free journal

 For this journal, I would like you to write 150 words about whatever you like. Tell me about your week, or tell me about one of your classes. This is a free journal where you can use this space to simply write and express yourself.  

grief

Appendix J – Grief

Ticket to class:

  • Place in dropbox prior to the start of class
  • No single word responses (at least 100+ words in each response)
  • Give examples
  • Cite resources
  • Give the questions some thought and answer honestly
  • Number your answers to correspond with the question
  • Worth 12 points / 10%

Watch the following videos:

These are short video of less than 3 minutes.

Questions:

  1. How did each of the videos make you feel? Explain.
  2. What thoughts came to mind after viewing each video? Explain.
  3. What were some interesting facts that reached out to you while watching each video? Give examples.

Distractors in our Environments (Nursing)

 Discussion Question

Distractions are everywhere. They may include cellphones, multiple alarms sounding, overhead paging, monitors beeping, and various interruptions that disrupt your clinical practice.

Give an example of an ethical or legal issue that may arise if a patient has a poor outcome or sentinel event because of a distraction such as alarm fatigue. What does evidence reveal about alarm fatigue and distractions in healthcare when it comes to patient safety?

Sampling Methods

 

M3: Lesson 10 – Discussion

  1. Create an original posting with a minimum of 250-300 words.
  2. Back up your arguments with reliable evidence.

Sampling Methods 

Instructions:

  1. Please find an experimental or quasi-experimental or descriptive article you wild like to use for the article critique assignment.  Make sure it is from a nursing journal and is not older than five years. on a topic of your interest.
  2. Review the article and provide a summary of the article, and answer the following questions:
    1. Discuss whether you think the article is true-experimental, quasi-experimental, or no experimental. You must also state what type of quantitative design (descriptive, correlational, etc.)
    2. Where was the setting of the study?
    3. What are the sampling methods?  Does the sample reflect the population (representativeness)?  What about sample size?  What was the risk of sampling error in the study?  Did the author acknowledge the sample criteria?  Inclusion or exclusion?
    4. What are the variables being measured?
    5. What data collections methods were used?
    6. What is the intervention?

Health assessment

  

ABDOMINAL ASSESSMENT

Subjective:

  • CC: “My stomach hurts, I      have diarrhea and nothing seems to help.”
  • HPI: JR, 47 yo WM, complains      of having generalized abdominal pain that started 3 days ago. He has not      taken any medications because he did not know what to take. He states the      pain is a 5/10 today but has been as much as 9/10 when it first started.      He has been able to eat, with some nausea afterwards.
  • PMH: HTN,      Diabetes, hx of GI bleed 4 years ago
  • Medications: Lisinopril 10mg, Amlodipine 5      mg, Metformin 1000mg, Lantus 10 units qhs
  • Allergies: NKDA
  • FH: No hx of colon      cancer, Father hx DMT2, HTN,      Mother hx HTN, Hyperlipidemia, GERD
  • Social: Denies tobacco use;      occasional etoh, married, 3 children (1 girl, 2 boys)

Objective:

  • VS: Temp 99.8; BP 160/86; RR      16; P 92; HT 5’10”; WT 248lbs
  • Heart: RRR, no murmurs
  • Lungs: CTA, chest wall      symmetrical
  • Skin: Intact without      lesions, no urticaria
  • Abd: soft, hyperactive bowel      sounds, pos pain in the LLQ
  • Diagnostics: None

Assessment:

  • Left lower quadrant pain
  • Gastroenterit

With regard to the Episodic note case study provided:

  • Review this week’s Learning Resources, and consider the      insights they provide about the case study.
  • Consider what history would be necessary to collect      from the patient in the case study.
  • Consider what physical exams and diagnostic tests would      be appropriate to gather more information about the patient’s condition.      How would the results be used to make a diagnosis?
  • Identify at least five possible      conditions that may be considered in a differential diagnosis for the      patient.

The Assignment

  1. Analyze the subjective portion      of the note. List additional information that should be included in the      documentation.
  2. Analyze the objective portion      of the note. List additional information that should be included in the      documentation.
  3. Is the assessment supported by      the subjective and objective information? Why or why not?
  4. What diagnostic tests would be      appropriate for this case, and how would the results be used to make a      diagnosis?
  5. Would you reject/accept the      current diagnosis? Why or why not? Identify three possible conditions that      may be considered as a differential diagnosis for this patient. Explain      your reasoning using at least three different references from current      evidence-based literature.

Power point presentation

PowerPoint Presentation

Create a PowerPoint presentation of 15-20 slides (slide count does not include title and references slide) describing the chosen community interest.

Include the following in your presentation:

  1. Description of community and community boundaries: the people and the geographic, geopolitical, financial, educational level; ethnic and phenomenological features of the community, as well as types of social interactions; common goals and interests; and barriers, and challenges, including any identified social determinates of health.
  2. Summary of community assessment: (a) funding sources and (b) partnerships.
  3. Summary of interview with community health/public health provider.
  4. Identification of an issue that is lacking or an opportunity for health promotion.
  5. A conclusion summarizing your key findings and a discussion of your impressions of the general health of the community.