Nursing Informatics

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Nursing Informatics

 

Write a 4-5 page evidence-based proposal to support the need for a nurse informaticist in an organization who would focus on improving health care outcomes. Introduction As you begin to prepare this assessment, you are encouraged to complete the Team Perspectives of the Nurse Informaticist activity.

 Scenario For this assessment, assume you are a nurse attending a meeting of your state’s nurses association. A nurse informaticist conducted a presentation on her role and its impact on positive patient and organizational outcomes in her workplace. You realize that your organization is undergoing many technological changes. You believe this type of role could provide many benefits to your organization. You decide to pursue proposing a nurse informaticist role in your organization. You speak to your chief nursing officer (CNO) and human resources (HR) manager, who ask you to prepare a 4–5 page evidence-based proposal to support the new role. In this way, they can make an informed decision as to whether the addition of such a role could justify the return on investment (ROI). They need your proposal before an upcoming fiscal meeting.​ This is not an essay, but instead, it is a proposal to create a new Nurse Informaticist position. One important part of this assessment is the justification of the need for a nurse informaticist in a health care organization and references from relevant and timely scholarly or professional resources to support the justification for creating this nurse informaticist position. The term justify means to show or prove that the nurse informaticist position brings value to the organization. This justification must include evidence from the literature to support that this position will provide a return on investment for the organization. Preparation To successfully prepare for this assessment, you will need to complete these preparatory activities: Review assessment resources and activities. Conduct independent research on the nursing knowledge and skills necessary to interact with health information and patient care technology. Focus your research on current resources available through peer-reviewed articles, professional websites, government websites, professional blogs, wikis, job boards, and so on. Consult the BSN Program Library Research Guide for help in identifying scholarly and authoritative sources. Interview peers in your network who are considered information technology experts. Ask them about how information technology advances are impacting patient care at the bedside, at the organizational level, and beyond. Proposal Format The chief nursing officer (CNO) and human resources (HR) manager have asked you to include the following headings in your proposal and to be sure to address the bullets following each heading: Nursing Informatics and the Nurse Informaticist What is nursing informatics? What is the role of the nurse informaticist? Nurse Informaticists and Other Health Care Organizations What is the experience of other health care organizations with nurse informaticists? How do these nurse informaticists interact with the rest of the nursing staff and the interdisciplinary team?

 IMPACT OF FULL NURSE ENGAGEMENT IN HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY How does fully engaging nurses in health care technology impact: Patient care? Protected health information (security, privacy, and confidentiality)? In this section, you will explain evidence-based strategies that the nurse informaticist and interdisciplinary team can use to effectively manage patients’ protected health information, particularly privacy, security, and confidentiality. Evidence-based means that they are supported by evidence from scholarly sources. Workflow? Costs and return on investment? Opportunities and Challenges What are the opportunities and challenges for nurses and the interdisciplinary team with the addition of a nurse informaticist role?

How can the interdisciplinary team collaborate to improve quality care outcomes through technology? Summary of Recommendations What are 3–4 key takeaways from your proposal about the recommended nurse informaticist role that you want the CNO and the HR manager to remember? This is the section where the justification for the implementation of the nursing informaticist role is addressed. Remember to include evidence from the literature to support your recommendation.
Additional Requirements Written communication: Ensure written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message. Submission length: 4–5 double-spaced pages, in addition to title and references pages. Font: Times New Roman, 12 point. Citations and References: Cite a minimum of three current scholarly and/or authoritative sources to support your ideas. In addition, cite a minimum of one current professional blog or website to support your central ideas. Current means no more than five years old. APA formatting: Be sure to follow APA formatting and style guidelines for citations and references. For an APA refresher, consult the Evidence and APA page on Campus. Competencies Measured By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
 Competency 1: Describe nurses’ and the interdisciplinary team’s role in informatics with a focus on electronic health information and patient care technology to support decision making. Define nursing informatics and the role of the nurse informaticist. Explain how the nurse collaborates with the interdisciplinary team, including technologists, to improve the quality of patient care. Justify the need for a nurse informaticist in a health care organization. Competency 2: Implement evidence-based strategies to effectively manage protected health information. Explain evidence-based strategies that the nurse and interdisciplinary team can use to effectively manage patients’ protected health information (privacy, security, and confidentiality). Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly communication to facilitate use of health information and patient care technologies. Follow APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references. Create a clear, well-organized, and professional proposal that is generally free from errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

