In a 2-3 page paper discuss how health and illness beliefs can influence the assessment process. You can use your textbook or any other evidence-based sources. Include how belief structure might impact how a client responds to an assessment interview and how culture might influence physical findings.

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How health and illness beliefs can influence the assessment process

In a 2-3 page paper discuss how health and illness beliefs can influence the assessment process. You can use your textbook or any other evidence-based sources. Include how belief structure might impact how a client responds to an assessment interview and how culture might influence physical findings. Your assignment must have accurate spelling and grammar and use APA Editorial Format.

Define a practice issue to be explored via a PICO(T) approach. Create a PICO(T)-formatted research question Identify sources of evidence that could be potentially effective in answering a PICO(T) question. Explain the findings from articles or other sources of evidence as it relates to the identified health care issue. Explain the relevance of the findings from chosen sources of evidence to making decision related to a PICO(T) question.

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PICO(T) Questions and an Evidence-Based Approach

Introduction
PICO(T) is an acronym that helps researchers and practitioners define aspects of a potential study or investigation.

It stands for:

P – Patient/population/problem.
I – Intervention.
C – Comparison (of potential interventions, typically).
O – Outcome(s).
T – Time frame (if time frame is relevant).

Scenario
For this assessment, please use a health care issue of interest from your current or past nursing practice.

If you do not have an issue of interest from your personal nursing practice, then review the optional Case Studies presented in the resources and select one of those as the basis for your assessment.

Instructions
For this assessment, select a health care issue of interest and apply the PICO(T) process to develop the research question and research it.

Your initial goal is to define the population, intervention, comparison, and outcome. In some cases, a time frame is relevant and you should include that as well, when writing a question you can research related to your issue of interest. After you define your question, research it, and organize your initial findings, select the two sources of evidence that seem the most relevant to your question and analyze them in more depth. Specifically, interpret each source’s specific findings and best practices related to your issues, as well explain how the evidence would help you plan and make decisions related to your question.

If you need some structure to organize your initial thoughts and research, the PICOT Question and Research Template document (accessible from the “Create PICO(T) Questions” page in the Capella library’s Evidence Based Practice guide) might be helpful.

In your submission, make sure you address the following grading criteria:

Define a practice issue to be explored via a PICO(T) approach. Create a PICO(T)-formatted research question

Identify sources of evidence that could be potentially effective in answering a PICO(T) question (databases, journals, websites, etc.).

Explain the findings from articles or other sources of evidence as it relates to the identified health care issue.

Explain the relevance of the findings from chosen sources of evidence to making decision related to a PICO(T) question.

Identify an abnormal findings and treatment options for electrolyte imbalances is an expected function of a healthcare team. Determine the cellular functions required to regulate homeostasis.

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Nursing 1 

Title of Assignment:

Module 01 Written Assignment – Electrolyte Imbalance

Purpose of Assignment:

Identifying abnormal findings and treatment options for electrolyte imbalances is an expected function of a  healthcare team.

Course Competency(s):

  • Determine the cellular functions required to regulate homeostasis.

Content:

Instructions:

Content:

Select an electrolyte from the list below.

Electrolytes

  • Potassium
  • Sodium
  • Calcium
  • Magnesium
  • Phosphorus

In the table below, include the following information for the electrolyte you selected.

  • Normal range of the lab value
  • Causes of excess (hyper) and deficiency (hypo)
  • Signs and symptoms of excess (hyper) and deficiency (hypo)
  • Treatment options for excess (hyper) and deficiency (hypo)

Format:

Use at least one scholarly source to support your findings. Examples of scholarly sources include academic journals, textbooks, reference texts, and CINAHL nursing guides. Be sure to cite your sources in-text and on a References page using APA format.

Critically analyze the intent of these standards concerning your organization and determine an outline of what policies, procedures, and guidelines should be put in place to address these forensic client/patient issues. Write a briefing note that you might send to the manager of your risk management department titled Managing the Forensic Client or Patient. Discuss the standards and how they might relate to your particular workplace setting. If you are not working in a health care setting describe how the intent of those standards might be applied in your workplace setting.

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Managing the Forensic Patient

Write a briefing note (about 2-3 pages) directed to the person that might be your Manager of Risk Management outlining how your organization is meeting The Joint Commission Standards related to forensic patients.

Research your workplace setting to determine if you are working in a Joint Commission accredited organization.

If your organization is accredited follow Assignment A.

If your organization is not accredited or you are not working in a non-accredited healthcare setting follow Assignment B.

Assignment A: Find the policies, procedures, and guidelines that ensure your organization address the above noted Joint Commission stated responsibilities. Write a briefing note that you might send to the manager of your risk management department titled Managing the Forensic Patient. Outline the standards noted above with a brief description of the highlights of how your organization has addressed these standards.

Critically analyze two areas:

1) Are there any gaps in the policies/procedures or guidelines in meeting these standards? Identify the gaps and indicate what steps should be taken to address them.
2) If there are appropriate policies/procedures or guidelines in place on paper, are they being followed in practice. Outline your analysis either way.

