Adolescence: Contemporary Issues And Resources

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Adolescence: Contemporary Issues And Resources

Research the range of contemporary issues teenagers face today. In a 500- to 750-word paper, choose one issue (besides teen pregnancy) and discuss its effect on adolescent behavior and overall well-being. Include the following in your submission:

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  1. Describe the contemporary issue and explain what external stressors are associated with it.
  2. Outline assessment strategies to screen for this issue and external stressors during an assessment for an adolescent patient. Describe what additional assessment questions you would need to ask and define the ethical parameters regarding what you can and cannot share with the parent or guardian.
  3. Discuss support options for adolescents encountering external stressors. Include specific support options for the contemporary issue you presented.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Adolescence: Contemporary Issues And Resources

Effective Approaches In Leadership And Management

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Effective Approaches In Leadership And Management

In this assignment, you will be writing a 1,000-word paper describing the differing approaches of nursing leaders and managers to issues in practice. To complete this assignment, do the following: Effective Approaches In Leadership And Management

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  1. Select an issue from the following list: bullying, unit closers and restructuring, floating, nurse turnover, nurse staffing ratios, use of contract employees (i.e., registry and travel nurses), or magnet designation.
  2. Describe the selected issue. Discuss how it impacts quality of care and patient safety in the setting in which it occurs.
  3. Discuss how professional standards of practice should be demonstrated in this situation to help rectify the issue or maintain professional conduct.
  4. Explain the differing roles of nursing leaders and nursing managers in this instance and discuss the different approaches they take to address the selected issue and promote patient safety and quality care. Support your rationale by using the theories, principles, skills, and roles of the leader and manager described in your readings.
  5. Discuss what additional aspects managers and leaders would need to initiate in order to ensure professionalism throughout diverse health care settings while addressing the selected issue.
  6. Describe a leadership style that would best address the chosen issue. Explain why this style could be successful in this setting.

Use at least three peer-reviewed journal articles other than those presented in your text or provided in the course.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Effective Approaches In Leadership And Management

 

Family Health Assessment Part I

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Family Health Assessment, Part I

Understanding family structure and style is essential to patient and family care. Conducting a family interview and needs assessment gathers information to identify strengths as well as potential barriers to health. This information ultimately helps develop family-centered strategies for support and guidance.

This family health assessment is a two-part assignment. The information you gather in this initial assignment will be utilized for the second assignment in Topic 3.

Develop an interview questionnaire to be used in a family-focused functional assessment. The questionnaire must include three open-ended, family-focused questions to assess functional health patterns for each of the following: Family Health Assessment, Part I

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  1. Values/Health Perception
  2. Nutrition
  3. Sleep/Rest
  4. Elimination
  5. Activity/Exercise
  6. Cognitive
  7. Sensory-Perception
  8. Self-Perception
  9. Role Relationship
  10. Sexuality
  11. Coping

Select a family other than your own, and seek permission from the family to conduct an interview. Utilize the interview questions complied in your interview questionnaire to conduct a family-focused functional assessment. Document the responses as you conduct the interview.

Upon completion of the interview, write a 750–1,000-word paper. Analyze your assessment findings. Submit your questionnaire as an appendix with your assignment.

Include the following in your paper:

  1. Describe the family structure. Include individuals and any relevant attributes defining the family composition, such as race/ethnicity, social class, spirituality, and environment.
  2. Summarize the overall health behaviors of the family. Describe the current health of the family.
  3. Based on your findings, describe at least two of the functional health pattern strengths noted in the findings. Discuss three areas in which health problems or barriers to health were identified.
  4. Describe how family systems theory can be applied to solicit changes in family members that, in turn, initiate positive changes to the overall family functions over time.

Cite at least three peer-reviewed or scholarly sources to complete this assignment. Sources should be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria.

