Week 6 DQ 2

/in /by

In the video “How’s Your Social Health”, the speaker presents a tool to measure social health. Have you encountered anything similar in your studies thus far? Perhaps in a clinical setting? Why is measuring social health so important?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfCZBXQYSlw 

Nursing

/in /by

Make 1st posting by Thursday. Make 2 responses to peer postings by Sunday.

Discussion 3:

1. Describe one health care policy related to health care access and tell how it relates. How does the policy address health equities and disparities?

2. Explain which segment(s) of the Public Health Nursing Wheel relates to the effects of economics/health care access and health care policy you just described. That is, tell which outer segment(s) and which segment(s): Systems-focused, Community-focused, Individual-focused, Population-Based/Case Finding, or Population-Based. (Your response may be one or more segment(s).)

The Public Health Intervention Wheel is found at The Minnesota Department of Health at http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/opi/cd/phn/wheel.html

3. Visit Healthy People 2030 Priorities at https://health.gov/healthypeople/priority-areas List the three priority areas for Healthy People 2030. Read about social determinants on the same Healthy People 2030 website. Describe two social determinants of health that directly relate to the three priority areas for Healthy People 2030.

Include at least two citations and references in your initial discussion posting (WHO website is okay to use for this discussion). Use APA format. Respond to a minimum of two other classmates regarding their post. Your responses to peers should be substantial. Substantial postings are more than just saying “I agree.” Substantial postings add to the point made, provide more information, ask a probing question, or share an experience. End your initial posting with a question to your classmates that furthers discussion on the topic. Also, see the discussion grading rubric. Please write or paste your posting in the discussion box instead of attaching it in a document. Thanks!

Synthesis and Application #3 initial posting due on 10/5/23 by 11:59 pm and two replies to peers due by 10/8/23 by 11:59 pm

Nursing Reflection Assignment

/in /by

 The questions below should guide your thinking, but feel free to volunteer additional information if you feel it is relevant. You are expected to write a minimum of 200 words for this assignment. 

No plagiarism, APA 7th edition style

/in /by

 Post a comparison of at least two APRN board of nursing regulations in your state/region with those of at least one other state/region. Describe how they may differ. Be specific and provide examples. Then, explain how the regulations you selected may apply to Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) who have legal authority to practice within the full scope of their education and experience. Provide at least one example of how APRNs may adhere to the two regulations you selected 

Evidence-Based Project, Part 3: Critical Appraisal of research

/in /by

The Assignment (Evidence-Based Project)

Part 3A: Critical Appraisal of Research

Conduct a critical appraisal of the four peer-reviewed articles you selected by completing the Evaluation Table within the Critical Appraisal Tool Worksheet Template. Choose a total of four peer- reviewed articles that you selected related to your clinical topic of interest in Module 2 and Module 3.

Note: You can choose any combination of articles from Modules 2 and 3 for your Critical Appraisal. For example, you may choose two unfiltered research articles from Module 2 and two filtered research articles (systematic reviews) from Module 3 or one article from Module 2 and three articles from Module 3. You can choose any combination of articles from the prior Module Assignments as long as both modules and types of studies are represented.

Part 3B: Critical Appraisal of Research

Based on your appraisal, in a 1-2-page critical appraisal, suggest a best practice that emerges from the research you reviewed. Briefly explain the best practice, justifying your proposal with APA citations of the research.

communication project 2

/in /by

You will interview at least two people who belong to cultural
groups other than your own and who themselves are from
different cultures so that you may reflect on and analyze your
intercultural communication competence as well as the
importance of cultural diversity awareness. As part of your
analysis, you should apply concepts from your studies.
Specifically, you should draw on your knowledge of the Five
Dimensions of Culture, as presented by Communication in the
Real World (2016), and how they affect intercultural
communication, as presented in the Communication and Diversity
lesson.

As part of your analysis, be sure to include at least three different
perspectives when analyzing the Five Dimensions of Culture.
These perspectives should include those from each of your
interviewees as well as your own, to allow for the analysis of at
least three different cultures.

