The ANA Scope and Standards of Practice describe how registered nurses use the nursing process as the foundation for decision-making and care delivery. These are the standards of care you will be held accountable to as an RN. They are the basis for evaluating the appropriateness and quality of your nursing care in the event you are involved in a malpractice lawsuit.

Base your response in this discussion post on the ANA Standards of Professional Practice. Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice (Links to an external site.) (4th ed.)

• Choose one of the six (6) ANA Standards of Practice (starting on p. 53). Compare and contrast how the practice of an RN is different from your current role in healthcare for that standard. Provide specific examples to supports your explanation.
• Discuss an experience in your life (as a patient, family member or professional) where an RN demonstrated one of the competencies from the ANA Standard of Practice.

Base your initial post on your readings and research on this topic.

Your initial post is due by Thursday at 11:59 PM ET.  Your responses are due by Sunday at 11:59 PM ET.

This is a “post first” discussion forum. You must submit your initial post before you can view other students’ posts.

Response to Classmates

You are required to make a minimum of two responses. One to the initial post of at least one other student, and then one to another student post. In your responses to your peers’ posts you must provide constructive and insightful comments that go beyond that of agree or disagree.

Your discussion postings may be reviewed for plagiarism. Plagiarism is not acceptable. Evidence of plagiarism will result in a zero (0) grade for the discussion and may also result in academic discipline.

Submission

Your discussion postings must conform to the AD Nursing Discussion Posting Requirements  Download AD Nursing Discussion Posting Requirements; review the requirements prior to submitting your discussion posts.

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Evaluation

This discussion will be graded using the discussion board rubric. Please review this rubric below prior to beginning your work to ensure your participation meets the criteria in place for this discussion. This discussion is worth 4% of your grade; all discussions combined are worth 32% of your final course grade.

list the six types of sensory receptors classified based on the type of stimulus they detect and describe the types of stimuli that each type can detect. Classify the three types of sensory receptors categorized based on their location; identify the origin of stimuli that activate them; and describe the nature of the stimuli that cause their excitation.

Case Study

Chapter 13 Central Nervous System Stimulants and Related Drugs

Nancy has been unsuccessful in preventing migraine headaches and has been prescribed a selective serotonin receptor agonist (SSRA), sumatriptan (Imitrex).

Question 1

What patient teaching would be included for Nancy regarding the action and route of administration of sumatriptan?

Question 2

What patient teaching should be included for Nancy regarding adverse effects or contraindications?

Question 3

What medications would Nancy have been prescribed for first- and second-line preventive therapy?

Question 4

Nancy asks the nurse about the effects of caffeine on migraines. What should the nurse’s response be?

Question 5

Nancy also asks the nurse if there are effective nonpharmacologic treatments for migraines. What evidence-based answer can the nurse provide?

Dylan’s mother is only four weeks postpartum, and in addition to her physical and emotional needs, she has to cope with the extraordinary need of a child with Down syndrome and congenital heart disease. She may experience postpartum “blues” or postpartum depression. Discuss and describe postpartum “blues” and depression. How may the nurse identify these conditions? What (if any) referrals should be made? How can the nurse be of the most help to this mother? How will the condition of the mother affect her health care of Dylan? Be spec