Examining Nursing Specialties

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NOTE: 300 Words with 4 resources.

Nursing Specialty: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)

You have probably seen one or more of the many inspirational posters about decisions. A visual such as a forked road or a street sign is typically pictured, along with a quote designed to inspire.

Decisions are often not so easily inspired. Perhaps you discovered this when choosing a specialty within the MSN program. This decision is a critical part of your plan for success, and you no doubt want to get it right. This is yet another area where your network can help, as well as other sources of information that can help you make an informed choice.

To Prepare:

· Reflect on your decision to pursue a specialty within the MSN program, including your professional and academic goals as they relate to your program/specialization.

Assignment

Post an explanation of your choice of a nursing specialty within the program. Describe any difficulties you had (or are having) in making your choice, and the factors that drove/are driving your decision. Identify at least one professional organization affiliated with your chosen specialty and provide details on becoming a member.

Nursing Specialty: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)

healthcare technology,

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healthcare technology

Select an organization that provides healthcare products or services (e.g., wellness, prevention, insurance, healthcare technology, pharmacy, consultancy telehealth) and search the company website for a link to a webpage describing these products or services. Next, consider why this webpage is a marketing effort to educate the public about the healthcare product or service. Then, reflect on why this webpage also is a marketing effort on behalf of organization. Finally, identify and think about other customers (patients, physicians, and/or payers) the organization’s main website addresses and how the healthcare products and services webpage offers value to the customer.

how the advanced practice nurse can play a role in improving the health of young adults

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how the advanced practice nurse can play a role in improving the health of young adults

Describe how the advanced practice nurse can play a role in improving the health of young adults through preventive screening and intervention.     Despite increased abilities across developmental realms, including the maturation of pain systems involving self-regulation and the coordination of affect and cognition, the transition to young adulthood is accompanied by higher rates of mortality, greater engagement in health-damaging behaviors, and an increase in chronic conditions.  Rates of motor vehicle fatality and homicide peak during young adulthood, as do mental health problems, substance abuse, unintentional pregnancies, and sexually transmitted infections.    Support your answers  and provide citations and references in APA format.

postoperative management of thoracic surgery

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You are part of a surgical team and your role is postoperative management of thoracic surgery. In your role, you are required to determine the course of action for the patient before you call surgeon. A right lower-lobe resection occurred due to adenocarcinoma. The nurse has called at the 12-hour interval from surgery concerned with the amount of drainage within the chest tube.

  • Describe the role of an AGACNP at each of the steps in postoperative care for a surgical patient.
  • Describe the assessment steps you would take.
  • Explain the drainage and decompression devices and how you manage these as an AGACNP.
  • Discuss potential differential diagnoses you could expect from the assessment.
  • Discuss the hemodynamic findings one might see with your provided diagnosis.
  • Propose potential treatment plans that would be appropriate.

 Evolving Health Care Environment & Political Activism 

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 Evolving Health Care Environment & Political Activism

What are your thoughts about the debate regarding whether health care is a right or a privilege? How has the changing health care environment impacted your practice?

500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.

Evolving Health Care Environment & Political Activism

Lucas, A. & Ward, C. W. (2016). Using social media to increase engagement in nursing organizations. Nursing, 46(6), 47-49.

Johnson, J. E. & Billingsley, M. (2014). Convergence: How nursing unions and Magnet are advancing nursing. Nursing Forum, 49(4), 225-232.

Berg, J. G. & Dickow, M. (2014). Nurse role exploration project: The Affordable Care Act and new nursing roles. Nurse Leader, 12(5), 40-44.

Vincent, D. & Reed, P. G. (2014). Affordable Care Act: Overview and implications for advancing nursing. Nursing Science Quarterly, 27(4), 254-259.

Lifespan Development

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Development Periods

PSY-357 – Lifespan Development – Online

Developmental Periods

 

Directions: For each developmental period, discuss the physical, socioemotional, and cognitive developmental theories, and identify the theorists. Include any concerns/issues that might arise during each developmental period.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines. Each description should be a minimum of 50 words with two to three outside references, not including your textbook, for each developmental period. You will add information to the chart as you study and research each developmental group throughout the course.

You will summarize your information each week in discussion questions. Plan your time accordingly for the DQ deadline. The entire chart, filled out completely, is due to your instructor at the end of Topic 8. You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

 

Physical Development Socioemotional Development Cognitive Development Concerns or Issues
Prenatal and Infancy
Early Childhood
Middle and Late Childhood
Adolescence
Early Adulthood
Middle Adulthood
Late Adulthood
End of Life

 

 

References:

 

Stress Management

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Article: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/support-groups/art-20044655

Once you have read the article, answer the following questions.