Book Review of Out of my mind

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Intro plot
Summary paragraph
Analysis paragraph
Closing paragraph that includes your evaluation of the novel
evaluation of the book (using formal language)
Inclusion of at least one visual/image to depict a setting of the novel make sure you talk about the setting you include somewhere in your book review
Include in-test citations

C W2 Case study

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C W2 Case study

Pharmacological Case Study: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics

Complete the case study by answering the questions associated with the scenario.

Scenario

Mr. Henry Navarro, a 62 y.o. Hispanic male patient, is coming in to establish care with you today. He states that he has been feeling well, but he has noticed some tingling in his feet and rashes in his private area. In obtaining his history, he revealed that he had a cardiac stent placed about 6 months ago and was given some medications from his previous primary care provider and cardiologist. He has run out of medications and does not remember what they were. He remembers he was taking something for high sugar, high blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood thinner. He also has been feeling depressed since he is not able to do the things he used to do. He does not have energy and lost interest in things he used to do. He also noticed some productive coughing and shortness of breath after exertion. He states that he has been smoking since he was 16 y.o. and continues to smoke one pack a day.

 

After thorough physical assessment and reviewing some documents you could gather, you decide that he has the following conditions:

  • DM Type II – His last A1c is 7.2 and has been on Metformin 500mg two tabs bid
  • Hyperlipidemia – not on any med now and last LDL was 102
  • HTN – not on any med and his BP is running in 150’s /100’s
  • Depression – Not on any meds; he is feeling very depressed and wants meds to help him feel better; denies of any SI/HI
  • CAD – he was told to take a low dose ASA once a day but not taking it. He is wondering if he should
  • S/P Cardiac Stent placement x 1 – last seen by his cardiologist over 6 months ago. He was on a blood thinner but does not remember a name.
  • COPD – never been diagnosed until hospitalized. He has a albuterol inhaler but still feeling SOB. He is asking if you can give him something to help with his cough and SOB.
  • Peripheral Neuropathy due to DM – He would like some medication to help with tingling sensation and pain.

After reviewing the case scenario above, answer the following questions in 500 to 700words.

Use UpToDate located in the University Library to search for and locate the most current evidence-based guidelines to answer the following questions.

  1. Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics: Discuss the concepts of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics and how they may impact appropriate medication selection.
  2. Dosing and Side Effects: Indicate how the pharmacokinetics will determine the dosing frequency and consider the side effects.
  3. EBP Guidelines and Pharmacokinetic Impact: Select 2 patient assessments (diagnoses) and medications to treat those conditions based on evidence-based guidelines to discuss pharmacokinetics impact on their conditions, dosing frequency, and side effects.

Current event economics

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Current event economics

Current Event Journal Format

Prepare a current event journal analyzing a recent news article (within last six months) that addresses one of the topics we have discussed in Unit 4.

A 500-700 word (double-spaced) typewritten journal entry shall accompany the article. Each journal entry must: (1) summarize the article; (2) identify and define the economic concepts in the article; (3) apply the economic concept and analyze the facts presented in the article relying on those concepts; (4) the article must have been published within the last 6 months; and (5) cite the article using an appropriate academic citation style.

Use the following template to fulfill the requirements:

I. Summary of Article

I want to know what the article is discussing. This should be a brief summary but enough to explain the important aspects of the article (e.g., who, what, where, why, when, how).

