Category: Nursing

Please, list the below info for at least one anti-H2 Blocker medication (APA format).
Indications
Mechanism of action
What to monitor
Patient variables
Side effects
Adverse effects
Teaching

To Prepare:
Review the Resources and examine the Clark Healthy Workplace Inventory, found on page 20 of Clark (2015).
Review the Work Environment Assessment Template*.
Reflect on the output of your Discussion post regarding your evaluation of workplace civility and the feedback received from colleagues.
Select and review one or more of the following articles found in the Resources:Clark, Olender, Cardoni, and Kenski (2011)
Clark (2018)
Clark (2015)
Griffin and Clark (2014)
*Template completed in the Week 7 discussion should not be submitted with this assignment.
The Assignment (3-6 pages total):
Part 1: Work Environment Assessment (1-2 pages)
Review the Work Environment Assessment Template you completed for this Module’s Discussion.
Describe the results of the Work Environment Assessment you completed on your workplace.
Identify two things that surprised you about the results and one idea you believed prior to conducting the Assessment that was confirmed.
Explain what the results of the Assessment suggest about the health and civility of your workplace.
Part 2: Reviewing the Literature (1-2 pages)
Briefly describe the theory or concept presented in the article(s) you selected.
Explain how the theory or concept presented in the article(s) relates to the results of your Work Environment Assessment.
Explain how your organization could apply the theory highlighted in your selected article(s) to improve organizational health and/or create stronger work teams. Be specific and provide examples.
Part 3: Evidence-Based Strategies to Create High-Performance Interprofessional Teams (1–2 pages)
Recommend at least two strategies, supported in the literature, that can be implemented to address any shortcomings revealed in your Work Environment Assessment.
Recommend at least two strategies that can be implemented to bolster successful practices revealed in your Work Environment Assessment.

As nurses you have all learned the importance of clinical decision making, critical thinking and clinical judgement to making effective and safe patient care decisions in practice. As you move into your role of advanced practice nurse whether that is leadership and management or NP, how does this change? Does it? This week read through some of the articles provided about how nurses and advanced practice nurse make decisions in practice. Is there a difference between the skills required by the bedside nurse and those needed by APN? Support the discussion with rationale and readings. As you transition to your role as an APN what clinical decision-making skills do you feel are needed for nurses planning to be NP? Nurse leaders? Support this with course readings and other academic literature. Are these different, if so why or why not? What standardized decision-making tool has been created to guide nurses at all levels to make practice decisions? Why was this created, what is the purpose of the tool? How would this be used in your role as an APN; be specific and describe how to apply this tool. Are there other standardized clinical decision-making tools to guide NP/APN to make decisions in practice? Should these be employed and/or are they employed in all care setting for NP? Provide a rationale. Explain your rationale. Describe the role of the Consensus Model for APRN.
must be minimum 500 words, references must be cited in APA format 7th Edition, and must include minimum of 2 scholarly resources published within the past 5-7 years.

In your own words, describe the role of a nurse informaticist. The initial discussion post should be in the range of 250-300 words
Explain how a nurse informaticist contributes to patient care quality.
Review the AHRQ’s Quality and Patient Safety Work website and ANIA’s Strategic Plan. Discuss how the development of informatics has helped address the concerns about patient safety raised in the “To Err Is Human” report.
Summarize how informatics has assisted in improving culture of safety in your organization and areas where growth is still needed.
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.
Parker, C. (2015). Nursing informatics: Scope and standards of practiceLinks to an external site.. https://www.nenic.org/assets/documents/Fall_Winter_Program_Materials/2015-new%20ni%20scope%20and%20stds%20of%20practice%20pdf.pdf.Introduction (pp. 5-6).
Functional areas of competencies (pp.15-29).
Palatnik, A. (2016). To err is humanLinks to an external site.. Nursing 2019 Critical Care. https://journals.lww.com/nursingcriticalcare/Fullt…
Bickford, C. J. (2009). Nursing informatics: Scope and standards of practiceLinks to an external site.. American Nurses Association. http://ebooks.iospress.nl/publication/12524
HIMSS (2018). What is nursing informatics?Links to an external site. https://www.himss.org/resources/what-nursing-infor…
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (2019). ProgramsLinks to an external site.. https://www.ahrq.gov/programs/index.html?search_ap…

