Improving your emotional intelligence 1. Would you describe yourself as emotionally intelligent? ( Why or Why
not?)
2. What steps will you take to improve your emotional intelligence?
3. How does emotional intelligence impact your success in nursing school?

Give full explanation

Antinuclear antibodies Statement. Read the pdf regarding the ANA Position Statement on Just Culture. Discuss the ANA position and your thoughts, be sure to either state your support or disagreement regarding the statement. In regards to the states mentioned, is there one you support more than the other and why? Do you see a correlation between just culture and patient safety, if so explain?

Scenarios: Training Advanced practice nurses.  A 34-year-old female who is 36 weeks pregnant – G2P1AB0 – presents to your office complaining of shortness of breath and ankle swelling. She states she has had “the flu” for several days and is insistent that this is why she can’t stop coughing. She is obviously short of breath when talking. In reviewing her chart, you can see she has a history of hypertension. She states she “”officially” stopped her blood pressure medications when she found out she was pregnant but admits that she rarely took her pills anyway, so “no big deal.”

1. Sumar has just found out she is pregnant and presents to the local free clinic. She is a 26-year-old G2P0AB1, and her first OB appointment is in two weeks. Sumar thinks she is about 12 to 14 weeks pregnant. She has come to the clinic complaining of indigestion. You notice the strong smell of cigarette smoke, and she admits she smokes one pack of cigarettes a day but states she is smoking less now since she started vaping.
2. You are seeing a 19-year-old female for STI screening. When reviewing her health and sexual history to determine her risk, she indicates she has had several new partners over the past six months and that she has not been using condoms but does have an IUD. She has started smoking marijuana and has dabbled with some other prescription medications over the previous two months. She is worried about having contracted an STI because she has noticed some “cauliflower” type bumps “down there” and would like to be tested.

Questions:

• As an APRN, how could you positively affect the health of the woman in the scenario you chose?
• What would be the pros and cons of utilizing the technique of Motivational Interviewing with the woman in the scenario.
• Trial the techniques you have read about over the previous few weeks related to Motivational Interviewing with a coworker, family or friend. What was this experience like? Do you see benefits to becoming more comfortable with this technique? Why or why not?

For each scenario answer the above questions using the information within Motivational interviewing. Any pertinent scholarly references within the last 5 years may be used.

Clinic care for headache and wheezing. For the following scenarios, determine what condition(s) you would code and why. After discussing what conditions you would code, please provide the correct codes using your ICD-10-CM book.

Identifying Waste and Resource Management. Think about the clinical environment where you work or one in which you previously worked.

Identify opportunities for waste reduction. Consider the following:

• Setting: administrative, operational, clinical

• Efficiency

• Value to patient

• Value to quality and safety in nursing practice