Complementary and Alternative therapies

 

PMHNP Interventions

Introduction and Alignment

The PMHNP should be familiar with current complementary and alternative therapies and use this knowledge to guide effective treatment decisions and client teaching.

Upon completion of this assignment, you should be able to:

  • Discuss pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatment alternatives available to clients in the psychiatric – mental health care setting and potential benefits and/or rationale for their use.
  • Review current literature regarding dietary supplements, herbal therapies, and psychoactive herbs, and identify potential dangers associated with its use.
  • Recommend PMHNP interventions that are aimed at promoting client safety for individuals who choose to use complementary and alternative medicine.

Resources

  • Textbook: Sadock, Sadock, and Ruiz (2015) – Chapter 24; Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Psychiatry

Instructions

  1. Do a literature search for current literature related to complementary and alternative medicine use in mental health care. Look at both pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches.
  2. Make a table of at least 6 articles and list the following components:
    1. Citation of article
    2. Therapy discussed
    3. Take home points – how used, for what diagnoses, etc.  including patient safety data
    4. Would you recommend this for patients that you care for?
  3. Develop a 2-3 paragraph summary of your support for or against the use of complementary and alternative medicine in your future practice, giving reasons to support.
  4. Navigate to the threaded discussion forum and post a copy of your work (in a word document) by the fifth day of the workshop.
  5. Respond to at least two peers’ postings by the end of the workshop.

Total Points

70

HEALTH

 

In this Assessment, you will use information from the case scenario below, along with the supporting documents provided, to demonstrate your ability to apply economic concepts to make recommendations for organizational decisions.

Case Scenario: Launching a Cancer Drug: Comanapracil

You are a pharmaceutical executive. You believe that your firm, Ropache, may have developed a promising new drug, Comanapracil, which seems to arrest the progress of breast cancer for 2 years with no significant side effects. Clinical trials suggest that the drug is 100% effective for 2 years. After 2 years, tumor growth resumes at the same rate. Therefore, Comanapracil can only be used for a 2-year course, after which it loses its effectiveness.

Professional Skills: Written Communication, Technology, and Critical Thinking and Problem Solving are assessed in this Competency

Your response to this Assessment should:

  • Use the Assessment documents and video as required.
  • Reflect the criteria provided in the Rubric.
  • Adhere to the required assignment length.
  • Use the APA course template.
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Instructions

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Rubric

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This assessment has two-parts.  Click each of the items below to complete this assessment.

Part I: Determine Pricing and Marketing Strategy for a New Drug

You have been tasked with developing a pricing and marketing strategy for Comanapracil. As you undertake this task, refer to the following resources mentioned above:

  • U.S. Breast Cancer Statistics
  • Annual Costs of Cancer Care—Cancer Prevalence and Cost of Care Projections
  • Chemo Costs in U.S. Driven Higher by Shift to Hospital Outpatient Facilities
  • Breast Cancer Drug—Comparison Chart

Create a 10- to 15-slide presentation, for the board of directors, to convince them that Comanapracil is a good investment. The presentation should address the following economic issues related to the marketing of Comanapracil:

  • Develop and present estimates for the demand for Comanapracil and the price of the drug you think the market will bear. Be sure to include the number of customers for this drug.
  • Describe where and to whom you will focus your marketing efforts. For each, detail why they are important.
  • Explain how you will ensure that insurance companies pay for your drug.
  • Explain the elasticity of demand for a drug like Comanapracil. What factors could potentially change the elasticity of demand?
  • Assume you are able to obtain a patent, and are ready to go to market immediately. Explain the length of time for which your drug will receive patent protection, so that you are protected from competition prior to generics entering the market. Also, explain why patent protection exists in healthcare.

