What are Red’s strengths? 

  Red Yoder is an 80-year-old farmer who lives alone in the farmhouse where he grew up. It is located 20 miles outside of town. Red has been a widower for 10 years. His son Jon manages the farm now, but Red is still involved in the decision making. Red’s current medical problems include insulin dependent diabetes complicated by an open foot wound. He also has some incontinence and difficulty sleeping. 

Red is awaiting a visit from the home health nurses. He relates that he has an open wound on his big toe that developed after walking in a new pair of shoes. When his daughter-in-law Judy saw the wound, she called the family doctor, who suggested a visit by the wound care nurse who works with the home health agency. Red agreed as long as his VA benefits cover the costs. Red is aware that his son and daughter-in-law have concerns about him living alone, but Red insists that while he needs a little help from Jon and Judy at times, he is still capable of caring for himself. 

I understand you want to hear my story; well I’m not much for talking, but I can give you the highlights. There’s a lot that’s happened over my 80 years. From the top. My name is Sherman Yoder, but I answer to “Red.” No one around here even remembers my real name. I was born in this house in the downstairs bedroom. Mom had already delivered six kids and there was no way I was waiting for Dad to finish feeding the hogs and get Mom to town before I come out. Mom used to love to tell that story. Dad bought this farmhouse and the first hundred acres right before he went off to WWI. The folks saw good times and bad in this ol’ place and so have I. All my brothers and sisters left the land as soon as they could. I was the only one of the lot to care about this place and want to carry on what Dad started. I really haven’t gone far from this spot in my entire life. The one time I got it in my head to try something different; I wound up in Korea with an Army uniform on. I was glad to get back to this place after that stint and here I’ve been ever since. Married the neighbor girl Bessie when I got back. Her dad wasn’t so sure that it would work out since she was 8 years younger than me and she intended to go off to the state college. We sure did prove him wrong; we celebrated our 50th anniversary the week before Bessie died. The ladies at the church had the hall all decorated up and we brought Bessie home from the hospital for the afternoon. She was bound and determined to live for that day; no way did she want her friends to go to that much work for her to not show up. I couldn’t believe it when the ladies had to prepare for the reception after we buried Bessie in that same hall one week later. We had such a good life together. That was 10 years ago. I don’t do much of the farm work anymore. Our son Jon takes care of the crops and the few animals we have. I still go out to the hen house every morning to collect the eggs. I’m a little stiff in the morning, but I get loosened up enough to walk out to gather some fresh eggs to go with my bacon for breakfast. I get in to town at least once a week; on Monday morning me and my buddies meet at the VFW for our coffee and donut break. I get caught up on all the town gossip and we laugh and bellyache about what’s going on in the world. Three weeks ago I celebrated my 80th birthday. My daughter in law, Judy, organized a big “to do” at the church after the Sunday service with cake and ice cream and all the fixins’ for my party. I had a big piece of cake but skipped the ice cream. Doc Baker was there and I knew he would scold me about too much sugar. Six months ago he told me I had diabetes and I started taking a pill for it, but a few weeks ago he put me on insulin. I figure I should be able to eat what I want; come on, I’m not going to live forever, and it was my favorite cake, German chocolate. I ate it in the kitchen so the Doc wouldn’t see me; wouldn’t you know, his office nurse Helen came in the kitchen with a load of dishes just as I was putting the last bite in my mouth. She just winked at me and smiled. After the party I went out to the mall with Jon and the grandkids. I’m not one for shopping much, but I needed a new ink cartridge for my printer and the computer store is the one place I like to look around in. Too bad we parked clear on the other end of the mall so the kids could go by their favorite stores for Grandpa to buy them a little something. Jon got real mad at me when I asked if I could sit and rest for a while, so I just kept walking. I guess my new shoes were a little tight; I didn’t feel anything but when I got home there was some blood on my sock, and then I saw a sore on my big toe. It must not be too bad since it’s not hurting except when I try to put my shoes on. I showed the sore to Jon and Judy the other day and Judy said she would call the doctor to see what she should put on it. Jon gets so irritated when I need extra help; I hope I can just continue to soak my foot in hot water to clean it out. Judy was a nursing assistant out at the old folk’s home for many years; I’m hoping she will be able to help me with this. I like the idea of the home nurses coming out here as long as my VA benefits pay for it. That way they can see that I’m doing just fine living here on my own. I was searching on the Internet for the best way to treat this sore; there are so many sites that talk about foot sores if you’re a diabetic. Some of those pictures are pretty scary; I can’t sleep at night thinking about what could happen if this doesn’t heal. Of course I haven’t slept through the night for years. Even the couple of beers I have at night when I’m on the computer don’t seem to be helping anymore. Judy sometimes gives the kids Benadryl to help them sleep so I’ve been taking a couple when I go to bed; they seem to help me sleep a little better. As a matter of fact, I need to wrap this up now. I promised Jack, my grandson in college, that I’d Skype him in a few minutes. He just started the agronomy program at the university. I love to hear about what he’s learning and give him encouragement to come back to the farm.

