Clinical Guidelines and Nursing-Sensitive Outcomes

This week you will be completing an individual PowerPoint addressing your chosen and approved clinical guideline: Clearly describe the best practice or clinical guideline and provide a working link to a resource that is helpful in understanding this practice or guideline. Discuss why this best practice or guideline should be utilized in nursing practice. Why does it…

Drug Profile Paper

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you identify abused substances and their various effects. 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 they have, and…

Pros and cons of current state-by-state licensure versus a national licensure

Pros and cons of current state-by-state licensure versus a national licensure assignment Please respond to the following questions or statements in 100-250 words each. Please support ALL posts with outside sources. What are the pros and cons of current state-by-state licensure versus a national licensure that has been discussed for health care professionals? Please support your…

Nursing History, Theories, and Conceptual Model

Write a formal paper (750-1,000 words) that addresses the following:   Discuss the differences in competencies between nurses prepared at the associate-degree level versus the baccalaureate-degree level in nursing. Identify a patient care situation in which you describe how nursing care or approaches to decision-making may differ based upon the educational preparation of the nurse…