Public Health Nursing Presentation

Competency

Describe the foundations of public and community health nursing.

Scenario

The faculty in your nursing program have asked senior nursing students to create an infographic to improve potential nursing students’ understanding of public and community health nursing. You are a senior nursing student who has just completed your community rotation. You are very excited to share information about the world of public and community health nursing with incoming nursing students. Public Health Nursing Presentation

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Instructions

Prepare an infographic that:

• Explains the scope of the public and community health nurse’s role.
• Describes the importance of public health nursing to the community well-being.
• Illustrates the role of the public health nurse from the 1800s to present day.
• Explains how public health operations work in the local community and state-level health systems.
• Defines settings where nurses address the needs of community-based populations.
• Provides stated ideas with professional language and attribution for credible sources with correct APA citation, spelling, and grammar in the infographic.

Public Health Nursing Presentation

Nursing Discussion Assignment

Integumentary Function

K.B. is a 40-year-old white female with a 5-year history of psoriasis. She has scheduled an appointment with her dermatologist due to another relapse of psoriasis. This is her third flare-up since a definitive diagnosis was made. This outbreak of plaque psoriasis is generalized and involves large regions on the arms, legs, elbows, knees, abdomen, scalp, and groin. K.B. was diagnosed with limited plaque-type psoriasis at age 35 and initially responded well to topical treatment with high-potency corticosteroids. She has been in remission for 18 months. Until now, lesions have been confined to small regions on the elbows and lower legs. Nursing Discussion Assignment

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Case Study Questions

1. Name the most common triggers for psoriasis and explain the different clinical types.

2. There are several types of treatments for psoriasis, explain the different types and indicate which would be the most appropriate approach to treat this relapse episode for K.B. Also include non-pharmacological options and recommendations.

3. Included in question 2

4. A medication review and reconciliation are always important in all patient, describe and specify why in this particular case is important to know what medications the patient is taking?

5. What others manifestation could present a patient with Psoriasis?

Sensory Function

C.J. is a 27-year-old male who started to present crusty and yellowish discharged on his eyes 24 hours ago. At the beginning he thought that washing his eyes vigorously the discharge will go away but by the contrary increased producing a blurry vision specially in the morning. Once he clears his eyes of the sticky discharge her visual acuity was normal again. Also, he has been feeling throbbing pain on his left ear. His eyes became red today, so he decided to consult to get evaluated. On his physical assessment you found a yellowish discharge and bilateral conjunctival erythema. His throat and lungs are normal, his left ear canal is within normal limits, but the tympanic membrane is opaque, bulging and red. Nursing Discussion Assignment

1.- Based on the clinical manifestations presented on the case above, which would be your eyes diagnosis for C.J. Please name why you get to this diagnosis and document your rational.

2.- With no further information would you be able to name the probable etiology of the eye affection presented? Viral, bacterial, allergic, gonococcal, trachoma. Why and why not.

3.- Based on your answer to the previous question regarding the etiology of the eye affection, which would be the best therapeutic approach to C.J problem. Nursing Discussion Assignment

NUR2513 Research Discussion Essay

Competency

Apply appropriate nursing care interventions for clients during pregnancy, labor, and birth.

Scenario

You are a registered nurse (RN) working in a Women’s OB/GYN Clinic. Elizabeth Jones, 37 years old, presents to the prenatal clinic after missing her last 2 menstrual cycles. Her home pregnancy test was positive. An ultrasound at the clinic confirms pregnancy. Gestational age is calculated to be 10 weeks. An initial assessment of Ms. Jones’s medical and obstetrical history is as follows.

Obstetric/Gynecologic (OB/GYN) history: Uncomplicated spontaneous vaginal delivery at 39.2 weeks (3 years ago); Cesarean section x 1 at 37.5 weeks for non-reassuring fetal heart tones (1.5 years ago); abnormal Papanicolau (PAP) smear x2, + human papilloma virus (HPV), colposcopy within normal limits NUR2513 Research Discussion Essay

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Medical history: Chronic hypertension (HTN) x 5 years;

Allergies: Penicillin

Social history:

• (+) tobacco, “occasional” per client (pt), <5 per/day currently, has smoked “off and on” for 15 years
• (+) cocaine use, states she has not used any cocaine/drugs for > 1 year; (-) alcohol use
• Abusive partner with first pregnancy, states she has a new partner x 4 years
• Depression, currently not taking meds for treatment (tx)

Medications: Prenatal vitamins; Labetalol 200mg BID;

Family history: Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (mother); HTN and heart disease (father); breast cancer (maternal grandmother, deceased)

Instructions

Write a two to three-page analysis of this scenario that answers the following questions:

1. What should the nurse consider related to caring for a client with a history of domestic abuse, drug use, sexually transmitted diseases and depression?
2. Document the considerations of yourself as the professional nurse in regards to self-awareness; be aware of attitudes, values and beliefs that you hold related to clients from different social backgrounds so that care is not affected negatively. NUR2513 Research Discussion Essay
3. What conditions are in Mrs. Jones history that would cause concern during pregnancy, labor, and birth?
4. What concerns should be discussed with Ms. Jones before she leaves her appointment?

Each answer to your question should include the following:

• A correct answer with thorough development of the topic
• Gives clinical examples
• Include evidence from scholarly sources
• Appropriate use of medical terminology

NUR2513 Research Discussion Essay

Holistic Assessment Of The Older Adult

Part 2: **Signature Assignment**

Holistic Assessment of the Older Adult

This assignment is a voice over PowerPoint recording of 13-15 minutes.

