Assessment Psychological Assessment Social Assessment Cultural Assessment Developmental Assessment Spiritual Assessment Part 2: Interpret the findings in your holistic health assessment data according to pathophysiologic disease states.   Choose one physiologic […]

Assignment Description Effective Communication The Joint Commission reported that [poor] communication was the root cause of 66% of Sentinel Events between 1995-2005. Examine the communication and collaboration in your workplace. Include these aspects: The components necessary for effective interpersonal communication. Discuss the importance of interprofessional collaboration. Apply components of interpersonal communication to interprofessional collaboration. Discuss strategies to promote interprofessional collaboration. Describe effective strategies to build interprofessional […]