Family Health Assessment, Part I

 

Environmental Factors And Health Promotion Presentation

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Environmental Factors And Health Promotion Presentation

The growth, development, and learned behaviors that occur during the first year of infancy have a direct effect on the individual throughout their lifetime. For this assignment, research an environmental factor that poses a threat to the health or safety of infants and develop a health promotion that can be presented to caregivers. Create a 10- to 12-sslide PowerPoint health promotion with speaker notes that outlines a teaching plan. For the presentation of your PowerPoint, use an additional slide for references at the end. In developing your PowerPoint, take into consideration the health care literacy level of your target audience, as well as the demographic of the caregiver/patient (socioeconomic level, language, culture, and any other relevant characteristic of the caregiver) for which the presentation is tailored. Include the following in your presentation: Environmental Factors And Health Promotion Presentation

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  1. Describe the selected environmental factor. Explain how the environmental factor you selected can potentially affect the health or safety of infants.
  2. Create a health promotion plan that can be presented to caregivers to address the environmental factor and improve the overall health and well-being of infants.
  3. Offer recommendations on accident prevention and safety promotion as they relate to the selected environmental factor and the health or safety of infants.
  4. Offer examples, interventions, and suggestions from evidence-based research. At least three scholarly resources are required. Two of the three resources must be peer-reviewed and no older than 6 years old.
  5. Provide readers with two community resources: a national resource and a web-based resource. Include a brief description and contact information for each resource.

Environmental Factors And Health Promotion Presentation

Pulmonary Education Infographic

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Pulmonary Education Infographic

Competency

Compare strategies for safe, effective multidimensional nursing practice when providing care for clients with lower respiratory disorders.

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Scenario

You are a nurse on a pulmonary rehabilitation team at an outpatient clinic in your community. You are updating educational resources to educate clients who want to know more about health promotion, maintenance and improving pulmonary health related to their lung conditions.

Instructions

Create an infographic for a lower respiratory system disorder that includes the following components:

  • Risk factors associated with the common lower respiratory system disorder.
  • Description of three priority treatments for the lower respiratory disorder.
  • Description of inter professional collaborative care team members and their roles to improve health outcomes for the lower respiratory system disorder.
  • Description of three multidimensional nursing care strategies that support health promotion and maintenance for clients with lower respiratory system disorder.
  • Description of a national organization as a support resource for your client specific to the lower respiratory system disorder.

Pulmonary Education Infographic

 

Health Care Policy Development

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Health Care Policy Development

1.4 Participate in health care policy development to influence nursing practice and health care.

Research public health issues on the “Climate Change” or “Topics and Issues” pages of the American Public Health Association’s (APHA) website. Investigate a public health issue related to an environmental issue within the U.S. health care delivery system and examine its effect on a specific population. Health Care Policy Development

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Write a 750-1,000-word policy brief that summarizes the issue, explains the effect on the population, and proposes a solution to the issue.

Follow this outline when writing the policy brief:

  1. Describe the policy-health issue. Include the following information: (a) what population is affected; (b) at what level does it occur (local, state, or national); and (c) evidence about the issues supported by resources.
  2. Create a problem statement.
  3. Provide suggestions for addressing the health issues caused by the current policy. Describe what steps are required to initiate policy change. Include necessary stakeholders (government officials, administrators) and budget or funding considerations, if applicable.
  4. Discuss the impact on the health care delivery system.

Include three peer-reviewed sources and two other sources to support the policy brief.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

Health Care Policy Development

 

Benchmark – Diversity In Health Care

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Benchmark: Diversity In Health Care

Diversity has a significant influence on health care. Studying transcultural health care helps health professionals understand different cultures in order to provide holistic and individualized health care. Review the Purnell Model for Cultural Competence, including the theory, framework, and 12 domains. Write 750–1,000 words exploring the Purnell Model for Cultural Competence. Include the following:

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1. Explain culturally sensitive care and its application within health care.

2. Explain the theory and organizational framework of the Purnell Model and discuss its relevance to transcultural health care.

3: Describe Purnell’s 12 domains of culture and assess how each of these domains plays an active role in the diversity of health care in your specific field.

4. Discuss how this model can be applied when working with different cultures in order to become a more culturally competent health care provider.

5: Cite at least three references, including the course textbook.

