Write a professional report of your findings for the county health department. There are two tasks to this assessment, first to complete the epidemiology table (EPI-table) and second, to write a professional report

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Pre-assessment: Eight pre-assessment questions are provided to guide your preparation for the assessment. We strongly encourage you to review the learning resources and PowerPoint suggested in the learning path. Assessment directions: For this assessment, consider yourself a public/community health nurse tasked with helping the county health department choose health priorities. First, you will conduct a health assessment of a community (referred to as an EPI-Table or Epidemiological Table). . We have provided the data needed for four counties surrounding the UW-Milwaukee College of Nursing. To use the data that we have provided, you should select one community from the following: Milwaukee County, Washington County, Racine County or Kenosha County to use the data we have provided. If you wish to provide data for a different county near your home or workplace, you will need to find that data on your own as the epidemiology table is required before completing the Community Health Assessment Paper.
Write a professional report of your findings for the county health department. There are two tasks to this assessment, first to complete the epidemiology table (EPI-table) and second, to write a professional report. You will attach your “EPI-table” as appendix 1 (after your reference list) to your report. You MUST download one of the four templates provided and type your information into the template. (Note – As noted above, if you wish to use a different county than one that is provided, you will need to fill in the epidemiological report data for that county).

Evaluate the subjective and objective information provided to you in the file below.  The first part of the discussion board is to identify all pertinent positive and negative information. 

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  • Evaluate the subjective and objective information provided to you in the file below.
  • The first part of the discussion board is to identify all pertinent positive and negative information.
  • Would there be any other information you would want to obtain?
  • Then create a differential diagnosis list with at least 3 possibly actual diagnosis based on your findings.
  • Second part is to create a plan utilizing clinical practice guidelines for the priority diagnosis.
  • What state or federal resources are available to these parents?
  • What health promotion recommendations may you want to consider?
  • Be sure to include APA in-text citations and provide full reference citation at the end of the discussion.

You know that a health care provider’s order is required for the restraint. What are essential components of the restraint order? Which assessments do you need to perform on Ms. Cohen while she is restrained?

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Your patient C.S is 78 years old. Admitted to the nursing home you work at, with a diagnosis of dehydration. C.S., has been ordered to increase her oral fluid intake to 2500cc per day. When offering her a glass of water, she pushes away your hand and says “I hate water and I don’t drink it much”. You note that after one and a half days she has dry mucous membranes and poor skin turgor.

Questions:

  1. What should your assessment be on this patient? Explain in detail.
  2. After completing your assessment, what should your next step be? Be specific.

3.Write 3 complete nursing diagnosis from above information. Include all 3 sections (NANDA, Related to (R/T) & Evidence based practice (EBP) & include 2 nursing interventions for each nursing diagnosis.

Ms. Cohen is hospitalized for repair of a fractured hip after a fall at home. She requires intravenous (IV) antibiotics after surgery. Shortly after the first dose she became restless and started picking at her IV line and frequently tried to get out of bed. Several restraint alternatives were attempted; but, because of her restlessness, she was successful at pulling out her IV line and getting out of bed. It becomes necessary to restrain Ms. Cohen.

  1. You know that a health care provider’s order is required for the restraint. What are essential components of the restraint order?
  2. Which assessments do you need to perform on Ms. Cohen while she is restrained?
  3. The physician orders a belt restraint. Your assessment of Ms. Cohen the next day reveals that during the day she is alert and pleasantly confused but not attempting to get out of bed. Do you continue use of the restraint? Explain.

Discuss disparities related to ethnic and cultural groups relative to low birth weight infants and preterm births. Identify at least one support service within your community for preterm infants and their family.

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Discuss disparities related to ethnic and cultural groups relative to low birth weight infants and preterm births. Describe the impact of extremely low birth weight babies on the family and on the community (short-term and long-term, including economic considerations, on-going care considerations, and co-morbidities associated with prematurity). Identify at least one support service within your community for preterm infants and their family. Provide the link for your colleagues to view. Does the service adequately address the needs of this population? Explain your answer using at least two evidence-based resources. Respond to two peers posing a substantial thought-provoking question or comment regarding their post.
WK 1: Part B
Vaccines have been touted as one of the most successful advances of modern medicine, yet an increasing number of parents are choosing not to vaccinate their children because of possible side effects. Complete an internet search to examine the debate among public health officials, doctors and parents around vaccine safety and read perspectives on the benefits and risks of vaccination. Explain how you as a BSN prepared nurse can educate parents on the benefits vs risks of immunizations. Explain your answer using at least two evidence-based resources. Respond to two peers posing a substantial thought-provoking question or comment regarding their post.

