Occupational Health & Safety

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Occupational Health & Safety

This is a two part assignment: Search the Internet and find an example of a person killed on the job because workplace safety was not observed. Discuss what happen and what should have been done to prevent this death. Using the textbook, reference what does Friss (2016) state about this violation. Searching the Internet and find an example of a person who died as a result of over exposure to a toxic agent. Discuss what happen and what should have been done to prevent this death. Explain what PPEs should have been used to prevent over exposure. Define the exposure limits for the toxic substance the person died from. Using the textbook, reference what does Friss (2016) suggest for prevention from this type of exposure? Create an APA style Title page. Make sure that you cite your sources using APA style. Create an APA style Reference page. This paper should be 3 – 5 pages in length

Sleep breaks for night nurses and quality of care

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The Clinical Issue and Research Questions Developed Using PICOT PICOT is an acronym used to help develop clinical research questions and guide you in your search for evidence:

P = Patient population I = Intervention or issue of interest C = Comparison of interventions or comparison of interests O = Outcome T = Time frame For example, you may wish to research the effects of interrupted sleep on cognition of ICU patients 65 or older. Using this PICOT model, In _________(P), how does __________ (I) compared to _________ (C) influence _________ (O) over ________ (T)? In ICU patients who are 65 or older, how does interrupted sleep (awakened one time or more in four hours) as compared to uninterrupted sleep influence the patient’s cognitive ability over 5 days? ________________________________________

Assignment Directions Begin by selecting a topic in nursing or medicine that is of interest to you. Next, use PICOT to format possible research questions about that topic. Provide 3 possible PICOT research questions. Include the following: • Title page • Provide a brief description of the topic and background information. • Explain the significance of the topic to nursing practice. • Provide 3 clearly stated PICOT questions. Your paper should: • Be 2–3 pages (not including the title page and reference page) • Use current APA format to style your paper and to cite your sources. Review the rubric for further information on how your assignment will be graded.

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)

chlamydia STI

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1. Focus on surveillance project attached for the topic flow. 2. READ THE PAPERS I ATTACHED AS A CONTINUATION of my thoughts! To build on assignment papers that are related and extended topics to help write current. 3. attached is an APA format to ensure you follow strickly, and IN TEXT CITATIONS at the end of the sentenced use, not at the end of the paragraph as we lose points for not doing this correctly too. 4. I have attached sources for citations that are required to include.

Please check for those attachments, plus add your own to make the total citations needed please. 5. Please use PARAGRAPH TOPIC LINES to show what the content of the paragraph is about , professor requires this. Analyze data sources that are or might be used to monitor the disease or condition. Then identify three data sources that you think are useful indicators of an event or trend related to the disease or condition you have selected.

By Day 4 Disease focus is chlamydia! STI, thanks

Post a description of the disease/condition you selected and the data sources you would use. Justify your selection of each of the data sources you identified. Briefly address the case protocol (if appropriate) for the data sources and describe how the accuracy of that data might influence the disease surveillance. Respond to a colleague from the other group (infectious or chronic). REquired referenes: plus your own https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/index.htm https://hsric.nlm.nih.gov/hsric_public/ Zhang, X., Fiedler, R., & Popovich, M. (2004). A biointelligence system for identifying potential disease outbreaks. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, 23(1), 58–64.

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