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the neurologic system . You will need to cover the pathophysiology of CVA/Stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and headaches. Please use resources no older than 5 years.

Nursing’s Role in Decision Making
After studying Module 4: Lecture Materials & Resources, discuss what the nursing’s role is and/or should be in decision making regarding selecting information systems.

I need replies for these two assigments with 200 words each one
A.Introduction:
The purpose of a postoperative comfort contract is to ensure optimal patient care and comfort during the recovery period following a surgical procedure. This contract outlines the responsibilities of both healthcare providers and patients to attain the highest level of postoperative comfort. By adhering to this contract, the medical team and patients work collaboratively to optimize recovery and minimize postoperative discomfort.
Postoperative Comfort Contract:
1. Pain Management:
a. Healthcare Provider Responsibilities:
– Provide comprehensive information about pain management options.
– Establish a pain management plan tailored to the patient’s needs.
– Ensure timely administration of prescribed pain medications.
– Monitor pain levels regularly and adjust the treatment plan as necessary.
b. Patient Responsibilities:
– Communicate openly about pain levels and any discomfort experienced.
– Adhere to the prescribed pain management plan and report any adverse effects.
– Take medications as prescribed, strictly following dosage instructions.
– Provide feedback to the healthcare provider regarding pain management effectiveness.
2. Physical Comfort:
a. Healthcare Provider Responsibilities:
– Ensure the patient’s environment is comfortable and conducive to recovery.
– Assist with positioning and movement to reduce discomfort and promote healing.
– Provide appropriate support devices, such as pillows or cushions, as needed.
– Provide instructions and techniques for pain-reducing activities, such as deep breathing and relaxation exercises.
b. Patient Responsibilities:
– Follow healthcare providers’ instructions regarding body positioning and movement.
– Use provided support devices to enhance physical comfort.
– Practice prescribed pain-reducing activities and techniques.
– Communicate any concerns or challenges experienced with physical comfort.
3. Emotional Support:
a. Healthcare Provider Responsibilities:
– Provide emotional support, reassurance, and encouragement throughout the recovery.
– Address any emotional distress or anxiety experienced by the patient.
– Educate the patient on potential emotional side effects of the surgical procedure.
– Offer appropriate resources and referrals for additional emotional support if needed.
b. Patient Responsibilities:
– Express emotional concerns to the healthcare provider or support personnel.
– Utilize provided emotional support resources and techniques.
– Communicate any changes in emotional well-being to the healthcare provider.
– Seek additional support if necessary, such as counseling or therapy.
4. Follow-up Care:
a. Healthcare Provider Responsibilities:
– Provide clear instructions regarding postoperative care, including wound care and medication management.
– Schedule appropriate follow-up visits to assess progress and address any concerns.
– Answer any questions or doubts regarding the recovery process.
– Stay accessible for any consultations or emergency situations.
b. Patient Responsibilities:
– Adhere to postoperative care instructions provided by healthcare providers.
– Attend all scheduled follow-up visits.
– Seek immediate medical attention if any complications or concerns arise.
– Communicate any questions or uncertainties about the recovery process.
By entering into this postoperative comfort contract, both healthcare providers and patients commit to working together to ensure a positive and comfortable recovery journey. It is essential to remember that effective communication and collaboration play a crucial role in achieving the best possible postoperative comfort.
Please note that this postoperative comfort contract is only a general guideline, and specific agreements may vary depending on the healthcare facility, surgeon, and patient circumstances. Always consult with your healthcare provider for personalized guidance.