1. What are Red’s strengths? 

2. What are your concerns for this patient? 

3. What is the cause of your concern? 

4. What information do you need? 

5. What are you going to do about it?

6. What is Red experiencing? 

Second monologue: Occurs two weeks later. “As much as I hate to miss it, I don’t think I’ll go into town today. I never miss Monday morning coffee at the VFW with my buddies. Sometimes my friends worry about me; they will probably wonder where I am. I know it’s only 20 miles, but I just haven’t felt like eating the last couple of days; maybe I’ve got the flu that’s going around. I’m not sure if I should take my insulin because I’m not eating, but my blood sugar was 203 when I poked my finger this morning. How can that be when I’m not eating? Wow! I just took of my sock to check on my sore and my whole foot is red and big. I haven’t looked at it for a few days; it was just a little pink the last time I checked it. I should have paid closer attention to those pills I was supposed to take, that antibiotic. The nurse wanted to make sure I didn’t get an infection in that toe. She comes tomorrow to change the bandage; I’d better make sure to take the antibiotic today.”

1. What are Red’s strengths? 

2. What are your concerns for this patient? 

3. What is the cause of your concern? 

4. What information do you need? 

5. What are you going to do about it? 

6. What is “Red” experiencing?

Stakeholder Relationships, Alliances, Risk Factors, and Regulatory Compliance

Topic: Stakeholder Relationships, Alliances, Risk Factors, and Regulatory Compliance

Question/Prompt: For Discussion Board Forum 4, continue to develop your proposal to include Stakeholder Relationships and Alliances (Section 7) and Risk Factors and Regulatory Compliance (Section 8) for your mock organization. Your draft must identify key stakeholders and alliances critical to the success of your organization. Consider the questions provided in the template to guide your development. Consider differences if you are offering a service versus providing a specific product for use. For risk factors and regulatory compliance, consider issues of politics, laws, legal regulations, and restrictions. Use the provided template to guide your draft development. You must cite at least 2 scholarly or biblical resources in current AMA format in your work. You will be graded on how comprehensively you address the content for Sections 7 and 8 in your original submission.

Post a brief explanation of the differences between the types of diabetes, including type 1, type 2, gestational, and juvenile diabetes.

  • Review the Resources for this module and reflect on differences between types of diabetes, including type 1, type 2, gestational, and juvenile diabetes.
  • Select one type of diabetes to focus on for this Discussion.
  • Consider one type of drug used to treat the type of diabetes you selected, including proper preparation and administration of this drug. Then, reflect on dietary considerations related to treatment.
  • Think about the short-term and long-term impact of the diabetes you selected on patients, including effects of drug treatments.
By Day 3 of Week 5

Post a brief explanation of the differences between the types of diabetes, including type 1, type 2, gestational, and juvenile diabetes. Describe one type of drug used to treat the type of diabetes you selected, including proper preparation and administration of this drug. Be sure to include dietary considerations related to treatment. Then, explain the short-term and long-term impact of this type of diabetes on patients. including effects of drug treatments. Be specific and provide examples.

