Category: Nursing

  • week 6 visual

    : Generate a Visual Study Guide to capture the essential information and clinical pearls on the topics in the videos you watched.

  • week 6 visual

    : Generate a Visual Study Guide to capture the essential information and clinical pearls on the topics in the videos you watched.

    Attached Files (PDF/DOCX): renal.pdf

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  • Soap Note

    Instructions:
    This assignment requires you to complete SOAP note assignment, based on a client from your clinical setting. SOAP note will involve a comprehensive analysis of the case, incorporating evidence-based research, cultural considerations, and professional writing standards. SOAP note must demonstrate your ability to apply critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and cultural sensitivity in patient care.

    SOAP Note Requirements

    SOAP note, include the following components:

    1. Subjective Analysis (2 Points for each SOAP note)
      • Provide a detailed comparison of the subjective section with current literature, addressing the following:
        a. Identification and collection of all relevant subjective data (e.g., chief complaint, history of present illness, past medical history, family history, social history).
        b. Organization and categorization of the data in a structured format.
        c. Incorporation of all pertinent data to inform the clinical assessment.
        d. Proper documentation practices consistent with professional standards.
        e. Inclusion of cultural background and any relevant cultural influences affecting the patients health or healthcare preferences.
    2. Objective Analysis (2 Points for each SOAP note)
      • Provide a detailed comparison of the objective section with current literature, addressing the following:
        a. Collection of all relevant objective data (e.g., physical exam findings, lab results, imaging studies).
        b. Organization and categorization of objective data using a clear and structured approach.
        c. Inclusion of all significant findings and exclusion of irrelevant details.
        d. Proper documentation practices.
    3. Assessment Analysis (2 Points for each SOAP note)
      • Analyze the assessment section with depth, addressing the following:
        a. Identification of relevant findings and filtering out irrelevant data.
        b. Interpretation of trends or patterns within the data.
        c. Integration of all data to formulate a primary diagnosis.
        d. Listing and detailed discussion of differential diagnoses compared to the primary diagnosis.
        e. Identification of risk factors impacting the patients health.
        f. Proper documentation practices.
    4. Plan Analysis (2 Points for each SOAP note)
      • Provide a comprehensive plan for the case, addressing the following:
        a. Development of an appropriate plan for each problem identified.
        b. Recommendations for both non-pharmacological and pharmacological therapy.
        c. Inclusion of monitoring recommendations and measurable outcomes.
        d. Incorporation of patient health education to support informed decision-making.
        e. Follow-up recommendations, including referrals if applicable.
        f. Integration of cultural considerations into patient care, explaining how the plan respects and addresses the patients cultural needs.
    5. Cultural Sensitivity (Required for each SOAP note)
      • In the demographic section, explicitly document the patients cultural background and how it may influence healthcare.
      • Discuss any culturally sensitive interventions performed or adaptations made to care based on the patients cultural needs.
    6. APA Format and References (2 Points for each SOAP note)
      • Adhere to APA 7th edition formatting throughout.
      • Include current, high-quality references (published within the past five years) to support your analysis.
      • Writing must be clear, concise, and free of grammatical errors.
      • Conclude each SOAP note with a summary and reflection on how the case informed your clinical practice.

        i have attached rubric and sample
        Does not have to be lengthy as long as everything in rubric is covered.

    Requirements:

  • End of life

    End of Life Written ReflectionEssentials of Psychiatric Nursing

    • Author: Boyd, MA
    • Publisher: Lippincott
    • Edition: 3rd

    Instructions: In a 2-3 page Word document saved as lastname_first intial EOLReflection respond to the following three questions:

    1. Describe three elements for best practice related to end of life care.

    2. Describe any changes in your values or feelings as a result of your learning activities related to end of life care and/or hospice.

    3. What additional knowledge do you need as you develop your nursing practice regarding end of life? (Potential areas of consideration: Your topic of interest and where/when you may encounter death in that field, coping/debriefing with end of life nursing experiences, addressing personal biases regarding end of life, new areas of nursing research in the end of life specialty (last 5 years), etc.)

    Include at least one (1) APA reference and utilize APA for citations.

    Evaluation Criteria

    Clearly responds to all three questions

    Incorporates pertinent and detailed information with specific examples.

    Focused and succinct while providing depth and breadth that demonstrates deep learning

    Free from distracting grammar, spelling, and punctuation mistakes

    APA references and citations

    Preparation, Required:

    In preparation for our guest speaker please review the following:

    • Learn more about Death with Dignity. Be sure to check the link “Read the Law”

    Health Care Systems and Financing

    Read these articles to prepare for the case study discussions in class:

    • Financial Health Literacy and the Shared Decision-Making Process in Healthcare
    • Addressing Medication Costs During Primary Care Visits: A BeforeAfter Study of Team-Based Training
    • Beyond Cost Centers: The True Economic Contribution of Nursing in Healthcare

    Review the case studies for in class small groups: Case study sheet to be added this week, the rest of the prep is ready.

