A 50-year-old man has been suffering from substernal pain for the last 5 months, particularly on waking up in the morning. He lost his job a year ago and was suffering from depression. He consumes about 12–16 cans of beer every day. He has lost his appetite too and says that eating aggravates pain.

• Is this acute or chronic gastritis?
• What factors may lead to the development of gastritis?
• What investigation should be performed?
• How can the patient be treated?

By the due date assigned, submit your initial response(s) to the above questions to the Discussion Area. Your responses should clarify your understanding of the topic. They should be your own, original and free from plagiarism. Use correct medical terminology, spelling, and grammar.

Referring to chapter 29 of the attached textbook on Natural and manmade disasters. Respond to the questions regarding natural and manmade disasters. 

1. 200 words – What social and cultural factors need to be considered in disaster planning in your community?

2. 200 words – Describe the various vulnerable population within the community setting (for example: homeless, imprisoned, mobility impaired)? 

3. 200 words – Describe the disproportion within vulnerable population… What special needs do they have? 

4. 200 words- If evacuation of the community is mandated, have plans for evacuation of these groups been developed? Give examples of these organizations involved and how they assist these special groups ?(who plan for evacuation during disasters) For example FEMA. 

5. 200 words- Provide a summary of the article https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2646456/.

6. 200 words-  What are key factors that community health nurses should consider when responding to disaster management for vulnerable population? 

Essay should be in APA format with subheadings corresponding to each question. Include at least 5 reference.

CASE STUDY:  

E.J. is a nurse in an elementary school setting. Health promotion at the school-age level is a critical time when behaviors can be influenced before unhealthful patterns have become the standard. Healthy behaviors are taught and modeled by the nurse as well as the teachers in the school.

She has a diverse set of roles. She provides direct care to ill or injured students when needed. She also coordinates vision and hearing screenings, tracks immunization compliance, provides referrals, and participates in the care and planning of special needs students. She is aware that she has high rates of students with asthma and allergies, so she monitors the air quality index in her community.

QUESTION FOR THE CASE :

The prevention of overweight and obesity is critically important during the school-age years. Which educational interventions as a Nurse practitioner you should give to your school-age patients?

Then, continue to discuss the 3 topics listed below for your case:

1. Discuss appropriate interventions for adolescents suspected of having an eating disorder. Describe how they would initiate conversations with adolescents about this issue.
2. Describe the physical changes of adolescents that include natural processes of biology and genetics
3. Discuss the prevalence of violence among adolescents. Identify ways that health care practitioners can help prevent and educate adolescents about these issues.

For this Assignment, you will practice communicating your project topic, findings, and recommendations in the context of one dissemination method: a conference. 

Specifically, you will develop an abstract for a poster session based on your Practicum Project. The call for abstracts comes from Phi Nu, Walden’s chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International, and is representative of others you may see in the field.

To prepare: 

• Review      the Writing Center materials on conference proposals and presentations and      on writing concisely.
• Download      and complete the Poster Abstract Template found in the Learning Resources.      Answer the questions in numerical order and write concisely.
• Tip:      When submitting abstracts through juried/peer-reviewed processes,      follow exact directions. Do not give reviewers a reason to eliminate      your abstract. As future scholar-practitioners, you will      submit abstracts to disseminate scholarly works. It is imperative      that you follow exact directions. 

Patient Preferences and Decision Making

Changes in culture and technology have resulted in patient populations that are often well informed and educated, even before consulting or considering a healthcare need delivered by a health professional. Fueled by this, health professionals are increasingly involving patients in treatment decisions. However, this often comes with challenges, as illnesses and treatments can become complex.

What has your experience been with patient involvement in treatment or healthcare decisions?

In this Discussion, you will share your experiences and consider the impact of patient involvement (or lack of involvement). You will also consider the use of a patient decision aid to inform best practices for patient care and healthcare decision making.

To Prepare:

• Review the Resources and reflect on a time when you experienced a patient being brought into (or not being brought into) a decision regarding their treatment plan.
• Review the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute’s Decision Aids Inventory at https://decisionaid.ohri.ca/.       
  • Choose “For Specific Conditions,” then Browse an alphabetical listing of decision aids by health topic.

NOTE: To ensure compliance with HIPAA rules, please DO NOT use the patient’s real name or any information that might identify the patient or organization/practice.

By Day 3 of Week 8

Post a brief description of the situation you experienced and explain how incorporating or not incorporating patient preferences and values impacted the outcome of their treatment plan. Be specific and provide examples. Then, explain how including patient preferences and values might impact the trajectory of the situation and how these were reflected in the treatment plan. Finally, explain the value of the patient decision aid you selected and how it might contribute to effective decision making, both in general and in the experience you described. Describe how you might use this decision aid inventory in your professional practice or personal life.

Write a 2–3 page paper describing the application of Project Management Principles and Processes.

• Find an article describing a health care program in a professional journal. This can be at the patient level, provider level, or institutional level.
• Describe the program in terms of  needs assessment, goals and objectives, implementation and evaluation. Include information describing whether you consider the program to be successful or not AND why. Make sure you describe the health care program from the journal article. This assignment is “application of Project Management Principles and Processes” – not an overview/definition of what they are.
• Include at least 2 references relevant to the topic. Be sure to include the reference for the health care program your paper describes.
• Follow APA guidelines for citations and formatting. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.

Write a critical appraisal that demonstrates comprehension of two quantitative research studies. Use the “Research Critique Guidelines – Part II” document to organize your essay. Successful completion of this assignment requires that you provide a rationale, include examples, and reference content from the study in your responses.

Use the practice problem and two quantitative, peer-reviewed research articles you identified in the Topic 1 assignment to complete this assignment.

In a 1,000–1,250 word essay, summarize two quantitative studies, explain the ways in which the findings might be used in nursing practice, and address ethical considerations associated with the conduct of the study.

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. 

 1- A 67-year-old female patient presents to the emergency room you work at complaining of shortness of breath and pain on the right side of her chest. Upon auscultation of the lung field during the physical exam, you note flatness and diminished breath sounds over the right lung. Her temperature is 101.3°F.

-What are the possible causes of her symptoms and what tests might you expect to be ordered to determine the specific cause of this patient’s symptoms? Why?

-This patient’s husband tells you that he does not understand why she feels short of breath. How might you explain to him the lung physiology that underlies her symptoms?

2- APA style

3- 3 paragraphs 3 sentences each

4- 2 references

Quality Improvement Proposal

Identify a quality improvement opportunity in your organization or practice. In a 1,250-1,500 word paper, describe the problem or issue and propose a quality improvement initiative based on evidence-based practice. Apply “The Road to Evidence-Based Practice” process, illustrated in Chapter 4 of your textbook, to create your proposal.

Include the following:

1. Provide an overview of the problem and the setting in which the problem or issue occurs.
2. Explain why a quality improvement initiative is needed in this area and the expected outcome.
3. Discuss how the results of previous research demonstrate support for the quality improvement initiative and its projected outcomes. Include a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources published within the last 5 years, not included in the course materials or textbook, that establish evidence in support of the quality improvement proposed.
4. Discuss steps necessary to implement the quality improvement initiative. Provide evidence and rationale to support your answer.
5. Explain how the quality improvement initiative will be evaluated to determine whether there was improvement.
6. Support your explanation by identifying the variables, hypothesis test, and statistical test that you would need to prove that the quality improvement initiative succeeded.

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

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