PRESCRIBING FOR OLDER ADULTS AND PREGNANT WOMEN
After assessing and diagnosing a patient, PMHNPs must take into consideration special characteristics of the patient before determining an appropriate course of treatment. For pharmacological treatments that are not FDA-approved for a particular use or population, off-label use may be considered when the potential benefits could outweigh the risks.
In this Discussion, you will investigate a specific disorder and determine potential appropriate treatments for when it occurs in an older adult or pregnant woman. RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity. Click the weekly resources link to access the resources. WEEKLY RESOURCES
TO PREPARE:
Choose one of the two following specific populations: either pregnant women or older adults. Then, select a specific disorder from the DSM-5-TR to use.
Use the Walden Library to research evidence-based treatments for your selected disorder in your selected population (either older adults or pregnant women). You will need to recommend one FDA-approved drug, one non-FDA-approved “off-label” drug, and one nonpharmacological intervention for treating the disorder in that population.
BY DAY 3 OF WEEK 9
Recommend one FDA-approved drug, one off-label drug, and one nonpharmacological intervention for treating your chosen disorder in older adults or pregnant women.
Explain the risk assessment you would use to inform your treatment decision making. What are the risks and benefits of the FDA-approved medicine? What are the risks and benefits of the off-label drug?
Explain whether clinical practice guidelines exist for this disorder, and if so, use them to justify your recommendations. If not, explain what information you would need to take into consideration.
Support your reasoning with at least three current, credible scholarly resources, one each on the FDA-approved drug, the off-label, and a nonpharmacological intervention for the disorder.
LEARNING RESOURCES
Required Readings
American Psychiatric Association. (2016). The American Psychiatric Association practice guideline on the use of antipsychotics to treat agitation or psychosis in patients with dementiaLinks to an external site.. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890426807 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2019). Maternal and fetal effects of mental health treatments in pregnant and breastfeeding women: A systematic review of pharmacological interventionsLinks to an external site.. https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default…
Hardy, L. T., & Reichenbacker, O. L. (2019). A practical guide to the use of psychotropic medications during pregnancy and lactationLinks to an external site.. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 33(3), 254–266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2019.04.001 National Library of Medicine. (2006–2020). Drugs and lactation databaseLinks to an external site. (LactMed). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK501922/ The LactMed® database is a peer-reviewed, evidence-based resource on drugs that may be used by breastfeeding mothers. It includes possible effects on nursing infants and offers drug alternatives where possible. Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2015). Kaplan & Sadock’s synopsis of psychiatry (11th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.
Chapter 27, “Psychiatry and Reproductive Medicine”
Chapter 33, “Geriatric Psychiatry” Stewart, J. G., & DeNisco, S. M. (2019). Role development for the nurse practitioner (2nd ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Chapter 3, “Vulnerable Populations”
Chapter 4, “Mental Health and Primary Care: A Critical Intersection”
Chapter 5, “Cultural Sensitivity and Global Health”
Required Media
American Psychiatric Association. (2020). Geriatric telepsychiatryLinks to an external site. [Video]. https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/…

Revisit the goals and objectives from your Practicum Experience Plan. Explain the degree to which you achieved each during the practicum experience.
Reflect on the three (3) most challenging patients you encountered during the practicum experience. What was most challenging about each?
What did you learn from this experience?
What resources were available?
What evidence-based practice did you use for the patients?
What would you do differently?
How are you managing patient flow and volume?
How can you apply your growing skillset to be a social change agent within your community?
Reflect on how you might improve your skills and knowledge, and communicate those efforts to your Preceptor.
Answer the questions: How am I doing? What is missing?
Reflect on the formal and informal feedback you received from your Preceptor
3 apa format references