Benchmark: Diversity In Health Care

Healthcare Information Technology Trends

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Healthcare Information Technology Trends

Throughout history, technological advancements have appeared for one purpose before finding applications elsewhere that lead to spikes in their usage and development. The internet, for example, was originally developed to share research before becoming a staple of work and entertainment. But technology—new and repurposed—will undoubtedly continue to be a driver of healthcare information. Informaticists often stay tuned to trends to monitor what the next new technology will be or how the next new idea for applying existing technology can benefit outcomes. Healthcare Information Technology Trends

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In this discussion, you will reflect on your healthcare organization’s use of technology and offer a technology trend you observe in your environment.

To Prepare:

  • Reflect on the resources related to digital information tools and technologies.
  • Consider your healthcare organization’s use of healthcare technologies to manage and distribute information.
  • Reflect on current and potential future trends, such as the use of social media and mobile applications/telehealth, Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled asset tracking, or expert systems/artificial intelligence, and how they may impact nursing practice and healthcare delivery.

Post a brief description of general healthcare technology trends, particularly those related to data/information you have observed in use in your healthcare organization or nursing practice. Describe any potential challenges or risks that may be inherent in the technologies associated with the trends you described. Then, describe at least one potential benefit and one potential risk associated with data safety, legislation, and patient care for the technologies you described. Next, explain which healthcare technology trends you believe are most promising for impacting healthcare technology in nursing practice and explain why. Describe whether this promise will contribute to improvements in patient care outcomes, efficiencies, or data management. Be specific and provide examples.

Healthcare Information Technology Trends

 

Geriatrics OTC Medication Use

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Geriatrics: OTC Medication Use

To prepare:

  • Review the American Geriatrics Society article and interactive media piece in this week’s Learning Resources.  Geriatrics: OTC Medication Use

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  • Select one of the following over-the-counter drugs commonly used by geriatric patients:
    • Antacids or acid suppressants
    • Antidiarrheal
    • Antihistamines
    • Antimicrobial ointments
    • Antispasmodics for the bladder
    • Cough suppressants
    • Laxatives
    • Neutraceuticals (choose one; e.g., ginseng, St. John’s wart, etc.)
    • Pain medications (choose one; e.g., acetaminophen, ibuprofen, rub-on pain ointments/patches, etc.)
    • Supplements (choose one; e.g., calcium, iron, etc.)
    • Vaginal creams
  • Research the over-the-counter drug you selected. Visit a local pharmacy and explore the types and varieties of drugs that are available. Reflect on the ingredients in each type/variety, including additional active ingredients.
  • Consult with the pharmacist about the ingredients in each type/variety, including how to make safe and effective clinical decisions in relation to this drug. Discuss potential interactions in frail elders and precautions related to the drug based on Beers Criteria. If one is available, you may consult with a pharmacist at your practicum site as an alternative to visiting a pharmacy.
  • Consider ways to educate elders about the OTC drug you selected.

Post a PowerPoint presentation that addresses the following:

  • Describe the over-the-counter drug that you selected.
  • Identify the types and varieties of drugs that are available. Describe the ingredients in each type/ variety, including additional active ingredients.
  • Explain the key information that you need to know about this OTC drug to make safe and effective clinical decisions. Include potential interactions in frail elders and describe any precautions related to the drug based on Beers Criteria.
  • Explain how you would educate elders about the OTC drug you selected.

Geriatrics: OTC Medication Use

Benchmark – Professional Capstone And Practicum Reflective Journal

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Benchmark: Professional Capstone And Practicum Reflective Journal

Details:
Students are required to maintain weekly reflective narratives throughout the course to combine into one course-long reflective journal that integrates leadership and inquiry into current practice as it applies to the Professional Capstone and Practicum course.

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In your journal, you will reflect on the personal knowledge and skills gained throughout this course. The journal should address a variable combination of the following, depending on your specific practice immersion clinical experiences:

  1. New practice approaches
  2. Intraprofessional collaboration
  3. Health care delivery and clinical systems
  4. Ethical considerations in health care
  5. Population health concerns
  6. The role of technology in improving health care outcomes
  7. Health policy
  8. Leadership and economic models
  9. Health disparities

Students will outline what they have discovered about their professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses that surfaced, additional resources and abilities that could be introduced to a given situation to influence optimal outcomes, and finally, how the student met the competencies aligned to this course.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

Benchmark: Professional Capstone And Practicum Reflective Journal