Duty of care

Discuss your duty of care to your clients relating to: children and young peoplesuicideelder abuse

  • domestic violence

Impact of psychiatric-mental health problems

I need suggestions for a treatment plan for a 10-year-old boy with Autism spectrum disorder. Since age 5 he has been on three medications: Vyvanse 80mg PO Qam, Adderall 10mg PO Q afternoon, and Trazodone 50mg PO Qhs. Now he has new complaints of generalized anxiety, insomnia, and fears that he will die. He is also critical of himself and gets upset when he gets less than 100in exams. He is obsessed with perfection. What are the Impact of psychiatric-mental health problems from a family and social perspective

Policy issues that affect state of health care

Identify two major policy issues that affect the current state of health care delivery and population health equity in the United States (may be state or federal). What impact do these population health policies and initiatives have on advanced nursing practice?

 

Process for the development of nursing standards

Outline the process for the development of nursing standards of practice for your state, including discussion of the entities involved in developing the standards of practice and how the standards of practice influence the nursing process for your areas of specialty. with reference

Develop a plan to handle an emergency

Assignment:

For this assignment, you are given a real-world scenario as follows:

 

The Medical Director has assigned the Director of Nursing (DON) for the local health department to develop a plan to handle an emergency plan with the local long-term care facility (LTCF). She will serve on a team with the health department emergency preparedness coordinator and the epidemiologist. Neither the DON nor the medical director has been in their current positions for more than six months.

  • The DON has resided in the area for several years, had worked at the local hospital for three years before obtaining her current position.
  • The medical director came from another health department in another state. He had been involved in a hurricane that impacted the local nursing home where two patients died due to a foodborne outbreak.
  • The emergency preparedness coordinator is experienced and works with the state-level emergency preparedness team.
  • The epidemiologist has lived in the area for 20 years and has been the epidemiologist for over 15 years at this health department.
  • The nurse is assigned to develop a nursing protocol regarding patient care to be included in the disaster plan coordinating agreement between the LTCF and the health department.

 

The health department team will work with representatives from the LTCF nursing department.

 

Use the following template to develop this policy/protocol:

  • Designated authority.
  • Describe the problem. List the proposed nursing diagnosis.
  • Background: Introduce the business case for why developing this protocol is necessary. Provide the data and information to support the protocol.
  • Identify other persons needed to serve on this team from both the LTCF and the health department.
  • Generate a list of what information about the nursing care facility is needed to develop this plan and delineate assignments to the appropriate persons.
  • Objectives: Delineate one to three objectives for this plan. Make sure the objectives are in behavioral terms, are measurable, and realistic. Include timeframes.
  • Proposed Interventions: Develop a comprehensive list of action steps for both the LTCF and the health department to be included in this plan.
  • Expected Benefits: Describe the expected benefits and outcomes of the interventions taken.
  • Audit and evaluation: Describe how the outcomes will be evaluated. Propose what and how pertinent audit findings will be used to evaluate the success of the plan. Describe how ongoing monitoring and review of the strategies will be done.
  • Keep statements succinct, clear, and without opinions.

Importance of advocacy

Discuss the importance of advocacy as it pertain to patient care. What is the nurse’s role in patient advocacy?

Reflect on own perspectives on diversity

I need help with this. Undertaken a structured process to reflect on own perspectives on diversity: recognised and respected of needs of people from diverse social and cultural backgrounds in at least 3 different situations: selected and used appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication, recognised situations where misunderstandings may arise from diversity and formed appropriate responses.

Caring for an 82-year-old woman

As a nurse, you are caring for an 82-year-old woman who has returned home after abdominal surgery to repair an inguinal hernia, needing dressing changes and IV antibiotic therapy. Upon your arrival, her daughter meets you at the door and requests a private conversation after her mother’s care is complete. While your client is sleeping, her daughter relates her numerous concerns about her mother’s safety if she remains living at home alone. She indicates that her mother loses her keys on a weekly basis, forgets to pay her utility bills, and continues to hoard the food her daughter delivers weekly, eating very little.

a.      What are your priorities regarding case management?

b.      What are your priorities regarding care management?

c.       How should the daughter’s safety concerns be addressed?

Neuro Disorders Matching

Neuro Disorders Matching 1. Parkinson’s Triad a. Bradykinesia, termor, rigidity b. Atropine should be handy for this Myasthenia 2. Multiple Sclerosis patho Gravis test 3. Bell’s Palsy c. Respiratory infection could cause an exacerbation of this disease 4. Levodopa with Carbidopa (Sinemet) d. Linked to URI or GI virus 5 . ALS e. Nerve associated with Bell’s Palsy 6 . Tensilon Test f . Motor, sensory, cerebellar, emotional 7 . Multiple Sclerosis disturbances g . What happens to nerve fibers in MS 8. MS, GBS, MG h . Elimination dysfunction common in 9. GBS Parkinson’s 10. Riluzole (Rilutek) i. Med used for muscle spasms j. Unilateral facial numbness, loss of taste, 1 1. respiratory distress tinnitus 12. Parkinson’s k. Biggest concern for GBS 13. Respiratory 1. Type of speech associated with MS m. Maintains cognitive function as body 14. Myasthenia crisis deteriorates 15. Scanning n. GBS has elevation of this in CSF 16. MS, MG o. 2 disorders in which symptoms can worsen 17. CN VII with pregnancy Associated with decreased dopamine 18. Infection, immobility, unrelated q. Usually cause of death for MS disease r. 3 disorders possibly r/t autoimmune 19. Constipation dysfunction S . recommended climate for MS 20. risk for aspiration t . System that should be monitored with GBS 21. baclofen u. What do these disorders have in common? 22. Cool Parkinson’s, GBS, MG, ALS 23. Protein levels v. slows the progression of ALS w. Demyelnation of nerve fibers 24. Demyelination x. Often first line therapy for Parkinson’s

HOSPITAL SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS (B)

What are the issues that you see in this case?

HOSPITAL SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS (B)