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NUR 435 – Week 3 Discussion: Managing Change

tep 1 Consider a change in practice that took place at your workplace. Step 2 Answer the Prompts: ·         What was the involvement of team members in the change process? Did “rank and file” members of the team participate on the team planning for change? ·         What steps were taken to prepare for change? ·         How were […]

EVIDENCE-BASED PROJECT, PART 1: IDENTIFYING RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES

EVIDENCE-BASED PROJECT, PART 1: IDENTIFYING RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES Is there a difference between “common practice” and “best practice”? When you first went to work for your current organization, experienced colleagues may have shared with you details about processes and procedures. Perhaps you even attended an orientation session to brief you on these matters. As a “rookie,” […]

Journal

 Use this Journal to reflect on your clinical strengths and opportunities for improvement, the progress you made, and what insights you will carry forward into your next class

Discussion questions

1. Because the patient’s reported hallucinations are not persecutory, as a clinician, what medications would you start with? 2. What treatments (pharmacological and non-pharmacological) are most effective for patients with extensive trauma history? 3. What symptoms could be co-occurring in relation to PTSD vs schizophrenia for this patient?  

Response

   Respond by making recommendations for how they might strengthen the leadership behaviors profiled in their StrengthsFinder assessment, or by commenting on lessons to be learned from the results that can be applied to personal leadership philosophies and behaviors. 2 scholarly references According to Clifton Strengths results, the top 5 Signature Theme report presents. Consistency […]

discussion post principles of communication

View the TEDTalk “Why I live in Mortal Dread of Public Speaking”Links to an external site. by Megan Washington (TEDx, 2014). Then, view the Sources of Communication Apprehension presentation (adapted from Engleberg & Wynn, 2015). In light of the TEDTalk, the presentation, and your own experiences respond to the following questions: What strikes you as […]

Case Study

  A 60-year-old male patient is admitted with chest pain to the telemetry unit where you work. While having a bowel movement on the bedside commode, the patient becomes short of breath and diaphoretic. The ECG waveform shows bradycardia. What other assessment findings should you anticipate? Why does this patient probably have bradycardia? Does this […]