Picot question

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Surgical site infection (SSI) rates have increased significantly at your hospital. As the unit manager, you have been tasked with reviewing the literature and making subsequent recommendations to determine if a chlorhexidine/alcohol combination skin scrub prior to surgery will decrease your SSI rates as compared to your current practice of betadine skin scrub. 

For this assignment:

  • Create a PICOT question based on the information above. Possible question guides can be found here. 
  • Research your PICOT question using at least 4 peer-reviewed journals. Sources should be less than 5 years old.
  • Create an APA-formatted annotated bibliography of the references you used to research your PICOT question. Use this template.
  • Create your PICOT question on a Word document and an annotated bibliography on the provided template. Submit both documents in a single upload.
  • The Writing Center. or Purdue OWL have resources to help with APA formatting and the annotated bibliography.

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 CC: “I keep getting reoccurrence UTIs.” 

Mod.2IN Discussion/APA STYLE/Turnitin-Plagiarism FREE

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Topic: Advocacy

What examples of advocacy do you see in your own nursing practice? List and discuss 2 examples.

Read and watch the lecture resources & materials below early in the week to help you respond to the discussion questions and to complete your assignment(s).

Read

Mason, D. J., Gardner, B. D., Outlaw, H. F., & O’Grady, T. E. (2016).
Chapters 7-10, and 12

  • Submission Instructions:
  • Post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 current academic sources within past 5 years.

Antibiotic Stewardship in a Pediatric Patient with Pneumonia

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Objective: Explore appropriate antibiotic selection, dosing, and resistance concerns in pediatric care.

Patient Profile:

  • Age: 6
  • Gender: Female
  • Weight: 44 lbs (20 kg)
  • Medical History: Recurrent ear infections, no known drug allergies
  • Current Medications: None
  • Diagnosis: Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)

Instructions for Students:

  1. Identify the most likely pathogens causing pneumonia in this age group and discuss antibiotic options.
  2. Select an appropriate antibiotic regimen, including dosing, route, and frequency, based on guidelines for pediatric CAP.
  3. Evaluate the risk of antibiotic resistance and the importance of antibiotic stewardship in this case.
  4. Monitor: Define what clinical signs/symptoms and laboratory findings should be monitored to ensure the therapy is effective.
  5. Adjust: Outline any considerations if the patient fails to respond to first-line therapy or develops adverse effects.
  6. Counsel: Provide key teaching points for parents on the correct use of antibiotics, potential side effects, and the importance of completing the prescribed course.

No less than 300 words, APA format, with 3 references no more than 5 years.

Mod.2D Discussion/APA STYLE/Turnitin-Plagiarism FREE

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Topic: Caring for African American, Mexican, & Navajo Populations

After studying Module 2: Lecture Materials & Resources, discuss the following:

A. Describe the importance of folk medicine practices and folk healers to African Americans in the rural setting. 

B. 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? 

C. Describe at least two communication barriers encountered by non-Navajo nurses when providing care to Navajo clients. 

Read/Reference

  • Giger, J. N., & Haddad, L. (2021). Transcultural Nursing: Assessment and Intervention (8th ed.). St. Louis, MO:  Elsevier.
    • Chapters 8-10

Watch

  • Submission Instructions:
  • Post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 current academic sources within past 5 years.

Mid-Term Finance & Ethics

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See attachment for instruction

Discussion Post/ Management of Development

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List strategies that might be used by a pediatric primary care provider to incorporate developmental anticipatory guidance into the following sick visits:

  1. An 18-month-old with an acute upper respiratory infection
  2. A 4-year-old with stool withholding and constipation
  3. A 9-year-old with chronic headaches
  4. A 15-year-old with dysmenorrhea.

Submission Instructions:

  • Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

WK 5 RESP DATA

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Pediatric SOAP note for atopic dermatitis

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you are going to write a pediatric SOAP note about atopic dermatitis. PT’s initials: C.J. is a 16 year old white male that goes to the pediatric clinic with his mom with complaints of a dried scaly gray patch on the inner right side of his leg. I am attaching an example of a SOAP note and the way it should be written. You are going to use at least 6 references and in text citations for diagnosis ( primary), differential diagnosis, Education, anticipatory guidance. I am attaching the template so you can develop the SOAP note. Note that pediatric SOAP notes focus on developmental stages of life as well.