A plan of care

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Smoking and alcohol abuse

Your patient is a 52-year-old male with a history of smoking and alcohol abuse. He presents to the ED with complaints of “my skin looks yellow, my stomach hurts, and I feel nauseous”. He is taken to CT and a tumor near the pancreas is observed. It appears to be blocking the common bile duct. Develop a plan of care for the patient. Use the attached concept map. Use references and each box must have an in-text citation

Clinical practice guidelines

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Clinical practice guidelines

Reflect on the course objectives, clinical practice guidelines, the three to five clinical objectives, and your plan to incorporate clinical practice guidelines for your clinical/practicum experience that you developed earlier in the course.

In 250-500 words, summarize the objectives you met during your clinical/practicum experience and discuss your incorporation of the course objectives and clinical practice guidelines. Provide specific examples to justify and illustrate your experiences.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

Racially or culturally

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Racially or culturally

Identify your earliest exposure to people who were racially or culturally different from you through movies, television shows, or music.

Improve quality of life

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Improve quality of life

What effect does effective care coordination have on quality and or cost outcomes? Do you think that care coordination can reduce hospital readmissions, improve quality of life, and curb healthcare expenditures? Provide examples from your clinical experience and research findings.

Use at least three scholarly sources to connect your response to national guidelines and evidence-based research in support of your ideas. All sources must be referenced and cited using APA Style, including a link to the source. 500 words needed for this assignment.

National healthcare

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National healthcare

If you were to ask 10 people what they believe to be the most significant issue facing healthcare today, you might get 10 different answers. Escalating costs? Regulation? Technology disruption?

These and many other topics are worthy of discussion. Not surprisingly, much has been said in the research, within the profession, and in the news about these topics. Whether they are issues of finance, quality, workload, or outcomes, there is no shortage of changes to be addressed.

In this Discussion, you examine a national healthcare issue and consider how that issue may impact your work setting. You also analyze how your organization has responded to this issue.

To Prepare:

  • Review the Resources and select one current national healthcare issue/stressor to focus on.
  • Reflect on the current national healthcare issue/stressor you selected and think about how this issue/stressor may be addressed in your work setting.

Post a description of the national healthcare issue/stressor you selected for analysis, and explain how the healthcare issue/stressor may impact your work setting. Then, describe how your health system work setting has responded to the healthcare issue/stressor, including a description of what changes may have been implemented. Be specific and provide examples.

Quality theorist

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Quality theorist

Post your definition of quality, and apply it to the work of W. Edwards Deming a quality theorist. Identify a practice problem that you have had some experience with as a practitioner and explain how eliminating  wasteful practices could have improved the experience. Include how your definition of quality applies to that experience.

State the practice problem in measurable terms and that reflect quality indicators. Include data that suggests a practice problem exists. Do not use anecdotal experiences or opinions.      Practice problem: to increase chlamydia screening in young women under 25.

Provide the rationale for selecting the problem.  (PS) I will continue to build on this practice problem in weeks to come.

journal

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Expectations of course

The journal document should be 3-4 pages in length. No citations are required, and no specific formatting is needed. Utilize appropriate grammar and mechanics of writing.

Topic: Expectations of course: Create a document that addresses the following:

  1. How do you envision this course adding to your knowledge of pharmacology?
  2. How do you think you will use knowledge of pharmacology differently as an advanced practice nurse than you do as an RN?
  3. What are your expectations of your advanced practice role, specifically as a prescriber?
  4. What do you think the role of standards of care are in the prescribing process?

Strategic Planning

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Strategic Planning organization

Strategic planning assists an organization in achieving its mission and achievement of its objectives/goals.

Describe the process of strategic planning and then relate it to your nursing division, department, or unit.  Does the use of a strategic plan assist in establishing division, department or unit objectives/goals and does it provide a means for evaluating the achievement of those objectives/goals?  Submit a 4-5 page summary of your findings, with 3 citations from 3 scholarly resources, written in APA format.