The ANA supports elimination of manual patient handling in an effort to reduce work related injuries among nurses, other healthcare workers and patients. The goal of the Safe Patient Handling and Movement (SPHM) program is to protect nurses, healthcare workers and patients from injuries sustained during patient transfers by using assistive devices and in doing…
Nursing shortage is a growing problem, and is predicted to reach 1 million by the year 2020. In order to address this issue, the ANA is lobbying for Congress to increase funding for Nursing Workforce Development programs. There are six major grant programs in Title VIII that would benefit from the increased funding and could…
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…
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,…
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…
Fill in the missing information for each of the following systems: System Description Key principles Treatments or therapies used Education requirements Overseeing organization Licensing or certification Supportive research Ayurveda Traditional Chinese medicine Native American medicine Homeopathy Naturopathy …
Once you have developed/discussed 3 strategies in the Section C1, then for Section C2 you can discuss how you would be able to evaluate each of the 3 strategies. For example, if you decide to create a new position [Educator/Navigator] . . . how would you be able to determine if that strategy is proving…
Discuss how you will promote best practices for managing the disease in your current health care facility (your place of employment). You should discuss how you can use your position as a nurse to promote changes within your health care setting that advocate for management of your selected disease using best practices.
The task instructions direct you to discuss the disparities of disease “management” at the national and international level. You may choose to analyze, but are not limited to, disparities in access to care, medical insurance, cultural implications, etc. For example, I suspect that disease management approaches [e.g. access to care, coverage for payment of care,…
Here you should discuss characteristics of and resources for a patient who manages the selected disease well, including access to care, treatment options, life expectancy, and outcomes. The discussion may include information about how a patient managing the disease would present, what their quality of life is like, and what it takes for the patient…
Information about evidence-based pharmacologic treatments in your state may parallel what you located about pharmacologic treatments in the “standards of practice” or “standards of care” or “CPGs” that you located for your discussion in Section A2 [above]. However, in order to determine if the standards you located above parallel what the “standard” is in your…
1. _____ Introduction to disease process 2. _____Pathophysiology discussed with in-text citation(s) 3. _____Standard of Practice with in-text citation(s) if appropriate 4. _____Pharmacologic treatments with in-text citation(s) 5. _____ Pharmacologic impact on my community with in-text citation(s) if applicable 6. _____Clinical guidelines for disease assessment with in-text citation(s) 7. _____ Clinical guidelines for disease diagnosis…