    • Analyze the impact of chronic illness on the U.S. health care system
    • The Burden of Chronic Disease
    • Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
    • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) browse these sites and look over the new and notable section and look at CHIP Enrollment
    • Healthy People 2030 Insurance objectives scroll down to see the disparity
    • Current state and federal health care plans: Medicare, Medicaid/Oregon Health Plan:
    • In this document read through what you don’t know in the top half of this document but then go to “work requirements” and read through into financing to the end of the doc.
    • Look at and
    • Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs)
    • Triple/Quadruple Aim (IHI)
    • If you need a refresher on Triple Aim
    • IHI Quadruple Aim and Quality Improvement potential
    • Watch this excellent presentation IHI Congress 2025 [IT]: Translating Infection Reduction to Operational and Financial Metrics watch until 18:54 but excellent info after. Please feel free to complete the video on HAI.

    Grading Rubric

    Suicide Prevention Written Reflection

    Response to 3 QuestionsMeets Expectations

    Answers all 3 questions

    2 PointsRequires more effort

    Answers 1-2 questions

    1 PointsDoes not meet expectations

    Does not answer any of the 3 questions

    0 PointsContent Details & PertinenceMeets Expectations

    Pertinent details and at least 2 specific examples

    2 PointsRequires more effort

    Pertinent details with 0-1 specific examples

    1 PointsDoes not meet expectations

    No pertinent details or specific examples

    0 PointsDemonstration of LearningMeets Expectations

    Focused and succinct while providing depth and breadth that demonstrates deep learning

    2 PointsRequires more effort

    Focused but not succinct or conveyed clearly

    1 PointsDoes not meet expectations

    Unfocused with minimal evidence of understanding

    0 PointsWritten CommunicationMeets Expectations

    Free from distracting grammar, spelling, and punctuation mistakes

    2 PointsRequires more effort

    3 or less grammar, spelling, and/or punctuation mistakes

    1 PointsDoes not meet expectations

    4 or more grammar, spelling, and/or punctuation mistakes

    0 PointsAPAMeets Expectations

    0-1 APA reference list and/or citation mistakes

    2 PointsRequires more effort

    2-3 APA reference list and/or citation mistakes

    1 PointsDoes not meet expectations

    3+ or no use of APA formatting for reference list and/or citations

    0 Point

  • NURSG 1103 MEDICAL SURGICAL I HOME CARE PROJECT

    Create a patient Teaching Pamphlet related to a patient receiving care in the home environment for POSTOPERATIVE CARE.

    Use ATI RN Adult Medical Surgical Nursing Edition 12.0 Unit 14: Nursing Care of Perioperative Clients SECTION 1 | Nursing Care of Perioperative Clients Chapter 97: Postoperative Care Nursing Care

    Must Include:

    • Risk factors pertinent to patient
    • Signs and symptoms
    • When to call Primary Care Provider
    • Treatments
    • Prevention Strategies
    • Online Community Resources
    • Evidence-Based Article Supporting Topic identifies, offers a brief overview, and references article (APA) on Teaching Pamphlet
    • Identifies a National Patient Safety Goal on Teaching Pamphlet

    Attached Files (PDF/DOCX): Home Care Project(2).docx

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  • Client education in nursing practice

    After reviewing Chapter 23, Client Education: A Moral Imperative, reflect on the nurses role as an educator and how client education is an essential part of safe, ethical, and evidence-based nursing practice. Your journal entry should demonstrate thoughtful reflection, personal insight, and application to your current or future nursing role. In your journal entry, address the following: Summarize the key points you learned about the importance of client education in nursing practice. Discuss the nurses responsibility in providing client education. Why is it considered a moral and legal obligation? Reflect on a time in your practice (or a clinical scenario) where client education made a difference in a patients outcome, or where a lack of education caused complications. Describe strategies you currently use (or plan to use) to ensure effective and culturally competent patient teaching. Explore how technology and communication skills can enhance your role as an educator in nursing. Explain how you evaluate whether your client education was effective. What tools or methods do you use (e.g., teach-back, demonstration)?
  • Literature Review: The Use Of Clinical Systems to Improve Ou…

    • Review the Resources and reflect on the impact of clinical systems on outcomes and efficiencies within the context of nursing practice and healthcare delivery.
    • Conduct a search for recent (within the last 5 years) research focused on the application of clinical systems. The research should provide evidence to support the use of one type of clinical system to improve outcomes and/or efficiencies, such as the use of personal health records or portals to support patients newly diagnosed with diabetes.
    • Identify and select 4 peer-reviewed research articles from your research.
    • For information about annotated bibliographies, visit
  • Hed 202 discussion

    These are worth 50 points!! Follow the rubric!! Grading rubric 202.docx

    Actions

    Please watch this 6 minute video on Telepractice: Providing Audiology and SLP Services

    LinkLinks to an external site.

