Category: Nursing
Category: Nursing
2. Identify the health care professionals’ role in compliance and give examples of ways in which the health care professional may actually contribute to noncompliance.
1. Define patient compliance and explain its importance in your field. 2. Identify the health care professionals’ role in compliance and give examples of ways in which the health care professional may actually contribute to noncompliance. 3. Compare compliance and collaboration. 4. Compare and contrast patient education in the past
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What are the possibilities for change in Mrs. Smith’s current mental status?
Mrs. Smith is an 85 year female with a history of Hypertension, diabetes and osteoarthritis. Her daughter who cares for her reports that she became suddenly confused beginning last night. She recognizes her daughter but has been unable to remember her grandchildren’s names. She continuously asks her daughter “What are
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Are you comfortable if we can involve your family members or significant other in psychoeducation and treatment?
The Case # 1: The man whose antidepressants stopped working The 63 yr-old with the worst depression and anxiety he has ever felt. He is married for 33 years and with 3 children. He is a non-smoker and non-drug and alcohol abuse. He has a medical history of Atrial
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Explain how the factor you selected might influence the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes in the patient from the case study you were assigned.
patient AO has a history of obesity and has recently gained 9 pounds. The patient has been diagnosed with hypertension and hyperlipidemia. Drugs currently prescribed include the following: Atenolol 12.5 mg daily Doxazosin 8 mg daily Hydralazine 10 mg qid Sertraline 25 mg daily Explain how the factor you selected
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Describe Ethical Challenges in “Obamacare/Trumpcare” and Healthcare Reforms X 2.
Describe Ethical Challenges in “Obamacare/Trumpcare” and Healthcare Reforms X 2.
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What internal policies do you plan to implement based on evidence-based practice approaches to ensure your organization meets these standards?
In preparation for the accreditation visit for AKT, choose 1 health care accrediting and credentialing organization. Select a quality improvement focus (QIF) area to improve patient outcomes in beyond the 3 issues that you identified and addressed in Week 4. Discuss the selected accreditation agency related to the QIF and
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Consulting for the Caring Angel Hospital.
Imagine that you are a senior consultant at Practical Health Care Consulting. Your supervisor has instructed you to spend three months at the Caring Angel Hospital to help improve the quality of care, add value to the organization, improve employee morale, design an efficient organizational chart, create a strong team
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What happens to those patients that still don’t have insurance?
Ethical Challenges in an Era Where “Obamacare/Trumpcare” and/or Healthcare Reform Dominate Identify and discuss any conflicts that exist between ethics and healthcare reform that has been brought upon the execution of the affordable care act aka Obamacare/Trumpcare. Also, explain how nurses should negotiate such conflicts. Consider how nurses have historically
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Review the Resources and reflect on the evolution of nursing informatics from a science to a nursing specialty.
Nature offers many examples of specialization and collaboration. Ant colonies and bee hives are but two examples of nature’s sophisticated organizations. Each thrives because their members specialize by tasks, divide labor, and collaborate to ensure food, safety, and general well-being of the colony or hive. Of course, humans don’t fare
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What wasted resources or wasted efforts have you seen/heard about in healthcare today?
What wasted resources or wasted efforts have you seen/heard about in healthcare today?
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