Risk Management Plan Assume you have been tasked with developing a risk management plan for preventing prescription administration errors in your facility. Be sure to use a real life-example of such a case. An example of such a tragedy is the Dennis Quaid caseLinks to an external site., where his twins were inadvertently overdosed with…
Mr. Simon is a 67-year-old male with a past medical history of Type I diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and a 30-year smoking habit. Mr. Simon was out shoveling snow when he developed new onset of shortness of breath, left arm pain, and unrelenting “crushing” chest pain. Mrs. Simon noticed her husband holding his chest and called…
HCS/499: Health Care Strategy Capstone Wk 5: Cumulative Strategic-Planning Process Presentation Exam Content 1. As a health care manager participating in the reinvention task force, you have been asked to assist your VP in preparing a presentation for the hospital’s governing board. This board is comprised of the hospital’s president, 4 business leaders from the…
Reflection: write 1-2 paragraphs reflecting on your learning for the week. Guiding questions are provided or you may write about what you felt was most significant to you for the week. • How hard was it to find a quantitative article related to your area of interest? • Did you have any…
Discuss the potential impact of the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for addictions, which lowers the diagnostic threshold and includes both substance use and behavioral addictions. 2.What neurobiological pathways and neurotransmitters are implicated in both behavioral and substance use addictions? 3.Describe the goals of addiction treatment and the components of comprehensive…
How does social-mediated communication benefit interpersonal communication? How does it harm interpersonal communication? How does your relationship with the person you are communicating with (or the lack of such a relationship) impact your social mediated communication style? How does the anonymity of social mediated communication impact communication styles? How has social mediated…
Describe techniques you would use to build a therapeutic alliance with each of the clients in the provided scenarios. 2. Provide a rationale for why the techniques are appropriate for the client in the scenario. 3. Include a scholarly source in your rationale. You may use the same scholarly source to support each scenario if…
Case Study 1: Dosing Frequency After learning about pharmacokinetics, Rita realizes the complexity of the interactions between the body and medications. Today, an athlete expressed concern to Rita about the frequency of one of his medications. He was recently prescribed the antibiotic amoxicillin for an upper respiratory tract infection. The antibiotic needs to be taken…
Describe important leadership skills that will be used in your practice. How will you incorporate evidence-based practice in your clinical setting? Describe your strategy and use of resources.
Theory Used in Evidence-Based Practice Providing quality nursing care is supported using evidence-based practice (EBP); however, how does a nurse know the best evidence? In particular, how can nurses in advanced nursing roles lead by using EBP in their work? Several theories have been developed to assist nurses in determining what the best evidence…