II. Identify Issue

After summarizing the article, you’ll need to identify and define the economic concept that is addressed in the article. If the article references an economic term or theory, define all the relevant terms. If you’re discussing an article that does not explicitly discuss an economic issue, identify the economic theory and define all relevant terms. [The best source for definitions is our text].

Be sure to use an economic concept or theory discussed in this unit. Here is the list of concepts that we discussed in this unit.

III. Application

After you’ve summarized the article and identified and explained the economic concept(s), you’ll need to apply the concept(s) and analyze the article relying on the concept(s). In order to successfully complete this portion of the journal, you should specifically show how the economic concepts/theories help explain the events in the article. You may also wish to show whether the economic theory predicts how the future events will unfold. Additionally, you may (but are not required) utilize any of the models/graphs discussed in this unit to help apply the concepts to the article

Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics

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Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics

Complete the case study by answering the questions associated with the scenario.

Scenario

Mr. Henry Navarro, a 62 y.o. Hispanic male patient, is coming in to establish care with you today. He states that he has been feeling well, but he has noticed some tingling in his feet and rashes in his private area. In obtaining his history, he revealed that he had a cardiac stent placed about 6 months ago and was given some medications from his previous primary care provider and cardiologist. He has run out of medications and does not remember what they were. He remembers he was taking something for high sugar, high blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood thinner. He also has been feeling depressed since he is not able to do the things he used to do. He does not have energy and lost interest in things he used to do. He also noticed some productive coughing and shortness of breath after exertion. He states that he has been smoking since he was 16 y.o. and continues to smoke one pack a day.

 

After thorough physical assessment and reviewing some documents you could gather, you decide that he has the following conditions:

  • DM Type II – His last A1c is 7.2 and has been on Metformin 500mg two tabs bid
  • Hyperlipidemia – not on any med now and last LDL was 102
  • HTN – not on any med and his BP is running in 150’s /100’s
  • Depression – Not on any meds; he is feeling very depressed and wants meds to help him feel better; denies of any SI/HI
  • CAD – he was told to take a low dose ASA once a day but not taking it. He is wondering if he should
  • S/P Cardiac Stent placement x 1 – last seen by his cardiologist over 6 months ago. He was on a blood thinner but does not remember a name.
  • COPD – never been diagnosed until hospitalized. He has a albuterol inhaler but still feeling SOB. He is asking if you can give him something to help with his cough and SOB.
  • Peripheral Neuropathy due to DM – He would like some medication to help with tingling sensation and pain.

After reviewing the case scenario above, answer the following questions in 500 to 700words.

Use UpToDate located in the University Library to search for and locate the most current evidence-based guidelines to answer the following questions.

  1. Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics: Discuss the concepts of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics and how they may impact appropriate medication selection.
  2. Dosing and Side Effects: Indicate how the pharmacokinetics will determine the dosing frequency and consider the side effects.
  3. EBP Guidelines and Pharmacokinetic Impact: Select 2 patient assessments (diagnoses) and medications to treat those conditions based on evidence-based guidelines to discuss pharmacokinetics impact on their conditions, dosing frequency, and side effects.

Organizational Psychology

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Organizational Psychology

Professor Instructions: Please answer the following questions in a short-answer prompt with the main support from your textbook. However, you are encouraged to use additional article readings in explaining and providing evidence for your response. Please cite in-text and reference in APA style. One source must be your textbook.

1. Chapter 12 ( Team Dynamics and Processes within Organization): Describe Campion’s synthesized model of team effectiveness, making sure to address all five core factors.

2. Chapter 12 (Team Dynamics and Processes within Organization): Considering as many of the seven determinants of team effectiveness as possible, how could an organization use selection to improve team effectiveness? How could reward systems play a role?

3. Chapter 15 ( Organizational Change and Development): What are the four main factors that influence the success of organizational change? Why is each of these factors so important when change is at stake? What criteria could you use to evaluate the effectiveness of an organization’s development intervention?

