Capella BSN4016 All Assignment

Capella BSN4016 All Assignment

Capella BSN4016 Unit 3 Assignment 1 latest 2016 December

Pharmacological Treatments

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• For
  this assignment, you will select and examine a disease or health condition
  that requires a pharmacological intervention. You may choose any disease
  or health condition you wish, but the disease or health condition must be
  relevant to nurses in a variety of settings (for example, the E.R.,
  pediatrics, public health). Once you have selected and identified a
  disease or health condition, identify the areas where nurses are likely to
  see the disease or health condition.

Instructions

• Identify
  the disease or health condition.
• Describe
  the health issues or symptoms associated with the condition.
• Identify
  drugs most often used in the treatment of the condition.
• Explain
  the types of actions, side effects, indications, and contraindications
  that could be expected from this pharmacological treatment.
• Describe
  the treatment regime (including pharmacology) that is most often
  prescribed for this condition.
• Explain
  how this treatment regime, including pharmacology, impacts a client’s
  lifestyle (including financials, ease of administration – complexity, how
  hard are instructions to understand – frequency, length of medication).
  • Are
    there any controversies related to the medication? For example, is there
    a black box warning with this medication?
• Describe
  how a nurse should monitor a client being treated for this condition in
  order to obtain a quality patient outcome.

Additional Requirements

• Length
  of paper:
  Be as specific as possible, but try to limit this assignment to no more
  than 4 pages, not including title page and reference page.
• References: Support your
  plan with references to at least two resources, in which one resource
  should be outside the required readings for this course.
• Formatting: Follow proper
  APA style and formatting.

  Capella BSN4016 Unit 5 Assignment 1 latest 2016 December

Patient Education Sheet

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• This
  assignment consists of two important techniques needed to ensure patient
  safety and quality outcomes related to pharmacological therapies. For this
  assignment, assume your supervisor has asked you to develop a patient
  education tool for new “medication starts” in your current area
  of practice. You will complete a literature search in order to discover
  current information (less than 5 years old) on the medication. This
  information will then be utilized to prepare a single-page, evidence-based
  teaching tool that highlights patient safety. In the second part of the
  assignment, you will describe the process of creating the tool, based on
  your findings, in a short, scholarly report.

Instructions

Part 1: Patient Education Sheet

• Create
  a patient education sheet. You can either choose an idea from below or
  choose your own topic:
  • Antibiotics
    (Amoxil/Amoxicillin) for pediatric ear infections.
  • Statin
    therapy (Zocor/Simvastatin) for a newly diagnosed patient with
    hypercholesterolemia.
  • Antihypertensive
    (ACE Inhibitors/Lisinopril/Zestril) for a patient who was discovered to
    have hypertension at a work health screening.
  • Drugs
    for treating gastric acidity: Proton pump inhibitors/antacids/H2 blockers
    for a patient complaining of chronic indigestion and heart burn.
  • Ear
    drops or eye drops for an elderly patient.
  • Any
    newly released medication for a patient in your typical practice (can be
    a new drug for diabetes, hypertension, or arthritis; or a new
    antibiotic).
• Research
  the medication you have chosen and determine what information needs to be
  included on a patient education sheet. As you are aware, different drugs
  have different safety factors that have to be discussed to increase
  compliance and patient safety.
  • What
    information does the patient or caretaker of a patient need to know?
  • Choose
    the categories that you feel are the most important to highlight for your
    patients (remember that you are creating asingle-pageeducation
    sheet.)
    • Limit
      yourself to 3–5 categories to improve patient understanding. Examples of
      categories could include, but are not limited to, common indications,
      side effects, questions to ask your doctor, contraindications, and drug
      storage and disposal.
    • Use
      pictures that help reinforce education.
• Attach
  the patient education sheet as an appendix to your paper or attach it as a
  separate document.

Part 2: Justification of Information

• Justify
  why you decided to highlight your specific educational topics.
• Describe
  your chosen categories and explain why you felt these were key issues for
  patient safety.
• Discuss
  any consideration to the patient’s cultural needs that were incorporated
  into the design of the patient education sheet.
• Explain
  why you feel those format or design elements were important.

Additional Requirements

• Length
  of patient education sheet: 1 page.
• Length
  of justification paper: 2–3 pages.
• References: Support your
  decisions with references to this week’s readings and other current (less
  than 5 years old) peer-reviewed journal articles and evidence-based
  materials. Demonstrate your understanding of the relationship between
  patient safety, quality outcomes, and pharmacology.
• Formatting: Follow proper
  APA style and formatting.

