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The assingment:
Post a brief explanation of the role of the nurse with a practice doctorate. Be specific. Explain the expectations associated with obtaining this degree, including how these expectations might be different for a nurse who holds a different degree. Then, explain how these considerations relate to your motivation to pursue a DNP, including a brief description of how your role as a DNP-prepared nurse will meet a potential organization’s need to address a gap in practice or implement a practice change. Discuss any experiences you have had in addressing a gap in practice or a practice change within an organization. Be specific.
please provide at least 3 references (APA format)

Nurse Practitioners prescribe medication, diagnose and treat minor illnesses and injuries
Certified Nurse-Midwives provide gynecological and low-risk obstetrical care
Clinical Nurse Specialists handle a wide range of physical and mental health problems
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists administer more than 65 percent of all anesthetics

Directions:
Role of the Nurse Leader and Manager in Regulatory and Practice Standards
As a nurse leader or manager, you will be required to support the nurses on the unit to understand their role with regulation, practice standards, and mandatory reporting.
First Post
Describe one of the current issues identified by State Boards of Nursing in the state you will be applying for your nursing license. Discuss how the nurse leaders and managers would educate the unit within the organization.
Reply Post
Respond to at least one of your peers. Expand on your peer’s ideas.

For this Assignment, you will document information about a patient that you examined during the last 4 weeks, using the Focused SOAP Note Template provided. You will then use this note to develop and record a case presentation for this patient.
Use a patient with “eating disorder.”
Subjective: What details did the patient provide regarding their chief complaint and symptomology to derive your differential diagnosis? What is the duration and severity of their symptoms? How are their symptoms impacting their functioning in life?
Objective: What observations did you make during the psychiatric assessment?
Assessment: Discuss patient mental status examination results. What were your differential diagnoses? Provide a minimum of three possible diagnoses and why you chose them. List them from highest priority to lowest priority. What was your primary diagnosis, and why? Describe how your primary diagnosis aligns with DSM-5 diagnostic criteria and supported by the patient’s symptoms.
Plan: In your video, describe your treatment plan using clinical practice guidelines supported by evidence-based practice. Include a discussion on your chosen FDA-approved psychopharmacologic agents and include alternative treatments available and supported by valid research. All treatment choices must have a discussion of your rationale for the choice supported by valid research. What were your follow-up plan and parameters? What referrals would you make or recommend as a result of this treatment session?
In your written plan include all the above as well as include one social determinant of health according to the HealthyPeople 2030 (you will need to research) as applied to this case in the realm of psychiatry and mental health. As a future advanced provider, what are one health promotion activity and one patient education consideration for this patient for improving health disparities and inequities in the realm of psychiatry and mental health? Demonstrate your critical thinking.
Reflection notes: What would you do differently with this patient if you could conduct the session over? If you are able to follow up with your patient, explain whether these interventions were successful and why or why not. If you were not able to conduct a follow up, discuss what your next intervention would be.
Please provide 5 references.

Adult Health II Final
1 The nurse should assess the patient with left-side heart failure for which findings? (SATA)
Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea Right upper quadrant pain
Crackles in the lungs Regular vein distention
Fatigue
Orthopnea
2 A patient is being screened for diabetes and has two recent fasting blood glucose results of 132mg/dL (7.33mmol/L) and 146mg/dL (8.10mmol/L) How should these result be interpreted?
The fasting blood glucose tests should be repeated two more times
These results indicate diabetes mellitus. Follow-up is required These are normal results. No further action is needed
The patient should be scheduled for a hemoglobin A1c(HbA1C)test
3 A nurse is assessing a patient for a suspected anaphylactic reaction following a CT scan with contrast media. For which of the following patient findings should the nurse intervene first?
Stridor Urticaria Vom