The disparities in the quality of care for minority groups

Do you think the diversity or lack of diversity in facilities affects the disparities in the quality of care for minority groups? Explain.

Please include a scholarly(peer-reviewed journal within 5 years

Gender identities and expressions

In a well-written essay address the following: How might you create space for your clients to explore their gender identities and expressions? Formatted, and cited in the current American Psychological Association style with support from at least 2 academic sources.

Health reform, care delivery re-design, or another clinical practice scenario

Describe a recently encountered health reform, care delivery re-design, or another clinical practice scenario that required strong leadership. What early/traditional/classic or contemporary leadership theory did the leader demonstrate and why.  What effect did it have on the followers (or potential effect)?

Leading and managing diverse groups

This discussion is designed to introduce key principles nurse leaders must address in leading and managing diverse groups. Nurse leaders must work with staff to foster respect for varied lifestyles. Showing respect to all patients and colleagues, irrespective of their cultural differences, tells staff that differences are valuable.

 

Respond to the following:

  • Use Google ScholarTM, Leading and Managing in Nursing, or the University Library to define multiculturalism, cross-culturalism, and transcultural.
  • Explain the definitions in your own words and give an example of applying each term to a leadership situation. For example, think of a time in your practice when you, as a nurse leader, or your nurse leader used multiculturalism to promote inclusion among colleagues or patients.

Safe environment and quality patient care

Identify and describe a policy in your workplace that is in place to ensure a safe environment and quality patient care. Discuss how your actions in practice can support or influence this policy. After reading chapter 12 in the textbook, describe three ways nurses, in general, can influence politics now and or in the future.

History of abuse as a child healthy and past relationship

Scenario: nurse character action towards a single mother of four children complained of inability to sleep, reports financial stress, history of abuse as a child healthy and past relationship but reports current being a healthy relationship with her fiancé

Safe environment and quality patient care

Identify and describe a policy in your workplace that is in place to ensure a safe environment and quality patient care. Discuss how your actions in practice can support or influence this policy.

After reading chapter 12 in the textbook, describe three ways nurses, in general, can influence politics now and or in the future.  Think outside the box.

The Antinuclear Antibody Code of Ethics

Choose one provision from the Antinuclear Antibody Code of Ethics. How is ethical behaviour an integral part of being a nurse leader? How does one communicate the characteristics of a role model with this provision? Do ethics influence the leadership style of the nurse leader?

The concept of PQRST in the Health Assessment

One key concept I learned is the concept of PQRST in the Health Assessment lab. Palliation, Quality, Region, Severity, Timing (PQRST) is a mnemonic that helps nurses assess a patient’s pain and all associated triggers/complications. This is important because pain is subjective data. It is a self-reported symptom.

There is no specific way to identify pain except by believing what the patient is saying. However, the nurse can use this mnemonic to attempt to pinpoint the source of the pain. Identifying the source of the pain and triggers associated with it can help the nurse aid the patient better towards recovery.

Using PQRST for the initial assessment also creates a standard that all nurses can use to ensure a patients pain is addressed and taken care of.

As far as skills, I was able to learn the appropriate order for the head to chest assessment and effectively practice. Inspect, Palpate, Percuss and Auscultate are the steps to properly assess a patient without missing any part of the body. It is basic nursing. You basically start from the head and work your way down. This helps in shining a light on a patients most critical need.

Keeping this concept in mind along with this newly learned skill I am able to provide the best nursing care to my patients because I will address all aspects of their health. (peer response by your own words)

The psychosocial or cognitive development of a toddler

Bill and Ted are a domestic couple that has brought in their 30-month-old daughter, Victoria, complaining of a runny nose, cough, and low-grade fever. What can the nurse teach Bill and Ted regarding promoting appropriate discipline for Victoria? Bill and Ted adopted Victoria at birth. The biological mother was a teenager who chose to give her child up for adoption and Bill and Ted provided financial support to ensure that she received the appropriate prenatal care. Her pregnancy and delivery were unremarkable.

She has had no contact with Victoria or her fathers since birth.

The nurse practitioner determined that the symptoms are attributed to an upper respiratory tract infection (URI) or common cold and recommended that it be treated symptomatically.

While in the office, Bill and Ted have some questions regarding Victoria’s behaviour.

They explain that she has become more defiant, repeatedly responding to their questions or commands with "no" or temper tantrums.

Neither Bill nor Ted has been a parent before adopting Victoria and they are concerned that they are to blame for her behaviour. (Learning Objectives 1, 5, and 12) a.

What can the nurse teach Bill and Ted about the psychosocial or cognitive development of a toddler that would help them understand Victoria’s behaviour?

c. What is "temperament" and how would it influence Victoria’s behaviour?