Discussion  Developing a Culture of Evidence-Based Practice As your EBP skills grow, you may be called upon to share your expertise with others. While EBP practice is often conducted with unique outcomes in mind, EBP practitioners who share their results can both add to the general body of knowledge and serve as an advocate for the application of EBP. In this Discussion, you will […]

Discussion 2          Betty, the chief nursing officer, had to make a decision about buying 120 new hospital beds for patient rooms. After she interviewed nurse mangers at the units where the beds were going to be placed, Betty compiled her findings and decided to contact a well-known equipment company to obtain prices and contracts. The equipment company’s executive salesperson, Jim, discussed options at length […]

  A 25 year old presents to Labor and Delivery with complaints of  uterine cramping and lower back pain.  She denies any vaginal bleeding  at this time.  She has related a history of preterm birth at 32 weeks gestation with her last pregnancy.  The baby is 3 years old now and has no developmental issues.   Her current gestational age is 30 weeks. determine preterm She is 0+ […]

Topic 1: Child and Adolescent Health Risks As you discovered in this week’s lectures and readings, several populations face multiple health risks across their lifespan. Children and adolescents are a population that is at a higher health risk for obesity. A national movement is underway to reduce risk factors for developing obesity in children. Part of this movement is the “Let’s Move!” campaign, which is […]

Assignment  Complete ALL of the bullet points below: Compare and contrast each of the three questions related to Managed Care Organizations, Medicare, and Medicaid with one another and explain how they were similar and different to each other. Managed care organizations emphasize physicians’ responsibilities to control patient access to expensive hospitalization and specialty care, a principle dubbed “gatekeeping.” Some argue that “gatekeeping” is unethical because […]

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. As you begin to prepare this assessment, you are encouraged to complete the Team Perspectives of the Nurse Informaticist activity. Completion of this will help you succeed with the assessment as you explore the nurse informaticist’s role from the different […]

Respond to at least two of your colleagues who selected a different factor than you, in one of the following ways: Make a suggestion based on additional evidence drawn from readings or after synthesizing multiple postings. Share insights based on your own experience and additional research.                                                                    Main Post A 16-year-old male presents for a sports participation examination. He has no significant medical history and no family […]

   Nurse’s Role in Influencing the Legislative Process For this week’s project, you’ll answer three questions related to your opportunity as a nurse and an advocate. The first two questions relate to influencing a bill is traveling through the legislative process. The third question refers you to the social determinants of health as described in your course textbook reading and asks you to think specifically […]

    View Rubric   Due Date:   Feb 22       Details:   Review the Topic Materials and the work completed in NRS-433V to   formulate a PICOT statement for your capstone project. A PICOT starts with a designated patient population in a particular   clinical area and identifies clinical problems or issues that arise   from clinical care. The intervention should be an independent,   specified nursing change intervention. The intervention […]

Organizational Ethics Presentation                                                                          Choose a topic below.  Taken from the assigned reading in Butts chapter 12, page 401, “Ethical Reflection: Typical Unethical or Illegal Behaviors in Organizations  (SEE THE ATTACHMENT) 2.       Create a presentation of 10-15 slides or screens excluding the title and references. Your slides/screen should include titles, main ideas, bullet points, and relevant images, charts, graphs, etc.   3.    In your presentation: […]