Entries by Merit Writer

Approach Future Change.

Assignment: Using concepts and ideas that you have learned in this course describe how you will approach future change. Discuss growth you perceive has happened in your professional practice. Describe any differences in how you will approach change in the future. Finally, describe how you intend to measure future success in change for both yourself […]

Health Privacy Breach

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 […]

Patient Preferences And Decision Making

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, […]

nurse practitioners

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 […]

Community Health & the Global Burden of Disease

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 […]

failure mode & effect analysis of the practice problem

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, […]

Treatment Of Sleep/Wake Disorders

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. […]

Pediatric Nursing: Ethical Dilemma

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 […]

client with schizophrenia

 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 […]

Trade And Society

 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 […]