Atypical Presentation of Depression Essay Assignment: Practicum – Week 5 Journal Entry Reflect on atypical presentations of disorders in geriatric patients in your practicum setting. Many disorders manifest themselves in a way that would be considered an atypical presentation—most likely different from the way a textbook would describe the disorder’s possible presentations. Consider geriatric patients […]
Big data is a benefit to the healthcare industry, but also comes with risks. There are many potential benefits if accessed and utilized correctly. Much information goes into the organization, planning, and functioning of a typical day in the healthcare facility. Having to schedule adequate staff, acuity of patients, unplanned emergencies, infections, surgeries, admissions, discharges, […]
Discussion: The Application of Data to Problem-Solving In the modern era, there are few professions that do not to some extent rely on data. Stockbrokers rely on market data to advise clients on financial matters. Meteorologists rely on weather data to forecast weather conditions, while realtors rely on data to advise on the purchase and […]
Evidence Base in Design The COVID-19 pandemic has seen numerous changes within the government, leading to numerous health-related amendments aimed at providing grounds on which the healthcare system and the country, in general, can defeat the virus and its effects. Some of the most recent proposed health policies include the COVID-19 Bankruptcy Relief Extension Act […]
RNs and APRNs Role in Policy Evaluation/Review Since nursing is one of the largest healthcare professions globally, they can easily influence policies globally to ensure policy reviews that benefit the health system and improve the quality of care provided to patients. Nurses are the core advocates of patients and the entire society to ensure we […]
Discussion 2: The Role of the RN/APRN in Policy-Making Word cloud generators have become popular tools for meetings and team-building events. Groups or teams are asked to use these applications to input words they feel best describe their team or their role. A “word cloud” is generated by the application that makes prominent the most-used […]
Discussion: Professional Nursing and State-Level Regulations Each state body outlines a scope of practice for nurse practitioners for their own state. In the State of Michigan, nurse practitioners must work under physician orders and do not have autonomy in the state. I choose prescriptive authority and practice authority as my two regulations for this discussion. […]
NURS 6050 week 3 Discussion: Politics and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Cost Benefit Analysis President Obama’s 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) was primarily designed to allow people to acquire insurance coverage. The law also provided coverage for people who were already managing some pre-existing diseases; it was also established to enable citizens […]
Discussion: Strategies for Addressing Questions Week 2 Discussion There are many challenges for the online learning programs, such as isolation, technical difficulties, missing due dates, time management especially when the student works a full-time job, has family, etc. that does not mean the face-to-face learning model doesn’t have similar challenges. Online learning may not be […]
Academic and Professional Success Plan Template Academic and Professional Success Plan Template Prepared by: This document is to be used for NURS 6003 Transition to Graduate Study for Nursing to complete Assessments 1-6. Just as importantly the document serves to organize your thoughts about planning for your academic and professional success. For specific instructions see […]
