This project is about building a toolkit to help any one of these target populations using knowledge, nursing interventions and processes.  Select and identify one of the following as a target population: opioid addiction, alcohol abuse, substance abuse, domestic violence victim, school ages bullying victim, survivor of mass shooting, returning military personnel with PTSD.  Identify […]

CASE STUDY 1 HH is a 68 yo M who has been admitted to the medical ward with community-acquired pneumonia for the past 3 days. His PMH is significant for COPD, HTN, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes. He remains on empiric antibiotics, which include ceftriaxone 1 g IV qday (day 3) and azithromycin 500 mg IV qday […]

1. Choose a legislator on the state or federal level who is also a nurse and discuss the importance of the legislator/nurse’s role as advocate for improving health care delivery. What specific bills has the legislator/nurse sponsored or supported that have influenced health care. 2. Research legislation that has occurred within the last 5 years […]

This week we discussed family health strategies and health promotion. How do we genuinely use what we learn in our everyday job? Watch this short video and see how this nurse implements a family-centered approach. What do you think?

Retrieve the Reflective Journal file that you saved to your desktop or other storage device. Record one entry during the week, saving the updated document. Reflect on 3 key points from this module Upload and submit the most current version of your Journal by Saturday 2359 of Module 2.

Post an explanation for how you think the cost-benefit analysis in terms of legislators being reelected affected efforts to repeal/replace the ACA. Then, explain how analyses of the votes views may affect decisions by legislative leaders in recommending or positioning national policies (e.g., Congress decisions impacting Medicare or Medicaid).

  dvanced Primary Care of Family 1. The clinical interventions for patients unwilling to quit cigarette smoking include the use of the motivational treatments, such as brief motivational interventions that are founded on the tenets of Motivational Interviewing (MI). The four general principles of MI are the expression of empathy, developing discrepancy, rolling with resistance, […]

APA format, 350 words, scholar authors and see references below Our world starts with our own community, county, and state, then moves out in concentric rings from that point to include our country and eventually the world. Disease is transmitted from person to person through direct contact, or from a source such as a vector […]

 What is evidence-based practice and why is it important? The discussion posts are assigned to encourage reflection, critical thinking, engagement and interaction within the course. There will be two discussion post to participate in. The initial reply should be 200 words and should include at least one peer-reviewed journal article reference and should reflect a […]

APA format, 350 words, scholar authors, and see references at the bottom Some nurses may be hesitant to get involved with policy evaluation. The preference may be to focus on the care and well-being of their patients; some nurses may feel ill-equipped to enter the realm of policy and political activities. However, as you have […]