Describe why nursing theory is important to today’s nursing practice.

Is there a clear connection to practice and theory in your specific nursing specialty area (Homehealth)? In this discussion post, you will describe the relationship between theory and nursing practice and how you could implement theory into nursing practice.

Describe why nursing theory is important to today’s nursing practice.
How would you select and introduce a nursing theory or model into your nursing practice?

Provide steps you would use to incorporate a team-based approach for managing chronic care patients.

1. Provide steps you would use to incorporate a team-based approach for managing chronic care patients. Discuss who and why you would include certain specialties or persons as part of your interdisciplinary team.

Discuss Health Promotion Program for Elderly People of 65 years and older Living with Diabetes Type 2.

Discuss Health Promotion Program for Elderly People of 65 years and older Living with Diabetes Type 2.

Discuss the Issues and Role of Nurses in Healthcare System.

Discuss the Issues and Role of Nurses in Healthcare System.

Discuss how you, as the advanced practice nurse, would use this in your practice.

Online learning is considered a virtual learning environment (VLE); however there are other types of VLE that you may have used or heard about.  discuss one of the following VLE’s and your experience with using it:

Virtual simulation
Edutainment
Three dimensional virtual environment or world
Augmented-reality games (ARGs)
Virtual Reality devices
Then discuss how you, as the advanced practice nurse, would use this in your practice.

Explore trends and issues in NI and their impact on nursing practice in all domains, including cultural humility and person-centered care.

Exemplify professional values and scholarship to support professional and personal development.

Explore the roles, competencies and skills, including cultural humility, associated with nursing informatics while collaborating as part of the healthcare team.

Explore trends and issues in NI and their impact on nursing practice in all domains, including cultural humility and person-centered care.

Why would you refer this patient for consultation, and to whom? What are the steps to writing a referral, and what is the NP’s responsibility in follow-up?

Chronic pelvic pain can be caused by any number of conditions. In primary care, nurse practitioners should be able to outline the basic approach to initial evaluation of and management of these disorders. As you have learned in this unit, there are many causes of chronic pelvic pain. Select one of the causes of chronic pelvic pain and describe the symptoms. Why would you refer this patient for consultation, and to whom? What are the steps to writing a referral, and what is the NP’s responsibility in follow-up?

Identify a health concern as the focus of your care coordination plan.

Identify a health concern as the focus of your care coordination plan. In your plan, include physical, psychosocial, and cultural needs. Possible health concerns may include, but are not limited to:
Stroke.
Heart disease (high blood pressure, stroke, or heart failure).
Home safety.
Pulmonary disease (COPD or fibrotic lung disease).
Orthopedic concerns (hip replacement or knee replacement).
Cognitive impairment (Alzheimer's disease or dementia).
Pain management.
Mental health.
Trauma.
Identify available community resources for a safe and effective continuum of care.
Document Format and Length
Your preliminary plan should be an APA scholarly paper, 3 pages in length.
Remember to use active voice, this means being direct and writing concisely; as opposed to passive voice, which means writing with a tendency to wordiness.
In your paper include possible community resources that can be used.
cite 3 credible sources

Write a 1,000 word essay on the topic, “How can communication styles help or hinder nurses in their day-to-day work?”

Write a 1,000 word essay on the topic, “How can communication styles help or hinder nurses in their day-to-day work?”
Your work must be fully referenced in the Harvard referencing style
• Your work must include introduction, body and conclusion.
• You must refer to recently published academic and medical journals, newspaper
articles, economic data, and books when conducting your research
• Your analysis should be written up to at least a 65% standard.

What critique would you offer of the WHO definition of health?

What critique would you offer of the WHO definition of health?
Can illness be a catalyst for health and growth?
Write no more than two paragraphs for each answer.