Describe how the identified strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats affect the organization’s values and culture.

For this assignment, you will choose one of the organizations below or a nonprofit hospital in your community to research and complete the SWOT Analysis template. You may continue using the organization used in the Week 1 Mission, Vision, and Values discussion forums but you are free to select a different organization. Please note, you are required to use the same organization for the final paper in Week 5:

CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System

Cleveland Clinic

Henry Ford Health System

Lutheran Services in America

Mayo Clinic

Medtronic

Shriners Hospitals for Children

Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Stanford Medical Center

  • Trinity Health
  • UC Davis Medical Center
  • University hospital or other nonprofit hospital in your community
  • University of Texas Health (UT Health)
  • Veteran’s Health Administration (VHA)
  • Information search tips:
  • Search the organization’s name on the internet. Open the homepage of the organization. Select the links for the different pages, usually located at the top of the webpage or in the footer. In addition, you can enter the organization’s name and the topic term in the search box.
  • For this assignment, you will also want to read customer reviews, which will assist you in identifying strengths and weaknesses at the organization. The search keywords for this are Hospital Name, customer reviews. It is recommended that you look at multiple review websites to get a full picture of the customers’ perspectives.
  • For additional guidance, review the following resources:
  • What Is CRAAP? A Guide to Evaluating Web Sources (Links to an external site.)
  • Advanced Internet Search Techniques (Links to an external site.)
  • Keywords Are Critical (Links to an external site.)
  • Section 1
  • Identify the organization and include the URL for their website.

Create a SWOT analysis for the chosen organization.

Strengths

Identify three strengths of the organization (e.g., competitive advantage, high-quality care, access to care, affordability, accreditation).

Explain your rationale for each choice.

Describe how the stated strengths can be built on to ensure longevity of the organization.

Weaknesses

Identify three weaknesses of the organization (e.g., lack of defined purpose [who they are serving], low-quality care, poor customer service and customer ratings, lack of accreditation [the Joint Commission]).

  • Explain your rationale for each choice.

Provide an example of the stated weaknesses and potential issues that can happen.

Opportunities

Identify three opportunities of the organization (Tip: Review the textbook for examples of opportunities for the organization.).

  • Explain your rationale for each choice.

Discuss how the opportunities identified could be leveraged to the organization’s advantage.

Threats

Identify three threats to the organization (Tip: Review the textbook for examples of threats to an organization.).

  • Explain your rationale for each choice.

Discuss one option for reducing each threat identified.

Summarize the details from the SWOT analysis in a SWOT box.

Section 2

BASED ON THE OUTCOMES OF YOUR SWOT ANALYSIS,

Explain how the organization’s mission and vision are affected by the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats identified.

Describe how the identified strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats affect the organization’s values and culture.

  • Discuss how the organization may be impacted should the internal weaknesses significantly increase.
  • Examine the impact external threats (e.g., public entities [state or federal regulatory bodies] or competition) may have on the organization’s market share.

The SWOT Analysis paper

Must be a minimum of four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style (Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.) resource. Must use the SWOT Analysis 

template.

  • Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper in bold font
  • Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.

Student’s name

Name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)

Course name and number

Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.

For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) and Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Writing Center resources.

Must use at least three credible sources in addition to the course text.

Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

Week 5 Final paper

For your final paper you will continue with the same organization you chose for the Week 3 SWOT analysis, which addressed one of the following health care organizations:

  • CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System
  • Cleveland Clinic
  • Henry Ford Health System
  • Lutheran Services in America

MAYO CLINIC

Medtronic

Shriners Hospitals for Children

Jude Children’s Research Hospital

  • Stanford Medical Center
  • Trinity Health
  • UC Davis Medical Center
  • University hospital or other nonprofit hospital in your community

University of Texas Health (UT Health)

Veteran’s Health Administration (VHA)

Information search tips:

Search the organization’s name on the internet. Open the homepage of the organization. Select the links for the different pages, usually located at the top of the webpage or in the footer. In addition, you can enter the organization’s name and the topic in the search box. Additional tips are included below in the assignment directives.

