Healthy People is an initiative of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) that addresses health challenges and set projections every 10 years, with the main purpose of improving health indicators nationwide. Your discussion this week will focus on your topic 2 on the list created for week 1. Describe the objective or … Read more
Scenario You are a nursing case manager working in a 100-bed community hospital in a rural setting. Many patients are elderly with chronic health conditions and have several factors that impair their timeliness of follow-up appointments for chronic care management. The specific difficulties reported by patients include: Many of the patients are remote, the hospital … Read more
Supports SLO: 1, 2, and 4 For this assignment you will explore, critically analyze, and professionally reflect on a recent professional experience that you perceive as a significant issue that could impact patient outcomes and population health. Within the context of the professional experience, you will explore values, beliefs, and assumptions. Through critical analysis you … Read more
This week you will build upon the clinical problem presented in the class introduction forum. Be sure to review the Discussion Forum guidelines and rubric located in the Course Materials and Resources. After reviewing this week’s content, respond to the follow items. What is the link of your clinical problem to your own practice? How … Read more
This week’s content focused on patterns of knowing and the interrelationship of past, present, and future in knowledge development. Using the assigned readings and your professional experience as a starting point, answer the following: 1. In chapter 1 Chinn and Kramer discuss how nursing knowledge (on an individual level) can provide self-identity and confidence. In … Read more
Scenario As a BSN student you are shadowing a Nurse Informaticist to better understand their role and impact in making healthcare decisions. You have one day in this immersion and will be exposed to several Health Information Technologies and their impact on healthcare decision making. As part of the preclinical paperwork, you have been asked … Read more
Read the attached articles regarding the case of H.M. and write a 750-1,000-word case analysis that addresses the following questions: 1. Explain what happened neurologically in H.M.’s case. 2. Why did it impact his memory? How was his memory affected? 3. Explain the neurological reasons for his ability to learn other skills or tasks. 4. … Read more
The goal for this assignment is to develop a deeper understanding of the end-of-life issues for the aging and elderly. By allowing your interviewee to reflect on important life events, you will be able to understand the context surrounding their life experiences. For this assignment: Find a person above the age of 65 to interview. … Read more
Assessment Descriiption Search the GCU Library and find two new health care articles that use quantitative research. Do not use articles from a previous assignment, or articles that appear in the topic Resources or textbook. Complete an article analysis for each using the “Article Analysis: Part 2” template. Refer to the “Patient Preference and Satisfaction … Read more
Assessment Descriiption In this assignment, you will propose a quality improvement initiative from your place of employment that could easily be implemented if approved. Assume you are presenting this program to the board for approval of funding. Write an executive summary (750-1,000 words) to present to the board, from which the board will make its … Read more
