While supporting the elimination of manual patient handling, the ANA is lobbying for Safe Patient Handling (SPH) legislation. This legislation will include more assistive equipment and devices to help with patient handling. Health care, particularly the nursing field, has become one of the most dangerous industries in the United States. Nurses are prone to musculoskeletal…
There are a great number of resources on the Internet that provide reliable examples of health assessments. One such site is that of Los Angeles County, California, a public site. Go to the link below and choose a health issue (i.e. Children with Special Health Care Needs). Review the data and evaluate it. Report your…
The government has defined health literacy as “The degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions” (Healthy People 2020, 2011). Scholars have demonstrated that health literacy skills are stronger predictors of health status than age, income, employment status, education level,…
You will identify a case study and then develop a nutritional care plan for the client associated with that case. Project tasks to be completed: Task 1: a. Choose from one of the following stages: pregnancy, infancy and childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age. b. List the specific nutrition issues affecting individuals in your selected…
The process of comparing the current state of a system or workflow and to the desired, future state of the workflow, and then formulating preliminary ideas about how to move from the current to the future is known as a gap analysis. There are several different ways to collect information about an identified problem and…
The World Health Organization’s “Statistical Information System” is an interactive database that allows you to compare health indicators for multiple countries. For this Assignment, you will compare data from the two countries you selected for Discussion 2 with the United States (i.e., compare the same countries in both Discussion 2 and the Assignment). In preparation…
Online learning and research presents many challenges, just the same as traditional learning. These challenges include finding reliable, current, and legitimate scholarly resources. You may already have favorite online resources and databases that you use or have found useful in the past. As you begin your program of study, you will identify many resources you…
Use the information we have discussed in class about dietetic internships to search for a minimum of five. You are encouraged to fill out this information for each internship you find that you are interested in for your own personal reference. Please organize information into a table. For each of the internships selected, please indicate: i…
In this project, you should identify abused substances and their various effects. Complete this project with option 1) written paper Include the following: Explain the psychology and physiology of addiction. Identify specific drug substances covering the following categories: stimulants, depressants, narcotics, hallucinogens, and cannabis. Discuss the addiction potential of various abused substances, what effects…
Each week you will make an entry into your Journal. You are asked to reflect on 3 of the key points for each class. Key points: What did you take away from the module knowledge wise or interesting? Each entry should reflect on your understanding of the topic, your experiences and observations in your work…
Have you encountered a situation similar to the scenario in the Self-Evaluation? If so, how did you handle it? (Throughout Modules 2-3, we will cover information pertinent to this scenario and your options.) How does your State Nurse Practice Act address Nursing Peer Review situations? Post your responses to the questions above on the Discussion…
The final project for this course is a case study that you will select, analyze, and report on using the IRAC (issue, rule, application, conclusion) format. Review the description of the final project in the Final Project Guidelines and Rubric document. Visit the selected resources or other sources for locating reported case law. Think about…