For additional guidance, review the following resources:

Advanced Internet Search Techniques (Links to an external site.)

Keywords Are Critical (Links to an external site.)

Conduct an evaluation of the organization based on strategic planning analysis. Your evaluation of the organization’s strategic plan must include the following:

Analyze the internal environment.

Identify at least two internal problems associated with the organization and explain the rationale. Examples may include

Patient experience

Internet search keywords: organization name + patient reviews

Telehealth availability

Limited marketing

Delayed payments for billed services

Cybersecurity

  • Internet search keywords: organization name and security breach or cybersecurity or ransomware attack

Price transparency

  • Health care staffing shortages

Analyze the external environment.

  • Examine all the following external issues that can impact the organization’s ability to meet the Mission, Vision, and Values and the goals identified in the strategic plan:

Political

  • Economic
  • Social
  • Technological
  • Environmental
  • Legal
  • Evaluate the competitive advantage of the organization.
  • Explain what the organization does that no other organization in the community or region does. Examples may include

Differentiation from competitors in the community

Reputation

Superior location (e.g., Consider the income of the area and who the consumers are likely to be based on the location.)

  • Customer satisfaction

Convenience

  • Price level

Examine the role of stakeholders (address at least three of the following):

Government

Accrediting bodies

Insurance providers

Patients

Licensed professionals

  • Other health care organizations (e.g., competitors and partners)

Large employers in the area (e.g., up- or downsizing in number of employees and how that affects the health care organization, or employer needs for specialized care providers)

  • Assess the services provided (address at least three of the following):

New or innovative services or products

Renowned health care providers (e.g., a doctor who has special expertise or experience)

Availability of financial support for qualifying patients (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid, financial assistance opportunities)

  • Modern technology and equipment

Equitable care that ensures a fair distribution of care among all individuals in the community and is culturally competent (Tip: Evaluate the mission, vision, and values statements to determine the organization’s position on equitable and culturally competent care).

Analyze the organization’s competencies and resources.

Intellectual capital (choose two)

  • Professional competency (e.g., highly qualified and credentialed health care workers)

Information systems and data management

Contracts with state or federal government (certified to provide care to patients using Medicare and Medicaid)

Contracts with insurance providers (e.g., in- versus out-of-network costs to patients)

Contracts with other organizations to provide care for employees (e.g., large employers in the community—see stakeholders segment above)

  • Organizational competencies (choose two)

Managing the continuum of care (e.g., maintaining contact with the patient over a long period of time and across health services to ensure they receive the best possible care)

Training physicians and staff to ensure their skills, knowledge, and behaviors reflect current industry standards and best practices

Review of strategic plans and altering the plans as needed (e.g., alternative strategies)

Environmental scanning (e.g., benchmarking the services, skills, and work force against competitors)

Create a recommendation for the future direction of the organization of choice. Based on the findings on the topics above, address the following:

What recommendations can be made to ensure the organization manages future growth or continued success?

What are the short-, medium-, and long-term changes that need to be considered?

What does the organization need to do to maintain its financial health and viability?

The Organizational Evaluation final paper

To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view the Quick and Easy Library Research (Links to an external site.) tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.

Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) guide.

Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

Week 4

  • Strategic planning in a health care organization requires leadership to incorporate many factors. For example, they must consider state and federal laws and regulations as well as having comprehensive knowledge about the competition, financial resources and revenue streams, the organization’s patient mix, and have a good understanding of the scope of their own employees. Health care leaders are responsible for gathering data and creating a strategic plan. They are also responsible for guiding the organization in achieving the goals identified in the plan.

For this assignment use the Contributing Factors to a Strategic Plan template to address the following:

Analyze at least two ways federal and state regulations can limit the strategic plan’s goals for a health care organization. You may choose topics from the list below or other topics you locate through research. If you locate other topics not listed below, you must get permission from your instructor to use the topic:

Behavioral health

  • Certificate of Need (CoN) or similar state requirements (expansion of buildings and services, number of beds, etc.)

