week 3

 

Use the Galen library database to find one primary qualitative research article on any nursing topic recently published this year in a nursing journal. Read the article and in one paragraph (7 to 8 sentences) provide a rapid critical appraisal by answering the following questions. Support your response by citing and referencing the research article.

  1. What was the research design?
  2. How were study participants chosen and was the sample size appropriate?
  3. Does the research methods fit the purpose of the study? Explain.
  4. Are data collection and analysis technniques approproiate for this type of study? Explain.
  5. Is the phenomenon (human experience) clearly identified? Explain.
  6. What are the reported results?
  7. How may the results be applied in clinical practice?

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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?
  • You are not required to initiate a thread, however, everyone must post at least once by 11:59 PM ET Thursday. There is no minimum or maximum word count. You will be graded on the relevance of your post to the topic and the application of the concepts.
  • When responding to your peers, you should extend, refute/correct, or add additional nuance to their posts. 
  • All replies must be constructive and follow proper netiquette. Click here to go to the Academic Continuity Guide for Students and read the Course Communication Guidelines (Netiquette)Links to an external site..

Discussion 2

  1. Describe the importance of folk medicine practices and folk healers to African Americans in the rural setting. 
  2. Mrs. M., a Mexican American who just gave birth, tells the nurse not to include certain foods on her meal tray because her mother told her to avoid those foods while breastfeeding. The nurse tells her that she doesn’t have to avoid any foods and should eat whatever she desires. What concept does this demonstrate? 
  3. Describe at least two communication barriers encountered by non-Navajo nurses when providing care to Navajo clients. 

500 words

APA style

At least two academic resources

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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?

 

Pharm Discussion 2

  1. Describe dermatitis, diagnostic criteria, and treatment modalities
  2. Describe the drug therapy for Conjunctivitis and Otitis Media 
  3. Discuss Herpes Virus infections, patient presentation, and treatment
  4. Describe the most common primary bacterial skin infections and the treatment of choice. 

    500 words, formatted and cited in the current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. 

    • Each question must be answered individually as in bullet points 

Never Events” & Your Clinical Project

 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) formed its no-pay policy based on the growing work of National Quality Forum (NQF) of “never events.” Meaning, CMS will no longer pay for certain conditions that result from what might be termed poor practice or events that should never have occurred while a patient was under the care of a healthcare professional.

  • Discuss specific examples of “never events” and their impact in your workplace.
  • What issues are you considering for your clinical project and why?
  •  Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. 

Characteristics of Leadership

follow directions

Never Events” & Your Clinical Project

 

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) formed its no-pay policy based on the growing work of National Quality Forum (NQF) of “never events.” Meaning, CMS will no longer pay for certain conditions that result from what might be termed poor practice or events that should never have occurred while a patient was under the care of a healthcare professional.

  • Discuss specific examples of “never events” and their impact in your workplace.
  • What issues are you considering for your clinical project and why?
  •  Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. 

Conducting an Environmental Scan

follow all directions

Unit 3 IP: Health Information Systems Technology and Applications

 Description –  Deliverable Length: 6–8 slides with clear and concise speaker notes.

NOTE: Cite at least 2 scholarly references published within the last 5 years. 

As the manager of the CTU Health Care Information Systems Department, you realize the need for seamless integration among all operating systems of the departments within the healthcare organization (HCO). Discuss the importance of electronic health record (EHR) conceptual framework integration and achieving interoperability.

Prepare a PowerPoint presentation for the stakeholders of the different departments that expresses the importance of the interoperability of all computing systems within the HCO. In this presentation, you should address the ramifications of the lack of integration of the information systems among the departments.