Health Privacy Breach

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Health Privacy Breach

breaches are serious offenses that negatively affect the trust between nurses and patients. To maintain this trust, nurses must maintain the privacy. And security of patient information. Read the scenarios below related to the protection of health information.

Scenario 1

A nurse posted the following comment on her social media page: “Can this shift be any longer? It started out with a waiting room full of nagging people that don’t seem to know what “emergency” means. Then I had to deal with the drama of trying to transfer a 400 lbs. (no joke) intubated COPD patient down the hall to the ICU, those ICU nurses are such divas. And I wasn’t in the mood for their whining. Someone help!

  • Describe the privacy. And security issues related to this social media posting.
Scenario 2

A nurse educator is preparing a presentation poster for an infectious disease conference. She includes pictures of varying stages of a client’s lesions in the poster.

  • Describe the privacy. And security issues related to the inclusion of patient information on the poster.
Scenario 3
  • Marcus was admitted to the hospital from a long-term care facility. He was diagnosed with dehydration and delirium. He is expected to return to the facility. The charge nurse at the facility calls for an update regarding his status.
  • Describe the privacy. And security issues related to sharing this information with the long-term care facility.

Instructions:

Use an APA 7 style and a minimum of 200 words. Provide support from a minimum of at least three (3) scholarly sources. The scholarly source needs to be: 1) evidence-based, 2) scholarly in nature, 3) Sources should be no more than five years old (published within the last 5 years), and 4) an in-text citation. Citation and references are included when information is summarized/synthesized and/or direct quotes are used, in which APA style standards apply. Include the Doi or URL link.

Consider your own experiences as well as the literature.

• Textbooks are not considered scholarly sources. 

• Wikipedia, Wikis, .com website or blogs should not be used.

Patient Preferences And Decision Making

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Discussion: Discussion: Patient Preferences and Decision Making

Changes in culture and technology have resulted in patient populations that are often well informed and educated, even before consulting or considering a healthcare need delivered by a health professional. Fueled by this, health professionals are increasingly involving patients in treatment decisions. However, this often comes with challenges, as illnesses and treatments can become complex.

What has your experience been with patient involvement in treatment or healthcare decisions?

In this Discussion, you will share your experiences and consider the impact of patient involvement (or lack of involvement). You will also consider the use of a patient decision aid to inform best practices for patient care and healthcare decision making.

To Prepare:

  • Review the Resources. And reflect on a time when you experienced a patient being brought into (or not being brought into). A decision regarding their treatment plan.
  • Review the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute’s Decision Aids Inventory at https://decisionaid.ohri.ca/.
    • Choose “For Specific Conditions,” then Browse an alphabetical listing of decision aids by health topic.
  • NOTE: To ensure compliance with HIPAA rules, please DO NOT use the patient’s real name or any information that might identify the patient or organization/practice.
By Day 3 of Week 11

Post a brief description of the situation you experienced and explain how incorporating or not incorporating patient preferences and values impacted the outcome of their treatment plan. Be specific and provide examples. Then, explain how including patient preferences and values might impact the trajectory of the situation. And how these were reflected in the treatment plan. Finally, explain the value of the patient decision aid you selected. And how it might contribute to effective decision making, both in general and in the experience you described. Describe how you might use this decision aid inventory in your professional practice or personal life.

By Day 6 of Week 11

Respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days and offer alternative views on the impact of patient preferences on treatment plans or outcomes, or the potential impact of patient decision aids on situations like the one shared.

nurse practitioners

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In many states, nurse practitioners are completely autonomous professionals, other states, however, NPs have a wide range of “restrictive” practice ranging from requirements for a “supervising” physician to requirements for a “collaborative” agreement with a physician.

And this Practicum Journal Assignment, you will examine the requirements of your own state in order to prepare yourself for the realities of practice upon graduation.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

  • Analyze;
  • state PMHNP practice agreements
  •  physician collaboration issues
  • barriers to PMHNP independent practice
  • Create plans for addressing state PMHNP practice issues

**Assigned in Week 9 and submitted in Week 10

To Prepare for this Practicum Journal:

  • Review practice agreements in your state.
  • Identify at least two physician collaboration issues in your state.

For this Practicum Journal:

  • Briefly describe the practice agreements for PMHNPs in your state.
  • Explain the two physician collaboration issues that you identified.
  • Explain what you think are the barriers to PMHNPs practicing independently in your state.
  • Outline a plan for how you might address PMHNP practice issues in your state.

Community Health & the Global Burden of Disease

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Week 7: Community Health & the Global Burden of Disease

 

Visit the City Health Dashboard at  https://www.cityhealthdashboard.com/ (Links to an external site.)  and identify the top three health care issues facing your community or a community closely related. Then relate these issues back to the Global Burden of Disease and national efforts to address these health care burdens.

1. Explore the national initiatives and determine if these approaches have meaning within your community and can offer a positive solution to some of the healthcare issues facing your community. 2. Discuss which strategies you would use to engage your local policymaker in a discussion about these national initiatives to advocate for change. Remember the excellent resources to determine national healthcare goals are at the NIH or Healthy People 2020 websites. 3.

Compose a Tweet that describes how the Global Burden of Disease is impacting your community. Remember to be concise as Twitter only allows 140 characters. Share your Tweet in the discussions. 4.  Finally, what are your thoughts on how Dr. Riley did with Congressman Aiken? What did she do correctly and what could she have improved? As you consider your initial meeting with a Congressman, would you have prepared additional information or in a different way? Share your thoughts and perspectives.

failure mode & effect analysis of the practice problem

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a practice problem Information used in Week 4 may be used as the basis for this. The goal is to develop a deeper understanding of the practice issue, using continuous quality improvement tools; specifically. A failure mode & effect analysis (FMEA) of the selected practice problem. And an Ishikawa (fishbone) cauevaluate se and effect diagram to analyze, improve, or mitigate related risks.