Civil rights, racial equity, and cultural competency in health care

Environmental requirements

Fraud and abuse laws

  • HIPAA (patient privacy and portability of health care insurance)

HITECH Act (information collection and security)

Medication guides and new releases or removals of pharmaceutical products

Partnerships with other organizations

Patient and insurance billing requirements (e.g., physician fee schedule in Medicare Part B, value-based care, etc.)

Patient safety standards (located in the Joint Commission E-dition)

Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act

Stark Law (anti-kickback)

Telehealth regulations and payment limitations

  • OSHA (workplace safety)

Identify two ways in which licensed health care providers contribute to the direction of a health care organization’s strategic plans.

  • Provide rationale for each method of contribution.

Examine financial incentives and reward systems for attaining or exceeding objectives.

  • Who should receive financial incentives when the expected outcomes are achieved or exceeded?

How can employees who do not receive financial incentives be rewarded for their contributions to the successful outcomes of the strategic planning goals?

  • Discuss at least two management actions that could be taken when organization-wide and functional objectives are not achieved. This can apply to an individual leader, to a small team, or to an entire department.
  • Provide rationale for each management action identified.
  • The Contributing Factors to a Strategic Plan paper

Which physical examination focus points could the nursing staff and medical technicians be assigned to complete?

Sports Physicals

In the sports medicine field, the sports physical exam is known as a preparticipation physical examination (PPE). The exam helps determine whether it is safe for you to participate in a certain sport. Most states actually require that kids and teens have a sports physical before they can start a new sport or begin a new competitive season. But even if a sports physical is not required, doctors still highly recommend getting one.

Case Study
The administration of the local critical access hospital has asked the practitioner to organize a community service program to conduct sports physicals for local junior high and high school athletes at no cost to the student. The practitioner has the use of the usual physician office space or the facility’s large meeting space and will recruit physicians, nurse practitioners, nursing staff, and medical technicians to conduct the sports physicals. Based on a survey of nearby school districts, the administration expects to serve 100 to 150 student athletes over the 2 days the physicals will be offered.

Case Questions

  1. Which format would most effectively serve the needs of the students in this program? Include consideration of the space chosen for conducting the program.
  2. Which space would be most appropriate to use for the program and why?
  3. What are the drawbacks to the assembly-line format?
  4. Which physical examination focus points could the nursing staff and medical technicians be assigned to complete?
  5. When the practitioner is preparing to advertise the program being offered, the local newspaper asks the practitioner to identify three of the main objectives of the sports physicals for an article. How would the practitioner respond?

Identify three steps in the revenue cycle management process and apply its relationship to the billing and coding process

In addition to the core EHR administrative and clinical functions, system applications are often acquired to support additional departments within the hospital or other healthcare organizations Health Information Technology. One application is a supporting Financial System with components to assist the billing and coding department in capturing and processing patient claims as part of the Revenue Cycle Management process.

It is recommended that you work on this assignment as you complete your Unit 3 activities, and view lectures and interviews. Your responses should be thorough, well-conceived college-level responses that are grammatically correct. When you answer these questions, justify your responses with facts and details from the readings, and with your conclusions. Please write your answers in complete sentences.

  1. Identify three steps in the revenue cycle management process and apply its relationship to the billing and coding process
  2. Discuss the responsible party and their role (ex: pre-registration, front desk, clinical, etc.) in executing each of the three steps.
  3. Assess the impact of each of the three steps on the revenue cycle management process when not completed accurately. Recommend one method for revising inaccuracies in each step.

Does Health Information Technology Reduce healthcare Costs?