4. Chapter 15 ( Organizational Change and Development): Describe two individual-level interventions for organizational change. Now provide a detailed description of two group-level interventions for organizational change.

Psychotic Disorders – Case Study – A3

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Psychotic Disorders – Case Study – A3

Writer’s choice, select 1 out of the 3 case studies to write about.

*Important* Please follow APA7 guidelines, especially with paragraphs and sentence structure. Min of 3 sentences per para. and max of 7 sentence per para.

Introduction
You have learned about mental health disorders featuring emotions as their dominant symptom. In this assessment, you will look at psychotic disorders that feature hallucinations and/or delusions as their most characteristic symptom. Then, you will continue to explore mental health disorders and the medications that treat them with a look at disorders typically diagnosed in childhood.

Overview
For this assessment, you will either listen to the case studies in the Case Studies: Kenisha, Jose, and Pam media piece, or read the case studies below. Then, you will choose one of the case studies to write about in your assessment. Next, you will describe the case study, the disorder you identified in the case study, the medication you chose to treat the disorder, and how the medication treats the disorder.

Case Studies
Listen to the media piece Case Studies: Kenisha, Jose, and Pam. You can read the same case studies below as reference for your assessment.

Kenisha: Kenisha is a 22-year-old woman who recently broke up with her girlfriend. She’s been having trouble sleeping at night, frequently bursts into tears, and has lost interest in spending time with her friends and family. She has been coping by eating brownies and ice cream whenever she feels too down. She went to her family doctor, who started her on medication. The medication has left her feeling drowsy and she sleeps throughout the day. She also feels hungry most of the time and has been gaining weight.
José: José is a 31-year-old male who has spent the past 2 years in his house. He’s terrified of leaving and any attempt to walk out the door leaves him paralyzed. He has sought help via teletherapy and his doctor has put him on medication. He can leave the house but is often too tired to do so.
Pam: Pam is a 56-year-old woman who was diagnosed with schizophrenia when she was 25 years old. She’s remained on the same medicine for the past 20 years. In the past 2 months, she’s become increasingly paranoid. She is sure the government has bugged her house and that the police are watching her every move. She’s begun to take apart her electronics to search for monitoring devices like hidden cameras and microphones.
Instructions
Choose one of the three case studies, and in your assessment:

Describe the case study briefly.
Describe the medication you chose to treat disorder in the case study, including:
The biological actions and effects of the medication.
The behavioral and psychological effects of the medication.
At least two scholarly sources. In addition, you can use information from the PDR or FDA websites and the Psychopharmacology text.
Describe the disorder you identified from the case study.
Common symptoms of the disorder.
Analyze how the medication treats the disorder.
Include strengths and weaknesses of this medication to treat the disorder.
Support with evidence from at least two scholarly sources. In addition, you can use information from the PDR or FDA websites and the Psychopharmacology text.
You can use the following sources to find more information about your chosen medication:

Prescribers’ Digital Reference (PDR). (n.d.). https://www.pdr.net
You can access basic information about medications without a login, just type the name of the medication in the search area. The PDR has been the standard go-to for information on medications for a number of years and is considered one of the more credible sources.
U.S. Food & Drug Administration. (n.d.). Information for consumers and patients | Drugs. https://www.fda.gov/drugs/resources-you-drugs/information-consumers-and-patients-drugs
You can access the FDA’s information on a number of medications using the search feature. Government websites are a great source for credible information and often a primary source for demographic information and other statistics.
Once you have gathered information from one or both of the above websites, find four scholarly sources to use.

Additional Requirements
Your assessment should also meet the following requirements:

Writing style:Text is well-organized, incorporates evidence, and uses appropriate tone in grammatically sound sentences.
APA format: References and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting guidelines. Learn more in the Evidence and APA section of the Writing Center.
Resources: Four scholarly resources-two sources with evidence on the biological, behavioral, and psychological effects of the medication and two sources with evidence on the strengths and weaknesses of the medication. The Psychopharmacology textbook may be used as one of the resources.
Length: 3-4 typed, double-spaced pages of content, in addition to a title page and a reference page.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 poin

Toxic shock syndrome

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Toxic shock syndrome

You will write a 4-8 page paper examining the pathophysiology of a complex, multi-system disease process.