Note: Remember this is a briefing note, not an essay. Be clear and succinct in your communications.

Assignment B: If you are not working in a healthcare setting that is not currently accredited by TJC, determine if they still have policies, procedures, and guidelines that address these or similar possible forensic issues? Or does your organization have no policies, procedures, and guidelines in place?

Critically analyze the intent of these standards concerning your organization and determine an outline of what policies, procedures, and guidelines should be put in place to address these forensic client/patient issues.

Write a briefing note that you might send to the manager of your risk management department titled Managing the Forensic Client or Patient (or choose a title appropriate to your setting). Discuss the standards and how they might relate to your particular workplace setting. If you are not working in a health care setting describe how the intent of those standards might be applied in your workplace setting.

Assignment Expectations:

• Length: 2-3 page document (approx. 500-750 words).
• Structure: APA style required, Title of the document – Briefing Paper
• References: At least one scholarly reference is required.
• Format: save the assignment as a Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx)
• Filename: name file according to the last name, first initial, and week (ie: jones.week1)

Facilitate peer teaching and self-directed learning through sharing knowledge, effective communication, and teamwork. Develop inter-professional learning and work through the supervision of fellow students. Recognize appropriate learning styles of individual learners to integrate theory and practice. Understand the culture of learning and the challenges involved within this type of clinical learning environment.

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Module Guide (01/20 Cohort) 5016NHS

Introduction
Welcome to Facilitating of Teaching and Learning in practice.
This Module guide provides you with information about the Module and the assessments and should be read in conjunction with the Module Descriptor found on the Module Information Directory (MID).   https://students.coventry.ac.uk/MID/Pages/default.aspx

Module Aims and Summary
This 10 credit module aims to provide an understanding of the role of the nurse as an educator within the contexts of patient and nurse education. Students will examine the principles and evidence that underpins approaches to Nursing and Midwifery Education. Particularly Part 2- Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment) (NMC, 2018) are applied in practice. This module will enable the students to explore and understand the role of the Practice Supervisor (in association with the Practice Assessor and Academic Assessor) through reflective practice and the novice to expert model. This -professional learning and working through supporting and supervising peers of a multidisciplinary team. The contribution of learning theory will be explored to illustrate application in the planning and delivery of teaching for junior and fellow students utilising perspectives from professional and educational literature. Intended Module Learning Outcomes

On completion of this module the student should be able to:
1. Facilitate peer teaching and self-directed learning through sharing knowledge, effective communication, and teamwork.
2. Develop inter-professional learning and work through the supervision of fellow students.
3. Recognize appropriate learning styles of individual learners to integrate theory and practice.
4. Understand the culture of learning and the challenges involved within this type of clinical learning environment.

Propose quality improvement methods to promote continuous improvement related to a specific biopsychosocial consideration. Evaluate specific evidence that supports the quality improvement methods proposed. Explain how the project is grounded in successful change strategies. Analyze the way in which interprofessional teamwork will improve the effectiveness or efficiency of the quality improvement project.

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Diabetes management in the native American culture

Create an abstract and a poster for a presentation to executive-level leadership of the organization, to the community, or to your colleagues that will sell them on your quality improvement plan.

Abstract Requirements
Your abstract should be 100-250 words.
It should summarize the key information in your poster.
Do not put your abstract on your poster itself; submit it as a separate document. Or, if you are using PowerPoint to help create your poster, create a new slide that is clearly labeled as your abstract.

Poster Requirements
Your poster should include the following sections:

Quality Improvement Methods.
Evidence Supporting QI Methods.
Change Strategy Foundation.
Interprofessional Team Benefits.
Overall Project Benefits.

The bullet points below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Be sure that your presentation addresses all of them.

Propose quality improvement methods to promote continuous improvement related to a specific biopsychosocial consideration.
Evaluate specific evidence that supports the quality improvement methods proposed.
Explain how the project is grounded in successful change strategies.
Analyze the way in which interprofessional teamwork will improve the effectiveness or efficiency of the quality improvement project.
Communicate quality improvement considerations to relevant stakeholders in a way that is clear, concise, and compelling for the audience.
Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using current APA style.

Additional Requirements
Length of submission:
Abstract: 100-250 words. Your abstract should be succinct and precise.
Poster: Make sure your poster fits entirely onto a single poster template page (or slide) and contains all of the sections described in the assessment instructions.
Number of references: Cite a minimum of 5-7 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your considerations and plans. Resources should be no more than five years old.
APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

Competency 1: Design patient-centered, evidence-based, advanced nursing care for achieving high-quality patient outcomes.
Evaluate specific evidence that supports the quality improvement methods proposed.

Competency 2: Develop change strategies for improving the care environment.
Explain how the project is grounded in successful change strategies.

Competency 3: Apply quality improvement methods to practice that promote safe, equitable quality of care.
Propose quality improvement methods to promote continuous improvement related to a specific biopsychosocial consideration.

Competency 4: Evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of interprofessional care systems in achieving desired healthcare improvement outcomes.
Analyze the way in which interprofessional teamwork will improve the effectiveness or efficiency of the quality improvement project.

