1. This week we learned about the potential benefits and drawbacks to clinical decision support systems (CDSSs). Create a “Pros” versus “Cons” table with a column for “Pro” and a separate column for “Con”. Include at least 3 items for each column. Next to each item, provide a brief rationale as to why you…

Scenario One of the client you worked with in your clinical experience is a native American, a Merit member of the Navajo nation. The client has neuropathic and autoimmune disorder states, these conditions run in my family, including my parents and grandparents.” You learn that members of the southwestern Athabaskan American Indians (ie , Navajo,…

LAB ASSIGNMENT: ETHICAL CONCERNS   As an advanced practice nurse, you will run into situations where a patient’s wishes about his or her health conflict with evidence, your own experience, or a family’s wishes. This may create an ethical dilemma. What do you do when these situations occur? In this Lab Assignment, you will explore…

SYNTHESIS AND RECOMMENDATION FORM THE ASSIGNMENT: COMPLETED SYNTHESIS RECOMMENDATION FORM   Evidence reviews and synthesis are a critical part of practice change. You have already had experience using an individual literature matrix in NURS 8302. For this assignment, you will collect the evidence using the search strategies that you identified earlier in the course. You…

As a professional nurse, you are expected to apply your expertise to patient care. On occasion, you will also be expected to share that expertise.   With evolving technology and continuous changes to regulations designed to keep up these changes, there is usually a need to share information and expertise to inform colleagues, leadership, patients,…

DISCUSSION: PATIENT PREFERENCES AND DECISION MAKING Changes in culture and technology have resulted in patient populations that are often well informed and educated, even before consulting or considering a healthcare need delivered by a health professional. Fueled by this, health professionals are increasingly involving patients in treatment decisions. However, this often comes with challenges, as…

Preparing the Assignment Post a written response in the discussion forum to EACH threaded discussion topic: 1. This week we learned about the potential benefits and drawbacks to clinical decision support systems (CDSSs). Create a “Pros” versus “Cons” table with a column for “Pro” and a separate column for “Con”. Include at least 3 items…

Objective: The purpose of this assignment is to critically analyze a recent healthcare legislature and review the relevant literature, focusing on the role of nursing in advocating for and supporting policy changes. You will conduct a literature review of peer-reviewed articles, examine statistical data, and assess the impact of the legislature on health outcomes and…

  Refer to the “Population-Focused Nurse Practitioner Competencies” in the Learning Resources, and consider the quality measures or indicators advanced practice nurses must possess in your specialty. Refer to your “Clinical Skills Self-Assessment Form” you submitted in Week 1 and consider your strengths and opportunities for improvement. Refer to your Patient Log in Meditrek; consider…

 Topic:  Substance uses among adolescents. Please explain in your discussion post an overview of the following items as these will help you for next week.  What is your topic?  Who is affected by this topic? How does it affect the community as a whole?  Cost Associated to the issues Short-term effects versus long-term effects