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Changes in culture and technology have resulted in patient populations that are often well informed and educated, even before consulting or considering a healthcare need delivered by a health professional. Fueled by this, health professionals are increasingly involving patients in treatment decisions. However, this often comes with challenges, as illnesses and treatments can become complex.

What has your experience been with patient involvement in treatment or healthcare decisions?

In this Discussion, you will share your experiences and consider the impact of patient involvement (or lack of involvement). You will also consider the use of a patient decision aid to inform best practices for patient care and healthcare decision making.

To Prepare:

• Review the Resources and reflect on a time when you experienced a patient being brought into (or not being brought into) a decision regarding their treatment plan.
• Review the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute’s Decision Aids Inventory at https://decisionaid.ohri.ca/.
  • Choose “For Specific Conditions,” then Browse an alphabetical listing of decision aids by health topic.

NOTE: To ensure compliance with HIPAA rules, please DO NOT use the patient’s real name or any information that might identify the patient or organization/practice.

Post a brief description of the situation you experienced and explain how incorporating or not incorporating patient preferences and values impacted the outcome of their treatment plan. Be specific and provide examples. Then, explain how including patient preferences and values might impact the trajectory of the situation and how these were reflected in the treatment plan. Finally, explain the value of the patient decision aid you selected and how it might contribute to effective decision making, both in general and in the experience you described. Describe how you might use this decision aid inventory in your professional practice or personal life.

    Define presbycusis, name signs and symptoms, etiology and differential diagnosis.

· Create 3 interventions-education measures with a patient with Presbycusis.

· List, define and elaborate on three different retinal and macular diseases age-related.

Submission Instructions:

· Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources

Benchmark – Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal 

Students maintained and  submitted weekly reflective narratives throughout the course to explore  the personal knowledge and skills gained throughout this course. This  assignment combines those entries into one course-long reflective  journal that integrates leadership and inquiry into current practice as  it applies to the Professional Capstone and Practicum course.

This  final submission should also outline what students have discovered  about their professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses  that surfaced during the process, 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.

The final journal should address a variable  combination of the following, while incorporating your specific clinical  practice experiences:

1. New practice approaches
2. Interprofessional collaboration
3. Health care delivery and clinical systems
4. Ethical considerations in health care
5. Practices of culturally sensitive care
6. Ensuring the integrity of human dignity in the care of all patients
7. Population health concerns
8. The role of technology in improving health care outcomes
9. Health policy
10. Leadership and economic models
11. Health disparities

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 LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Benchmark Information

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:

RN to BSN

2.3:     Understand and value the processes of critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and decision making.

4.1:     Utilize patient care technology and information management systems.

4.3:     Promote interprofessional collaborative communication with health care teams to provide safe and effective care.

5.3:     Provide culturally sensitive care.

5.4:     Preserve the integrity and human dignity in the care of all patients.

Week 3 Community Strategic Plan: Part A, Community Assessment

  For this assignment, identify an area of focus in community health within your own community. 

Using Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns framework (p. 130 in your e-text), assess the health risks in your community.

In your community assessment paper, include the following:

• Identify resources in your community that would enable you to complete a community assessment and submit a summary of your findings (1–2 paragraphs).
• Refer to Table 8-3: Examples of Community Strengths and Concerns, and assess the strengths and concerns of your community (2–3 paragraphs).
• Identify potential barriers to implementing community health plans in your community and brainstorm  ways of addressing these barriers (2–3 paragraphs).

Plan ahead: Next week, as Part B of this assignment, you will select one (1) identified risk from this assessment to develop a community-focused strategic plan to address that health risk.  It is recommended that you look ahead to next week’s assignment so that you can begin framing your chosen community health focus. 

Your paper should be 2–3 pages in length, not including the cover and reference pages. Use APA throughout.

You must include 2–3 sources that are APA cited and referenced in your paper. (Sources may include community resources such as flyers, brochures, interviews, news stories, and local research data from credible sources.)

Review the rubric for further information on how your assignment will be graded.

Due: Sunday, 11:59 p.m. (Pacific time)

Points: 110

Scenario:
• Your 79, year old female patient suffered a stroke 6 months ago. She is cared for in her sister’s home. The patient is dependent for position changes. She is unable to communicate the need to be turned. She must be fed at all meals. She has a stage II pressure injury on her sacral area.

Questions:
• Develop a teaching plan for the family to ensure that the patient’s needs are met

Imagine that you have a chronic health condition and are required to make frequent trips to several different doctors and medical facilities monthly (all on different Electronic Medical Records and Electronic Health Record platforms). Each time prior to a visit, you fill out a Release of Information (ROI) form so that all providers are aware of any new information. You have been hearing buzz in the news about how facilities are push towards a Community Health Record for greater Continuity of Care.

In your initial post, give your perspective on what it will take to move towards a Community Health Record. Make sure to include thoughts on estimated cost and time.

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Dua date 09/23/2020

Please respond to these questions appropriately citing your references if necessary.

#1) Identify 2020 National Health Goals related to home care during pregnancy or childhood that nurses can help the nation achieve.

#2)  Describe what family centered care is.

#3) Identify common areas or concerns of cultural diversity and apply these to nursing practice.

#4)  Formulate 2 nursing diagnoses related to family health and what would be some interventions.  How would you evaluate your interventions?

APA format.

As a practice scholar, you are called to respond to a recurring medication administration error at your workplace setting and identify strategies to prevent future recurrence through interprofessional collaborative practice. Your first step is to assemble the interprofessional team. Consider the following.

1-Who is on your team? What are the roles, responsibilities, and abilities of the team members?

2-How will you work together? How will you determine accountability and task distribution? Identify ways to distribute and follow up on tasks among interprofessional team members.

3-What strategies will you use to facilitate effective communication and collaboration? 

Please answer each questions separated and use 3 sources no later than 5 years.

You can use this sources:

Dang, D., & Dearholt, S. L. (2018). Johns Hopkins nursing evidence-based practice: Model and guidelines (3rd ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Sigma Theta Tau International.

White, K. M., Dudley-Brown, S., & Terhaar, M. F. (2016). Translation of evidence into nursing and health care (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

 write one-page of introduction paper with APA format including Title page.

Topic: Nursing process in community services.