B.The agreement made this 20th day of August 2023 by and between theApex Nursing Care ProviderandJohn,the patient, seeks to enhance the post-surgical recovery of the said patient. The nursing staff from the healthcare organization is expected to attain various post-surgical overall comfort and some specified chronic discomforts and interventions as required by the patient or their surrogate designates. The interventions and the overall comfort initiatives will be provided at home as the patient undergoes enhanced post-surgical recovery.
Description of Services
Analgesia Intervention
The nursing staff shall attain analgesic treatment and care through systematic pharmacological therapy, local techniques, regional anesthetic techniques, neuraxial anesthetic techniques, and nonpharmacological therapies.
Systematic Pharmacological Therapy:To reduce the patient’s discomfort, the nursing staff has to give NSAIDs, steroids, and opioids. It will be best to administer opioids orally in this situation rather than intravenously. Because of this, the nursing staff must be aware that most of the day will involve paying close attention.
Local and Intra-articular Techniques:The nursing staff will support Site-specific pain management using peripheral nerve blocks, intra-articular anesthetic injections, and anesthetic wound infiltration (Kayeetal., 2019). Since this intervention cannot be utilized regularly, the staff must gather helpful evidence before implementing it.
Regional anesthetic techniques:The nursing team will choose a local anesthetic for fascial plane block, site-specific regional anesthetic injections, and epidural injections, with or without the addition of IV opioid medication (Cheungetal., 2022). These choices, however, will be influenced by the kind of surgery the patient has. Ultrasound guidance is required to determine when to administer continuous IV medication and for how long.
Neuraxial anesthetic techniques:The healthcare provider must consider an epidural injection of local anesthetic, either with or without the addition of IV opioid medicine. The delivery of epidural analgesia might take the form of a patient-controlled or continuous infusion (Kehlet, 2020). These techniques are routinely used in large thoracic and abdominal operations, cesarean sections, and hip or lower extremity surgery.
Nonpharmacologic therapies:The health provider shalluse cognitive and mechanical modalities to control pain. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation shall be the preferred option for these therapies.
Miscellaneous Intervention
The nursing staff must be available throughout to be questioned by the patients and families on issues affecting the patient. On the other hand, the carer shall regularly follow up with the patients and family for a feedback loop for improvement. The carer shall consider using mobile applications to follow up with patients’ post-surgery.
IV Fluid Therapy
The nurse shall minimize water and salt overload by the patient. They shall use goal-directed fluid therapy (GDFT) when possible and use the recommended fluid rate for a particular duration (Kehlet, 2020). The nurse shall consider an isotonic buffered solution (D51/2 NS) versus a balanced salt solution and allow PO intake instead of IVF when tolerated (Kayeetal., 2019). This approach shall lead to the comfort of the patient. The appropriate pain scale shall justify each intervention and service to the patient.
Discomfort and Possible Complications
The patient is expected to experience nausea and vomiting due to anesthesia. Nausea and vomiting shall be countered by ensuring the patient receives adequate hydration orally. The IV Fluid Therapy is expected to cause soreness, pain, and swelling around the incision site or minor pain around the IV site (Cheungetal., 2022). The soreness and swelling shall be controlled through heat and cold therapy. The nurse shall put ice or a cold pack on the swollen and painful IV site for 10 to 20 minutes. The nurse is advised to ensure unnecessary medications are not prescribed to the patient for pain control at the IV site.
General Liability
The nurse shall be held responsible for health complications attributable to additional practices not outlined in the nursing plan.
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Case 1- G.P is a 32 primigravida patient who blood type is B Rh negative. She is on her first trimester and have a vaginal bleeding episode.
Question for Case 1:
Following ACOG what would be the appropriate management for this patient?
Case 2- Discuss three fetal screening and include:
Question for Case 2:
Screening test name.
Screening test components.
Gestational age to perform the test, what d. Defect (s) will be screening.
Answer the specific questions above. Then, continue to discuss the 3 topics listed below for your cases:
An effective health assessment incorporates not only physiological parameters; please suggest other parameters that should be considered and included on health assessments to reach maximal health potential on individuals.
Name the different family developmental stages and give examples of each one.
Describe family structure and function and the relationship with health care.
Submission Instructions:
Post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.

A 46-year-old, 230lb woman with a family history of breast cancer. She is up to date on yearly mammograms. She has a history of HTN. She complains of hot flushing, night sweats, and genitourinary symptoms. She had felt well until 1 month ago and she presented to her gynecologist for her annual gyn examination and to discuss her symptoms. She has a history of ASCUS about 5 years ago on her pap, other than that, Pap smears have been normal. Home medications are Norvasc 10mg qd and HCTZ 25mg qd. She has regular monthly menstrual cycles. Her LMP was 1 month ago.
Ht: 5’4”
BP 150/90
1. Post a description of your patient’s health needs from the patient case study you selected. Be specific.
2. Explain the type of treatment regimen you would recommend for treating your patient, including specific medications. Be sure to justify your response.
3. Explain a patient education strategy you might recommend for assisting your patient with the management of their health needs. Be specific and provide examples.
RUBRIC
Answers all parts of the discussion question(s) expectations with reflective critical analysis and synthesis of knowledge gained from the course readings for the module and current credible sources. …Supported by at least three current, credible sources….Written clearly and concisely with no grammatical or spelling errors and fully adheres to current APA manual writing rules and style.