1Based on the overview, developed after finishing chapter one (The context of healthcare Financial Management) Discuss does Health Information Technology Reduce healthcare Costs? Some analysts have suggested that the adoption of electronic medical records (EHR) by hospitals could eventually reduce annual healthcare expenditures by one third or more. Others have been far less sanguine about such projections, arguing that adopting such information technologies may in fact increase costs. State if you agree or disagree with reasons. Submission Instructions • Please post your original response by Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. Your response should be a minimum of 5 sentences but should not exceed 250 words. Appropriately cite any of the references that you use to fully answer • • • Grading Rubrics Criteria Frequency Initial Assignment Posting Follow-Up Postings Unacceptable 0 Points Acceptable 1 Point Participates 1-2 Participates not times on the at all. same day. Posts adequate discussion with superficial thought and preparation; does not address all Posts no aspects of the discussion. task. Posts shallow contribution to Posts no discussion (e.g., follow-up agrees or responses to disagrees); does others. not enrich Good 2 Points Participates 12 times but postings not distributed throughout week. Excellent 3 Points Participates 34 times throughout the week. Posts well developed discussion that addresses all aspects of the task; lacks full development of concepts. Elaborates on an existing posting with further comment or observation. Posts well developed discussion that fully addresses and develops all aspects of the task. Demonstrates analysis of others’ posts; extends meaningful discussion by discussion. Content Contribution References & Support Clarity & Mechanics building on previous posts. Posts information that is offtopic, incorrect, or irrelevant to discussion. Repeats but does not add substantive information to the discussion. Posts information that is factually correct; lacks full development of concept or thought. Includes no references or supporting experience. Uses personal experience, but no references to readings or research. Incorporates some references from literature and personal experience. Posts long, unorganized or rude content that may contain multiple errors or may be inappropriate. Communicates in friendly, courteous and helpful manner with some errors in clarity or mechanics. Contributes valuable information to discussion with minor clarity or mechanics errors. Posts factually correct, reflective and substantive contribution; advances discussion. Uses references to literature, readings, or personal experience to support comments. Contributes to discussion with clear, concise comments formatted in an easy to read style that is free of grammatical or spelling errors. 2- Identify key factors affecting the health of individuals around the world? and the most important one in your country 3- In your opinion, Are Nutrition Journalists Taken as Seriously as Licensed Nutrition Healthcare Professionals? support your argument with reliable research. A. Highlight the Nutritionists and dietitians are the main practitioners of the science of nutrition. B. Provide an example of misleading headlines Sponsored By Journals nutrition 4- PHC 261 discussion board 1 “The 2.4 billion working people in the developing countries often have to endure employment conditions, which do not meet even basic occupational safety and health (OSH) standards. The lack of work safety, excessive workloads, and occupational physical, chemical and biological exposures result in occupational diseases, injuries and as many as 1.2 million fatalities each year. Furthermore, as little as 15% of workers in the developing countries have access to occupational health and safety services.” (Rantanen et al., 2004). In your own words, to what extent do you agree with the information provided by the quote above? Support your argument by giving further details about developing and developed countries with examples of the services. For reference, check chapter 2 in your book. 5- What is mean by Pathophysiology and What is a disease in your own words? Provide one or two examples of the most common diseases from the are you live with references. (Total Marks: 2.5 marks) 6- .To improve our learning outcomes there will be assignment discussion please do your best to write not more than 5 sentences and not more than 250 words about: the topic: stress can be another form of infection Share your thoughts on the idea, stated in the article “A new take on ”,psychoneuroimmunology Base your response on your reading of the article and of Chapter 2 of Pitts & Phillips .

 

Where do you see yourself in 5 years? In 10 years?

INSTRUCTIONS:
Interview a health professional in the field you ultimately plan to be employed in as a
career. Use the following questions during your interview and select 2 questions of your own
that you believe are important for the position. You may ask more than just the 2 questions
to total 10 questions as a minimum requirement of this assignment, but you are not limited to
the 10.
1) Name, position held, company, and how long have they worked for this
company/organization/agency? Attach business card and/or contact information.
2) What is the company/organization/agency mission statement or philosophy?
3) What are the minimum qualifications for the position held?
4) What aspects do they enjoy the most in this position? The least?
5) Es the company you work for provide in service education/training for its employees and
offer continuing education programs? If so, what have you attended lately?
6) Why do you believe you were selected for your current position?
7) Where do you see yourself in 5 years? In 10 years?
8) What advice would you give someone like me whose career objective is to be
__________________?
9& 10) Questions 9 and 10 are for you to make up an open ended question of your own

How is the concept of “disorders of brain function” related to Fred’s presenting symptoms?

