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Select a nurse theorist and write a paper describing the background of the theorist, the theory, and its application to nursing practice. The paper should address the following: 

1. Describe the background of the nurse theorist and the various social and professional issues that influenced the development of the theory. 

2. Identify the major concepts and relational statement of the nursing theory. Concepts common to most nursing theories include: Person, health, nursing, and environment. 

3. Describe the assumptions made by the nurse theorist. To what extent are these assumptions compatible with your personal philosophy of nursing? 

4. Apply the theory to a clinical situation and describe how its use will improve nursing care or influence the way care is given. 

The paper must be typed in APA format with a minimum of 1000 words (excluding first and references page) with a minimum of 4 evidence-based references using the required Arial 12 font. Follow the APA example paper under the folder APA tools. Make sure references are used according to APA guidelines and electronic references must be from reliable sources such as CDC. 

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Trace the history of cannabis use in medicine for the treatment and management of illness via nursing scholarly journal articles. Examine your sources for the following information below and describe the following:

1. Who are the stakeholders both in support of and in opposition to medicinal cannabis use?

2. What does current medical/nursing research say regarding the increasing use of medicinal cannabis?

3. What are the policy, legal and future practice implications based on the current prescribed rate of cannabis?

Attached below is an additional resource that details current state medical marijuana laws:

National Conference of State Legislatures- State Medical Marijuana Laws: http://www.ncsl.org/research/health/state-medical-marijuana-laws.aspx

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• Develop diagnoses for clients receiving psychotherapy*
• Analyze legal and ethical implications of counseling clients with psychiatric disorders*

* The Assignment related to this Learning Objective is introduced this week and submitted in Week 10.

Select a child or adolescent client whom you observed or counseled this week. Then, address the following in your Practicum Journal:

• Describe the client (without violating HIPAA regulations) and identify any pertinent history or medical information, including prescribed medications.
• Using the DSM-5, explain and justify your diagnosis for this client.
• Explain any legal and/or ethical implications related to counseling this client.
• Support your position with evidence-based literature.

Case 3

• 16-year-old white pregnant teenager living in an inner-city neighborhood.

What are the barriers to interpersonal communication?

            As a clinician, interpersonal communication barriers when dealing with a 16-year-old white pregnant teenager are many. They include fatigue, anxiety and embarrassment, age difference between clinician and patient, and the patient’s values and beliefs (Bosworth, 2010). For one, pregnant adolescent patients might have a problem concentrating due to fatigue. Thus, gathering information from such a patient might be a difficult task for any clinician. When patients are not entirely concentrated on giving the correct information, accurately diagnosing and treating them will be a huge ask. Adolescent patients tend to be anxious or embarrassed about their condition, especially if it is an unplanned pregnancy. No one would feel comfortable getting undressed in front of a stranger, much less a teenage mom-to-be. Thus, anticipating embarrassment and finding a way to minimize it can help ease an uncomfortable situation.

            Also, everyone has their assumptions based on their culture or beliefs. A 16-year-old white pregnant teenager can genuinely believe that only a female nurse can attend to her and that men would not do a thorough job. The clinician should consider such assumptions before attending to the patient. This goes hand in hand with those adolescent patients who believe that junior staff can properly treat them. The age difference between the clinician and the patient can sometimes be an issue, especially if the patient feels she will not communicate comfortably with an older attendant. Lastly, a 16-year-old white pregnant teenager is most likely to be anxious or embarrassed about her condition. Teenagers may be hesitant to openly discuss their condition in the present of a parent, and my also feel guilty and worried about what their peers might think of them. Thus, the privacy and confidentiality of this interaction will be of utmost importance. 

What are the procedures and examination techniques that will be used during the physical exam of your patient?

            The 16-year-old white pregnant teenager will be taken through a geriatric assessment. However, since teenagers may hesitate to talk freely in the presence of their parent, the clinician should ask for permission on the patient’s behalf for the parents to be absent while the interview is being conducted. Also, the clinician should avoid any painful or intrusive procedures and do as much as possible with the patient still dressed and seated. The patient should also be asked if they prefer certain things done and whether there are specific movements they feel uncomfortable doing. For this patient, the first step will be to arrange for privacy, quiet, and any special needs since the physical examination will be affected by the environment’s quality. It will also be essential to make sure the patient is calm, relaxed, and adequately draped or gowned. The next step will be to conduct a general inspection and check for vital signs, and an eye and ear examination will follow this. An ophthalmo-otoscopy will then be undertaken before connecting the otoscope to the nasal speculum and examining the nares. A mouth examination will then follow before evaluating the face to examine symmetry and other details concerning motor divisions of the V and VI cranial nerves. For a young mother, a complete examination may be easier if it is divided into multiple sessions rather than taking the patient through hours of exhaustive tasks. The procedure will yield a more relevant and complete list of psychosocial issues, functional problems, or medical problems. Results will be thoughtfully integrated with the patient’s pathophysiology and history (Ball et al., 2015). 

Describe the Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Planning (S.O.A.P.) approach for documenting patient data and explain what they are.

