Circle of Caring

Using the Circle of Caring, what or who else should be involved to truly hear the patient’s voice, getting him and the family involved in the care to reach optimal health?

Evidence-based practice requirements

Conduct appropriate research into evidence-based practice requirements and explain the approach.

Spiritual considerations surrounding a disaster

What spiritual considerations surrounding a disaster can arise for individuals, communities, and health care providers? Explain your answer in the context of a natural or manmade disaster. How can a community health nurse assist in the spiritual care of the individual, community, self, and colleagues?

Diary of medical mission trip

Watch the “Diary of Medical Mission Trip” videos dealing with the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti in 2010. Reflect on this natural disaster by answering the following questions:

  1. Propose one example of a nursing intervention related to the disaster from each of the following levels: primary prevention, secondary prevention, and tertiary prevention. Provide innovative examples that have not been discussed by previous students.
  2. Under which phase of the disaster do the three proposed interventions fall? Explain why you chose that phase.
  3. With what people or agencies would you work in facilitating the proposed interventions and why?

External service providers

List three circumstances it might be necessary for a coordinator to use external service providers to ensure that a client’s care plan meets their needs and five services they might provide.

Causes of Acute Renal Injury

Acute Renal Injury  has many causes, present a patient information brochure addressing two causes of Acute Renal Injury and describe how they can they be prevented or treated.

Elements of risks

Why is it important to discuss elements of risks with the person and appropriate others?

Validity of research instrument assessment

Validity of research instrument assessment.

Describe one of the following five ways to assess validity of a research instrument in your own words How would you assess for this type of instrument validity in a published research study?   Include at least 1 reference (APA format).  Five ways to assess validity; Predictive validity, Convergent validity, Construct validity, Concurrent validity and Face validity.

Person-centred approach

What are five elements of best practice in relation to inclusion? What is person-centred approach to care, and when should staff demonstrate a person-centred approach?

Social model of disability

What is the social model of disability? How do people become socially devalued and how does being socially devalued impact on people? What can community service organizations do to enhance a person’s self-image?