We have discussed many of the stakeholders involved in policy making. Each one has different motivations and interests in each policy. Some stakeholders may be working on policies in a manner that is unethical. Why would stakeholder work in an unethical manner for a policy? Discuss some examples of unethical practices in policymaking.
unethical practices in policymaking
Be sure to support your statements with logic and argument, citing all sources referenced. Post your initial response early and check back often to continue the discussion.
Financial statement analysis is the primary method used to assess a business’s financial condition. Explain and provide some examples using real healthcare companies to illustrate your points.
Financial statements can be useful, but they also have limitations. Explain and provide examples to illustrate your points.
Healthcare and Financial Statements
Be sure to support your statements with logic and argument, citing all sources that you used. Post your initial response early and check back often to continue the discussion.
There are hundreds of opioid conversion calculators available online, though they are not all of good quality. I would like to direct you to one of the opioid conversion calculators that I find to be most useful and evidence based. Locate http://opioidcalculator.practicalpainmanagement.com/ and evaluate the following case using the calculator as necessary. Discuss your approach to the overall case and results of your calculation.
A 79 year old white male is taking hydrocodone/APAP 10/325 for lower back pain (pt diagnosed with degenerative disc disease several months ago). The physician had written a prescription for Vicodin® 10/325 i-ii Q4-6h prn pain with a quantity of 120. Her expectation was that this would last the patient for one month. The patient is now requesting refills about every 10-14 days. He states he has been taking 2 tabs Q4h (12 tablets per day) because “the pain is so bad I just can’t stand it!”.
What is the problem with the way the patient is taking this medication versus the way it was prescribed
Based on your assessment, it is determined this patient should be converted to extended release morphine for better, more consistent pain control. Perform this conversion and provide an appropriate recommendation (drug, dose, frequency).
Advance Pharm Discussion
Migraine is a major neurological disease that affects more than 36 million men, women and children in the United States. There is no cure for migraine. Most current treatments aim to reduce headache frequency and stop individual headaches when they occur. Let’s look at a case example:
CM is 20 years old female with severe, prolonged 2 to 3 day migraines twice per month. She has difficulty sleeping and is mildly anxious. She occasionally utilizes an inhaler for asthma.
Provide an evaluation of CM’s condition including non-pharmacological interventions and treatment options
Is Cm a candidate for prophylactic therapy, and if so, what option would be best suited to her?
Post your initial response and respond to one student. Both responses should be a minimum of 150 words, scholarly written, APA formatted, and referenced. A minimum of 2 references are required
When faced initially with a disaster situation in a health care setting, what do you think your first five steps need to be? Why? BE SURE TO ADD A REFERENCE
According to your community needs, choose any problem. Provide an (a) Assessment of the community (b) a Nursing Diagnosis related to the chosen problem, (c) Planning, (d) Intervention of Nursing Care with Communities Health Promotion and Risk Reduction in your community
Patient education is an effective tool in supporting compliance and treatment for a diagnosis. It is important to consider effective ways to educate patients and their families about a diagnosis—such as coaching, brochures, or videos—and to recognize that the efficacy of any materials may differ based on the needs and learning preferences of a particular patient. Because patients or their families may be overwhelmed with a new diagnosis, it is important that materials provided by the practitioner clearly outline the information that patients need to know.
Patient Education For Children And Adolescents
For this Assignment, you will pretend that you are a contributing writer to a health blog. You are tasked with explaining important information about an assigned mental health disorder in language appropriate for child/adolescent patients and/or their caregivers.
To Prepare: Major Depressive Disorder
Research signs and symptoms for your diagnosis, pharmacological treatments, nonpharmacological treatments, and appropriate community resources and referrals.
The Assignment
In a 400- to 500-word blog post written for a patient and/or caregiver audience, explain signs and symptoms for your diagnosis, pharmacological treatments, nonpharmacological treatments, and appropriate community resources and referrals.
Reflection:write 1-2 paragraphs reflecting on your learning for the week. Guiding questions are provided or you may write about what you felt was most significant to you for the week.
Reflection On Learning assignment
You will need to post your reflection here before you are able to see other students’ posts.
Some possible areas to explore:
In your experience, how have changes in healthcare affected nurses’ ability to provide person-centered, holistic care?
As you think ahead to your future practice as an NP, which of the concepts covered this week resonates most with you? Why?
How do you anticipate that the concept of cultural humility will affect your practice?