Directions:
Clinical Judgment is the process of integrating evidence-based practice, critical-thought, the Nursing Process, knowledge, skills, and attitudes, as well as application of theory to practice in order to promote safe, quality care to clients in all settings.
Keeping that in mind, answer the following scenario:
You are the Charge Nurse in a large Urban Emergency Department (ED). You nursing staff include:
RN with 12 years of Trauma ED experience
New RN with 6 months ED experience
RN from the Medical Surgical floor with 8 years of experience
The following patients are in the ED, which patient will you give to each of the nurses and why?
A 76-year-old client who was involved in a motor vehicle accident and has hematuria.
A 38-year-old client with kidney stones complaining of severe pain.
A 24-year-old diabetic client with an acute urinary tract infection who will require discharge teaching.
An 80-year-old client that has not had a bowel movement for 4 days.

Briefly describe your healthcare organization, including its culture and readiness for change. (You may opt to keep various elements of this anonymous, such as your company name.) Describe the current problem or opportunity for change. Include in this description the circumstances surrounding the need for change, the scope of the issue, the stakeholders involved, and the risks associated with change implementation in general. Propose an evidence-based idea for a change in practice using an EBP approach to decision making. Note that you may find further research needs to be conducted if sufficient evidence is not discovered. Describe your plan for knowledge transfer of this change, including knowledge creation, dissemination, and organizational adoption and implementation. Explain how you would disseminate the results of your project to an audience. Provide a rationale for why you selected this dissemination strategy. Describe the measurable outcomes you hope to achieve with the implementation of this evidence-based change. Be sure to provide APA citations of the supporting evidence-based peer-reviewed articles you selected to support your thinking. Add a lessons learned section that includes the following: A summary of the critical appraisal of the peer-reviewed articles you previously submitted An explanation about what you learned from completing the Evaluation Table within the Critical Appraisal Tool Worksheet Template

Select an existing healthcare program or policy evaluation or choose one of interest to you.
Review community, state, or federal policy evaluation and reflect on the criteria used to measure the effectiveness of the program or policy described.
Post an evaluation topic and a brief description of the evaluation. Discuss how social determinants impact this issue.
please provide at least 3 references!!!

Mrs. Deer is a 72-year-old female who presents to your office complaining of right upper quadrant pain that has been increasing in intensity over the past 2 days. She would have come sooner, but she lacked transportation and waited until her son could drive her. She states that she has not been sleeping very much because of the pain. She has been nauseous and vomited a couple of times two days ago but has only been drinking fluids. She states that she has not been around anyone else that had an upset stomach. She recalls prior to the onset of pain she had been at a church supper that included meats, refried beans, and many desserts which she sampled. She described the fried pies that she brought to the supper and ate the extras that afternoon.
Vital Signs: BP 130/80, HR 85, RR 20, Temp 99.0°F.
Discuss the following:
1) What additional subjective data are you seeking to include past medical history, social, and relevant family history?
2) What additional objective data will you be assessing for?
3) What are the differential diagnoses that you are considering?
4) What laboratory tests will help you rule out some of the differential diagnoses?
5) What radiological examinations or additional diagnostic studies would you order?
6) What treatment and specific information about the prescription that you will give this patient?
7) What are the potential complications from the treatment ordered?
8) What additional laboratory tests might you consider ordering?
9) What additional patient teaching may be needed?
10) Will you be looking for a consult?
Submission Instructions:
Post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.

The purpose of learning the ropes of policy, politics, and advocacy is to influence health care or broader social agendas that influence human health. Discuss a time where you influence health care through advocacy.
The discussion must address the topic.
From week #2 and on, you are expected to post 400 words in your initial post
2 scholarly references within 5 years.
APA style