Nursing-Sickle Cell anemia

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Submit as a word document 3-5 pages with title page (with necessary information and names involved in your sub group, APA format 12 font, page numbers, in text citations and reference page. In the body of the text, please provide the scenario and answer the questions appropriately using your critical thinking skills. Roslyn is complaining of severe pain. She is 6 years old and has been placed in public school for the first time. Now she is complaining of her legs hurting. She is so excited about being in school finally, but her parents report that she is not participating in play time, seems weaker, and is pale. She is diagnosed with sickle cell anemia, parents undergo genetic testing as well as all her siblings and it is found that she is the only child with the disease.

Describe the pathophysiology of acute illness and any comorbidities

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1. Describe the pathophysiology of acute illness and any comorbidities. 2. What are the causes for the acute illness/reason for admission? 3. What are the clinical manifestations of the acute illness/admitting diagnosis? 4. Which clinical manifestations does your patient have related to the acute illness? 5. What diagnostic tests and lab would you be focusing that are relevant to this patient? 6. What is the priority nursing diagnosis and goal that would be relevant for your patient? 7. What would the nursing cares/interventions would be relevant for your patient? 8. What are the medications your patient has ordered? Why? What are some of the nursing considerations regarding each of these meds? (Fill Out Medication Cards/worksheet) 9. What are the potential complications for your patient? 10. What psychosocial needs would be important to address with your patient/family? 11. What discharge and teaching needs would you anticipate?

Case Report: Hepatitis B

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Hi! This a case report I have written on a patient with chronic Hepatitis B. English is not my first language, so the style/writing throughout the report needs to be thoroughly revised. (It currently does not read smoothly or flow well at all.) Ultimately, I would like the paper completely revised to produce a much more eloquent and cohesive picture of this case. Please focus on grammar, word choice, sentence structure/order, flow and style. The format of the case report is already done as required, so please do not change/reorder the headings. However, please feel free to add additional information or discussion to any section of the paper; it would be much appreciated! Additionally, if you think any part of the paper would benefit from a chart, graph or other illustration, please add this into the case report. (I think this may help with the cohesiveness and help present information more easily?)

Ethical and Legal Implications of Prescribing Drugs What type of drug should you prescribe based on your patient’s diagnosis

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Ethical and Legal Implications of Prescribing Drugs What type of drug should you prescribe based on your patient’s diagnosis? How much of the drug should the patient receive? How often should the drug be administered? When should the drug not be prescribed? Are there individual patient factors that could create complications when taking the drug? Should you be prescribing drugs to this patient? How might different state regulations affect the prescribing of this drug to this patient? These are some of the questions you might consider when selecting a treatment plan for a patient. As an advanced practice nurse prescribing drugs, you are held accountable for people’s lives every day. Patients and their families will often place trust in you because of your position. With this trust comes power and responsibility, as well as an ethical and legal obligation to “do no harm.” It is important that you are aware of current professional, legal, and ethical standards for advanced practice nurses with prescriptive authority. Additionally, it is important to ensure that the treatment plans and administration/prescribing of drugs is in accordance with the regulations of the state in which you practice. Understanding how these regulations may affect the prescribing of certain drugs in different states may have a significant impact on your patient’s treatment plan. In this Assignment, you explore ethical and legal implications of scenarios and consider how to appropriately respond. To Prepare Review the Resources for this module and consider the legal and ethical implications of prescribing prescription drugs, disclosure, and nondisclosure. Review the scenario assigned by your Instructor for this Assignment. Search specific laws and standards for prescribing prescription drugs and for addressing medication errors for your state or region, and reflect on these as you review the scenario assigned by your Instructor. Consider the ethical and legal implications of the scenario for all stakeholders involved, such as the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and patient’s family. Think about two strategies that you, as an advanced practice nurse, would use to guide your ethically and legally responsible decision-making in this scenario, including whether you would disclose any medication errors. Write a 2 page paper that addresses the following: Explain the ethical and legal implications of the scenario you selected on all stakeholders involved, such as the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and patient’s family. Describe strategies to address disclosure and nondisclosure as identified in the scenario you selected. Be sure to reference laws specific to your state. Explain two strategies that you, as an advanced practice nurse, would use to guide your decision making in this scenario, including whether you would disclose your error. Be sure to justify your explanation. Explain the process of writing prescriptions, including strategies to minimize medication errors.

Health literacy

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Go to your local community/ public health clinic and ask for a health education handout. Ideally, you should obtain a handout that is targeted to your selected vulnerable population, which includes linkage to Healthy People 2020. Write a 3- page APA style paper related to the handout you obtained and health literacy in general.

