The perspective of the future of healthcare

From the perspective of the future of healthcare and the professional nurse, discuss future trends in Healthcare. What are your thoughts about the Millennium Development goals? What are your thoughts about health and Healthcare in 2032?

Develop a personal nursing philosophy narrative

Develop a personal nursing philosophy narrative as to how your life moved towards meeting that goal of becoming a nurse.

In a 3-4 page, double-spaced, typewritten document, please respond to the following:

• Begin your paper with why you wanted to become a nurse

• Develop a narrative as to how your life moved along towards meeting that goal of becoming a nurse.

Include any work experiences (volunteer work, hospital, MD office, healthcare facility) that reinforced your desire to become a nurse and why.

What educational preparation has already taken place in your life prior to entering a formal nursing program? Were there any particular people or nurses who influenced your decision to become a nurse and what was the nature of that influence?

What plans did you make to become a nurse that either were delayed or actually occurred as planned? What keeps you focused on completing the program especially when obstacles present themselves? What has been the greatest sacrifice you have made to become a nurse?

• In the time you have been involved in nursing activities, what has given you the greatest satisfaction and why?

• How has the current health care arena affected your feelings about being a nurse?

• Look at the QCC statement of philosophy of nursing.

• Write a statement of your philosophy of nursing that should include the four (4) metaparadigms of: client, health, environment, and nursing. What are your beliefs about the client? How do you define health? In your opinion, what makes up the environment? How does nursing impact all of these? NB. Philosophy of Nursing can be found in your STUDENT HANDBOOK located under “Course Information.”

• How is your philosophy the same as or different than the QCC philosophy of nursing? • What nursing theory/theorist has influenced your personal philosophy the most and why?

• What will finally becoming a professional registered nurse mean to you?

• Where do you see yourself five years after graduation?

 

Here is the nursings school’s Philosophy: Philosophy of the Department of Nursing The philosophy of the Department of Nursing is based upon the relationships among the concepts of the individual/ patient, environment, health, and nursing. The Individual is a biopsychosocial and spiritual being who functions within the context of the family, culture, and community.

Individuals have basic physiological, psychosocial and developmental needs across their lifespan. These needs must be fulfilled in order for a state of health to exist. An individual or group of individuals becomes a Patient upon entry into a healthcare system for assistance in achieving maximum self-care potential.

The Environment is the aggregate of biological, physical, spiritual, social and cultural conditions that influence the life of the patient. The health of the patient is affected by the local and global environment. Health is living within one’s environment while achieving the greatest level of functioning.

Therapeutic support of the patient leads to a state of health, wholeness, well-being and integrity of the individual. The ability to maintain optimum wellness varies among individuals based on developmental stage, life experiences, health alterations, level of knowledge, values, culture and environment.

Alterations emerge when the individual cannot meet their needs as a result of disease, injury or life cycle events. When individuals cannot meet their own needs, they have the right to receive patient-centred assistance in moving towards their highest level of functioning and health.

Medicine good for angina and blood pressure

You are caring for a 53-year-old obese woman in the telemetry unit with chest pain from exertion.  She is doing well on Isosorbide and will be placed on it orally to go home.  Her blood pressure has been the problem.  She is taking a thiazide diuretic.

  • What is other blood pressure medicine good for angina and blood pressure? Describe its mechanism of action in this situation.

She has also had high cholesterol for a long time.  This has been managed well with atorvastatin 80 mg every day.  However, she now has triglycerides of 340 mg/dl.

  • What medication can be added to her atorvastatin to lower triglycerides? Describe the mechanism of action in this situation.

She takes metformin and canagliflozin for her diabetes.  She is controlled with an A1C of 7.2.  However, her weight is uncontrolled and she gains 10-15 pounds a year, despite “eating all of the right things.”

  • What is an injectable medication that the patient can be started on that will lower her A1c further and is known to help with weight reduction? Describe the mechanism of action in this situation

 

Now take all of her drugs that she will be on and put them into a drug interaction checker

  • to identify any serious interactions (“monitor closely”). Based on these interactions what symptoms will you tell the patient to report immediately to her prescriber?

 

The child’s overweight and health-related risks

A 5-year-old girl of normal weight with obese parents. How would you manage the child’s overweight and health-related risks by assessing her obese parents?

Include the following:

An explanation of the health issues and risks that are relevant to the child you were assigned

Describe additional information you would need in order to further assess his or her parent’s weight-related health

Identify and describe any risks and consider what further information you would need to gain a full understanding of the child’s health.

Think about how you could gather this information in a sensitive fashion. Taking into account the parents’ and caregivers’ potential sensitivities, list at least three specific questions you would ask about the child to gather more information.

Provide at least two strategies you could employ to encourage the parents or caregivers to be proactive about their child’s health and weight.

Discuss the priorities of each phase of trauma care

Discuss blunt vs. penetrating trauma and the resulting injuries to the body. Discuss the priorities of each phase of trauma care (Prehospital, Emergency Department, Critical Care)

Plyometric training for performance enhancement

Provide an explanation of plyometric training for performance enhancement, including the goal of plyometrics, the mechanisms involved, and training variables to consider. Identify and properly explain how to perform one (1) upper-body and one (1) lower-body plyometric exercise.

Developing diet recommendations

A local clinic has asked for your help developing diet recommendations for “Healthy Sperm” for use with their male clients seeking advice on the topic.  Please develop a set of at least four practical recommendations that you would provide for their target audience.  Make sure your recommendations describe actions that members of the general public can implement.  For example, avoid statements such as “consume foods rich in x nutrient,” because people with no nutrition knowledge will not know which foods contain that nutrient.

Include a description of the rationale for recommending the consumption or avoidance of specific foods.  Be sure to consider fresh food, fast food, and convenience store-food availability (or lack thereof) near the area where the clinic is located.  Please indicate a specific location (e.g., Phoenix downtown area) and provide context about food availability and cost considerations as part of your answer. [Text, beginning on page 58, addresses adequate zinc, high level of antioxidants, light to moderate alcohol, clean arteries, controlled diabetes, seafood and avoidance of heavy metals such as mercury.  Note that copying that information here is not an acceptable answer.]

Ethical issues must be considered when carrying out research that involves human subjects

Ethical issues must be considered when carrying out research that involves human subjects. There are several ways in which human participants must be protected to ensure they are free from risks and have a possibility of benefiting from the study. Ethical standards have been set, which researchers are expected to meet.

Describe the various ways in which epidemiology research participants must be protected

Understanding social factors and their impact on curriculum development

Understanding social factors and their impact on curriculum development is critical for a curriculum developer. Critically analyze three social factors that can influence the curriculum and discuss how you will address them when developing your curriculum

Exercise Science

In week 3, you identified a trend or hot topic in Exercise Science (Doping in Sports). In this worksheet, you’ll evaluate the trend and compare it to others in the field.

Attached is the assignment, “in week 3”, in which the instructions above are referenced. The attachment along with 6 other references of your choice need to be used to answer the questions below.

#1. What are the advantages of the trend you identified compared to others? Please provide examples or data to support your points.

#2. What are some disadvantages of the trend you identified compared to similar ones? Please provide examples or data to support your points or data that directly compare it to others.

#3. Now that you’ve identified some pros and cons of your trend compared to others, please describe whether your trend will last or not. That is, do the pros of your selected trend outweigh its cons? Why or why not?