1.     What are the different structures of support groups?

2.     Name 5 benefits of support groups.

3.     Name 5 risks and cons of joining a support group.

4.     What would be one question from the list that you would ask before joining and WHY?

5.     What are the red flags you should look for before joining?

Dissociative Disorder

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 The DSM-5 is a diagnostic tool. It has evolved over the decades, as have the classifications and criteria within its pages. It is used not just for diagnosis, however, but also for billing, access to services, and legal cases. Not all practitioners are in agreement with the content and structure of the DSM-5, and dissociative disorders are one such area. These disorders can be difficult to distinguish and diagnose. There is also controversy in the field over the legitimacy of certain dissociative disorders, such as dissociative identity disorder, which was formerly called multiple personality disorder.

In this Assignment, you will examine the controversy surrounding dissociative disorders. You will also explore clinical, ethical, and legal considerations pertinent to working with patients with these disorders.

The Assignment ( 3 pages)

  • Explain;
  • the controversy that surrounds dissociative disorders.
  •  your professional beliefs about dissociative disorders, supporting your rationale with at least three scholarly references from the literature.
  •  strategies for maintaining the therapeutic relationship with a client that may present with a dissociative disorder.
  • Finally, explain ethical and legal considerations related to dissociative disorders that you need to bring to your practice and why they are important.

Sampling Theory

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1 postsRe: Topic 3 DQ 2

Sampling theory is the study of the relationship between a population and a group randomly picked as the representatives of the whole population (GCU 2018). This theory can be considered biased since the researcher is picking and choosing which group to research and what population they want to represent (GCU 2018). An example of sampling theory would be taking a population of smokers and starting them on nicotine gum and see if it helps the smokers quit smoking. The sample would be the population of smokers, changing their habits by starting the nicotine gum, and testing the results (Paul 2017).

Generalizability is the extension of research findings or conclusion made from the sample during a research on a large population. Using my previous example, the researcher is generalizing the smoking population that nicotine gum would help with smoking cessation when it most likely will not help everyone. Generalizability is big in the nursing research world because we study populations as a whole and try to come up with “generalized” solutions. These solutions may not help everyone specifically but will meet the need as a community (GCU 2018).

Using 200-300 words APA format with at least two references to support this discussion.

Describe sampling theory and provide examples to illustrate your definition. Discuss generalizability as it applies to nursing research.

Experimental And Nonexperimental Research Design

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Topic 3 DQ 1

An example of a nonexperimental research design is a study by Mäkitie et al (2020). Adescriptive study comparing differences in protocols of treatment for oral tongue cancer. Their study discusses differences in treatment protocols, comparisons were between 2 groups of patients each from Finland and Sweden. With no prior history of neck or head cancers. Patients from Finland were noted to have more improved outcomes than the Sweden group. Improved survival rates and downstaging of cancer; the Finland patients also had higher percentages with reconstructive surgeries than the Swedish patients. This study showed a strong correlation with improved patient outcomes linked to certain treatment protocols. Recommending further evaluation of treatment protocols in relation to quality of life and survival rates. This study is not highly controlled and is not considered an experimental study.

experimental research design

An example of an experimental research design would be a blinded study testing a drug for decreasing alcohol. Craving in persons with at risk drinking as evidenced by positive scores on Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Concise (AUDIT-C). Participants and staff are blinded to participants who are placed into experimental or control group. AUDIT C scores are obtained at beginning. And end of study, diary cards are used for tracking alcoholic beverages throughout the study. And craving questionnaires are given at the beginning and end of study. Measurements for the screening tools are all recorded, and data is analyzed to see if there are significant changes in variables, independent variable, the drug, and screeners for alcohol use and craving questionnaires are the dependent variables.

Different levels of control are applied to experimental and nonexperimental studies. According to GCU (2018), nonexperimental studies are far less controlled than experimental studies. They apply a prediction regarding relationship between the variables. This is how they apply their hypothesis. Descriptive designs many times are used as a basis for future research. Experimental studies have the highest control design. A testable design with numerical outcomes for quantitative studies. These studies have a solid and strong hypothesis.

Provide examples of experimental and nonexperimental research design. Contrast the levels of control applied to each.

Using 200-300 APA format with at least two references to support this discussion.