Vulnerable Populations

 

How effective are the resources in your community for the vulnerable populations we have discussed over the past 2 weeks?  In which areas is there room for improvement? 

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. 

Nursing Homework

Preparing the assignment

1) Follow these guidelines when completing this assignment. Speak with your faculty member if you have questions.

a. Select a scholarly nursing or research article, published within the last five years, related to mental health nursing. The content of the article must relate to evidence-based practice.

· You may need to evaluate several articles to find one that is appropriate.

b. Ensure that no other member of your clinical group chooses the same article, then submit your choice for faculty approval.

c. The submitted assignment should be 2-3 pages in length, excluding the title and reference pages.

2) Include the following sections (detailed criteria listed below and in the Grading Rubric must match exactly).

a. Introduction

· Establishes purpose of the paper

· Captures attention of the reader

b. Article Summary

· Statistics to support significance of the topic to mental health care

· Key points of the article

· Key evidence presented

· Examples of how the evidence can be incorporated into your nursing practice

c. Article Critique

· Present strengths of the article

· Present weaknesses of the article

· Discuss if you would/would not recommend this article to a colleague

d. Conclusion

· Provides analysis or synthesis of information within the body of the text

· Supported by ides presented in the body of the paper

· Is clearly written

e. Article Selection and Approval

· Current (published in last 5 years)

· Relevant to mental health care

· Not used by another student within the clinical group

· Submitted and approved as directed by instructor

f. APA format and Writing Mechanics

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· Correct use of standard English grammar and sentence structure

· No spelling or typographical errors

· Document includes title and reference pages

· Citations in the text and reference page

Cover Letter

Charmine asseng

 

Contact

[email protected]

 

Professional Summary

A highly motivated student for strengths in MS office suite, Telephone Etiquette, CPR and first aid certified and a quick learner. Also, an analytical critical thinking professional with experience at Asbury Methodist Village. A deadline-driven individual that is a fast learner and uses critical analysis skills to make informed decisions.

 

Skills

· Quick Leaner

· CPR and first aid certified.

· MS Office Suite

· Determined Team Player

· Clear Communication Skills

· Telephone Etiquette

· Detail Oriented

· Strong Interpersonal Skills

· Adaptability

· Quick decision making

· Ability to work under pressure.

 

Experience

InternShip
July 10 -July 28th, 2017

Asbury Methodist Village, Gaithersburg MD

· I updated patient files, took them to their various daily activities, and photocopied and typed information.

· greeting patients, handling phone calls, preparing medical documents.

· scheduling appointments ensure that appropriate medical forms are signed.

· verify patient’s information and health insurance.

· Served victors by greeting, welcoming, and directing them appropriately.

David’s Bridal- Sep 9th, 2017 ‐ present

Bridal stylist, Rockville MD

· Consistently honor all service and selling vows, outfitting each customer head to toe.

· Sell the gown, headpiece, foundations, shoes, jewelry, etc.; outfit and accessorize the bridal party.

· Educate customers on the David’s Differences; attributes that make David’s Bridal unique.

· Maximize sales and customer satisfaction by providing superior service with every customer visit.

· Maintain David’s Bridal hourly sales productivity.

· Prepare for all upcoming appointments by printing the customers' profile and favorites.

· Know David's Bridal merchandise and build on product knowledge on an ongoing basis.

· Follow up and communicate with customers, following Relationship Management standards.

· Explain services provided by the alterations department to the customer and the importance.

· Support store management in performing responsibilities, including maintaining responsibility, inventory counts, merchandising the sales floor, and completing markdowns.

· Provide an efficient and friendly checkout experience for customers, as needed.

· Maintain housekeeping standards in the store.

· Answer multi-line business phone using the correct David's Bridal greeting and provide information in a professional manner.

Smart brand online- June 2015‐ July 2017

Assistant, Gaithersburg MD

· Helped with time and daily management.

· Scheduling of meetings, correspondence, and note-taking.

· Shipping out items to customers

· Assist customers with any questions they might have.

· Updating paperwork, maintaining documents, and word processing.

· Helping organize and maintain common office areas.

· Maintaining supply inventory

Clinical Experience Shady grove Adventist- January -May 2023

· Help take patient vital signs. 

· Help give patient medications with nurse supervision. 

· Assist patient in using the bathroom and eating. 

· Assist nurse in caring for the patient. 

Nurse Externship Program Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove– June 2023-up till date (Extended)

· A student nurse who is receiving training and following a nurse to develop clinical and critical thinking skills, and how to provide patient care.

· Working alongside the nurse assistant to take vital signs and assist with bedside skills.

· Acquired knowledge in the Peds ed and Med Surg unit by assisting in nursing tasks, helping patients with hygiene and dressing.

· Acquired nursing knowledge and the ability to follow instructions, as well as time management, and communication skills.

