Why is it important that informatics systems be user friendly? In your encounters with informatics systems, have the systems been user friendly? Explain. What does learnability refer to and what was your experience with learning this healthcare informatics system?

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User-Friendly Healthcare Informatics Systems

Due: Sunday night at 11:59pm Mountain Time

In this writing assignment, you will write a one- to two-page paper in which you analyze the importance of user-friendly informatics systems.

Step 1 Reflect on your encounters with healthcare informatics systems that you have used in the clinical setting (either as a practicing nurse or as a student in the clinical setting).

Step 2 Answer the following questions as you write your paper:

Why is it important that informatics systems be user friendly? In your encounters with informatics systems, have the systems been user friendly? Explain.
What does learnability refer to and what was your experience with learning this healthcare informatics system?
What does efficiency refer to and, in your experience, how did the healthcare informatics systems affect your efficiency?
What does memorability refer to and, in your experience, how easy was it to use the healthcare informatics system after being away from it?
Did you encounter any errors while using the healthcare informatics system? How can errors affect the usability of a healthcare informatics system?
What was your overall satisfaction with the healthcare informatics system?

Create a poster presentation to communicate an implementation plan to bridge the gap between the evidence you will research and clinical practice. Then record an audio of no more than five minutes presenting your poster.

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PowerPoint presentation

Create a poster presentation to communicate an implementation plan to bridge the gap between the evidence you will research and clinical practice. You will then record audio of no more than five minutes presenting your poster.

Introduction
Master’s-level nurses need to be able to think critically about the evidence, outcomes data, and other relevant information they encounter throughout their daily practice. Often the evidence or information that a nurse encounters, researches, or studies is not presented in the exact context of that nurse’s practice. A key skill of the master’s-level nurse is to transfer evidence from the context in which it was presented and apply it to a different context in order to maximize the benefit to patients in that new context.

Professional Context
Master’s-level nurses understand the importance of utilizing evidence-based practice in their healthcare setting. The challenge is bridging the gap between the evidence and clinical practice. “This is the way we’ve always done it,” is a common response and may not indicate evidence-based practice is being utilized. Furthermore, when a practice problem is identified, what are the steps to communicate the need for change with the interprofessional team?

One way to communicate the need for quality improvements, as well as your plans for achieving specific changes, is through a presentation poster. This type of communication tool is used both in the workplace and at professional and academic conferences. Being able to convey the essence and value of a project in a compelling and succinct way is a valuable skill, and it is vital within the constraints of a single poster.

Scenario
You have been asked to give a poster presentation based around your work and research on a clinical problem in your practice setting. The purpose is to lay out the evidence and a potential implementation plan to your colleagues in order to bridge the gap between the evidence and the practice to improve the quality and outcomes of care.

Instructions
Identify a clinical problem in your work setting and develop an implementation plan to carry out your evidence-based practice proposal using a poster presentation. You may use the Poster Presentation Template [PPTX] to help structure and organize your assessment submission.

Your Implementation Plan should include the following:

Background on the clinical problem.
PICOT question.
Stakeholders that will be impacted.
Action plan for implementation.
Potential barriers to project implementation.
Baseline data that will be needed to evaluate outcomes.
Search strategy and databases used.
Summary of the evidence with a critical appraisal of its quality.
The bullet points below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Be sure that your poster presentation addresses all of them.

Develop a PICOT question for a chosen clinical problem.
Include a graphic that is relevant to the clinical problem.
Provide a background on the clinical problem identified.
Outline an action plan to implement the EBP project that includes:
The recommended practice change.
Proposed timeline for implementation.
The tools or resources that will be needed to support the project.
Identify the stakeholders and potential barriers to project implementation.
Who are the stakeholders that will be impacted?
What are the potential barriers, such as a lack of knowledge, time, skill level, motivation, or resources that could impact project implementation?
Propose outcome criteria to evaluate the evidence-based practice project.
How will outcomes be measured?
How do your outcomes align with the Quadruple Aim?
Evaluate the evidence that supports the need for practice change.
In the notes section of your poster presentation:
Describe your search strategy and databases that were used.
Summarize your findings with a critical appraisal of the quality and relevance of your resources.
Convey purpose of the poster presentation in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly communication standards.
Integrates relevant and credible sources of evidence to support assertions, using current APA style.
If you choose not to use the provided template, there are templates in PowerPoint or on the Internet that can help you get a start designing your poster.

Analyze and apply critical thinking skills in the psychopathology of mental health patients and provide treatment and health promotion while applying evidence-based research.

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Case Study: White Australian Male

Purpose: Analyze and apply critical thinking skills in the psychopathology of mental health patients and provide treatment and health promotion while applying evidence-based research.
Scenario: A 44-year-old white Australian man who was not religious was referred to outpatient psychiatric treatment. He had been playing with an Ouija board for two months when he started to believe that a spirit had entered his body through his rectum and was controlling him. He thought the spirit made him move and speak in a certain way.

He sought help from a local church, where he was told it was a psychiatric problem and that he was not really possessed. Two exorcisms at a local church failed to achieve any improvement.
Questions: Remember to answer these questions from your textbooks and NP guidelines. At all times, explain your answers.

  1. Discuss the relationship between mental illness and religion.
  2. Is this classified as psychopathology? Support your response using DSM5 criteria.

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.

 

Discuss the pathologic changes occurring during the development of active tuberculosis. Discuss the transmission of TB and the conditions predisposing to the development of TB.

