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NR305 Week 2 Discussion, Assessment for Health Promotion General Survey/Skin/Nutrition The areas that I would be observing immediately upon arrival at their home would be Millie’s level of consciousness since she was staring blankly out of the window. Look at her skin color on her bottom since she has been sitting in her wheelchair and she has problems with incontinence, also look at her overall behavior. Like her facial expressions, mood, speech, dress and personal hygiene. I would check...

Week 6: Use of Informatics in Professional Nursing This is a graded discussion: 50 points possible - due Jun 10 How do you use informatics and technology in your nursing practice? How do you see that use changing in the future? What ethical issues have arisen or might arise from use of technology and informatics in professional nursing? According to Blais and Hayes (2011, p. 301), "nursing informatics is the combination of computer and information science with nursing science". In my...

Week 1: Exploring the Nurse’s Role in Health Assessment (graded) 7070 unread replies. replies. This week's graded topics relate to the following Course Outcomes (COs). • (CO #1) - Utilize prior knowledge of theories and principles of nursing and related disciplines to explain expected client behaviors, while differentiating between normal findings, variations, and abnormalities. (PO #1) • (CO #5) - Explore the professional responsibilities involved in conducting a comprehensive health...

NR351 Week 8 Discussion, ACCN BSN Essentials and Your Future Practice Erin Kramer 8:22am Feb 21 at 8:22am The AACN BSN essential that I selected is Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Care and Patient Safety. This essential I think encompasses all the things needed to further a career nursing, separate from bedside nursing. It is all about high quality patient care, where leadership is needed; along with ethical and critical decision, this essential includes util...

Application of Nursing Theory to Practice (graded) You are a professional nurse caring for Mr. R, a 58-year-old patient who recently underwent surgery for colon cancer resulting in a temporary colostomy. Select one of the assigned or unassigned nursing theories from our textbook and address the following: • Basic content and terminology of the theory or model you select, and • How you would provide professional nursing care for Mr. R. using that theory. Be sure to use terminology from the...

NR351 Week 6 Discussion, Best Leaders The best leader I have ever known was initially one of my preceptors during my orientation period directly after graduation as an RN. She was a fabulous educator. Not once in that orientation period was I made to feel inferior as a new graduate. The skills that she demonstrated to me, allowed me to develop my nursing skills with her guidance. By definition in our text, “people who influence others”, she was most definitely a leader (Hood, 2018, p. 443)...

NR_351 Week 5 Discussion, Using Evidence-Based Practice to Improve Patient Care A nursing issue I am selecting to voice about, is medication error (problem). Medication errors happen all around the world, but they can be preventable. Some medication errors are reported, but many others are not. Medication errors don’t always cause death and might be a contributing factor to why some nurses don’t feel the need to report them. Medication errors can happen at any point in the course. It can h...

NR_351 Week 5 Discussion, Leadership to Improve Quality in Diverse Situations This is a graded discussion: 50 points possible due Feb 4 Week 5: Leadership to Improve Quality in Diverse Situations Nurses demonstrate leadership in many situations. For this discussion, identify only one situation from the choices below that you have not previously experienced, and tell us how the nurse could improve quality through demonstrating leadership. Communicating with legislators to influence healt...

NR351 Week 4 Discussion 1, Nursing Roles in Quality Improvement This is a graded discussion: 50 points possible due Jan 28 Week 4: Nursing Roles in Quality Improvement How do nurses promote patient safety and improve quality at your workplace? How do you report errors and near misses? What changes would you suggest be made on your unit or facility to improve a nonpunitive culture of safety? --- Deborah Augustyniak Yesterday Jan 20 at 6:31pm Class, you may begin posting in this TD on Sund...