Assignment: Identify an older adult age 65 +, use a 1st and last initial. Execute a therapeutic assessment interview with them for at least two interview sessions assessing their self-identified: Demographics, life time education and career/employment Two most significant (positive) times in their lives What past hardship or loss has the client successfully negotiated in the past? Two personal strengths Engage them in identifying what […]

Provide a meaningful response to at least two of your peers’ posts.  Also include your discussion some citations to support your statements. It is good to have opinions, but always best to have some evidence-based information to back up your points.   First peer:The community nurse’s role consists of many things when assisting patients, families and the community as a whole. They help provide screenings […]

Understanding the difference between federal, state, and local government levels of authority is extremely important. In Medicaid, for example, there are guidelines that define the eligibility process from the federal point of view. However, states have different ways of implementing Medicaid. For the Unit II Case Study, research and describe a public health agency in your state(California) and the role the agency plays in implementing […]

Identify your MSN Specialty Track Describe the practice concern/problem. Why is this concern/problem important to nursing and healthcare? What is the scope of the concern? What evidence is there for the need for change? Include a minimum of two scholarly sources. Define each element of your PICOT question P-Population and problem – What is the nursing practice concern or problem and whom does it affect? […]

Based on last week’s reading, you now have an idea of the role of the APRN, and legal/professional issues in prescribing. As a future nurse practitioner, you have the authority, based on your state nurse practice act, to prescribe medications for the patients for whom you will provide care, and the responsibility of prescriptive authority is more than just simply writing a prescription correctly. Important […]

Health Insurance Matrix As you learn about health care delivery in the United States, it is necessary to understand the various models of health insurance to develop important foundational knowledge as you progress through the course and for your role as a future health care employee. The following matrix is designed to help you develop that knowledge and help you understand how health care is […]

Lymph Disorder Review and research on the following websites: Cancer Center site at www.mskcc.org, or the Lymphoma Research Foundation at www.lymphoma.org. Write a 1-2 page paper.    Address the following in your paper: Identify a particular lymph disorder Provide information on the disorders of the lymph system Include a title page and 2-3 references.  Only one reference can be from the Internet (not Wikipedia).  The […]

Lymph Disorder Review and research on the following websites: Cancer Center site at www.mskcc.org, or the Lymphoma Research Foundation at www.lymphoma.org. Write a 1-2 page paper.    Address the following in your paper: Identify a particular lymph disorder Provide information on the disorders of the lymph system Include a title page and 2-3 references.  Only one reference can be from the Internet (not Wikipedia).  The […]

Preventative Measures Our liver, gallbladder and pancreas play a huge role in the human body and have many functions we learned about this week.   Discuss what we can do to keep these organs as healthy as possible? Can any of the diseases of these organs be prevented?  How? Make sure to include at least one paragraph in your response and explain your answer with […]

Me    5 posts   Re: Topic 6 DQ 2  Great work Rebecca, also In the last few years, the nursing industry has experiences high rates of nurse turnover which has caused significant nursing shortage globally. Graduate nurses are also leaving there jobs just after one year of employment. Healthcare organizations need to find new ways of dealing with this crisis. One of the best solutions to […]