Type: Health Project

Subject: Complex Health (Med Surg II)

Subject area: Nursing

Education Level: Undergraduate/College

Length: 3 pages

Referencing style: APA

Preferred English: US English

Spacing Option: Double

Instructions: Objective: The older adult population (65 and older) is the fastest growing aggregate of the population. Additionally life expectancy is projected to increase on average by 19 years (Lewis, 2017). It is more important than ever for nurses to be able to efficiently and effectively assess this population for the purpose of early identification and intervention for problems as well as to promote elderly independence, and optimal quality and quantity of life.

 

Guidelines:

Each student is to select a Well elder, 65 years or older to assess and develop a plan of care on. 

 

1. Introductory paragraph which includes demographic data about the person, how you know this person, why you selected them for the project, etc.  Also include a description of the setting where the assessment occurred.
2. Assessment of the Well Elder including:

A.      Erikson’s stage or development supported with examples.

                   B.     Ethnic, religious and cultural background. 

C.     Support systems

D.     Medical History (you are not to perform a physical assessment)

       E.     Mini Mental Exam http://www.fammed.usouthal.edu/Guides&JobAids/Geriatric/MMSE.pdf

F.     Geriatric Depression Scale http://img.medscape.com/pi/emed/ckb/psychiatry/285911-1335300-1356106-1392043.pdf

G.     Current medications and understanding of these medications

H.     Living Environment

I. SPICES assessment

J.      Braden Score

K.     Fall Risk Assessment (you may select a tool)

                   L.      Nutritional Assessment

                   M.     Ability to learn

3. Compile the assessment information in an organized manner (may use assessment tools/forms when available).

4. Based on the assessment identify 3 health promotion/maintenance goals for this elder. (briefly defend your choices)
5. Identify and discuss client specific strategies to accomplish these goals. 

6..     A summary of the visit, the results of the session and your reflection of the activity. 

 

It is expected that you will use complete sentences and give attention to clear sentence    structure, grammar, and spelling. 

 

        

Lewis, S. L., Dirksen, S. R., Heitkempter, M. M., Bucher, L., & Camera, I. M.  (2017). Medical-Surgical nursing: Assessment and management of clinical problems (10th edition).  St. Louis, MO:Mosby Elsevier.

Type: Case Study

Subject: Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology

Subject area: Nursing

Education Level: Undergraduate/College

Length: 1 pages

Referencing style: APA

Preferred English: US English

Spacing Option: Double

Instructions: scenario: 65 year old female with a history of crohns disease. she is 2 days post op hemicolectomy with colostomy. she calls the nurse's station complaining of trouble breathing and chest pain. home medications: -nph 20 units in the am & 30 units in the pm -regular insulin 5 units with meals. -ibuprofen 800mg bid -sulfasalazine (azulfidine) 3 grams daily. **clinical practice guidelines -identify clinical practice guidelines that support the medical and nursing plan of care. **legal/ ethical dilemma -list & discuss the potential legal and/ or ethical dilemma that could occur -identify the stakeholders & their involvement in the issue -discuss how the nurse should address the issue. ** references no later than 5 years old**

Type: Assignments

Subject: Pathophysiology

Subject area: All Subjects

Education Level: Undergraduate/College

Length: 3 pages

Referencing style: APA

Preferred English: English

Spacing Option: Double

Instructions: discussions should be approx. 750 words (you will not be downgraded if you go over). please include word count with your post. all in text citations, quotations and paraphrasing should be done in apa format. references should not be included in word count. this weeks assignment requires you to critically analyze a clinical scenario. you are asked to develop a diagnosis for a patient. please note, you will be graded on the process and your critical analysis of the information provided. you must support your diagnosis with data and cited information. it would be helpful to explain other potential pathologies and how/why you excluded them. thus, the diagnosis itself is not the determining factor for grading, a 23-year-old man presented with a 4-week history of coughing, breathlessness and malaise. he had lost 4kg in weight, but had no history of night sweats or haemoptysis. he had returned from holiday in pakistan 2 months earlier. on examination, he was mildly pyrexial (37.8°c) but had no evidence of anaemia or clubbing. crepitations were audible over the lung apices; there were no other physical signs. his haemoglobin and white cell count were normal but the crp was 231 mg/l. the chest x-ray (links to an external site.) showed bilateral upper- and middle-lobe shadowing but no hilar enlargement. sputum was found to contain acid-fast bacilli and mycobacterium was subsequently cultured. a mantoux test (links to an external site.) was strongly positive. what is your diagnosis and why?

Type: Write a 2 page article

Subject: Article on the role of a nurse educator

Subject area: Nursing

Education Level: Masters Program

Length: 2 pages

Referencing style: APA

Preferred English: US English

Spacing Option: Double

Instructions: Assessment 1 Context MSN-FP6103

As you start this course, it seems very appropriate to consider where we have been as a  profession, both in nursing and nursing education, as well as where you have been and are  going as a professional. This seems especially important at this time in health care, where more  is demanded of nurses and, as the Institute of Medicine has urged us in the subtitle of the report  The Future of Nursing (2010), we are to be "Leading Change, Advancing Health." 

A multitude of forces beyond our control, including economic and political forces, may shape the  profession of nursing; as nurse educators, however, it is our work to provide the educational  foundations needed for patient care, for improved health status for all, and for a well-prepared  workforce of nurses. 

The Nurse Educator Role 

When we say we are nurse educators, the image that comes to mind for many is that of a  nursing instructor in an undergraduate nursing program. The work that person is engaged in is  teaching others how to be nurses. While that is certainly one aspect of the nurse educator role,  the setting and the work may vary greatly and have expanded in recent years. Today, nurse  educators are also staff development specialists, clinical nurse educators, nurse navigators,  patient educators, researchers, and community health educators, to name a few of the many  options available. 

Some nurse educators, especially in university settings, will hold joint appointments as nursing  faculty in a college of nursing and as clinicians in the university hospital. Other educators will  work exclusively in a hospital or community setting, educating staff, patients, or community.  Regardless of the setting, the role of educator encompasses more than teaching; there is also  an expectation for scholarship and for service. 

References 

Institute of Medicine. (2010). The future of nursing: Leading change, advancing health.  Washington, DC: National Academies Press. 

Zorn, C. R. (2010). Becoming a nurse educator: Dialogue for an emerging career. Sudbury, MA:  Jones & Bartlett Learning.