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Case studies provide the opportunity to simulate realistic scenarios involving patients presenting with various health problems or symptoms. Such case studies enable nurse learners to apply concepts, lessons, and critical thinking to interviewing, screening, and diagnostic approaches, as well as to the development of treatment plans. For this Case Study Discussion, you will propose a differential diagnosis with a minimum of 3 possible conditions or […]

INNOVATIVE INFORMATICS TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS TO CLINICAL PRACTICE New technology and tools will undoubtedly shape nursing practice. “Research suggests that between 8% and 16% of nursing time is spent on non-nursing activities and tasks that should be delegated to others” (Robert, 2019). As a result, new innovations may minimize the time spent on these non-nursing activities and tasks to further support and strengthen patient care. […]

MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING AND BREAKING THE ICE Over the years in school classes, work teams, and other group settings, you may have participated in get-to-know-you activities, also called icebreakers or team builders. These activities help members learn one another’s names and generate a sense of inclusion and belonging early in the life span of the group. Social workers, too, use icebreakers to create cohesion among the […]

Assessment 1 Instructions: Enhancing Quality and Safety For this assessment, you will develop a 3 page paper that examines a safety quality issue pertaining to medication administration in a health care setting. You will analyze the issue and examine potential evidence-based and best-practice solutions from the literature as well as the role of nurses and other stakeholders in addressing the issue. Demonstration of Proficiency By […]

Assessment 2 Instructions: Root-Cause Analysis and Safety Improvement Plan For this assessment, you can use a supplied template to conduct a root-cause analysis. The completed assessment will be a scholarly paper focusing on a quality or safety issue pertaining to medication administration in a health care setting of your choice as well as a safety improvement plan. As patient safety concerns continue to be addressed […]

Using the Internet, research on a series of topics that will help you understand the current issues regarding managed care. You can use keywords, such as (but not limited to) managed care, current trends and issues in managed care, pharmacy benefit management, or utilization management. Like many other aspects of health care, managed care is continually changing and evolving to meet current consumer and market […]

Throughout this course you have focused on practice problems to address in applying nursing and interdisciplinary theories, and in the A cell structure application of evidence-based practice for quality improvement. This week you begin exploring the components of evidence-based practice by framing a practice problem as a critical question. You will begin a search of the literature for evidence to answer the question and inform […]

Assessing population health data and epidemiologic research is one matter, translating it into practice is another—albeit an exciting one! In this final module, you examine applications of epidemiology to nursing practice related to infectious disease, chronic disease, and global health issues. What’s Happening This Module? Module 5: Applications in Nursing is a 3-week module—Weeks 9 through 11 of the course—in which you explore applications of […]

A. Discuss a systems-level safety concern in a healthcare setting by applying the situation, background, assessment, recommendation (SBAR) format by doing the following:1. Describe a healthcare-related situation (S) prompting a systems-level patient safety concern that has the potential to impact multiple patients.2. Analyze background (B) information about the concern by doing the following:a. Describe the data that support or would support the need for change.b. […]

ASSESSMENT 3 BRIEF Subject Code and Title ECO601 Economic Principles Assessment Case Analysis Individual/Group Group Length 2500 words (+/- 10%) Learning Outcomes This assessment addresses the following subject learning outcomes: a) Assess economic systems within the context of resource allocation. b) Apply and appraise the fundamental principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics. d) Determine the effect of changes in macroeconomic indicators on business activity and evaluate […]