I’m working on a health & medical discussion question and need support to help me learn.

Fifty-four-year-old Fred is complaining of a headache that started about 2 weeks ago. For the past 2 days, the headache has increased in severity, and he is photophobic and has uncial rigidity and projectile vomiting. CT scan results show an arteriovenous malformation in the basal artery and a small hemorrhagic bleed in the middle meningeal artery.

How is the concept of “disorders of brain function” related to Fred’s presenting symptoms?

What aspects of cerebral circulation would come into play in Fred’s case?

Explore professional organization involvement and advocacy opportunities to support advanced nursing practice.

Purpose

The purpose of assignment is to log all time completed in the practicum experience during this course. This assignment is intended to allow you to show evidence of achievement of:

CLO1: Evaluate the role(s) of the doctorally prepared nurse in U.S. healthcare delivery system: past, present, and future. (DNP PO 2, 4, 5, 6; II, V, VI, VIII)

CLO 2: Plan a scholarship trajectory to continually improve the practice of the doctorally prepared nurse. (DNP PO 6; VIII)

CLO 3: Recommend resources that encourage evidence-based practice. (DNP PO 1, 3; I, III, IV)

CLO 4: Explore professional organization involvement and advocacy opportunities to support advanced nursing practice. (DNP PO 4, 6; V, VIII)

CLO5: Compose an electronic professional portfolio to demonstrate achievement of program outcomes and attainment of competency in all DNP Essentials. (DNP PO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; I-VIII)

Due Date: See the deadline stated in the Canvas Course Summary.

Requirements

You must use the provided Excel Practicum Log template to document a running total of hours as they are accrued each week. Each activity must be documented on a new row in the Log. You will add additional activities to the same Log so that cumulative activities are documented in the same Log across the entire course. Handwritten entries or approvals are not accepted: The entire Log must be completed electronically!

Begin to the far left and complete each applicable column in order from left to right. Use the drop down boxes provided. Ensure the “Description of Activity” entry is specific, detailed, and clearly describes how the activity helped you meet the identified DNP Essential. (A lack of detail in what was accomplished, learned, or how the activity helped you meet the DNP Essential is the most common reason that entries are rejected by faculty).

DO NOT enter hours into the Project Hours, Prof Dev Hours, or Simulation Hours columns. Instead, place the number of hours completed in the Practicum Hours column only. Hours should be entered in 15 minutes increments using decimals. For example, completion of 3 hours is entered as 3; 3 hours and 15 minutes is entered as 3.25; 3 hours and 30 minutes is entered as 3.5; 3 hours and 45 minutes is entered as 3.75.

  1. Ensure the identifying information is completed at the top of the Log (names, phone numbers, and email addresses).
  2. Begin by entering the total approved hours previously earned in this program PLUS the hours you were granted credit for from your MSN program in the “Beginning Balance” box at the top of the Log.
  3. Ensure that each entry is an accurate reflection of the activities completed. DO NOT enter hours in blocks greater than four hours. If you work eight hours in the practicum setting, then you must make at least two entries. Each entry should specifically reflect what was accomplished during that time frame.
  4. The preceptor must approve all hours prior to the assignment deadline each week. The student is responsible for monitoring whether hours have been approved and reminding the preceptor of the need to do this. Unapproved hours will not count toward the course requirement of 120 hours.
  5. The preceptor approves entries by typing their initials in the the “Approved By” column. The preceptor may make narrative comments in the Approver Comments column but is not required to do so.
  6. Hours must contribute to the development/attainment of DNP Essentials but also executive leadership knowledge, skills, and abilities. It is the students responsibility to ensure documentation clearly reflects these requirements.
  7. Students must document exposure to each of the DNP Essentials at least once during this course. Failure to reflect all DNP Essentials will result in course failure, so plan for this requirement at the beginning of the course.

Attached is a copy of the previous logs submitted, this should guide you. This practicum is carried out in a mnetal health clinic, not a hospital or school, nothing related to project should be used. select each DNP essential to reflect leadership activities and provide brief decryption in the description area as seen in attached.