The purpose of this assignment is to familiarize yourself with individuals who have made major contributions to the field of epidemiology. Looking back at history, epidemics of infectious diseases have been acknowledged dating back to the earliest times, describing epidemics of smallpox, measles, the bubonic plague, syphilis, and leprosy, all of which have influenced the outcome of exploration, military adventures, and colonization, as well as industrial development and the arts. Public health must continue to focus on identifying effective ways of improving health related to factors that contribute to morbidity and mortality by developing interventions that involve whole communities to be more health conscious.
Research the following individuals and their roles in shaping contemporary epidemiology:
John Graunt
James Lind
Edward Jenner
Ignaz Semmelweis
John Snow
Examine the history, principles, and application of epidemiology and write a 1,000-1,250-paper to explain your findings. Choose one of the individuals from your research and include the following:
Define epidemiology and discuss its purpose and importance to public health.
Describe the disease and the event or major contribution in which the individual you selected was involved. Using descriiptive epidemiology, discuss how common the disease was at the time, who was infected, when it occurred (time of year or season), and the mode of transmission. If the individual is not associated with a specific disease, discuss a significant disease happening during that period.
Explain how the individual influenced epidemiology and discuss the advanced epidemiological methods and process the individual used to describe and control disease. Discuss how the individual’s contributions helped to inform the application definition of epidemiology in public health.
Describe three subspecialties within epidemiology. Refer to the “Subspecialties in Epidemiology” resource, as needed for assistance.
You are required to cite to a minimum of three sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and public health content.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment is worth 12.5% (125 points) of your overall grade. The details for this assignment are located and listed below. Topic: Addressing Bias in a healthcare setting
PURPOSEIn today’s current healthcare settings, the increasing diversity, globalization, and expanding technologies produce complex ethical pressures that influence nursing practice and practice outcomes. To be effective in a master’s-prepared advanced nurse practice role it is important to understand personal values, beliefs, strengths, and limitations. The purpose of this assessment is to promote introspective reflection related to implicit and/or explicit personal biases. Students will develop a plan to reduce bias and promote personal and professional growth. Requirements
Criteria for Content
Complete a self-inventory on personal biases you hold. The biases might be implicit or explicit.
In a one to two-page summary, address the following.Identify your selected specialty track (education, executive, family nurse practitioner, healthcare policy, or nursing informatics).
Discuss how biases can impact outcomes in selected nursing practice settings.
Identify personal biases and attitudes toward people with various cultural, gender, sexual orientations, age, weight, and religions that are different than your own.
Select one bias that you have.
Develop one strategy to reduce this bias.
PREPARING THE PAPERSubmission Requirements
Application: Use Microsoft Word 2013™ to create the written assessment. Length: The paper (excluding the title page and reference page) is two pages.
A minimum of two (2) scholarly literature references must be used. Make sure to use references that are current, and no older than 5 years.
Best Practices in Preparing the Project
The following are best practices in preparing this project.
Review directions thoroughly.
Follow submission requirements.
Make sure all elements on the grading rubric are included.
Rules of grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation are followed and consistent with formal, scientific writing.
The title page, body of the paper, and reference page must follow APA guidelines as found in the current edition of the manual. This includes the use of headings for each section of the paper except for the introduction where no heading is used.
Ideas and information that come from scholarly literature must be cited and referenced correctly.
A minimum of two (2) scholarly literature references must be used.
Abide by CCN academic integrity policy.

This week you will continue to work on your final project/presentation that examines in detail one of the major infectious diseases (and the associated microbes) that challenge our world today.
By this time, you should have been doing a lot of research on your topic. This Annotated Bibliography assignment will be helpful in organizing your resources and structuring your presentation. Here’s what to do:
Step 1: Identify at least 4 relevant resources
Leveraging the EC Library Resource Guide for this class, accessible via the left course menu, as a starting point, identify at least 4 resources that you can use in your presentation. Note that these may be some of the same resources you leveraged in creating last week’s My Life as a Microbe presentation.
Look for resources that address the following topics regarding your microorganism:
Where is this disease found?
Who is most susceptible?
How does it reproduce?
How is it spread?
How does it cause a disease that can or has caused an epidemic?
What is being done to control or eradicate this infectious disease?
Step 2: Review expectations for an annotated bibliography
Each annotation should be approximately 100-150 words and contain the following: A complete APA style reference for the source you are examining;
a brief summary of the source’s important information; an explanation of its relevance to your topic and how you plan to use it; and a brief evaluation of the source for authority, currency, objectivity, and verifiability. For assistance with this, explore the Excelsior OWL regarding Annotated BibliographiesLinks to an external site..
Step 3: Review our sample annotated bibliography entry Download sample annotated bibliography entry To better understand the expectation for this M6 Project Work assignment. Note that this is a single entry and your assignment requires at least four.
Like previously, this example relates to COVID-19 and the SARS-CoV-2 virus behind it.
Step 4: Submit your annotated bibliography
As an MS Word document. This assignment is due by Sunday, 11:59 PM ET. Evaluation 
The BIO 212 Project Work Annotated Bibliography rubric explains how you will be graded.
Project work is worth 30% of your final course grade. 
Submission Guidance
Compose your work in a .doc or .docx  file type using a word processor (such as Microsoft Word, etc.) and save it frequently to your computer. For those assignments that are not written essays and require uploading images or PowerPoint slides, please follow the uploading guidelines provided by your instructor.  Check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors. When you are ready to submit your work, click “Upload Submission.” Enter the submission title and then click on “Select a file to upload.” Browse your computer and select your file. Click “Open” and verify the correct file name has appeared next to Submission File. Click on “Continue.”  Confirm submission is correct and then click on “Accept Submission & Save.”  Outcomes
This activity assesses the following module outcomes: M6-02: Explain the “innate host response” phenomena of the human immune system. (CO5)
M6-04: Articulate the factors involved in the “adaptive immunity” response. (CO5)

A genogram is often used to illustrate the behaviors of a family unit across generations. The genogram can be used to reduce resistance to harmful family patterns.
Recall a family with a member who has a history of drug or alcohol dependence.
Describe how the genogram can be used to address the denial of family unit addiction to individual family members.
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.