Regardless of political affiliation, individuals often grow concerned when considering perceived competing interests of government and their impact on topics of interest to them. The realm of healthcare is no different. Some people feel that local, state, and federal policies and legislation can be either helped or hindered by interests other than the benefit to society. Consider for example that […]

As a nurse, how often have you thought to yourself, If I had anything to do about it, things would work a little differently? Increasingly, nurses are beginning to realize that they do, in fact, have a role and a voice. Many nurses encounter daily experiences that motivate them to take on an advocacy role in hopes of impacting policies, laws, or […]

Nature offers many examples of specialization and collaboration. Ant colonies and bee hives are but two examples of nature’s sophisticated organizations. Each thrives because their members specialize by tasks, divide labor, and collaborate to ensure food, safety, and general well-being of the colony or hive. Of course, humans don’t fare too badly in this regard either. And healthcare is a […]

In the Discussion for this module, you considered the interaction of nurse informaticists with other specialists to ensure successful care. How is that success determined? Patient outcomes and the fulfillment of care goals is one of the major ways that healthcare success is measured. Measuring patient outcomes results in the generation of data that can be used to improve results. […]

Your assignment this week will be an APA paper to include title page, level headings, and a reference page. Case study #1 Mrs. Franklin-Jones was admitted from the Emergency Room to Cardiac Intensive Care one week ago with a diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. She has recovered as expected and is moving to the cardiac step down unit today. She […]

Preparing the presentation ·  Application: Use Microsoft Word 2013™ to create the PowerPoint presentation. ·  Length: The PowerPoint presentation must be at least 5 total slides (excluding title and reference slides). ·  Speaker notes should be used and include in-text citations when applicable. Purpose The purpose of this assignment is to begin the exploration of the disease process assigned to students in Week 1. To ensure timely development […]

Choose one of the tonic herbs (discussed on page #60 of your textbook) used in traditional Chinese medicine and answer the following questions? 1. Is this herb used in the United States? What are the health benefits of this herb? 2. Is there any research study done on this herb? Mention the research study and discuss results of it. Guidelines: The answer should […]

What is psychoeducation? Why psychoeducation is so important? (Based your answer in our current crisis – COVID-19 Outbreak).

WEEK 2 Identify a specific public health issue that you believe needs to be highlighted more in health policy and based on your textbook readings discuss how social media can be used as a health promotion tool to improve public awareness on the selected healthcare issue. Do Not use the Topics given as Example. Please be sure to adhere to the following […]