Health Assessment 11

Reflection

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Module 11 Content

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In a Word® document answer the following questions.

1. What two areas of knowledge have you gained?

2. What specific health assessment skills are you now able to integrate into your nursing care?

3. Are there any areas that still remain unclear? What will you do to increase your clarity?

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Be sure to provide 5 APA citations of the supporting evidence-based peer-reviewed articles you selected to support your thinking.

Please be sure to follow EACH AND EVERY BULLET POINT.

Make sure to ANSWER EACH QUESTION ACCURATELY.

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Nursing Assignment

Week 3 assignments

Middle Range Theory Utilization & Application

Analyze and evaluate a middle range theory (Comfort theory).  You will select a middle range theory and identify application of nursing theories into clinical practice

research question

Define and describe the pathophysiology of fibromyalgia. Include clinical manifestations, evaluation, & treatment.

Nursing Discussion assignment

Respond to the following prompts and, if it's relevant, include your own personal experience

· What are some barriers and challenges to the transition of care from one level to another? Describe at least two. Examples: transition from hospital to primary care follow-up or long-term care to home care.

· Give an example from your experience or the literature of a procedure aimed at improving the process of care transitions. What impact do you suppose it will have on patient safety?

Write at least 2 paragraphs with intext citations and references in APA 7th edition format.

· Choose 

one
 life stage (adolescents, middle age, or older adults). Based on your readings, personal experiences, and/or research of evidence-based practices, discuss the following:

· What are the priority health promotion assessments for those clients? How would you approach that assessment?

· Would you change your approach to 
teaching health promotion?

Write at least 2 paragraphs with intext citations and references in APA 7th edition format.


Outline

After fully exploring the CMS website, review in detail the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program. Choose one of the CMS PSI 90 conditions below and using the Six Sigma DMAIC model, outline how you would create a process improvement plan by separately using the outline:

Define:

Measure:

Analyze:

Improve:

Control:

  • PSI 06 — Iatrogenic Pneumothorax Rate
  • PSI 08 — In Hospital Fall with Hip Fracture Rate
  • PSI 09 — Perioperative Hemorrhage or Hematoma Rate
  • PSI 10 — Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury Requiring Dialysis Rate
  • PSI 11 — Postoperative Respiratory Failure Rate
  • PSI 12 — Perioperative Pulmonary Embolism or Deep Vein Thrombosis Rate
  • PSI 14 — Postoperative Wound Dehiscence Rate
  • PSI 15 — Abdominopelvic Accidental Puncture/Laceration Rate

Health Assessment 10

Geriatric Functional Assessment

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Module 11 Content

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This assignment is due no later than Friday September 15th at 5:00pm-LATE SUBMISSION Wll NOT BE ACCEPTED


There are two parts to this assignment:

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 You will be conducting a geriatric functional assessment. This geriatric functional assessment tool is the 
Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living & depression screening tool

At the end of the geriatric functional assessment, you will be asked to document your findings & provide a brief summary of each of the six categories 

B. Answer the questions on the worksheet: 

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Disscusion Boards

Discussion Board 1.

Specifically define the role of the registered nurse in patient advocacy. Describe situations in which nursing advocacy can assist patients within the healthcare environment. Defend why nurses are, or are not, adequately prepared, in pre-licensure education, to act as patient advocates. 

Compose at least 2-3 paragraphs all in APA format with proper references.

Discussion Board 2.

The ANA Code of Ethics currently emphasizes the word “patient” instead of the word “client” in referring to nursing care recipients. Do you agree with this change? Why or why not? Review the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses.

Compose at least 2-3 paragraphs all in APA format with proper references.