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Patient and Family Engagement During a Pandemic 

The interpretation of research in health care is essential to decision making. By understanding research, health care providers can identify risk factors, trends, outcomes for treatment, health care costs and best practices. To be effective in evaluating and interpreting research, the reader must first understand how to interpret the findings. You will practice article analysis in Topics 2, 3, and 5.

For this assignment:

Search the GCU Library and find three different health care articles that use quantitative research. Do not use articles that appear in the Topic Materials or textbook. Complete an article analysis for each using the “Article Analysis 1” template.

Refer to the “Patient Preference and Satisfaction in Hospital-at-Home and Usual Hospital Care for COPD Exacerbations: Results of a Randomised Controlled Trial,” in conjunction with the “Article Analysis Example 1,” for an example of an article analysis.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. 

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

Thesis Statement/Annotated Bibliography for the Structured Controversy assignment. Write the current pandemic ( COVID 19), how it affects immunocompromised individuals, what are the main immune system disorder it affects, and why and what population it mostly affects. Find 6 sources and summarize each source in one paragraph. Make sure to include a proper APA citation.         

Write a paper of 1,250-1,500 words that discusses the team-based approaches to the delivery of health services. The focus of the paper should be one type of health care environment, such as a hospital, primary care, or long-term care facility. Within your paper, be sure to do the following:

1. Present a patient case (this does not need to be detailed).
2. Describe the collaborative team that would deliver care and their individual roles, including credentialing, licensing, and regulation.
3. Identify and describe the indicators and determinants of health that would influence or impact this case.
4. Describe the impact this collaborative team-based approach would have on management and line staff.
5. Explain key financial and resource challenges for consumers and insurance companies as they apply to this model. Explain how the resource challenges may affect the collaborative team.
6. From a leadership position, explain the advantages of using a collaborative team-based approach.

Support your writing with three to five scholarly peer-reviewed resources.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance

 Research best practices for Discharge Process, APA formatted paper (1-2 pages body), minimum of 2 sources

please reflect on the attached in one bage 

Case Study: Urinary Tract Infection

You are working in an extended care facility when M.Z.’s daughter brings her mother in for a week’s stay while she goes on a planned vacation. M.Z. is an 89-year-old widow with a 4-day history of non- localized abdominal pain, incontinence, new-onset mental confusion, and loose stools. Her most current vital signs are 118/60, 88, 18, 98.4° F (37.4° C). The medical director ordered a post void catheterization, which yielded 100mL of cloudy urine that had a strong odor, and several lab tests on admission. Urine culture and sensitivity results are pending; the other results are shown in the chart.

Chart View Laboratory Test Results:

Complete metabolic panel: Within normal limits except for the following results:

 BUN 25mg/dL Sodium 131mEq/L

 Potassium 3.2mEq/L

White blood cell count 11,000/mm3

Urinalysis Appearance Cloudy Odor Foul

 pH 6.9

 Protein Negative

 Nitrites Positive

 Crystals Negative

WBCs 6 per low-power field

 RBCs 3

1. What condition do the lab reports point toward?
2. Which assessment findings are typical of an older adult with the condition in Question 1?
3. Considering her history and laboratory results, what other condition is a possibility?

4.The medical director makes rounds and writes orders to start an IV of D5 ½NS at 75mL/hr. and insert a Foley catheter to gravity drainage. Because M.Z. is unable to take oral medications, the medical director orders ciprofloxacin (Cipro) 400mg q12h IV piggyback (IVPB). Are the type of fluid and rate appropriate for M.Z.’s age and condition? Explain.

 5. While the IVPB ciprofloxacin is being administered, which adverse effects might occur?

6. You enter the room to start the IV infusion and insert the Foley catheter and find that the nursing assistive personnel (NAP) has taken M.Z. to the bathroom for a bowel movement. M.Z. asks you to help her, and, as you open the door, you observe her wiping herself from back to front. What do you need to do at this time?

7. Because M.Z. has been having diarrhea, what special instructions should you give the NAP assigned to give basic care to M.Z.?

Case Study Progress:

 The next day, you are the nurse assigned to M.Z.’s care. You notice that the NAP emptying the gravity drain is not wearing personal protection devices. You also observe that the drainage port of the drainage bag was contaminated during the process because the NAP allowed it to touch the floor.

8. What issues need to be considered in protecting M.Z.’s safety? Describe your actions in working with the nursing assistant.

9. As you assess M.Z., you notice that her catheter tubing is not secured. Why does the tubing need to be secured, and where is the correct place for the catheter tubing?

10. What changes, if any, will be made to the antibiotic therapy?

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OsWb_C6_6dYRYPZgSSTOFscc6xEASnqm?usp=sharing

1)  Submit 1 document per part

Part 1: Complete the file “Template Soap Note” taking into account the file “Note 1”

Part 2: Complete the “Template Soap Note” taking into account the following information:

     Name: LR

     Gender: Female

     Age: 55 years

     Diagnosis: Pure hyperglyceridemia

     Chief complain:  Pain in the mid-epigastric, chest, and back regions 

Part 3: Complete the “Template Soap Note” taking into account the following information:

    Name: MK

    Gender: Female

    Age: 55

    Diagnosis: Vitamin D deficiency

    Chief complain:  Fatigue 

2)¨******APA norms, please use headers

          All paragraphs must be narrative and cited in the text- each paragraphs

          Bulleted responses are not accepted

          Dont write in the first person 

          Dont copy and pase the questions.

          Answer the question objectively, do not make introductions to your answers, answer it when you start the paragraph

         Submit 1 document per part

3) It will be verified by Turnitin and SafeAssign

4) Minimum 4 references per part not older than 5 years

Read: Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) The Future of Interprofessional Education Is Here! 

Access the HIMSS TIGER website using this link:

http://www.himss.org/professional-development/tiger-initiative/virtual-learning-environment (Links to an external site.)

Read the information on this website to gain a basic knowledge of the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE),  and discuss the following:

 1) History of the VLE

2) TIGER VLE Work group

3) What does the VLE provide?

4) Reflect on this portion of the initiative and what you found interesting and of value to nursing informatics.

Minimum of 4 references