Category: Nursing

Caring for African American, Mexican, & Navajo Populations
After studying Module 1: Lecture Materials & Resources, discuss the following:
Describe the importance of folk medicine practices and folk healers to African Americans in the rural setting. 
Mrs. M., a Mexican American who just gave birth, tells the nurse not to include certain foods on her meal tray because her mother told her to avoid those foods while breastfeeding. The nurse tells her that she doesn’t have to avoid any foods and should eat whatever she desires. What concept does this demonstrate? 
Describe at least two communication barriers encountered by non-Navajo nurses when providing care to Navajo clients. 
Submission Instructions:
Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted, and cited in current APA style.
Incorporate a minimum of 4 current (published within the last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work. Journal articles should be referenced according to the current APA style (the online library has an abbreviated version of the APA Manual).

Module 1B Assignment – Draft Administrative Practicum Objectives
Instructions
Select a preceptor whose primary role is a nursing (preferred) or healthcare manager or leader. This individual will have a Master or Doctoral degree. Together with your preceptor, discuss goals and plans that will lead to the attainment of the objectives for the course and the learning objectives you wish to accomplish.
Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to help you establish practicum objectives for your clinical experiences.
Instructions:
Complete the readings and learning activities for Module 1.
1. Create four objectives for your clinical practicum and submit draft practicum objectives worksheet. Each objective should:
Identify the associated AONL nurse manager or nurse executive competency you wish to improve
Identify the associated course objectives
Objectives must be submitted in a word document with your name at the top of the page. No cover page or reference page required.
Complete and submit the assignment by 23:59 EST Sunday.
Module Objectives:
This assignment aids in the attainment of the following Module Objectives:
MO1: Perform a self-assessment of nurse leader competencies (CO 4).
MO2: Develop objectives for practicum experiences (CO 4).      
MO3: Identify preceptor as practicum mentor (CO 1).
MO4: Investigate factors in healthcare environments that influence nurse leader decision-making (CO 2, 3).                                                                                                                       
MO5: Examine leadership styles and theories that guide nurse leader practice (CO 2, 4).

Investigate the far-reaching impact of climate change, and select one issue that is impacting global health as a result of climate change. Read about emerging efforts to address the selected climate change issue and consider additional solutions to prepare for its impact and to advocate for improved outcomes.
In a 2 to 4- page paper, address the elements below. Use a minimum of 3 peer-reviewed scholarly sources, current within 5 years, to support your work. See the rubric for specific, required content criteria within each section of the paper:
Provide an introduction to the paper.
Identify and describe one issue that is impacting global health as a result of climate change. Explain how this issue influences global health and the health of individuals. Describe current efforts to address this climate change-related health concern.
Propose one strategy at the local level to prepare for or address the impact of this issue and explain the resources that would be needed. Discuss how the strategy would impact the health of individuals locally as well as global health.
Provide a summary of the paper.

In a review of the content and material related to a psychiatric mental health assessment interview, what components were surprising for you or different from your previous nursing experience intake information?

The person that I am doing my project on is
Stephen Craig Paddock[5] (April 9, 1953 – October 1, 2017)[6] was an American mass murderer who perpetrated the 2017 Las Vegas shooting. Paddock opened fire into a crowd of about 22,000 concertgoers attending a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip, killing 60 people[a] and injuring approximately 867 
instructions:
Now, it’s time to turn in your course project. Remember your project should include the following:
A Mental Health Concern – and the Patient or Community – for your project.
A brief history of the patient including diagnoses and medications – or a brief description of the community issue.
Any substance abuse, addiction or violence issues surrounding this mental health problem. Describe the attempted interventions that have been made for your patient or community, and identify what has been successful and what has not. Submit a rough draft of information gathered so far.
Describe your thoughts regarding your patient’s or community’s mental health issue. Are there any cognitive concerns? Think about interventions that may be helpful. Include sources for evidence-based practice.
List appropriate nursing interventions for your chosen patient or community. How will you evaluate effectiveness? Include an evaluation tool or rubric.
Complete your course project by identifying mental health resources that can be used for your chosen patient or community. Finish with an educational tool for your patient or community.
And for the NANDA diagnosis list only the ones that could be used are the ones marked and yellow

1. Download the Preparation Guide Regional Examination for Nurse Registration CARICOM Countries (Caribbean Examinations Council, The Garrison, St Michael BB14038, Barbados. September 4, 2014 (please see link below)
2. Select ONE of the Domains of competencies assessed in the Regional Examination for Nurse Registration (RENR) (pp.12 -17) 
3. Using the BScN curriculum, select one course from Semester I in year II and one course from any Semester from either years III or IV and describe the extent to which the selected domain and any three (3) related competencies are reflected in each course; provide specific examples 
4. Indicate, with evidence-based justification, the assessment method (s) that might be appropriate for the course based on the RENR domain and selected competencies as reflected in the selected courses 
5. Provide an evidence-based discussion of the implication of the inclusion/exclusion of the selected RENR competencies within the selected BSc Nursing courses. 
6. Format, referencing and adherence to APA 7th edition guidelines 

Using the readings from this week as well as reliable outside resources to: 
Identify and describe practice barriers for all four APNs’ roles in your state and discuss these barriers on a state and national level. The four roles include the nurse midwife, nurse anesthetist, nurse practitioner, and clinical nurse specialist.
Identify forms of competition on the state and national level that interfere with APNs’ ability to practice independently.
Identify the specific lawmakers by name at the state level (i.e., key members of the state’s legislative branch and executive branch of government)
Discuss interest groups that exist at the state and national levels that influence APN policy.
Discuss methods used to influence change in policy in forms of competition, state legislative and executive branches of government, and interest groups.
A scholarly resource must be used for EACH discussion question each week.

Graded APA Paper
o Your topic is “How Secondary Traumatic Stress (caring for a patient who dies) affects the nurse’s ability to continue to work ([professional] compassion fatigue)”.
Add how they coped if mentioned.
▪ You can use articles related to Nurses working with COVID patients
▪ it must be Secondary Traumatic Stress (witnessing/ caring for someone else dying) and it has to be from the professional’s perspective, not the spouse, family or friend.
o 4-6 pages
o Minimum of 3 current (5 years or less) evidenced based articles (fact sheets and blogs are not evidenced based articles, but can be used as a 4th source, as can your textbook)
-Full Articles must be submitted with the paper, these can of course be PDFs
o No abstract is needed.
o APA format is necessary, use the APA 7th edition guidelines.
Write an essay about how witnessing patients die affects nurses’ ability to keep working, focusing on secondary traumatic stress (STS) and professional compassion fatigue, particularly in the context of caring for COVID-19 patients. Use articles about nurses working with COVID patients. The stress should be from seeing others die, not personal loss. It should be from the nurse’s point of view, not their family or friends. Make it 4-6 pages long, and use at least 3 recent articles for evidence. These articles should be from the last 5 years. Include the full articles with your paper. Discuss how nurses cope with STS and compassion fatigue, specifically in the context of caring for COVID-19 patients. No abstract is needed, but use APA format according to the 7th edition guidelines.

Directions
In your initial post, provide an example that is clinically relevant to the practice of psychiatric medicine interactions at the excretion level. Include at least two references other than Stahl.
If you copy and paste references from the course into your assignment, be sure to confirm APA formatting before submitting.

documents APA style and power point presentation to discuss in class. Name os documents ACI_NUR181_CSN BODERO NAME_STUDENT ID 229691_ INITIAL OF FIRST NAME C