Protected health information

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Review HIPAA, protected health information (PHI), and requirements for privacy and confidentiality in EHRs. Discuss one ethical and one legal issue related to the use of EHRs that directly impact advanced registered nursing practice. Consider the emerging role of the telehealth and the EHR in patient care delivery and compromise of patient data using telehealth applications and measures you can implement in your own practice to protect patient privacy and confidentiality.

A Heart murmur

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Patient Case Question 9. Upon examination of the new infant. the pediatrician detects a heart murmur. Which of the following is the most accurate and appropriate statement? a. Heart murmurs are common to many infants and usually resolve within one month after birth. b. Heart murmurs are benign and not a cause for concern. c. A heart murmur in a child with Down syndrome may be a sign of a heart defect. However: further testing is necessary before a heart defect can be diagnosed. d. A heart murmur in a child with Down syndrome is diagnostic for a heart defect and surgery should be performed as soon as possible to prevent the onset of heart failure and pneumonia.

The Anatomy of the needle and syringe

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Draw (not print) the anatomy of the needle and syringe labeling all parts as well as the needle gauges colored
and labeled properly

Irritability and Abdominal distension

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Patient Case Question 7. During the first 36 hours after birth. nurses in the neonatal unit carefully watch the baby for irritability and abdominal distension. They note that she has passed no stool since birth. Which of the following has to be considered? a. This is a common manifestation among most newborns and should not cause concern. b. Down syndrome babies occasionally have a serious gastrointestinal blockage that requires surgery. c. The baby may be showing signs of a gastrointestinal allergy to her mother’s breast milk.

An Evidence-based change in nursing care

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Locate a recent peer-reviewed article (within the past 5 years) that describes an evidence-based change in nursing care. Summarize the following:

  • article,
  • discuss why the change occurred,
  • explain how it will impact the delivery of nursing care to clients and results in improved client safety

Evaluation tools that are most appropriate for Designing the healthcare program

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Recommend at least two evaluation tools that are most appropriate for designing the healthcare program you selected, and provide a justification for why you would recommend these evaluation tools.

 

I chose CHIP

The Rationale for selecting a certain health disparity

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What is the rationale for selecting a certain health disparity (Diabetes Rates are Higher in Hispanics or Latinos than Caucasians)? Consider and cite HP2030 objectives, topics, current events, etc.

A Philadelphia area hospital

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Go to Hospital Compare at Link (Links to an external site.) Find a Philadelphia area hospital that you are familiar with. Use Hospital Care to evaluate quality by opening the Quality tab. Be sure to open all information under Quality.

Copy and paste the following template into your Reply and fill in the answers:

Name of Hospital:

One measure that the management team at that facility should address. Choose a measure that is most concerning when compared to State and National averages and list the data for that hospital as well as the state and national averages for that measure:

Plan to improve that measure. Be very specific in terms of steps the management team should take:

The body’s response to vaccination

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Describe the body’s response to vaccination. Describe what happens first, second, third etc. Explain these responses

Value system analysis as a quality tool

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Value system analysis as a quality tool, Explain the purpose of tool and the way it is used. Share a quality problem that the tool would support, including why it is useful for the specific quality problem.

  • Discuss whether the tool would support your selected improvement initiative.