A complex, multi-system disease process is defined as a condition or disorder that either affects the whole body or involves multiple organs.  Your textbook uses diabetes as an example of a complex, multi-system disease process; while fundamentally a disease of dysfunctional glucose regulation, it affects nearly every system in the body and leads to altered elimination, altered perfusion, and so on.

You may select any complex, multi-system disease process that interests you except diabetes–the text has covered this disease in great detail.  Some examples of disease process which may be explored include chronic kidney disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren’s syndrome, or vasculitis.  There are, of course, many other diseases which would be appropriate to explore as nearly every disease process in the human body affects more than one physiologic system.

The essay should include four major sections.

1. First, you should describe the altered physiology that leads to the disease state you have chosen.  This may include more than one specific alteration.

2. Second, you should describe the clinical manifestations present in the disease, and explain why these manifestations present using pathophysiologic concepts to form your explanation.

3. Third, you should explain how the physiologic alteration causes multi-system alterations in function.

4. Finally, you should describe the treatment modalities used to restore normal function and give a simple explanation as to how the normal function is restored.

Your must follow APA format with appropriate citations.

I selected Toxic Shock Syndrome

My Motivation to Be a Physician Assistant (Admission Essay Personal Statement)

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My Motivation to Be a Physician Assistant (Admission Essay Personal Statement)

In your own words, write a brief statement expressing your motivation or desire to become a physician assistant. Keep your statement general as it is shared with all programs you apply to. Your essay cannot exceed 5,000 characters.

 

1.Introduction Paragraph – Should give a brief description of who you are and how you became interested in medicine.

 

Below I will be giving a brief introduction about myself *** I am providing some info you can use but please do some research to help you as this is just to give you an idea about me.

 

About me:

My story is about a young girl that grew up in an immigrant family that faced many adversities early on her life. At the age of six, my parents decided to flee my home country (Jordan) and move to the United States to provide a safe living for my sibling and I. The first adversity we encountered was language barrier. No one in my family spoke English and from the perspective of a young girl moving to a country where my native language isn’t spoken means I must take it upon myself and quickly learn the language to help my parents survive and be able to live their lives comfortably. After my teacher noticed the will and motivation I had to learn the English language she would go out of her way and meet up with me every day after school to give me one on one lessons. Thanks to her my confidence was built and I was able to learn English in 3 months and be quick on my feet to help my parents with everything they need. Seeing the dedication she had really inspired me and showed me that if you do something you love you will always give it your best and be able to be there for other people when needed.

Medical, Science, and helping others have always been an interest to me.

Ever since I was a kid my I was always the one that loved to help everyone and had a strong desire to help and put a smile on people’s faces and that’s where the love of Medicine came along. I grew up in a poor community that people barely had enough money to eat and pay their bills and even though I didn’t come from a wealthy family we would always help the less fortunate around us. As I got my first job I made a promise to myself that out of every paycheck I get I take a percentage of it to the side and help the less fortunate people of my community with their health needs and that is something so simple that I can do but also can make a big difference in ones life.

 

 

 

2. (The Discovery)  In this paragraph you want to explain how you discovered the PA profession. Did you work with PA’s? Was a family member or friend a PA? and what was it about the profession that peaked your interest and made you want to look into it as a potential career for yourself?

 

 

In my time working as a medical assistant I had the chance to work with Physicians, Physician Assistants, and Nurse practioners, and I found myself drawn to the interest of working with the physician assistant more than any other provider. (Please elaborate furthermore about peaked your interest and made you want to look into it as a potential career for yourself?)

