Discuss the components of the Affordable Care Act that you think will have a positive effect on improving health care outcomes and decreasing costs.

Assigned psychotropic medication name:
Paliperidone

Psychosis and schizophrenia greatly impact the brain’s normal processes, which interfere with the ability to think clearly. When symptoms of these disorders are uncontrolled, patients may struggle to function in daily life. However, patients often thrive when properly diagnosed and treated under the close supervision of a psychiatric mental health practitioner. For this Assignment, you will develop a study guide for an assigned psychotropic agent for treating patients with Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders. You will share your study guide with your colleagues

· Research your assigned psychotropic medication agent using the Walden Library. Then, develop an organizational scheme for the important information about the medication.

Create a study guide for your assigned psychotropic medication agents. Your study guide should be in the form of an outline with references, and you should incorporate visual elements such as concept maps, charts, diagrams, images, color coding, mnemonics, and/or flashcards. Be creative! It should not be in the format of an APA paper. Your guide should be informed by the 
FDA-approved and Evidenced-Based, Clinical Practice Guidelines Research but also supported by at least three other scholarly resources.

Areas of importance you should address are:

· Title page

· Description of the Psychopharmacological medication agent including brand and generic names and appropriate FDA indication uses

· Any supporting, valid and reliable research for non-FDA uses

· Drug classification

· The medication mechanism of action

· The medication pharmacokinetics

· The medication pharmacodynamics

· Mechanism of Action

· Appropriate dosing, administration route, and any considerations for dosing alterations

· Considerations of use and dosing in specific specialty populations to consider children, adolescents, elderly, pregnancy, suicidal behaviors, etc.

· Definition of Half-life, why half-life is important, and the half-life for your assigned medication 

· Side effects/adverse reaction potentials

· Contraindications for use including significant drug to drug interactions

· Overdose Considerations

· Diagnostics and labs monitoring

· Comorbidities considerations

· Legal and ethical considerations

· Pertinent patient education considerations

Reference Page to include

U.S. Food & Drug Administration. (n.d.). 

Drugs@FDA: FDA-approved drugsLinks to an external site.
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https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/daf/index.cfm

Utah State University. (n.d.). 


Creating study guides

Links to an external site.
. https://www.usu.edu/academic-support/test/creating_study_guides

PLEASE RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING IN 50 WORDS OR MORE:

My thoughts on trends in nursing have shifted a bit since week 1. A topic I addressed was nurse-to-patient ratios and how they are incompatible with providing the best care to patients. Although that issue still proves to be a problem, I feel more informed on the causes and effects of this trend. I’ve learned about legislative and environmental factors that come into play. Funding for institutions is limited and in order to address this issue properly, we must be informed and have background knowledge of the people we are appointing who make the decisions to allocate health care funds. Also, being more inclusive when giving positions in higher departments would be helpful. Nurses should have access to take on more leadership roles to be able to be involved in decision making. Nurses have first hand knowledge on what is needed on the floor. They understand the resources needed and they also can advocate for nurses who come from different backgrounds or have different levels of expertise. All in all, I have a better understanding of why this problem exists and also the ways in which we could actively rectify the situation.

You will conduct a professional interview with a staff nurse and a staff nurse leader ( charge nurse, shift lead, house supervisor, etc) to discover their intra/inter-professional communications styles. It will be important to incorporate learning objectives regarding therapeutic communication styles including their method of caring, assertive, and responsible communication in your discussion/analysis of the interview.

The paper should utilize APA 7th format using Times New Roman 12pt font and include a title page. There should be less than 10% of direct quotations used in your paper, sources should be paraphrased and cited appropriately. The use of headings should be incorporated in the paper design. Additionally, provide citation for the personal communication with the interviewees (use initials only). Support from at least 3 peer reviewed journal articles in addition to your textbooks must be used. Use initials and avoid the use of patient names, staff names, and facility names for HIPPA compliance. Complete the Contact Information Form for Experiential Learning for all individuals interviewed and submit with your completed assignment to the drop box Sunday by 11:59pm.

You should use headings and subheadings from the Instructions to set up your paper

The following information should be included in your interview:

Description the facility i.e.: a large metropolitan hospital, rural nursing home or urban clinic

Staff Nurse Interview

Interview a staff nurse regarding:

· What (s)he perceives are the main communication issues/barriers

· how they communicate with patients,

· how they communicate with colleagues

· how they communicate with leadership/administration.

Describe your findings in no more than 2 pages using terms and vocabulary from course learning. Relates each interview question to content learned in the class by providing analysis and synthesis of question and response and includes minimum of one citation per question- you may cite the texts & or other peer reviewed journal articles.

Nurse Manager Interview

Interview a nurse in a leadership/administrative position regarding:

· What the manager perceives as the main communication issues/barriers

· how they communicate with patients,

· how they communicate with colleagues, and

· how they communicate with leadership/administration.

Describe your findings in no more than 2 pages using terms and vocabulary from course learning. Relates each interview question to content learned in the class by providing analysis and synthesis of question and response and includes minimum of one citation per question- you may cite the texts & or other peer reviewed journal articles.

Analysis of Interviews

· Cohesive analysis of part I & II. Clearly describe your main findings/ communication styles

· List at least 3 actions that would improve communication/ remove barriers. supported with 3 citations- you may cite the texts & or other peer reviewed journal articles.

Conclusion- Write a one-two paragraph conclusion summarizing importance of Intra/interpersonal communication

References- Create an APA reference page including all paraphrased and quoted sources.

Element	Element Fully Addressed	Element Partially Addressed	Element In-sufficiently Addressed	Points possible	Points Earned
Part I: Staff Nurse Interview (this should be approximately 1 page of the paper length) and follows APA 7th ed. Format.
· Introduction : includes importance of Interprofessional communication and description of facility				2
· Asks the 4 assigned questions during interview that relate to course content/learning objectives: 2 points · Appropriately and adequately summarizes interview responses (not verbatim) 4 points				6
· Relates each interview question to content learned in the class by providing analysis and synthesis of question and response and includes: Minimum : one citation per question- you may cite the text &/or other source(s) 8 pts				8
Part II: Staff Nurse Manager Interview: (this should be approximately 1 page of the paper length) and follows APA 7th ed. Format.
· Asks the 4 assigned questions during interview that relate to course content/learning objectives: 2pts · Appropriately and adequately summarizes interview responses (not verbatim) 4 pts				6
· Relates each interview question to content learned in the class by providing analysis and synthesis of question and response and includes: Minimum : one citation per question- you may cite the text &/or other source(s) 8 pts				8
Analysis of Interviews
· Cohesive analysis of part I & II. Clearly describe your main findings of the interviews. 4pts · List at least 3 actions that would improve communication/ remove barriers supported by 3 citations 6 pts				10
· Conclusion: summarizes importance of Intra/Interpersonal communication 4 pts				4
Spelling, Grammar, 7th ed. APA Format
· Free of spelling, typographical, & grammatical errors, cites interviewee . Uses headings and subheadings from the Instructions 4 pts · Reference Page Complete and follows APA format 2 pts · Includes contact information forms (2)				6
Total				50

1) Review your state’s Nurse Practice Act and rules and regulations.

2) As a coworker, what are you required to do if you believe a nurse has a problem with chemical dependency? As the nurse manager, what are your obligations? Please cite the Nurse Practice Act.