Part II: Compare International Healthcare Systems to Develop an International Market Entry Strategy

It is your job to develop a market analysis for four different healthcare markets with unique insurance systems. These four analyses will be contained within one 10- to 11-slide presentation to the board of directors. Your analysis will serve as a basis for deciding which country to market Comanapracil:

  • Germany
  • United States
  • Ghana
  • Brazil

Create your presentation as follows:

  • The first slide will be an analysis of the relationship between spending on healthcare per capita and life expectancy in each country. Begin by referring to the World Bank charts “GDP Per Capita,” “Health Expenditures Per Capita,” and “Life Expectancy at Birth, Total (Years).” Using these, create a chart comparing the spending on healthcare per capita with the life expectancy in each country. Underneath the chart, on the same slide, address the question: Is there a relationship between life expectancy and healthcare spending?
  • Next, based on what you have learned about the healthcare systems of Germany, the United States, Ghana, and Brazil, create four slides (one for each country) that summarize how each healthcare system is structured.
  • Next, create another four slides (again one for each country). Each of these slides should summarize your findings from conducting a SWOT analysis for each country (that is, identify the economic strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) associated with marketing Comanapracil in each country.
  • Create one to two slides recommending which two countries are most attractive for marketing Comanapracil and why.
  • Your board has shown a particular interest in the German market. In order to market your drug in Germany successfully, you must be approved by the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWIG). Create two to three slides, addressed to the IQWIG, which argue for the importance of why your drug should be covered. Address the following issues:
    • How much of a gain in health outcomes will this drug provide?
    • Do other drugs provide similar effectiveness in treating this disease?
    • How many people will benefit from this drug? Explain why some people will benefit from the drug more than others.

Theory of nursing

For your first essay, you will need to write at least 500 words in APA formatting about a nursing theory. There are several theories for nursing practice. Some of these theories include culture care, environmental nursing, interpersonal nursing, self-care nursing, or need theory. There are other theories as well, so you are free to choose whichever theory you like! In this essay, you will write about this nursing theory by describing the theory and how it would help you become a better nurse. You will need to use at least one source for this paper since you will be finding information on this theory from outside sources. 

nursing multidimensional care 2

 

Module 09 Written Assignment – Endocrine Disorders Guide

Competency

Evaluate responses to nursing interventions for clients with endocrine disorders.

Scenario

You are working as a nurse supervisor. You are finding a lot of new nurses are unfamiliar with certain endocrine disorders. You have decided to put together a guide for these nurses to educate them on different endocrine diseases and provide them with ways to provide quality multidimensional care.

Instructions

Compare and contrast two endocrine disorders within the guide. Include the following information:

  • Identify and compare the causes and diagnostic tests.
  • Identify and compare the signs and symptoms of the disorder.
  • Describe the nurses’ role in caring for a patient that suffers from this disorder to include the multidimensional aspects of nursing care.
  • Identify how you will evaluate responses to the interventions taken for each disorder.

MENTORING

 How does mentoring facilitate the networking process? Discuss this from the perspective of a mentor, and from the perspective of a mentee. PLEASE INCLUDE IN-TEXT CITATION AND REFERENCE

compare and contrast

  

Assignment:

Complete ALL of the bullet points below:

Compare and contrast each of the three questions related to Managed Care Organizations, Medicare, and Medicaid with one another and explain how they were similar and different to each other.

  • Managed care organizations emphasize physicians’ responsibilities      to control patient access to expensive hospitalization and specialty care,      a principle dubbed “gatekeeping.” Some argue that      “gatekeeping” is unethical because it introduces financial      factors into treatment decisions. Others say it improves quality by      promoting the use of the most appropriate levels of care.
  • Medicare is an area that often gets overlooked and is      seen as a burden financially. Discuss alternatives to ease the drain on      Medicare resources.
  • Medicaid is shouldering an ever-increasing burden of      cost for long-term care for the elderly, with enormous impacts on state      budgets throughout the nation. Discuss alternatives to ease this drain on      Medicaid resources.

Please submit one APA formatted table, (minimum 750 words) that highlights the above content make sure to include a title and reference page. The assignment should have a minimum of two (2) scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook.

Reflective discussion

  • No single word responses (at least 100+ words in each response)
  • Give the questions some thought and answer honestly
  • Give examples if you have them
  • Site resources
  • Number your answers to correspond with the question
  • Worth 12 points / 5%

Watch the video: “Reflective Discussion Video about a Request to Hasten Death” (Health Care Professionals from 12 years ago and updated version 2012)

video1

https://youtu.be/DbfyMXFwmhoReflective 

Discussion Video about a Request to Hasten Death (Health Care Professionals)

video 2

Discussing Goals of Care (Hasten Death Request) (PDV008) – 2012 update

Answer these questions:

  1. What is happening?
  2. What issues does the video raise?
  3. What emotions come to your awareness for you, the doctor, the patient and the family? Explain.