• Review the national healthcare issues/stressors presented in the Resources and reflect on the national healthcare issue/stressor you selected for study. • Reflect on the feedback you received from your colleagues on your Discussion post

  

Analysis of a Pertinent Healthcare Issue

 a 2 to 3 p, written to your organization’s leadership team, addressing your selected national healthcare issue/stressor and how it is impacting your work setting. Be sure to address the following:

  • Describe the national healthcare issue/stressor you selected and its impact on your      organization. Use organizational data to quantify the impact (if      necessary, seek assistance from leadership or appropriate stakeholders in      your organization).

Topic 3 DQ 1

Compare independent variables, dependent variables, and extraneous variables. Describe two ways that researchers attempt to control extraneous variables. Provide an example of how this is applied using a peer-reviewed, primary research article.

Initial discussion question posts should be a minimum of 200 words and include at least two references cited using APA format. Responses to peers or faculty should be 100-150 words and include one reference. Refer to “RN-BSN Discussion Question Rubric” and “RN-BSN Participation Rubric,” located in Class Resources, to understand the expectations for initial discussion question posts and participation posts, respectively.

Chroness

Identify chronic illness and its relationship to rehabilitation.

Choose from one:
COPD, CHF, Stroke, Hip fracture
Create interventions that support an older adult’s adaptation to the chronic illness or disability.
Describe the nurse’s role in assisting older adults in managing chronic conditions.
From your readings and knowledge which opportunities do you think can be change in the health care system to improve care for older adults with chronic illness and disability.
 

Dizzi

Part A
Tiffany, a 21-year-old college student, is having trouble sleeping, cries frequently, and has recurrent thoughts of suicide. An antidepressant is prescribed. Like many such drugs, this antidepressant has anticholinergic side effects.

  1. What side effects might Tiffany experience in the first week of treatment?

Part B
Maria, a 9-year-old girl, told the clinic physician that her “ear lump hurt” and she kept “getting dizzy and falling down.” As she told her story, she pointed to her mastoid process. An otoscopic examination of the external acoustic meatus revealed a red, swollen eardrum, and her throat was inflamed. Her condition was described as mastoiditis with secondary labyrinthitis.

  1. Describe the most likely route of infection and the infected structures in Maria’s case.
  2. Explain the cause of her dizziness and falling.

Decision Making

 A variety of models for making decisions are available. Three of these models are paternalistic, informative, and shared decision making.

  • Discuss the pros and cons of each of these models and the problems that are best suited for the various methods.
  • Determine which method has the strongest possibility of resulting in permanent change.
  •  Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.  

Decision Making

 

A variety of models for making decisions are available. Three of these models are paternalistic, informative, and shared decision making.

  • Discuss the pros and cons of each of these models and the problems that are best suited for the various methods.
  • Determine which method has the strongest possibility of resulting in permanent change.
  •  Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.  

Nutrition, Hydration, & Persistent Vegetative State Forum

 Based on your assigned readings and lecture materials this week, engage with your peers and me by initiating a thread or responding to another peer’s thread or one of my threads. You should post a minimum of three times.

Nutrition, Hydration, & Persistent Vegetative State Forum

 

Based on your assigned readings and lecture materials this week, engage with your peers and me by initiating a thread or responding to another peer’s thread or one of my threads. You should post a minimum of three times.

  • Is there something you are learning this week that you are excited about?
  • Can you apply any of the concepts this week to the career you are interested in pursuing?
  • Do you have any questions about the concepts you are learning this week?