Respond in 400 words or more and apa format give references. You could also reference this book Health care information systems by karen wager Assume you are working with an implementation team in installing a new nursing documentation system for a home health agency. Historically, all of the agency’s nursing documentation was recorded in paper […]
Human Resource Functions
Addressing Key Human Resource Functions Part 1 Training staff is important for employers as training focuses on current job requirements. Employers’ responsibilities around staff development arguably are not as obvious since development focuses on enhancing skills required for future jobs. Respond to the following questions in relation to staff development: Do you think employers should invest in […]
Validity in Quantitative Research Designs
Validity in research refers to the extent researchers can be confident that the cause and effect they identify in their research are in fact causal relationships. If there is low validity in a study, it usually means that the research design is flawed and the results will be of little or no value. Four different […]
From moment to moment, a nurse leader’s day involves communication—with patients, families, colleagues, supervisors, and so on.
Think of a particular day you spent working in a health care environment, and consider three or four distinct points in time. For each point of time, consider the following: With whom did you interact? Which forms of communication did you use? What issues were communicated about—did they seem to be light-hearted or sensitive? Straightforward […]
nursing discussion
Andrea was working in the cardiac catheterization lab when a young woman undergoing a cardiac ablation started to have small seizures. The nurse noticed these and asked the physician to look at the patient. The physician asked Andrea to get his smart phone and film the seizures. This video message was sent to a neurologist […]
Cultural competence in nursing
It is important that nurses develop cultural competence for their nursing practices. 1. How will you use the five constructs toward cultural competence (awareness, knowledge, encounters, skill, and desire) to develop your cultural competence? (answer in at least 10 sentences) 2. Give one example from your life in which you have had a cultural encounter […]
Advancement opportunities for a professional nurse with a BSN.
In this week, you will focus on the opportunities in the clinical versus management tracts. Using the Online Library or the Internet, research the clinical and management tracts for nursing advancement. Based on your research, complete the following tasks as a 2- to 3-page report in a Microsoft Word document: Discuss at least three advancement […]
Diagnosing Gastrointestinal Disorders
In primary care settings, patients often present with abdominal pain. Although this is frequently a sign of a gastrointestinal (GI) disorder, abdominal pain could also be the result of other systemic disorders, making this type of pain difficult to assess. While abdominal pain is most common, many other GI symptoms also overlap multiple disorders, further […]
communication in nursing
From moment to moment, a nurse leader’s day involves communication—with patients, families, colleagues, supervisors, and so on. Think of a particular day you spent working in a health care environment, and consider three or four distinct points in time. For each point of time, consider the following: With whom did you interact? Which forms of […]
nursing ethical discussion
Consider the following three scenarios: Scenario 1: Ms. Teel brings in her 7-month-old infant for evaluation. She is afraid that the baby might have respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) because she seems to be coughing a lot, and Ms. Teel heard that RSV is a common condition for infants. A detailed patient history reveals that the […]