 Capella BSN4016 Unit 6 Assignment 1 latest 2016 December

Communication

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The Riverbend City mission in this unit illustrated the
importance of effective communication. For this assignment, describe two
strategies that you use in your nursing practice to effectively communicate
with other members of your team, and with your patients.

Instructions

• Describe
  two strategies that are used in your nursing practice to effectively
  communicate with members of your team and with your patients.
• Explain
  how the communication strategies reflect your knowledge of pharmacology
  policies and procedures, protocol, practice standards, and regulatory
  guidelines.
• Explain
  how the communication strategies demonstrate respect for others and
  cultural competence.
• Explain
  how the communication strategies ensure patient safety with regard to the
  delivery of pharmacological agents

Additional Requirements

• Length
  of paper:
  No more than 3 pages, not including the title page and reference page.
• References: At least two
  scholarly references, including this week’s reading assignment.
• Formatting: Follow proper
  APA style and formatting.

 Capella BSN4016 Unit 7 Assignment 1 latest 2016 December

Health Disparities

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As you think about the patients you currently serve or hope to
work with in the future, it is important to be aware of the health disparities
some populations experience. In this assignment, you will examine health
disparities for a population of your choice and then offer a community-based
approach to improve patient outcomes. When selecting your population, consider
aspects of culture, geographical area, generational factors, and any other
factors that might be considered outside the perspective of the majority
population. Describe the types of health disparities for this group, and then
select one health care concern to focus on for the rest of the assignment. For
example, the elderly might be your population and the health care concern could
be heart disease.

Instructions

• Specify
  the selected population.
• Identify
  the types of health disparities for this group and select one health care
  concern to focus on for this assignment.
• Distinguish
  factors that create health disparities for this population.
  • Why
    does this group have health disparities?
• Describe
  the identified health concern for this population as well as the
  pharmacological treatment for the condition.
• Describe
  and discuss how the cultural values, socio-economic status, and
  traditional beliefs and practices impact the acceptance of pharmacological
  treatment for this identified health concern.
• Offer
  at least one strategy for a community-based approach to improve the
  current pharmacological treatment regimens for this population.
  • What
    types of community outreach programs could be consulted to effectively
    reach your target population?
  • Are
    there education, access, or other issues that community programs could
    help address?
• Discuss
  why you believe this strategy would be effective. Support your rationale
  with references from at least three resources, at least two of which must
  be from resources not required for this course.

Additional Requirements

• Length
  of paper:
  3–4 pages, not including title page and reference page.
• References: At least
  three resources, two of which must be from resources not required for this
  course.
• Formatting: Follow proper
  APA style and formatting.

Issues in Pharmacology: A Nursing Perspective

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In a professional nursing practice, you will often have patients
whose personal or cultural views on medications may be quite different from
your own. For this assignment, assume that one of the issues below has become a
hot topic in your health care organization or community. You have been asked by
leadership to prepare a PowerPoint presentation to your nursing colleagues in
an effort to raise awareness of the topic. Please view the “Guidelines for
Effective PowerPoint Presentations,” linked in Resources, as well.

Topic
Choices:

• The
  use of medical marijuana.
• The
  use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) versus traditional
  pharmacology.
• Experimental
  drug programs and disease management.
• Mandated
  vaccinations and the implications for parental choice not to vaccinate.

Instructions

To prepare your presentation, research current, peer-reviewed
journals for articles that present at least two perspectives on the topic. Your
PowerPoint presentation should include the following:

• Discuss
  the significance of the topic to your nursing practice and to patient
  safety.
  • What
    are the common types of diseases and health issues that are impacted by
    this topic?
  • What
    type of patient is typically impacted by this issue?
  • What
    nursing departments or internal departments are impacted by this issue?
• Present
  a balanced overview of the issue, including pros and cons, supported by
  peer-reviewed journal articles. The focus of this overview might vary
  depending on the issue but be mindful of the following:
  • Community
    impact.
  • Patient
    outcomes.
  • Ethical
    considerations.
  • Health
    care organization impact.
• Describe
  how a patient’s cultural beliefs can impact the issue.

Additional Requirements

• Length
  of PowerPoint: 10–12 slides, not including the title slide and
  reference slide
• References: Use the
  “presenter notes” section of the PowerPoint to include the
  references that support your evidence as well as detailed information you
  would include if presenting this information to an audience. The last
  slide of the PowerPoint should include a list of the references. Please
  review the “Guidelines for Effective PowerPoint Presentations,”
  linked in the Resources.
• Formatting: Follow proper
  APA style and formatting.