Racism effect on health outcomes

Engage in research and provide three statistics that demonstrate how racism affects health outcomes. You may select any ethnic group and you may also consider non-ethnic minorities such as people with disabilities, the elderly, or members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning/queer ( LGBTQ) community.

Multicultural evaluation assessment

  1. Describe the health challenges of American Indian and Alaska Native people in the United States, as well as their beliefs about causes of illness and healing practices.
  2. Are there cultural steps that can help prevent their illnesses? Explain your answer. How would you use a multicultural evaluation to assess their medical situation?
  3. What other best practices would you recommend when treating this group?

Diabetes Mellitus healthcare program

  1. Select a healthcare program Diabetes Mellitus within your practice or within a healthcare organization. Summarize the program, including costs and the project outcomes. Describe the target population. Explain the role of the nurse in providing input for the design of the program. Be specific and provide examples.
  2. Describe the role of the nurse advocate for the target population for the healthcare program you selected.

Emotional status affect

You are a nursing student who is assigned to a busy medical-surgical unit that specializes in the care of patients with diabetes related conditions. One of your patients for the day is Ms. Ncube, a 63 year old woman who is post-operative for an amputation of the right foot. You enter the room to conduct your morning assessment and you find that Ms. Ncube is crying uncontrollably. She confides to you that she feels helpless and that she does not know how she will continue to live her life autonomously without her foot. She states that she cannot bare for herself or anyone else to see her wound. Although you empathize with Ms. Ncube, you are very busy today and have a limited amount of time to conduct your assessment.

  • How do you think you may navigate this situation given Ms. Ncube’s emotional status and also your time limitation to complete your needed tasks?
  • Part of your assessment includes observing Ms. Ncube’s amputation site. How may you assess the site while still being therapeutic and respecting your patient?
  • How may Ms. Ncube’s emotional status affect your overall assessment? Could her emotional status alter any of your assessments?

Gastrochisis

After child birth, there are many diseases that the infant may contract after being born or may be born with the condition. What is the Management of a neonate born with gastrochisis, using the ABCDEF( Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Exposure) approach.

Funding preventive healthcare services

Why do you believe that funding preventive health care services has taken so long to become a major component of health plans ? Give two examples and explanation in 400 words and put reference .

Hyperplastic bladder

The entire bladder was actually somewhat erythematous with mucosa looking somewhat hyperplastic particularly in the right dome and lateral wall of the bladder. Explain what hyperplastic mean in this context of the note?

 

Human factors on healthcare errors

Human Factors play an integral part in healthcare. Review this week’s videos regarding this topic and reflect upon these factors and your own experiences. In the video LDI Louise Batz, her daughter mentions 3 reasons preventable medical errors occur and her conviction about the importance of patients and families being an integral part of the healthcare team.

The Story of Louise H. Batz from Tragedy to Hope (Duration: 13:36). The Story of Louise H. Batz from Tragedy to Hope (Links to an external site.)

  1. As mentioned in the LDI Louise Batz video, how does lack of teamwork, lack of knowledge, and lack of technology impact the occurrence of preventable medical errors?
  2. How do Human Factors influence healthcare errors? Describe what you have seen in either your professional or personal life.
  3. How can patients and their families be included in the healthcare team and how would this impact healthcare?

Complementary and alternative medicine

How do culture and personal values influence the use of complementary and alternative medicine practices? (in-text citation and reference required). In your own culture, what types of complementary practices are utilized? Describe the practice and what it was used for. (no reference required). What types of complementary and alternative practices have you seen in your nursing practice or used personally and what was the effectiveness of the practice? (no reference required)

Musculoskeletal injury

You all probably know someone who has had a musculoskeletal injury, infection, or illness. Provide an example of a musculoskeletal injury, infection, and illness. Tell the class about your or your person’s experience with an injury/infection/illness, describing the signs and symptoms, how it was diagnosed, the treatment (if it is ongoing what is ongoing) and the outcome. Do so using medical terminology, to include the type of doctor seen in the diagnosis and treatment of the injury, infection, or illness.(300 words)