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Choose one of the following case study descriptions and answer the following questions:

Case study 1: Adult female (26) with high blood pressure

Case study 2: Adult male (40) with high cholesterol

Case study 3: Elderly (65) Spanish speaking person with atrial fibrillation

1. Present a summary of the patient’s condition (Description, causes, risk factors, etc).

2. What evidence-based practice health promotion nursing interventions (strategies) would you suggest for this patient?

3. What resources and/or technology applications could be provided to guide the patient in self-management of his condition or in maintaining health and preventing disease? Be specific by providing an actual, usable app or website.

1. If you      were in charge of implementing a sweeping reorganization of the CDC, what      management relationship behaviors would you use? Who would you target with      these behaviors?
2. If you      are a female, is there a need to act differently when you manage the      relationships in an all-male leadership group?
3. If you      are a male, is there a reason for a woman to act differently if she is in      a relationship with you.
4. Based      on the case example in chapter 9 does the fact that Dr. Gerberding has      expressed her own experience with discrimination make it more or less      likely that she did not manage her relationship with the all-male      management team well?

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 Must use the sample template for your soap note, 

 Use APA format and must include minimum of 2 Scholarly Citations. 

 Turn it in Score must be less than 15% or will not be accepted for credit, must be your own work and in your own words.

  The use of tempates is ok with regards of Turn it in, but the Patient History, CC, HPI, The Assessment and Plan should be of your own work and individualized to your made up patient. 

Please answer the discussion questions. I have attached the description

Just the intro and support is needed at this time. Please read instructions and pick one of the topics provided for this.  Will need also 3 responses to students as well 

1) Minimum 7 full pages (Follow the 3 x 3 rule: minimum three paragraphs per part)

              Part 1: Minimum 1 page

              Part 2: minimum 1 page

              Part 3: minimum 1 page

              Part 4: minimum 1 page 

              Part 5: Minimum 1 page

              Part 6: minimum 1 page

              Part 7: minimum 1 page

Submit 1 document per part

2)¨******APA norms, please use headers

          All paragraphs must be narrative and cited in the text- each paragraphs

          Bulleted responses are not accepted

          Dont write in the first person 

          Dont copy and pase the questions.

          Answer the question objectively, do not make introductions to your answers, answer it when you start the paragraph

         Submit 1 document per part

3)****************************** It will be verified by Turnitin (Identify the percentage of exact match of writing with any other resource on the internet and academic sources, including universities and data banks) 

********************************It will be verified by SafeAssign (Identify the percentage of similarity of writing with any other resource on the internet and academic sources, including universities and data banks)

4) Minimum 3 references per part not older than 5 years

5) Identify your answer with the numbers, according to the question.

Example:

Q 1. Nursing is XXXXX

Q 2. Health is XXXX

6) You must name the files according to the part you are answering: 

Example:

Part 1.doc 

Part 2.doc 

__________________________________________________________________________________

Part 1:

1. What are social determinants of health?  

2. Explain how social determinants of health contribute to the development of disease.  

3. Describe the fundamental idea that the communicable disease chain model is designed to represent. Give an example of the steps a nurse can take to break the link within the communicable disease chain.

Part 2:

1. Select a global health issue affecting the international health community. 

2. Briefly describe the global health issue and its impact on the larger public health care systems (i.e., continents, regions, countries, states, and health departments). 

3. Discuss how health care delivery systems work collaboratively to address global health concerns and some of the stakeholders that work on these issues. 

Part 3:

Issue: Infection Control and Prevention 

Topics: Cleaning and disinfection; Standards precaution and Cross-contamination

Place:  University Plaza Nursing and Rehabilitation cente

1. Describe one internal and one external method for the dissemination of your evidence-based change proposal. For example, an internal method may be the hospital board, and an external method may be a professional nursing organization. 

2. Discuss why it is important to report your change proposal to both of these groups. How will your communication strategies change for each group?

Part 4:

Issue: Infection Control and Prevention 

Topics: Cleaning and disinfection; Standards precaution and Cross-contamination

Place:  University Plaza Nursing and Rehabilitation center

In order to evaluate an evidence-based practice project, it is important to be able to determine the effectiveness of your change. 

1. Discuss one way you will be able to evaluate whether your project made a difference in practice.

Part 5:

Darlene, age 32 years, has been having back pain for a number of years, ever since suffering a compressed L2 disc as the result of a motor vehicle accident that led to surgery and extensive physiotherapy. Now she is missing time from work as a secretary because of constant pain. Darlene has been referred to you for chronic pain.

1. As the nurse practitioner working with Darlene, what aspects of disorders of pain are important to understand?

2. How would you effectively manage Darlene’s pain at this time?

Part 6:

Next, identify ineffective teaching–learning strategies presented in the video, and discuss effective strategies the instructor could have implemented instead to avoid learning difficulties and promote critical thinking and active learning.

Incivility and bullying occur in the classroom as well as the clinical environment in a number of ways:

1) Student to student

2) Student to faculty

3) Faculty to faculty

4) Faculty to student

Incivility and bullying not only affect the well-being of the people involved, but it also puts patient safety at risk. Post your thoughts on some of the causes of incivility and bullying in the classroom and clinical environments, and suggest approaches that can be used to avoid this type of behavior.

Part 7:

After viewing the video on classroom management, discuss the student behavior issues that were presented. 

1. How could the instructor have managed those issues and the classroom environment in a way that would positively contribute to learning and proactively respond to student misconduct?

After reading the profiles of the healthcare administrators provided in Chapter 4 of the course text as well as reviewing the challenges and changes described in Chapter 5, please respond to the following:

• Discuss the key themes discovered among the profiles of the healthcare administrators/managers.
• Evaluate the growth/changes described in healthcare management. What will be the impact on the health system (both direct and non-direct) of these changes?

Question Your replies to your classmates’ threads must be substantive. 400 words atleast 3 peer reviewed sources in each replies and paragraph. APA format

The RN to BSN program at Grand Canyon University meets the requirements for clinical competencies as defined by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), using nontraditional experiences for practicing nurses. These experiences come in the form of direct and indirect care experiences in which licensed nursing students engage in learning within the context of their hospital organization, specific care discipline, and local communities.

Note: This is an individual assignment. In 1,500-2,000 words, describe the teaching experience and discuss your observations. The written portion of this assignment should include:

1. Summary of teaching plan
2. Epidemiological rationale for topic
3. Evaluation of teaching experience
4. Community response to teaching
5. Areas of strengths and areas of improvement

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Vocabulary

1. Glomerulonephritis

2. Pyelonephritis

3. Nitrogen Ureic (BUN)

4. Acute kidney failure

5. Chronic kidney failure

6. Difference between nephritic syndrome and nephrotic syndrome.

7. Intravenous pyelography

8. Prostate-specific antigen

Note 

Provide examples and/or differential diagnoses within each condition.  For example, different types of glomerulonephritis or different causes of pyelonephritis. About BUN, which things can alter the value and that tells us the value of BUN over kidney function. On acute and chronic renal failure what is prognosis for the patient, what conditions can lead to this picture and how the patient can be removed from that clinical picture.