 

four components:

  • first, identify a practice problem stated in PICOT format;
  • second, conduct a failure mode & effect analysis of the practice problem;
  • third, develop an Ishikawa (fishbone) cause and effect diagram to analyze, improve, or mitigate related risks
  • and fourth, create a professional power point presentation with speaker notes for each slide to disseminate this information.

Treatment Of Sleep/Wake Disorders

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TOPIC: Narcolepsy

The power of sleep to heal the body cannot be underestimated. Most research indicates that 7–8 hours of sleep are a minimum that people need to stay healthy. Clients who come to the PMHNP’s office frequently complain of sleep problems. It is estimated that 10–20% of patients report some type of sleeping problem.

In this Discussion, you will analyze the diagnostic criteria and evidence-based psychotherapy. And psychopharmacologic treatment for sleep/wake disorders.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

Analyze;

diagnostic criteria for sleep/wake disorders

evidence-based psychotherapy and psychopharmacologic treatment for sleep/wake disorders

criteria for referring clients to primary care physicians for treatment of sleep/wake disorders

Compare differential diagnostic features of sleep/wake disorders

Note: For this Discussion, you are required to complete your initial post before you will be able to view and respond to your colleagues’ postings. Begin by clicking on the “Post to Discussion Question” link and then select “Create Thread” to complete your initial post. Remember, once you click submit. You cannot delete or edit your own posts, and cannot post anonymously. Please check your post carefully before clicking Submit!

To prepare for this Discussion:

By Day 5 of Week 9, your Instructor will have assigned you a sleep/wake disorder. Which will be the focus of your original post for this Discussion.

Review the Learning Resources.

Post:

Explain the diagnostic criteria for your assigned sleep/wake disorder.

Explain the evidenced-based psychotherapy. And psychopharmacologic treatment for your assigned sleep/wake disorder.

Describe at what point you would refer the client to their primary care physician for an additional referral to a neurologist, pulmonologist. Or physician specializing in sleep disorders and explain why.

Support your rationale with references to the Learning Resources or other academic resource.

Pediatric Nursing: Ethical Dilemma

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Should nurses who missed opportunities to identify abuse be held responsible for the death of a child?

 

For this assignment, you will examine an ethical dilemma that exists in pediatric settings. You will examine the ethical dilemma from two opposing positions and consider ethical principles, conflict.

1. Discuss possible outcomes of both positions. Present a plan for resolving the issue (for the patient, family, and the nurse). Support ideas with scholarly literature. between the principles, and the relationship of the ANA Code of Ethics in relation to both positions.

 

2. A reflection of own values and morals as it relates to the ethical dilemma.

 

Use this link to take you directly to the ANA website to access the Code of Ethics. When prompted, choose “No I do not wish to register at this time. Take me to the Code now.” https://www.nursingworld.org/practicepolicy/nursing-excellence/ethics/code-of-ethics-for-nurses/

Use at least three (3) scholarly, nursing, peer-reviewed, primary sources from the last 5 years.

 

client with schizophrenia

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 client with schizophrenia

Think about a client with schizophrenia that you know about from personal, work or clinical experience, or from news media or other sources. Describe the individual.

  • What;
  • are the positive and/or negative symptoms?
  • are the person’s struggles?
  • treatments have been tried and failed? What works?
  • If you were that person, what would you like to tell your nurse about yourself, your needs, and your fears?

Please provide evidence from professional sources to support your information. Include examples of your prior experience with a client who was having a problem with delusions and/or hallucinations.

Trade And Society

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 Trade has been an integral part of society since prehistoric times. It exists not only as a basis for the economy in a global market but ingrained in culture. However, trade can pose controversies in global health as health organizations try to balance sustainable community health strategies in economically and culturally diverse communities. Do you think that global health policies on trade are necessary to build community capacity and ultimately support the health of the community? Assess how a populations needs are met by discussing how trade can positively impact a community’s health. Provide two examples of goods or services as support. In contrast, discuss how trade can negatively impact a community’s health, providing support using two examples of goods or services.

Please provide at least two references

The bucket List

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The movie “The bucket List” is about a billionaire, Edward Cole, and a car mechanic, Carter Chambers. Edward Cole owns the hospital where Chambers and him shared a room together on the cancer unit. Although they are complete strangers but as time goes, they become closer. They also discovered they only had about a year to live. Chamber then begins a list that he titled “The Bucket List”, and they both decided that they should complete the list of things before they die. Against medical advice, they left the hospital and went on an adventure to complete the list. During the adventure, they lived more than they have in their many years of life. They experienced the Safari in Africa, skydiving, racecar driving, seeing the Pyramids and many more. Their journey showed the ultimate way to live during the final days of life.

 

Need a reply

Aging is portrayed in a positive way. Older adults are portrayed as being hopeful, regardless of the situation. Although at the beginning, Edward Cole is a man that would fit the stereotype that older adults are rude or grumpy but going forward it proved that isn’t always the case. Both Cole and Chamber didn’t want to sit in a hospital room and wait until they pass, like most older adults.

Personally, I would say I want the life that movie portrayed for the older adults because there were plenty of positive and healthy messages about aging in the film. For me it is better to live life to fullest at old age, than pass away with so many regrets.

The movie taught me the importance of living life to the full. Regardless of how old an individual is, it is important to feel as if you have accomplished something and have left positive impact on someone else; and that is exactly what both Chambers and Cole did in the movie. It was amazing to see such a lovely friendship portrayed. Although they did not know each other very long, their friendship allowed them to experience the world in such little time

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