Category: Health Care

Important for nurses understand research methods

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Please answer the following questions

  1. Why is it important for nurses who will never conduct their own research to understand research methods?
  2. What are some potential consequences to the nursing profession if nurses stopped conducting their own research?
  3. Think about a nursing procedure that you have learned. What is the basis for this procedure? Examine and explain whether the procedure is based on
    scientific evidence indicating that the procedure is effective. (some procedures I have done include indwelling catheter insertion, central line changing dress,
    sterile technique, giving medication …)
    Please remember to cite references and reference the article appropriately.

Important for nurses understand research methods

Posted on | by Brian Leakey

Please answer the following questions

  1. Why is it important for nurses who will never conduct their own research to understand research methods?
  2. What are some potential consequences to the nursing profession if nurses stopped conducting their own research?
  3. Think about a nursing procedure that you have learned. What is the basis for this procedure? Examine and explain whether the procedure is based on
    scientific evidence indicating that the procedure is effective. (some procedures I have done include indwelling catheter insertion, central line changing dress,
    sterile technique, giving medication …)
    Please remember to cite references and reference the article appropriately.

Summary of the health disparity and recommendation

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Present the findings from your practicum experience in a 10-15-minute presentation for a group of nurses. Imagine that you presenting this to your coworkers or at a nursing conference. Make it interesting and visually appealing.
Create a seven- to ten-slide, professional quality presentation with approximately six bullet points per slide. Slides should contain relevant pictures, tables, and charts when indicated. In your presentation, address the following information:
Title page
Introduction to the at-risk group. Include descriptive and demographic data.
Description of the community (city or county).
Summary of the needs assessment (step 1).
Summary of the health disparity and recommendation (step 2)
Summary of the community strengths, assets, and programs available for this group (step 3).
Description of the agency and summary of the interview (step 3).
How your plan supports social justice advocacy to improve the health of at-risk populations (new information).

Health Promotion: Prevention of Disease Case Study

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CASE STUDY: Family Member with Alzheimer’s Disease: Mark and Jacqueline
Mark and Jacqueline have been married for 30 years. They have grown children who live in another
state. Jacqueline’s mother has moved in with the couple because she has Alzheimer’s disease.
Jacqueline is an only child and always promised her mother that she would care for her in her old
age. Her mother is unaware of her surroundings and often calls out for her daughter Jackie when
Jacqueline is in the room. Jacqueline reassures her mother that she is there to help, but to no avail.
Jacqueline is unable to visit her children on holidays because she must attend to her mother’s daily
needs. She is reluctant to visit friends or even go out to a movie because of her mother’s care needs
or because she is too tired. Even though she has eliminated most leisure activities with Mark,
Jacqueline goes to bed at night with many of her caregiving tasks unfinished. She tries to visit with
her mother during the day, but her mother rejects any contact with her daughter. Planning for the
upcoming holidays seems impossible to Mark, because of his wife’s inability to focus on anything
except her mother’s care.
Jacqueline has difficulty sleeping at night and is unable to discuss plans even a few days in
advance. She is unable to visit friends and is reluctant to have friends visit because of the
unpredictable behavior of her mother and her need to attend to the daily care.
Reflective Questions

  1. How do you think this situation reflects Jacqueline’s sense of role performance?
  2. How do you think that Jacqueline may be contributing to her own health?

Health Promotion: Prevention of Disease

Posted on | by Brian Leakey

CASE STUDY: Family Member with Alzheimer’s Disease: Mark and Jacqueline
Mark and Jacqueline have been married for 30 years. They have grown children who live in another
state. Jacqueline’s mother has moved in with the couple because she has Alzheimer’s disease.
Jacqueline is an only child and always promised her mother that she would care for her in her old
age. Her mother is unaware of her surroundings and often calls out for her daughter Jackie when
Jacqueline is in the room. Jacqueline reassures her mother that she is there to help, but to no avail.
Jacqueline is unable to visit her children on holidays because she must attend to her mother’s daily
needs. She is reluctant to visit friends or even go out to a movie because of her mother’s care needs
or because she is too tired. Even though she has eliminated most leisure activities with Mark,
Jacqueline goes to bed at night with many of her caregiving tasks unfinished. She tries to visit with
her mother during the day, but her mother rejects any contact with her daughter. Planning for the
upcoming holidays seems impossible to Mark, because of his wife’s inability to focus on anything
except her mother’s care.
Jacqueline has difficulty sleeping at night and is unable to discuss plans even a few days in
advance. She is unable to visit friends and is reluctant to have friends visit because of the
unpredictable behavior of her mother and her need to attend to the daily care.
Reflective Questions

  1. How do you think this situation reflects Jacqueline’s sense of role performance?
  2. How do you think that Jacqueline may be contributing to her own health?

Performance Improvement in Health Care

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Discuss under what circumstances would you consider brainstorming as a method to help identify problem areas? Can you envision any instances where brainstorming would be appropriate for a (personal or professional) problem or situation? Please provide an example of the situation.

Videos and websites to read and watch

Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement

Performance Improvement in Health Care

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What do you think are the requirements for launching a terrific quality team? Identify an issue (actual or hypothetical) and respond to the following questions:
What is the potential issue? (Health Care or other setting)
Who will participate on the team (what job positions?)
How long will the team need to be in place?
What steps will the team follow to assess and resolve the issue?
What will a meeting agenda look like?
What steps should be taken when the team disbands?

Routinely examine the mouth

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why should primary care clinicians learn to routinely examine the mouth?
Book (minimum ONE – REQUIRED)
Subject Matter Expert (SME – REQUIRED): a person who has professional experience in a field directly related to your topic (see ME ASAP if you have any questions or want clarification). Our community/building is filled with individuals with diverse experiences and backgrounds – you might be surprised!
Internet (.edu, .gov, .org GENERALLY reliable; .com (commercial) can be less so, but be careful)
Magazines/periodicals/Newspapers (and their equivalent internet presence/website)
Your paper should have the following elements:

  1. Introduction with a clear thesis statement at the end of the introduction.

Use an introductory strategy
Quote and commentary
Question and commentary
Fact and commentary
Background info
Anecdote that illustrates aspects of your thesis
Make a connection to the world that could be relevant to readers
Thesis statement
Body paragraphs
Clear topic sentence for each paragraph (P)
A lead in to your evidence
Concrete evidence from your research (E) properly cited
Explanation/analysis of the evidence as it relates to the thesis (A)
What does the evidence demonstrate?
How does the evidence connect to your argument?
Why is this evidence important?
Concluding thought that demonstrates closure of this discussion (S)
Conclusion
Restates the central idea of the paper (thesis)
Say the thesis in a different way.
Write it in two sentences possibly
Makes connections to the larger world (relevancy)
Ends with a thoughtful statement
Works cited
Properly formatted (per video)
Alphabetized
Annotated
MLA format
Title that is thoughtful.
Central issue that doesn’t give the paper away
A phrase in your writing (often towards the end) that captures a central theme