 

Education

High school Diploma- Gaithersburg High school

Gaithersburg, MD

Associate DEGREE
GENERAL STUDIES – MONTGOMERY college (expected may 2021)
Rockville, MD

AWARDS

Honor roll, Dean’s List

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Respiratory Acidosis

Hello, is there anyone to help me with this?

module 3 discussion due tom 6 pm pacific time

Please read the assignment before accepting or messaging.

Assay

 How will the degree program you are seeking support your career plans at UHealth Tower as an acute care nurse practitioner in 3-5 years? 

Nursing

Instructions

Population Health Intervention and Social Marketing Assignment

In this assignment, you will build on the community assessment you completed. First, start with the Community Health Diagnosis, the priority health needs you identified at the end of the Community Assessment, and the goal and objectives you drafted when you completed the Goals and Behavioral Objectives lesson at How to Write Community Health Education Behavioral Objectives https://softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/D5P10ig3MWJOVx/html (from Module/Week 9)

Build on the community assessment assignment, community health diagnosis, goals, and behavioral objectives to add the population intervention and social marketing assignment.

Save the goals and objectives you use during this activity for a future discussion posting!

Population Health Intervention and Social Marketing Experience: Go to https://www.softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/C3ePZu4cWLHRdI/html

Complete the Population Health Intervention and Social Marketing Assignment learning/assessment activity and at the end of the activity—see the last page under references at the bottom of the page to retrieve a certificate of completion and submit to the courseroom dropbox for credit. Passing is 95% to earn the certificate but you may retake the questions in the module as many times as you want to earn a higher grade.

How to Save Your Certificate on Your Device in Digital Format

To save your certificate in digital format on your device, select print on your device when the certificate is showing. (Yes, select print, even though you will not be printing it!) Instead of choosing a printer on the printer options, select save as a PDF file. Save the certificate as a PDF to your device. Then upload the certificate to the courseroom dropbox for grade credit.

Another technique is to take a picture with your smartphone and upload the image to the assignment dropbox for grade credit.

Hovering your mouse over the certificate, using a right-click, and selecting the menu item to save as an image and saving to your device as a jpg or png file is the least effective method, as depending on your computer/web browser settings, this may save the certificate as blank.

The score summary is not required. The certificate is required for grade credit.

nursing

 Describe the seven “levels of evidence” and provide an example of the type of practice change that could result from each. 

life-span development

Autobiographical Developmental Essay Assignment Guide

Prompt:

The Autobiographical Developmental Essay is designed to assist you with identifying, integrating, and applying key concepts from developmental psychology to your own experience as a human. This assignment may also help spark ideas and/or prepare you for the Theory Essay assignment and/or Research Paper assignment later in this course. Please read through this document in its entirety before beginning your work on this assignment. Your Autobiographical Developmental Essay should be approximately 500 words double-spaced, using 12-point font and 1-inch margins. If you are using external research to support your claims, you must cite your
sources with APA citations and an APA reference page.

Preparation:

Read Chapter 1 (Santrock) and reflect on key periods of development, theories of development, and methods for conducting developmental research.

To complete this assignment, you will:

Step 1: Select a developmental period of interest and consider the associated set of prompting questions (see Choosing an experience for your essay, below). You may wish to read through the entire list of developmental periods and consider all questions before choosing. You may also benefit from letting your mind float to different periods of your life, honing in on the developmental periods to which your curiosity and attention are drawn.

Step 2: Decide if you would like to focus on yourself as the subject, someone you know (or knew) well, or a public figure about whom you’ve read a biography or autobiography. If you choose yourself, you may disclose that you are writing about your own experiences and write from a first-person narrative perspective, or you may give yourself a pseudonym and discuss your experiences from a third-person perspective. If you choose someone you know/knew well, please give them a pseudonym. If you choose a public figure, you may disclose who you are writing about and please include the full reference of the biography or autobiography you read.

*Note: Steps 1 and 2 may be iterative, in that you may need to consider both the developmental period and subject (you or someone else) in tandem before choosing a focus for your paper.

Step 3: Write about an event from your life or someone else’s life that occurred during one of these developmental periods. Provide enough information and detail for the reader to understand the event in developmental context. (approximately 1 page)

Step 4: Discuss each of the 3 key developmental issues below (see Chapter 1, Santrock) as each relates to the event you described in Step 3. You should briefly (1-2 sentences) define each developmental issue before discussing how each issue is related to the event. (approximately 1 paragraph each, for a total of approximately 1 page)

Nature and nurture

Stability and change

Continuity and discontinuity

*Note: To complete this step thoroughly, you may need to briefly bring in information from other developmental periods (e.g., when discussing stability and change regarding an event that occurred in early childhood, you may reference the person’s experiences later in adolescence).

Step 5: Choose one of the developmental theories below (as discussed in your text; see Chapter 1, Santrock). Briefly describe the key components of the theory, and discuss in detail how the theory applies to the event you discussed in Step 3. (approximately 1 page)

Psychoanalytic theories (Freud, Erikson)

Cognitive theory (Piaget, Vygotsky, Information-processing theory)

Behavioral theory (Skinner)

Social cognitive theory (Bandura)

Ethological theory (Bowlby)

Ecological theory (Bronfenbrenner)

Choosing an experience for your essay:

Remember: Although a key component of this assignment involves you reflecting on your own experiences throughout your development thus far, you may tailor your response to this assignment to ensure you are both in control of and comfortable with the information you share about your experiences. Thus, you may discuss your personal experiences, your experiences of someone you know well (e.g., friend, relative), or a public figure you’ve read about in a biography or autobiography.

BIOLOGICAL BEGINNINGS (prenatal development/family structures):

Was this person raised by biological or adoptive parents? Is this person a twin? Do they have siblings? What traits appear to “run” in the family (or not)?

INFANCY (approximate ages 0-2):

What do you know about this person’s birth and first year of life (e.g., complicated birth, low birth rate, a stay in the NICU)? Any interesting or unusual circumstances in or around their infancy (early or late to walk/talk)?

EARLY CHILDHOOD (approximate ages 2-6):

What was early family life like for this person? Who lived in the home, and how were they related to one another? Did they attend daycare or were they cared for in the home? What was this person’s earliest memory? What was special in their life at this time?

MIDDLE AND LATE CHILDHOOD (approximate ages 6-11):

What was it like for this person to begin school? How did they get along with other children? What kinds of activities, foods, games, did they enjoy? What did they want to be when they grew up? Any type of pretend play that they especially enjoyed?

ADOLESCENCE (approximate ages 12-18):

What was the transition to adolescence like? Did this person change schools? Were they involved in activities? What did their friendship group look like, and did they have a best friend, a romantic partner? How did friendships change at adolescence, as compared to childhood? How did this person feel about themselves, others, and the world around them?

EARLY ADULTHOOD (approximate ages 18-40):

What course did this person’s life take after reaching the age of majority (18)? Did this person need or have to work? Did they pursue additional training or education? What did their friendships look like as they entered into early adulthood? Any patterns in their romantic relationships? At what age did they begin to take on traditional adult roles (career worker, partner, parent), if at all?

MIDDLE ADULTHOOD (approximate ages 40-65):

Were there any “big” mid-life events that characterized this person’s middle adulthood? How did this person balance responsibilities they may have had (child-raising, taking care of aging parents)? How did physical changes impact their quality of life? What accomplishments did they achieve? Any setbacks or challenges?

LATE ADULTHOOD (approximate ages 66+):

Describe this person’s experiences with aging (cognitively, emotionally, relationally, physically). Were they connected to others? Lonely? If the person worked previously, when did they stop? How did they see themselves with regard to their identity (or various identities) at this stage? What meaning did they make about life and living?

END OF LIFE (any age):

What were the circumstances of this person’s end of life / death? Were there any decisions to be made? How did culture impact the way this person and those around them approached death and dying, or the aftermath?

ARE

Patient Data for NR226 RUA Patient:

Patient History:

Ben Smith is a 75-year-old retired farmer from Southern Illinois. He is widowed and has 3 adult children who live
out of state. He is in an LTC for rehab following hospitalization. He has a 60-year history of smoking 2 PPD of
cigarettes. He fell 3 months prior to his hospitalization but did not sustain any injuries.

He was admitted to the hospital for an acute exacerbation of COPD. He also has a history of COVID in 2020,
HTN, and anxiety.

Medications:

• Acetaminophen 325mg PO Q6 hours PRN
• Albuterol inhaler, 2 puffs once daily
• Ipratropium bromide nebulizer Q8 hours PRN
• Lorazepam 5mg PO Q12 hours
• Nicotine patch, change every 72 hours
• Prednisone 30mg PO BID
• Multivitamin daily

Labs:

• Sputum culture and sensitivity- results showed no infection
• UA/UC- WNL
• CMP- WNL, except for potassium of 3.4 mEq/L
• CBC- WNL, except for platelets of 140k/mL

Imaging:

• Chest x-ray: shows focal consolidation in right lower lobe, suggestive of pneumonia
• Hyperinflation of lungs with flattened diaphragm consistent with long-standing COPD
• EKG: normal sinus rhythm with rate of 90 bpm

Assessment Data:

• Please be sure to fill in each system, including normal findings
• I will allow you to “make up” data that you would think would be abnormal in a patient like this, think of

findings especially in the following systems:
o Respiratory, cardiac, musculoskeletal, neuro

• Vital signs:
o Temp: 100.6 F, PO
o RR: 22 breaths/min, shallow
o HR: 90 bpm, regular
o BP: 145/90
o O2: 91% on 2L NC
o Pain: 7/10, intermittent, chest and upper back

Miscellaneous:

• The patient states that he hates hospitals and doesn’t belong in a nursing home. He says he needs to
get back to his farm

• He is impulsive and has tried to get out of bed numerous times, even though he is a stand by assist with
a history of falls

• He is non-compliant with medications and has felt nauseated. He does not want to take any meds and
“does not need that dang breathing thingy- it’s stupid!” (The nebulizer)

• He states he “will not quit smoking, I’ve been smoking since I was 15 and it hasn’t killed me yet!”