           The Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan (SOAP) is an acronym used in nursing to document patient’s data in a structured way. It provides clinicians with a framework for evaluating patients’ information. Also, it offers a cognitive outline that aids in clinical reasoning. Using the framework, nurses are able to assess, diagnose, and treat patients in an informed and reasoned manner. This paper aims to discuss S.O.A.P. approach in documenting patients’ data. 

           The subjective (S) stands for the patent’s experiences, personal views, and feelings. The component included here is chief complaint (CC), history of present illness (H.P.I.), and review of systems (R.O.S.). The patient chief complaint is a short statement of the patient purpose to visit the hospital. History of present illness describes the patient current situation or condition since the time that the symptoms for the disease started showing. It describes the condition in a narrative form. The review of systems compiles the pertinent and negative symptoms (Jenkins &David, 2019). 

           The Objective assessment (O) entails the documentation of information that the clinician observes from the current patients’ condition. This documentation covers vital signs, physical evaluation findings, imaging results, laboratory information, and other diagnostics data. Simultaneously, the assessment section entails the synthesis of evidence documented in the ‘subjective’ and ‘objective’ sections. This section records the assessment of the patient’s situation, how the problem behaves, and any changes in the condition. It is at this stage that the decision-making process is discussed in more in-depth details (Jenkins & David, 2019). Lastly, the plan (P) section documents what is supposed to address the patient’s concerns. This includes things like doing ordering referrals, additional testing, and consultations with other health care providers. Also, it documents the goals therapy, drugs, and procedures performed on the patient (Jenkins & David, 2019).  

Reference

Ball, J. W., Dains, J. E., Flynn, J. A., Solomon, B. S., & Stewart, R. W. (2015). Seidel’s guide to physical examination . St. Louis, MO.

Bosworth, H. (Ed.). (2010). Improving patient treatment adherence: A clinician’s guide. Springer Science & Business Media.

Jenkins, M. L., & Davis, A. (2019). Transforming Nursing Documentation. Studies in health technology and informatics, 264, 625-628.

Consider an area in health care in which you work or are interested in working. Examine the dynamics of the interprofessional team (physicians, nurses, physical therapists, social workers, health care administrators, etc.) in that setting. In a 1,000-1,250-word paper, explain how communication and collaborative strategies can be applied to ensure respectful interactions and to prevent or address potential issues among the team in that health care setting. Include the following:

1. Describe the health care setting and summarize the various individuals or teams typically working together in that setting.
2. Discuss what types of issues may occur and how these affect dynamics within the setting for health care workers and for patients and their families.
3. Discuss attributes of a healthy culture that help individuals or groups perform as a team.
4. Describe qualities of effective communication. Discuss how communication styles can be applied to facilitate productive communication.
5. Chapter 8 of your textbook discusses the dynamics of successful interprofessional health care teams. What is a boundary-spanning activity you could incorporate as a leader that would support a collaborative culture and enhance communication? Consider the interprofessional team you would be working with.
6. Explain how employee satisfaction impacts patient care. Describe qualities of professional communication that contribute to acceptable interactions with patients, their families, and other health care professionals.
7. Explain what your role is as a health care leader in helping to facilitate collaboration and clear communication among an interprofessional team, as well as with patients and their families.

A minimum of three academic references from credible sources are required for this assignment.

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. 

Benchmark Information

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competency:

BS Health Sciences

2.4: Describe qualities of professional communication that contribute to appropriate interactions with family, patients, and other health care professionals.

Based on attached reading “Authoring Scholarly Slide Presentations” prepare a short (6 slides) power point presentation on “Professional Networking.” On a separate page include comments on problems or triumphs you experienced in preparing the slide presentation.

Can you please assist me with my week 1 discussion assignment. Thank you.

Identify a research or evidence-based article published within the last 5 years that focuses comprehensively on a specific intervention or new treatment tool for the management of diabetes in adults or children. The article must be relevant to nursing practice.

Create a 10-15 slide PowerPoint presentation on the study’s findings and how they can be used by nurses as an intervention. INCLUDE SPEAKER NOTES FOR EACH SLIDE and additional slides for the title page and references.

Include the following:

1. Describe the intervention or treatment tool and the specific patient population used in the study.

2. Summarize the main idea of the research findings for a specific patient population. The research presented must include clinical findings that are current, thorough, and relevant to diabetes and nursing practice.

3. Provide a descriptive and reflective discussion of how the new tool or intervention can be integrated into nursing practice. Provide evidence to support your discussion.

4. Explain why psychological, cultural, and spiritual aspects are important to consider for a patient who has been diagnosed with diabetes. Describe how support can be offered in these respective areas as part of a plan of care for the patient. Provide examples.

You are required to cite to a minimum of two sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and relevant to nursing practice.

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.

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. 

Persuasive essay. 

Instructions: Make an analysis of the video of euthanasia (https://youtu.be/NxYmgrnGx_M), on at least one page (Essay). 

 Topic(Euthanasia), Introduction (Thesis), Personal opinion and prove of it, arguments, conclusions, and references (when you get the proof of your opinion in reference to the video).

Questions to answer in the essay:

Are you agree or disagree with the video. Why?

Very important, try to convince your professor about your opinion.