This week, read the journal article “Challenges and Resources for Participating in a Hurricane Sandy Hospital Evacuation” Download “Challenges and Resources for Participating in a Hurricane Sandy Hospital Evacuation”and complete the activity below. Click to view the activity.Links to an external site. After completing the activity, discuss your role as a nurse in disaster preparedness…
Case Study: A 16-year-old arrived at a local family planning clinic with pregnancy concerns due to unprotected intercourse. This encounter occurred two nights prior, and she believes she may be fertile but wants information regarding the “morning-after pill”. What additional information should the nurse obtain during the assessment? What educational information should the nurse provide…
FPA stands for full practice authority that advocates for practice registered nurses to use their skills and knowledge in the medical field, having to report back to a physician. This is aimed at making the care of patients easier. However, there are advantages and disadvantages of the latter. Some advantages are that it improves the…
Imagine you are a human service professional bound by general ethical principles, but also by the agency policies of your employer. Your agency only provides career assistance; all other assistance is a referral to other resources. The client is in a situation where they cannot afford clothes for interviews, and your agency provides no monetary…
Forum: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) According to Kaiser Permanente, “Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are things that happen before adulthood that can cause trauma or they’re things that make a child feel like their home isn’t safe or stable. Children who have multiple ACEs tend to have more physical and mental health problems later in life.…
Collaboration to Improve Outcomes Competency Collaborate in healthcare delivery systems settings for improved patient outcomes. Transferable Skill Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. Scenario You have a final interview for your first registered nurse position. All candidates must come prepared to discuss a time when they collaborated with others to solve a problem in a healthcare delivery…
OVERVIEW: You’ve already found a newspaper article from the past year on the topic of Human Resources in Healthcare. About any current event in the news that deals with a topic covered somewhere in the textbook. With the newspaper article you’ve drawn connections between the article and information covered in the textbook. You’ve explained WHY…
You are expected to create your own original thread of at least 200 words, referencing the article and showing a connection to the textbook readings. Discussion Question: This week we are looking at public opinion and scientific polling. The Pew Research Center is one of the most reputable polling organizations around. Please click the link…
Books used: Gluck, Mercado, & Myers (2020). Learning and Memory: From Brain to Behavior (4th ed.). New York, NY: Worth Publishing. ISBN: 9781319107383. Read: Gluck, Mercado, & Myers: Chapters 8 – 9 You can select any article pertaining to conditioning and learning, The article should be a peer reviewed journal article that discusses an experiment…
Preparing the Assignment Identify your specialty area of NP practice (my specialty will be Psych Mental Health Nurse Practitioner). Select a nursing theory, borrowed theory, or interdisciplinary theory provided in the lesson plan or one of your own findings. Address the following: Origin Meaning and scope Logical adequacy Usefulness and simplicity Generalizability Testability Finally, provide…