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Respiratory Disorders

Ms. X, a 32-year-old Hispanic woman, has had a history of intermittent pleuritic chest pain and joint pain for the past several years. Recently, she went to her physician because she noticed that an erythematous, butterfly-shaped rash had appeared on her face. Further lab tests indicated protein in her urine. Her blood test indicated the presence of numerous antinuclear antibodies, especially anti-DNA, and mature neutrophils containing nuclear material. A diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was made. (Refer to Chapter 7, Immunity)

Discuss possible reasons why SLE was not diagnosed earlier.
Discuss how the presence of antibodies can cause such widespread damage in organ systems.
Discuss treatments for SLE and a prognosis for the patient in this case.
Mr. F, age 46 years, has had a persistent unproductive cough for several months that did not respond to cough medications. Recently, he has developed a productive cough accompanied by fatigue, anorexia, and night sweats.

Examination indicated abnormal chest sounds and weight loss. A chest radiograph showed a small cavity and infiltrate, the tuberculin test was positive, and the sputum sample contained a small amount of blood and numerous acid-fast bacilli, confirming the diagnosis of active tuberculosis. (Refer to Chapter 13, Respiratory Disorders)

Discuss the pathologic changes occurring during the development of active tuberculosis.
Discuss the transmission of TB and the conditions predisposing to the development of TB.
Discuss the treatment of tuberculosis and the precautions involved for health care personnel coming into contact with the patient.
Suggest how family members or co-workers can protect themselves.

Discuss the nurse roles in providing community-based health promotion and disease prevention education for your chosen topic and choose a minimum of three that may apply to your topic.

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Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns

  1. Identify the emerging population (Black/African Americans), along with the Healthy People 2030 topic (Health Conditions/Cancer) and objective (Reduce overall cancer death rates among) which was chosen for your Concept Map in Module 3. Provide a short background of your population and why the topic and objective were chosen. Support your writing with research and references.

Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns

  1. Choose 2 of Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns which are influenced by this population as related to this health topic
  2. Explain each pattern and how it specifically effects this specific population
  3. Support your writing with research and references.

Nurse Roles

  1. Discuss the nurse roles in providing community-based health promotion and disease prevention education for your chosen topic and choose a minimum of three that may apply to your topic. Support your writing with research and references.

Levels Of Prevention

  1. For each of the three levels of prevention (primary, secondary, tertiary) give one example of an evidence-based nursing education intervention that could be implemented to address this emerging health issue. Support your writing with research and references.

Conclusion

  1. Include a closing paragraph or two which briefly highlights key points made and brings the paper to a smooth closure.

 

How might stakeholders, health care policy, or regulation potentially impact this component? Are there any ethical or legal considerations related to the development or implementation of the component that need to be kept in mind? If so, what are they?

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Intervention plan.

Describe one of the components of your intervention plan.

How will the component you described contribute to the overall success of your intervention plan?

What evidence from the literature or best practices supports that the component will help to address the identified need or target population of your intervention plan?

What, if any, potential is there for technology to help in the development or implementation of the component?

How might stakeholders, health care policy, or regulation potentially impact this component?

Are there any ethical or legal considerations related to the development or implementation of the component that need to be kept in mind? If so, what are they?

 

How to make informed decisions on nursing practice and patient outcomes on a global basis.  In addition, state how you will apply what you have learned in this course to your upcoming practicum experience. 

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Crossing the global health care quality chasm

Berwick, D., Snair, M., & Nishtar, S. (2018). Crossing the global health care quality chasm: A key component of universal health coverage. Journal of American Medical Association, 320(13), 1317-1318.

Read the Berwick article and reflect on the concepts and practices you have learned in NR506 on healthcare systems, politics, and health policy. Reflections should include:

1. How to make informed decisions on nursing practice and patient outcomes on a global basis.  In addition, state how you will apply what you have learned in this course to your upcoming practicum experience.

2. Describe how one will apply content from NR506NP to the upcoming clinical courses.

Is the sample size identified? Is a power analysis reported? Was the sample size appropriate, as indicated by the power analysis? If groups were included in the study, is the sample size for each group equal and appropriate?

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Population and sampling

  1. Is the sampling method probability or nonprobability? Is the specific sampling method used in the study to obtain the sample identified and appropriate?
  2. Is the sample size identified? Is a power analysis reported? Was the sample size appropriate, as indicated by the power analysis? If groups were included in the study, is the sample size for each group equal and appropriate?
  3. Is the sampling process adequate to achieve a representative sample? Is the sample representative of the accessible and target populations?

 

Tell us your name and, if you have a nickname, what is your preferred name? Tell us about your current nursing role. Where do you want to be in 5 years? 10 years?

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Self introduction

Module 0 Discussion

For your introductory post, please provide a response to the following questions:

1.Tell us your name and, if you have a nickname, what is your preferred name?

2.Tell us about your current nursing role.

3.Where do you want to be in 5 years? 10 years?

4.Tell us what you hope to gain from class and how you hope it will help you evolve in your role as a nurse

What are the barriers to interpersonal communication? What are the procedures and examination techniques that will be used during the physical exam of your patient?

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Health history

For this Discussion, you will take on the role of a clinician who is building a health history for one of the following cases. Your instructor will assign you your case number.

Case 1 Case 2 Case 3
  • 76-year-old Black/African-American male with disabilities living in an urban setting.
  • Adolescent Hispanic/Latino boy living in a middle-class suburb
  • 55-year-old Asian female living in a high-density poverty housing complex.
  • Pre-school aged white female living in a rural community.
  • 16-year-old white pregnant teenager living in an inner-city neighborhood.
  • 35-year-old transgender white male living in a homeless shelter.

 

Once you received your case number, answer the following questions:

  1. What are the barriers to interpersonal communication?
  2. What are the procedures and examination techniques that will be used during the physical exam of your patient?
  3. Describe the Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Planning (S.O.A.P.) approach for documenting patient data and explain what they are.