 

 

My experience through working:

 

Throughout my experience working as a medical assistant at a medical center, I was lucky to have witnessed and be part of such a life saving event that had occurred  which made a big impression on me and made me realize indeed physician assistant is the right career for me. It was a slow day in the office as I just finished triaging my patient walking back to my desk  Mrs. Stacey-Ann walks in for her annual visit appointment and as she was checking in I quickly noticed she was out of breath as the words were barely coming out of her mouth  sweat coming down her for head and she seemed very anxious. Mrs. Stacey-Ann was scheduled with one of the new providers different than the one I was working with which means a different medical assistant was responsible to take her in and triage her but after noticing her symptoms I quickly took action as I did not want her to be waiting in the waiting room in such condition. I called Stacey to one of rooms so I can check her vitals and ask if she has any chief complaints and also offered her some water . Stacey verbalized to me that shes just here for her annual check up with no medical history and doesn’t have any symptoms and the only thing is she suffers from is anxiety. As I was manually checking her vitals her blood pressure was reading 220/160 which is extremely dangerous and I started to get worried because I know Hypertension is a silent killer. I quickly grabbed my coworker and had her check it and as she was doing that I went to the provider and notified him right away. When I notified the provider he didn’t seem to be that concerned and in fact he finished with whatever he was doing then attended to Stacey. When I saw his reaction I started to worry and felt concerned for Stacey that I went back to the doctor and told him to please come take a look at her and maybe give her some clonidine and we can put her in observation to see if her blood pressure drops. After attending to her the doctor gives me the approval administer Clonidine to her and observe her pressure. After 30 minutes go by as I kept checking her pressure it was not dropping but only getting higher the doctor was ready to send her home and mrs Stacey saw the concern on my face and asked me what do I recommend for her to do  that’s when I took the initiative and told her  if she was my mother I would take her to the hospital ASAP.  I called the medical director of the office and informed him of the situation and he also agreed with me and told me to initiate the hospital transfer papers. I informed Stacey and I even asked my manger if I can drive her to the emergency room as it was right across the street but because of protocol I was unable to. I walked with her to the elevator and she was very anxious and I walked her to her car and from distance watched her make the turn into the hospital. Moving on with my day I was still thinking about mrs. Stacey so the next day I gave her a call and she informed me she was admitted immediately in the hospital and the doctor who was taking care of her told her “you are a walking time boom and if you didn’t come to the hospital the time you did no telling what could have happened.” As she informed me of that I smiled and cried as I felt I was a reason in saving her life. He told me the doctor at the hospital told her whoever sent you here was an angel sent from God. This experience solidified my decision to why I want to become a physician assistant.

 

 

3.(Why PA?) Get specific. Why is that you want to be a PA over any other professionals? Why does being a PA check all the boxes for what you’re looking for in a career?

 

 

4.(Why you?) What qualities do you possess that would make you a great PA? Are you a team player? Empathetic? Think of what qualities make some great PA’s and then think about what qualities you have. Talk about skills you gained from prior experience that you will take with you in PA school and as a future PA.

 

5. (The conclusion) This is where you want to briefly summarize the main points and wrap everything up. Let them know you are ready for this next chapter and you’re extremely excited and passionate about becoming a PA.

Turn Photography as Art into and argument then write an argumentative essay about you claimed in your argument.

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Turn Photography as Art into and argument then write an argumentative essay about you claimed in your argument.

ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY

– Write an argumentative essay on a theme covered in class discussions and/or readings.
– The essay should be at least 1,000 words long (not counting cover page and reference list) and incorporate evidence from 5 reliable sources.
 
Your Argumentative Essay Submission should:
    • follow conventions of the genre (structure, language)
    • use reliable sources with proper in-text citations in APA style.
    • have at least two sources which is academic (peer-reviewed material)
    • include an accurate reference list in APA style at the end of your paper.
Note – I have attached below things that were sent to us by the instructor. Check them and look into the  cliche topics powerpoint and make sure that it is one of the things highlighted in green. 
 
P.S. If you can recommend an interesting arguement topic we can go with that as I don’t have a specific topic.