You will present the results of this interview and your
communication reflection/analysis in a 4-6-page essay, following
APA documentation for any source material used as part of your
analysis, in addition to the text. Properly cite and source all
references. 


week 5

/in /by


Cassandra Birth

Yesterday Oct 2 at 11:04am

Bar code medication administration (BCMA)

 

Bar code medication administration (BCMA) is when the patient’s armband is scanned along with the medication, if they match, the medication may be administered (Hebda et al., 2019). This is new technology that helps prevent medication errors. BCMA and e-MAR ensures that the right patient receives the correct medication, this adheres to the 5 patient rights for medication administration (Naidu & Alicia, 2019, p. 511). The 5 patient rights for medication administration are right patient, right medication, right time, right dosage, and right route. While scanning the patient and each medication, if the e-MAR doesn’t recognize the medication for the patient, it won’t allow for the nurse to document that it was given. However, nurses still need to be aware of these pop-ups and place the medication aside because that medication isn’t supposed to go to that patient at that specific time and they need to figure out why. BCMA doesn’t completely prevent medication errors. Nurses still need to focus on the medications they are giving to their patients. Getting distracted by patients and their families can cause the nurse to misplace a medication when scanning them. Ensuring that all the scanned medications are the ones actually given to the patient is critical. Nurses still need to be aware that some medications may be the wrong dosage and may need to be split. They also need to be aware of vital signs and if the medication is still appropriate for the patient to take. Ethically this can be taking away some of the nurse’s autonomy of checking the medication name, dosage, and expiration date on the medication label. BCMA is supposed to reduce medication error, but nurses still need to be focused when administering medications. They need to ensure the patient is in the right condition to be taking specific medications. BCMA doesn’t take into consideration patients vital signs and stability to take a medication, so the nurse will have to still document “not given” in these scenarios. Patient armbands could also be ripped, or wet and unreadable to the scanner. Ensuring that the scanner is working properly and if something is wrong to fully check that it is the correct patient before administering the medications.

 

Naidu, M., & Alicia, Y. L. (2019). Impact of bar-code medication administration and electronic medication administration record system in clinical practice for an effective medication administration process. 
Health, 
11(05), 511-526. 

https://doi.org/10.4236/health.2019.115044


Links to an external site.

 

 

Hebda, T., Hunter, K., & Czar, P. (2019). 
Handbook of informatics for nurses & healthcare professionals (6th ed.). Pearson.

BIG DATA RISKS AND REWARDS

/in /by

BIG DATA RISKS AND REWARDS

When you wake in the morning, you may reach for your cell phone to reply to a few text or email messages that you missed overnight. On your drive to work, you may stop to refuel your car. Upon your arrival, you might swipe a key card at the door to gain entrance to the facility. And before finally reaching your workstation, you may stop by the cafeteria to purchase a coffee.

From the moment you wake, you are in fact a data-generation machine. Each use of your phone, every transaction you make using a debit or credit card, even your entrance to your place of work, creates data. It begs the question: How much data do you generate each day? Many studies have been conducted on this, and the numbers are staggering. Estimates suggest that nearly 1 million bytes of data are generated every second for every person on earth.

As the volume of data increases, information professionals have looked for ways to use big data—large, complex sets of data that require specialized approaches to use effectively. Big data has the potential for significant rewards—and significant risks—to healthcare. In this Discussion, you will consider these risks and rewards.

To Prepare:

· Review the Resources and reflect on the web article 
Big Data Means Big Potential, Challenges for Nurse Execs.

· Reflect on your own experience with complex health information access and management and consider potential challenges and risks you may have experienced or observed.

Post a description of at least one potential benefit of using big data as part of a clinical system and explain why. Then, describe at least one potential challenge or risk of using big data as part of a clinical system and explain why. Propose at least one strategy you have experienced, observed, or researched that may effectively mitigate the challenges or risks of using big data you described. Be specific and provide examples.