Pharmacological Treatments

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 state/community you may need to contact local health care practices and inquire about what pharmacologic approaches they utilize for treatment of your selected disease process.

DO NOT FORGET to make an observation/statement about how the evidence-based pharmacologic treatments affect the management of your selected disease process in your community. . .

. . . How might you know that? You could inquire about success of the disease management with large primary care or specialty care practices in your community. You can “Google search” your local county health department and see if they have any reports that contain information about your community relative to your selected disease process. Large health care systems often conduct “community assessments” which may contain this type of information – these can be accessed through a “Google search” also. Or you can look up death rates by “disease” on state or local government websites.

Do My Nursing Essay

Create a 10–12-slide PowerPoint presentation to identify medications associated with a chosen disease or health condition, explain the actions and side effects of the medications, and discuss any controversies related to the medications. Explain a treatment regime, including pharmacology, for the disease or health condition you selected, along with how the treatment regime may affect a client’s lifestyle.

Imagine your supervisor has asked you to conduct a lunch and learn session to educate your fellow nursing staff on pharmacological interventions.

Preparation:

Select a disease or health condition that requires pharmacological intervention. You may choose any disease or health condition you wish, but the disease or health condition must be relevant to nurses from a variety of settings (for example: ER, pediatrics, public health, et cetera).

Requirements:

Once you have selected a disease or health condition, create a PowerPoint presentation you could use in your lunch and learn session, including the following:

· Identify the disease or health condition you have chosen, along with the areas where nurses are likely to see it. (Do this in the agenda slide or next slide after the agenda.)

· Identify the three drugs used most often in the treatment of the disease or health condition.

· Explain the types of actions, side effects, indications, and contraindications that could be expected from the pharmacological treatment.

· Describe the treatment regime most often prescribed for the disease or health condition. This should include pharmacology but not be limited to pharmacology.

· Explain how the treatment regime (including pharmacology) may impact a client’s lifestyle. Consider things such as finances, ease or complexity of administration, instructions (frequency, duration), et cetera.

· Describe how a nurse should monitor a client being treated for the disease or health condition in order to obtain a quality patient outcome.

· Explain any controversies associated with the drugs used in the treatment. For example, is there a black box warning with any of the drugs?

Use the notes section of each slide to expand your points or draft your mock oral presentation (or both) and reference your resources. Use at least 3 peer-reviewed or professional resources to support your work in this assessment. Be sure your PowerPoint includes a title slide, a slide with your agenda or list of topics to be covered, and a reference slide. Follow current APA style and formatting guidelines for your citations and references.