For the PowerPoint and recorded presentation, create a presentation that addresses each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the prompts or questions for each bullet point. Use clear headings that allow your professor to know which bullet you are addressing on the slides in your presentation. Support your content with at least four (4) scholarly sources throughout your presentation, referencing in APA style. Include title and references slides in the presentation. Follow best practices for PowerPoint presentations related to text size, color, images, effects, wordiness, and multimedia enhancements. Ensure that you have permission from your older adult to conduct the health assessment and ensure that they are not identified on the PPT. Review the Signature Assignment rubric criteria for this assignment. Holistic Assessment Of The Older Adult

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Part 1: Assessment: Choose an adult (65 years or older) friend or relative and perform a holistic health assessment. Clearly discuss your discovered holistic health assessment data. Your assessment should include the following parts for the holistic assessment:

• General Health History
• Physiological Assessment
• Psychological Assessment
• Social Assessment
• Cultural Assessment
• Developmental Assessment
• Spiritual Assessment

Part 2: Interpretation (Abnormality and Coping)

• Choose one abnormality from the data gained in the assessments and discuss possible reasons/causes for the abnormality.
• How does this abnormality impact the other areas of the patient’s life?
• Discuss the client’s stress and coping mechanisms.
  • Are they healthy?
  • What recommendations and improvements could be made that are individualized for this person?

Part 3: Teaching Plan: Create a teaching plan that addresses the client holistically by applying the assessment data you have analyzed.  Holistic Assessment Of The Older Adult

• Describe at least one client goal for each of the six categories (each category should have a goal) (physical, psychological, social, cultural, developmental, and spiritual).
• Discuss one strategy per goal you would use to teach your client about each individual goal
• Explain how you will evaluate if your teaching was effective
  • Title Slide (1 slide)
  • Objective Slide (1 slide)
  • Assessment
    • General Health History (1slide)
    • Physical (1 slide)
    • Psychological (1 slide)
    • Social (1 slide)
    • Cultural (1 slide)
    • Developmental (1 slide)
    • Spiritual (1 slide)
  • Interpretation (Abnormality and Coping)
    • Abnormality, Reasons/Causes, Impact on Life (1 slide)
    • Stress, Coping, Recommendations (1 slide)
  • Teaching Plan
    • Physical Goal and Teaching Strategy (1 slide)
    • Psychological Goal and Teaching Strategy (1 slide)
    • Social Goal and Teaching Strategy (1 slide)
    • Cultural Goal and Teaching Strategy (1 slide)
    • Developmental Goal and Teaching Strategy (1 slide)
    • Spiritual Goal and Teaching Strategy (1 slide)
    • Evaluation Plan (1 slide)
  • References (1 slide)

Assignment Expectations:

Length: PPT of 19-21 slides; Recording 13-15 min

Structure: Include a title slide, objective slide, content slides, and reference slide in APA format. Recording is of PPT slides, with voice only. Holistic Assessment Of The Older Adult

References: Use appropriate APA style in-slide citations and references for all resources. A minimum of four (4) scholarly sources are required.

Rubric: This assignment uses a rubric for scoring. Please review it as part of your assignment preparation and again prior to submission to ensure you have addressed its criteria at the highest level.

Format: Save your assignment as an mp4 or share the link to the recording

File name: Name your saved file according to your first initial, last name, and the assignment number (for example RHall Assignment 1.docx) Holistic Assessment Of The Older Adult

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 

1. Watch the film: The doctor is In: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (1991). https://archive.org/details/DoctorIsInPTSD

2. Provide a brief summary of the film. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Case Study:

You are working the afternoon shift in an inpatient psychiatric unit. The patients are in the day room watching a movie when suddenly someone starts yelling. You and other staff rush to the day room to find J.J., a 55-year-old male patient, crouched in the corner behind a chair, yelling at the other patients, “Get down. Get down quick. “You and the other staff are able to calm J.J. and the other patients and take J.J. to his room. He apologizes for his outburst and explains to you that the movie brought back memories of the Gulf War. He had forgotten where he was and thought he was in combat again. He describes to you in detail the memory he had of being ambushed by the enemy and watching several of his comrades be killed. You remember hearing in report that J.J. is a Gulf War veteran.

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1. You read in his medical record that J.J. has posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). What are common causes of PTSD, and what is the most likely cause of J.J.’s condition?

2. According to the DSM-V, name three criteria that must be present to diagnose posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

3. What is the difference between PTSD and acute stress disorder, according to the DSM-V?

4. Which symptom(s) of PTSD did J.J. most likely experience?

5. What therapeutic measures can be done to help J.J. during your shift this evening?  Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

6. While you are in J.J.’s room, he states that he would like to rest for a while, and he requests something to “calm his nerves. “You check his medical record see these PRN medications listed. You review the Chart and the following medications are ordered PRN: Tylenol, Xanax, and Ambien.

a. Which medication is most appropriate to administer at this time? Explain.

7. What are the adverse effects of long-term use of benzodiazepine anxiolytics?

8. You decide to notify J.J.’s physician about his reaction to the movie. The physician writes an order to start paroxetine (Paxil). How does this medication differ from the alprazolam?

9. J.J. asks you whether there are other things he can do, in addition to medications, to help his anxiety.

a. List some relaxation and therapeutic techniques that could be implemented or taught to J.J. to help relieve his anxiety.

10. J.J. is for discharge from the hospital. To what level of care will J.J. be discharged, and name some of the treatment modalities that could help him with his PTSD and related problems?

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder