After reading the provided articles and listening to our guest speakers discuss careers in nursing, you may be surprised to learn how many options nurses have in terms of careers beyond the typical hospital bedside. You find nurses in advanced practice as nurse practitioners and nurse anesthetists, as well as in academics, public health, administration, informatics, politics/government, consulting and a variety of practice settings beyond the hospital.

In this discussion board, share your reaction. You must specifically address the following two questions (and follow-up) in your response: 

1. What was something specific that you learned that you didn’t know before? Which source did you learn it from (e.g., which reading or which guest speaker)?
2. Did the wide variety of nursing options surprise you?

After stating whether you were surprised about the variety, address at least one of the following:

• Why do you think nurses have so many options when it comes to careers beyond direct patient care?
• What aspects of their training do you think prepares them for these many options? 
• Do you think any other graduate careers have as many options and why/why not?  

Feel free to post any other thoughts related to this topic. Responses may be only one paragraph, but no more than two.

After posting your response, read your peers’ thoughts and reply to at least one classmate.

Sandra is a 27-year-old female admitted with a possible Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT). She smokes one pack per day and is on birth control. She has a history of hypertension and obesity. She is admitted to the hospital and placed on bedrest. Heparin drip is started per protocol. The Provider is anticipating on sending her home with Coumadin.

• Can Sandra be placed on Coumadin and Heparin at the same time? Explain your answer.
• Develop 3 teaching points important for Sandra to know about her medications regimen.
• What questions would you ask Sandra to verify that she understand the 3 teaching points?

Vital Organs / Unconscious State

1. Name some very important organs that
are not vital organs.

2. List the functional description of all the normal vital organs, including today’s exceptions.

3. Is it possible to live without a vital organ? Why? Example?

4. Distinction between assisting or substituting vital organs. Bioethical analysis.

5. Do the following practices assist or substitute the vital organ? Why?

· Dialysis

· Respirator

· Ventilator

· Tracheotomy

· CPR

6.
Read and summarize ERD PART FIVE Introduction.

7. Unconscious state: Definition.

8. Clinical definitions of different states of unconsciousness: Compare and contrast

9. Benefit vs Burden: bioethical analysis.

 Marie, A 58-year-old woman with a complicated history which includes chronic low back pain, bipolar disorder, mixed anxiety, and depressive disorder presents to her PCP, a PA, complaining of constipation for several months 

Select the specific theoretical framework that you will use with your project(  leadership is your pick)  Describe how the theory that you chose aligns with your capstone project. Include the following information:

Describe the key features of the selected theoretical framework/model. What are its major components?

• Identify specific research approaches appropriate for use with the theoretical model or framework and how it fits with your intended project.
  • Does the model lend itself to quantitative or qualitative methods or both?
  • What kind of quantitative/qualitative methods would be most appropriate? (Focus groups, interviews, pre/post-tests, record review, survey, etc.)
• Describe how the theoretical framework might be used to evaluate the program/project and critique how well the model fits the program or project.
  • What aspects of the model works well and what aspects do not?
  • Why?

Expectations

• Capt stone project: nurse retention 
• Length: 2-3 pages  not including references
• Citations: Scholarly reference(s) from within the last 5 years.
• Format: APA 7th ed.
• Use the title “Theoretical Model Framework.”

try to use mainly US sources.