    Describe the two settings shown in the video. Describe the benefits of telepractice for both the speech pathologist and the client.

    Requirements: 2 paragraphs .

  • Carper’s Ways of Knowing in Nursing

    AMA 11th edition format Writing Assignment #1: Carper’s Way of Knowing Ways of Knowing in Nursing Read the article, Sherman, D. W. (1997). Death of a newborn: Healing the pain through Carpers patterns of knowing. Journal of the New York State Nurses Association, 28(1), 4-6. Discuss how the death of a newborn article illustrates Carpers four ways of knowing (Empirical, Aesthetic, Personal, and Ethical Knowledge) in informing knowledge development in nursing and clinical practice. Based on a clinical nursing experience of your own, identify in your case study Carpers four ways of knowing and how they have informed your knowledge development and clinical practice. (Explain each of Carpers ways of knowing and relate it to your example.)

    Attached Files (PDF/DOCX): Rubric.pdf, Carpers way of knowing.pdf, Death of a newborn – Tagged.pdf

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  • week 3 assignment personality paper

    You have been given a grant to study one of these five personality traits: openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.

    • Define and describe the personality trait you chose.
    • How might this personality trait be measured?
    • What are the advantages and drawbacks of using the personality trait approach?

    Make sure to include terminology from the textbook and include citations.

    Your paper should include and incorporate three scholarly sources. Your paper must be in APA Style and include in-text citations and a reference list. Your textbook can be one of the sources.

    Rubric

    PSYC_160_OL – Paper Rubric (1)

    PSYC_160_OL – Paper Rubric (1)

    CriteriaRatingsPtsThis criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

    Content

    25 to >22.25 pts

    Meets or Exceeds Expectations

    The writer clearly and effectively responds to the assignment with details and specific examples. Content fully addresses all aspects of the assignment. Main ideas are clear and are well supported by detailed and accurate information. All content is accurate. All opinions are thoroughly supported.

    22.25 to >18.75 pts

    Mostly Meets Expectations

    The response to the assignment is generally adequate, but may not be thorough. May be lacking some details and explanations. Main ideas are clear but are not well supported by detailed information. Content addresses, or partially addresses, most aspects of the assignment. Most content is accurate. Most opinions are supported in some way.

    18.75 to >14.75 pts

    Below Expectations

    The response to the assignment is vague and/ or inaccurate. May be lacking several details and explanations. Main ideas are not always clear or supported. Content addresses few aspects of the assignment. Much of the content is inaccurate in some way. Few opinions are supported.

    14.75 to >0 pts

    Does Not Meet Expectations

    The writer does not respond to the assignment or the response is far outside the parameters of the assignment. The topic and main ideas are not clear. Most content is inaccurate.

    25 pts

    This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

    Organization

    15 to >13.35 pts

    Meets or Exceeds Expectations

    Information is relevant and presented in a logical order. Writing and integration of source materials is eloquent and skillful. Connections among topics are clear without being repetitive or redundant.

    13.35 to >11.25 pts

    Mostly Meets Expectations

    Writing and integration of source materials is adequate with lapses in structure. Most connections among topics are clear without being repetitive or redundant.

    11.25 to >8.85 pts

    Below Expectations

    Writing and integration of source materials is awkward or confusing. Few connections among topics are clear. There is some repetitiveness or redundancy.

    8.85 to >0 pts

    Does Not Meet Expectations

    There is no clear , structure. Writing lacks skill. Sources are not present. Connections among topics are not evident.

    15 pts

    This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

    Mechanics and APA

    10 to >8.9 pts

    Meets or Exceeds Expectations

    The assignment consistently follows current APA Style and is free from errors in formatting, citation, and references. No grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. All sources are cited and referenced correctly. The paper meets all assignment criteria in length, structure, and source criteria.

    8.9 to >7.5 pts

    Mostly Meets Expectations

    The assignment consistently follows current APA Style with only isolated and inconsistent mistakes and/or has a few grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. Most sources are cited and referenced correctly. The paper meets most of the assignment criteria in length, structure, and source criteria.

    7.5 to >5.9 pts

    Below Expectations

    The assignment occasionally follows current or outdated APA Style with multiple mistakes and/or grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. Few sources are cited and referenced correctly. The paper meets some of the assignment criteria in length, structure, and source criteria.

    5.9 to >0 pts

    Does Not Meet Expectations

    The assignment does not follow current APA Style and/or has many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors. Many sources are cited and referenced incorrectly, or citations and references are missing. The paper meets few of the assignment criteria in length, structure, and source criteria.

    10 pts