Describe the advocacy process. Whether nurses are advocating for their patients, health care, and/or policies that improve people’s lives, the advocacy processes have commonalities that transcend the subject of their advocacy

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The Nurse as Advocate.
In a Microsoft Word document of 5-6 pages formatted in APA style, you will describe the advocacy process. Whether nurses are advocating for their patients, health care, and/or policies that improve people’s lives, the advocacy processes have commonalities that transcend the subject of their advocacy. There are also differences, although these differences may be more nuanced than obvious.

Describe what you believe to be the drivers for each of the individual advocates.
What factors led the individuals to become advocates?
Discuss the challenges that each of the individuals identified in their writings.
Analyze these drivers and challenges and compare them with your own experience to date as an advocate.
In what ways do you believe you can expand your advocacy skills within the next five years?
On a separate reference page, cite all sources using APA format. Note that the title and reference pages should not be included in the total page count of your paper.

Identify five data elements you would find on a Nurses’ Admission Record.List five purposes for a patient record.

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Have you seen a health record prior to beginning this course? If you have, what data did you know belonged in the record? If not, what data did you think belonged in it?

Which page(s) were new to you as a part of a health record? Be specific and list at least five examples.

What final impressions (diagnoses) for the patient are described in the H&P?

Identify five data elements you would find on a Nurses’ Admission Record.

Three laboratory reports are included in your sample record. What is a unique feature of these laboratory reports compared to the other reports in the record?

Other than the reports noted above, list five health record reports found in your sample record.

List five purposes for a patient record.

List five guidelines that should be followed for patient record documentation.

List three organizations concerned with documentation requirements for patient records.

List fourteen elements of the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS). Analyze the sample record to find out how many of these elements are present and identify where each data element is located.

 

The developmental period of infancy is marked by rapid growth and development, both physically and cognitively. As an early childhood professional, how would you nurture development for this stage?

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The developmental period of infancy is marked by rapid growth and development, both physically and cognitively.
As an early childhood professional, how would you nurture development for this stage? What role does attachment play in infant development?

The original post must include information from a professional, scholarly source that is outside the course. Cite the source in APA style (author’s last name, year of publication, page number) within the post, and include a complete bibliographic reference in APA style at the end of the post. Note: A Web site can be cited (with a URL) but does not count as the outside article unless it is clearly an entire Web site that uses peer-review. This permits use of an online scholarly journal, for example, that does not have a print version. But a Web site such as Wikipedia would not qualify because, while edited and vetted (to a degree), it is not a refereed source

Reflect on your proposed research question or problem of interest: Does daily chlorhexidine baths decrease the rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections?

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Reflect on your proposed research question or problem of interest: Does daily chlorhexidine baths decrease the rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections? Write a two page paper. -Write a paper that describes and summarizes the various data collection strategies used in quantitative and qualitative research and those strategies used to gain participant trust. -Identify and describe the qualitative or quantitative strategies you would use in your proposed study and the ways in which you would gain trust with participants. Cite at least 3 sources within 5 years and that are in within the US.

Compare the current provisions in the ACA with those in the failed first version of the AHCA. Share your opinions about why the AHCA failed in the first attempt at passage.

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The discussion focuses on the federal government’s role in protecting the public’s health using the ACA and current efforts to “repeal and replace” the ACA. Please note that the government’s role in protecting the public’s health did not begin with the ACA. In the late 1800s, Lilian Wald brought health care to the community. And in 1965, Congress passed bills authorizing Medicare and Medicaid. Since 1965, Congress has expanded government-sponsored health care to pregnant women and children. Please answer those following question: Compare the current provisions in the ACA with those in the failed first version of the AHCA. Share your opinions about why the AHCA failed in the first attempt at passage.

Write a two-page brief to describe the scenario surrounding your legislative visit. Understanding the political affiliation of your representative, include answers to the following: Was your member in support or in opposition to the AHCA?

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First Steps on Becoming a Grassroots Lobbyist/Advocate for Health Care Policy
In a Microsoft Word document of 4-5 pages formatted in APA style, you will imagine you are going to make a visit to your representative in Congress. There are two parts to this assignment.
Address the following topics:
Develop a one-page document that supports your position on the AHCA that you would leave with your representative or his or her aide when you make your visit.
This one-pager, also called a “leave behind,” should state your position clearly in bullet points and give your reasons why your position is preferred.
This “leave behind” should have 1 inch margins and utilize 14-point font throughout.
If you were making this visit in person, you would present your “leave behind” to the person with whom you speak during your visit.
Include a second page that describes your rationale for the position in your “leave behind” page supported by at least two journal articles.
Write a two-page brief to describe the scenario surrounding your legislative visit. Understanding the political affiliation of your representative, include answers to the following:
Was your member in support or in opposition to the AHCA?
State three points that you would cover in support or opposition to your representative’s position.
How does your nursing experience influence the advocacy position that you take on the AHCA?