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Promoting Medication Safety

Assignment #2: Promoting Medication Safety (Create a Pill Reminder Card) (individual activity)  ●     Background:  Maya Steele, a client from the virtual experience, has multiple chronic health issues and has recently returned to her home. During the home visit, the community health/public health nurse observed that Maya is high risk for making a medication error. Maya had a […]

PEDIATRIC PATIENTS AND BARIATRIC SURGERY

PEDIATRIC PATIENTS AND BARIATRIC SURGERY Statistics of pediatric patients doing bariatric surgery (2 slides) and Ethical principle(1 slide) Consideration of which, if any, ethical principles are in conflict with the opposing positions) Summary/key point (1 slide). Should a pediatric patient be candidate for bariatric surgery due to obesity?

a quality improvement opportunity in an organization

dentify a quality improvement opportunity in your organization or practice. In a 1,250-1,500 word paper, describe the problem or issue and propose a quality improvement initiative based on evidence-based practice. Apply “The Road to Evidence-Based Practice” process, illustrated in Chapter 4 of your textbook, to create your proposal. Include the following: Provide an overview of […]

interprofessional collaboration

Thoughts?? They define interprofessional collaboration as when multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds work together with patients, families, caregivers, and communities to deliver the highest quality of care. (Vega & Bernard, 2016, para. 4). Different care providers whether it be doctors, social workers, dieticians, nurses, chaplains, pharmacists, nursing assistance, etc., all coming together and […]

Medical Terminology for Health Care Professionals

Assignment Content While the title of this course is “Medical Terminology for Health Care Professionals,” it’s important to understand that medical terminology encompasses different terms outside of what is typically thought of as body systems. For this assignment, refer to your textbook, weekly resources, and the Business Side of Healthcare Infographic. Identify 10 terms that are […]

LIFESPAN

Choose 1 of the following questions to answer and include 2 references. Your post should be at least 250 words.   The references (in APA format) are not included in the word count! Discussion 1 Identify strategies and resources that contribute to older adults’ well-being and mental health Discussion 2 Discuss death and bereavement as well as […]

CARING FOR A HOSPITALIZED PEDIATRIC PATIENT

Bobby was hospitalized 6 days ago for appendicitis. After an appendectomy following a perforated appendix, he now has an open incision requiring  BID dressing changes and contact isolation due to a hospital acquired  MRSA infection. It is anticipated that he will be here for 5-10 more days for long term antibiotic therapy and wound care. […]

CHILDHOOD OBESITY

This assignment not graded. You are required to submit your paper’s topic for approval. You should include the following using APA format: * Cover page (topic listed in the Running Header) * Brief introduction (less than 1 page) * A minimum of two peer reviewed reference (Reference page)

harmful stereotypes used to marginalize groups of people

Please respond to the following questions based upon these course objectives: Identify harmful stereotypes used to marginalize groups of people. Examine the impact of inequality among groups of people. Analyze historical and contemporary cultural texts related to “othering.” Please answer the following questions with supporting examples and full explanations. For each of the learning objectives, […]

Artificial Intelligence

Work #1: Do you believe Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning is the future of cybersecurity? Explain why or why not. Work #2: For your final discussion board post, I would like each of you to reflect on what you have learned this semester. What was your impression of managerial accounting before the semester started vs. what […]