The paper outline should be as follows: Define health literacy. Identify who is at risk for low health literacy in your community (based on community demographics and risk factors known in the literature for low health literacy). Analyze the impact of low literacy on health promotion and health education. Describe the SMOG Formula. Analyze your chosen education document using the SMOG Formula (SMOG Readability Calculator: http://www.online-utility.org/english/readability_test_and_improve.jsp (Links to an external site.) Calculate the literacy level of the selected education document and present findings. Evaluate the appropriateness of the education document for the target population (link back to item 3 – who is at risk). Explain and justify recommendations to enhance the readability of the educational material

Examine the importance of professional associations in nursing

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Examine the importance of professional associations in nursing. Choose a professional nursing organization that relates to your specialty area, or a specialty area in which you are interested. In a 750-1,000 word paper, provide a detailed overview the organization and its advantages for members. Include the following: Describe the organization and its significance to nurses in the specialty area. Include its purpose, mission, and vision. Describe the overall benefits, or “perks,” of being a member.

Explain why it is important for a nurse in this specialty field to network. Discuss how this organization creates networking opportunities for nurses. Discuss how the organization keeps its members informed of health care changes and changes to practice that affect the specialty area.

Discuss opportunities for continuing education and professional development. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required. This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center

Reviewing of a Bill Assignment- Nursing

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Review of a Bill Assignment

Select an active bill at the state or federal level that impacts the professional practice of nursing.

In a 3-4 page paper (excluding the title and reference pages), summarize the provisions of the bill and clearly explain what the bill will accomplish. The paper should be no more than 4 pages, typed in Times New Roman using 12-point font, and double-spaced with 1″ margins.

Your review of a bill paper should:

Discuss the major provisions of the bill. Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the legislation by explaining the background and all relevant facts. Discuss any relevant history related to the legislation, pertinent votes, and issues that are stalling the legislation, etc. Use primary sources for this information. Identify key supporters and those who do not support the bill. Explain why some of these individuals support the bill and why some do not. Explore the positions of the key stakeholders in the bill, both pros and cons. Do not make assumptions about potential key stakeholders. Examine this area carefully so you are correctly reflecting the stakeholders positions. Discuss how the bill would impact a nurse’s ability to provide safe and quality care or to practice to the highest scope of the nursing license. Explain specific actions that nurses can take to assist with the passage or defeat of the legislation Use APA format, headings and references as appropriate.

Describe three barriers that have slowed down the progress of advanced practice nursing and strategies to help overcome these barriers

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Describe three barriers that have slowed down the progress of advanced practice nursing and strategies to help overcome these barriers. (Saunders, 2014) Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points. Please follow the discussion rubric for 5 points. This is for a master’s degree in nursing. Discussion Rubric Criteria Ratings Points Identification of Main Issues, Problems, and Concepts 5 points Distinguished Identify and demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the issues, problems, and concepts. 4 points Excellent Identifies and demonstrate an accomplished understanding of most of issues, problems, and concepts. 2 points Fair Identifies and demonstrate an acceptable understanding of most of issues, problems, and concepts. 1 points Poor Identifies and demonstrate an unacceptable understanding of most of issues, problems, and concepts. 5 points Use of Citations, Writing Mechanics and APA Formatting Guidelines 3 points Distinguished Effectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. Exceptional use of citations and extended referencing. High level of APA precision and free of grammar and spelling errors. 2 points Excellent Effectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. Moderate use of citations and extended referencing. Moderate level of APA precision and free of grammar and spelling errors. 1 point Fair Ineffectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. Moderate use of citations and extended referencing. APA style and writing mechanics need more precision and attention to detail. 0 point Poor Ineffectively uses the literature and other resources to inform their work. An unacceptable use of citations and extended referencing. APA style and writing mechanics need serious attention. 3 points

Factors that Influence the Disease

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The topic that yu will discuss is Addisons disease. The following patient factor that you will focus on is genetics. The details of what should be included are as follows: Select one of the following patient factors: genetics, gender, ethnicity, age, or behavior. Reflect on how that factor might impact your selected disorder, as well as potential associated alterations and symptoms. Identify the pathophysiology of the associated alterations, including the normal and altered cellular function. Consider both intra- and extra-cellular changes that occur. Post a brief description of a patient scenario involving the disorder and the factor you selected. Explain how the factor might impact your selected disorder, as well as potential associated alterations and symptoms. Finally, explain the pathophysiology of the associated alterations, including changes in cellular function.

Components of Professionalism/Patient Safety

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Description After reading the Sox article, what do you think are the essential components of Medical Professionalism? Do you feel that the responsibilities of the Medical Laboratory Scientists fit into those expectations for Medical Professionalism? How would you counsel a co-worker who you observed acting in an unprofessional manner? (1 page) – Attached SOX Article (Use as Citation) Read and respond to the following four readings: 1. Institute of Medicine report entitled To Err is Human; Executive Summary 2. Hammerling’s A Review of Medical Errors in Laboratory Diagnostics and Where We Are Today. 3. Consumer Reports (2012); How Safe Is Your Hospital? 4. Hidden Errors – A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Watchdog report. Essay should address the laboratorians’ obligation to eliminate errors. (1 Page) –  4 articles (Use as Citation)