Competency 5: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style, consistent with organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.
Communicate quality improvement considerations to relevant stakeholders in a way that is clear, concise, and compelling for the audience.

Integrate relevant sources to support assertions, correctly formatting citations and references using current APA style.

Professional organizations are integral in influencing practice as they serve to unite like-minded individuals with common goals. They provide framework, increase effectiveness, networking and share resources to influence policy. How do you advocate for this issue using grass root strategies?

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WEEK 1NR-506 DB

The workplace is where nurses can influence change via internal policies such as staffing ratios or be affected by external policies like state licensing laws. Government action and policy is prevalent in most every aspect of life (Mason et al., 2016). Governments fund most health care providers and health facilities by way of national health insurance programs like Medicare and Medicaid. Professional organizations are integral in influencing practice as they serve to unite like-minded individuals with common goals. They provide framework, increase effectiveness, networking and share resources to influence policy (Mason et al., 2016).
How do you advocate for this issue using grass root strategies?

Identify databases searched, keywords used and link to your appendix where you should include your search strategy information. Critically review literature that you have sourced identifying the key findings from each paper. Use thematic analysis to structure this section.

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Nursing student experience and attitudes towards death and dying patient

Write a Literature review following the assignment structure which is included in additional materials. This Literature review is NOT a part of disertation. Just a Literature review on it’s own.
There are 6 articles that need to be critically reviewed and thematicaly analysed. Identify 3 themes that you will write about in literature review and discussion part of the assignment. The articles are included in the additional materials section.
Use Primary sources for referencing.

STRUCTURE OF THE LITERATURE REVIEW

INDEX:

– Identify all sections with page numbers.

INTRODUCTION (word count 750 words approx.)

– Introduce your topic and why you have chosen it. Place it within the context of current healthcare and what you aim to achieve by researching the topic.

LITERATURE SEARCH STRATEGY (word count 500 words approx.)

– Identify databases searched, keywords used and link to your appendix where you should include your search strategy information.

LITERATURE REVIEW (word count 1500-1750 words )

– Critically review literature that you have sourced identifying the key findings from each paper. Use thematic analysis to structure this section.

DISCUSSION (word count 2000 words )

– Ensure that you use the literature to demonstrate how it can be applied to current practice and identify the implications for service users and their families ensuring that you capture any confounding factors such as the impact of financial and physical resources, human resource implications, sustainability of service change and how practice may or may not be altered. Support your arguments with theory from change management, human resource management etc.

SUMMARY/CONCLUSION WITH RECOMMENDATIONS (word count 750-1000 words)

– Ensure you revisit the purpose of undertaking a review of the topic and bring your work to a neat concluding section. Make sure you have summarised the key factors that may/will influence change and how this can/will be embedded into practice.

REFERENCE LIST

– Reference List to be included Harvard Style, No bibliography required

APPENDICES

– To include your search strategy template

Discuss the application of the selected pathway to the care of an individual client. Identify potential causes of variances from the pathway and identify corrective measures that could be implemented related to the variances. How is this information included in the case management process? What is the potential impact on the cost-effectiveness of the selected pathway?

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Diabetes

As a nursing student completing clinical hours at the doctor’s office, identify a disease process (diabetes mellitus) that is common to the population served by the doctor’s office.

B. Determine the case management, disease management, and/or population health approach to this disease (diabetes mellitus). What are the processes in place within the healthcare organization to manage the care of individuals and population groups with diabetes? What are the processes in place to provide population-based care management as it relates to the disease process?

C. Locate a clinical pathway designed to address diabetes at the doctor’s office or available through an internet search. Identify the source of the pathway and attach a copy to the paper.

D. Discuss the application of the selected pathway to the care of an individual client.
Identify potential causes of variances from the pathway and identify corrective measures that could be implemented related to the variances.

Describe potential services (retinal eye exam, neuropathy screening, podiatry appointments, dietician appointments, lab work for hemoglobin A1C monitoring every 3 months, follow-up appointment with endocrinologist, primary care doctor visits for medication therapy) that would be needed after discharge.

How is this information included in the case management process?

What is the potential impact on the cost-effectiveness of the selected pathway?

What is the state of cultural/organizational readiness for quality improvement? Is the organizational culture present for quality improvement? What leadership strategies are present in the organization to support quality improvement, positive patient experiences, and healthcare quality?

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Organizational Culture Assessment Tool

To Prepare:
Review the Learning Resources regarding the implementation of quality improvement initiatives.
Consider what stakeholders must be present to implement these initiatives, and reflect on the leadership strategies needed for success in promoting quality improvement initiatives in healthcare organizations and nursing practice.
Select a healthcare organization or nursing practice (with which you are familiar) to complete the Organizational Culture Assessment Tool.

The Assignment:
Complete the Organizational Culture Assessment Tool for the healthcare organization or nursing practice you selected. Then, address the following:

What is the state of cultural/organizational readiness for quality improvement?
Is the organizational culture present for quality improvement?
What leadership strategies are present in the organization to support quality improvement, positive patient experiences, and healthcare quality?