Advanced Pharmacology for Nurse Practitioners

For Week 2, you will examine how patient factors may influence pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes of pharmacotherapeutics used in the treatment of cardiovascular disorders.  You also explore ways to improve drug therapy plans for cardiovascular disorders based on patient factors and overall health needs.  

When writing your Week 2 Assignment, consider the following scenario:

Patient HM has a history of atrial fibrillation and a transient ischemic attack (TIA). The patient has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and ischemic heart disease. Drugs currently prescribed include the following:

·  Warfarin 5 mg daily MWF and 2.5 mg daily T, TH, Sat, Sun

·  Aspirin 81 mg daily

·  Metformin 1000 mg po bid

·  Glyburide 10 mg bid

·  Atenolol 100 mg po daily

·  Motrin 200 mg 1–3 tablets every 6 hours as needed for pain

Must use 3 references from 2015 or newer

MUST BE APA 7 FORMAT

ATTACHED RUBRIC MUST BE FOLLOWED AND PROPER ENGLISH MUST BE USED…..

Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines are fundamental to clinical practice, as they assist providers with clinical decision making.  I have attached some applicable guidelines below for your reference.  

Have a great week!

2017 ACC-AHA Guideline Mgmt HTN in Adults.pdf 

2018 AHA-ACC Guideline on Mgmt Blood Cholesterol.pdf 

2017 ACC-AHA-HFSA Guideline Mgmt HF.pdf 

ASH 2018 Guidelines Mgmt of VTE_Optimal Anticoag.pdf 

2019 AHA-ACC-HRS Guideline for Mgmt A Fib.pdf 

2017 AHA-ACC Guideline Mgmt Valvular Heart Disease.pdf 

Discussion 2: The Role of the RN/APRN in Policy-Making

 

  • Revisit the Congress.gov website provided in the Resources and consider the role of RNs and APRNs in policy-making.
  • Reflect on potential opportunities that may exist for RNs and APRNs to participate in the policy-making process.

Post an explanation of at least two opportunities that exist for RNs and APRNs to actively participate in policy-making. Explain some of the challenges that these opportunities may present and describe how you might overcome these challenges. Finally, recommend two strategies you might make to better advocate for or communicate the existence of these opportunities to participate in policy-making. Be specific and provide examples.

advanced pharmacology

  

Sabrina is a 26 year old female who has just been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She has scheduled an appointment for a follow up with her physician but has several questions about her diagnosis and is calling the Nurse Helpline for her hospital network. As she talks with the advanced practice nurse, she learns that her diagnosis also impacts her neurologic and musculoskeletal systems. Although multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disorder, both the neurologic and musculoskeletal systems will be affected by adverse symptoms that Sabrina needs to be aware of and for which specific drug therapy plans and other treatment options need to be decided on.

Decision tree media assignment 1-2 page paper: Alzheimers
    •    Summarize the case you were assigned: Alzheimers
    ◦    Provide a summary of the three decisions you made. List each drug option you selected.
    •    Based on the decisions you recommended for the patient case study, explain whether you believe the decisions provided were supported by the evidence-based literature. Be specific and provide examples. Be sure to support your response with evidence and references from outside resources.
    •    What were you hoping to achieve with the decisions you recommended for the patient case study you were assigned? Support your response with evidence and references from outside resources.
    •    Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with each of the decisions and the results of the decision in the exercise. Describe whether they were different. Be specific and provide examples.

Discussion Question

 1- Discussion question: Describe the importance of evidence-based practice and describe how and where to search for evidence?

2- 3 paragraphs 3 sentences each.

3- 2 references not older than 2015

4- APA style

The Future of Healthcare Informatics

 

The Future of Healthcare Informatics

Write an essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each number item. There should be three sections, one for each item number below, as well the introduction (heading is the title of the essay) and conclusion paragraphs. Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. Support your ideas with at least three (3) scholarly citations using APA citations in your essay. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the essay. The cover page and reference page do not count towards the minimum word amount. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.

  1. Identify the current role of the informatics nurse and predict the future role of the informatics nurse, based on scholarly sources.
  2. Explain what is meant by connected health.  Provide three examples of connected health in today’s healthcare environment.  Explain the benefits and drawbacks of each.
  3. In what ways has informatics impacted public health – please provide at least three examples.

Educational Program on Risk Management – Part One: Outline of Topic

The purpose of this assignment is to create an educational program that supports the implementation of risk management strategies in a health care organization.

In this assignment, you will develop an outline for an “in‐service”‐style educational risk management program for employees of a particular health care organization that will then form the basis for a PowerPoint presentation in Topic 5. Select your topic for this educational session from one of the proposed recommendations or changes you suggested in the Risk Management Program Analysis – Part One assignment to enhance, improve, or secure compliance standards in your chosen risk management plan example.

Create a 500‐750-word comprehensive outline that communicates the following about your chosen topic:

  1. Introduction: Identify the risk management topic you have chosen to address and why it is important within your health care sector.
  2. Rationale: Illustrate how this risk management strategy is lacking within your selected organization’s current risk management plan and explain how its implementation will better meet local, state, and federal compliance standards.
  3. Support: Provide data that indicate the need for this proposed risk management initiative and demonstrate how it falls under the organization’s legal responsibility to provide a safe health care facility and work environment.
  4. Implementation: Describe the steps to implement the proposed strategy in your selected health care organization.
  5. Challenges: Predict obstacles the health care organization may face in executing this risk management strategy and propose solutions to navigate or preempt these potentially difficult outcomes.
  6. Evaluation: Outline your plan to evaluate the success of the proposed risk management program and how well it meets the organization’s short-term, long-term, and end goals.
  7. Opportunities: Recommend additional risk management improvements in adjacent areas of influence that the organization could or should address moving forward.

peer response

Link to the video:  https://youtu.be/9f8ZWCQQDic 

In the response post, include the following:

  • What suggestions would you offer the speaker to strengthen the persuasive speech?
  • What advice would you give the speaker?

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.