Category: Nursing

Health Care Priority Issue
Access the Healthy People 2030 Objectives [https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives]. Select ONE objective (priority healthcare issue) and identify a population you would like to explore.  Conduct research to locate information to write about the following:
Specifically, the paper should include the following components:
Health Care Objective
Identifies a healthcare objective. Describes the healthcare objective, the population it involves, and significance of the healthcare issue by using specific facts and details. Ends with a clearly worded purpose statement.
Rationale and Importance to Nursing
Discuss the rationale for choosing the healthcare objective and describe why this issue is important to nursing.  Provides details.
Nursing Interventions and Outcomes
Clearly identify two nursing actions or interventions designed to improve care that is measured in patient outcomes.  From two nursing articles, select a total of two (no more or less than two) key nursing interventions that improved patient outcomes and explain how the nursing interventions improved each of the two patient outcomes.  Provide details.
Quality Improvement Initiative and Patient Care
Using the interventions from the articles/studies, describe how you would recommend a Quality Initiative (QI) to improve patient care within a healthcare facility (hospital) and explain why this QI would be important to implement for patients. Provides details. 
Nursing, Quality, and Outcomes
Discuss why it is important for nursing to be involved in quality initiatives and explain how two professional nursing values can help to improve patient care. Provides details
Conclusion
Summarize key points in paper.
Additional Instructions:
All submissions should have a title page and reference page.
Utilize a minimum of two scholarly resources.
Adhere to grammar, spelling and punctuation criteria.
Adhere to APA compliance guidelines.
Adhere to the chosen Submission Option for Delivery of Activity guidelines.

Assignment Details:
Adopting technology is inevitable and constantly improving.
Write a report that addresses the following:
• Think about where nursing informatics will be 5 years from now. Summarize your findings, and add any ideas that you have based on your experience as a nurse.
• Research and explain how meaningful use guidelines are affecting electronic documentation processes in the acute care setting.
• What phase of meaningful use is your current employer in?( I am a Registered Nurse) What evidence supports your decision?
Incorporate at least 2 resources on meaningful use for this part.
Ensure that your report cites at least 4 peer-reviewed references published within the past 5 years.

In a minimum of seven pages, discuss the five leadership domains assessed by the ACHE assessment tool. Then, reflect on your own leadership strengths and weaknesses and the qualities of a leader you have and those you have an opportunity to develop. Create a personal development plan with a timeline for developing your leadership skills.

Case Study 3: Holistic Management of Type 2 Diabetes with Comorbidities
Patient Profile: Sarah, a 55-year-old woman, presents to her primary care nurse practitioner
with complaints of increased thirst, frequent urination, and fatigue over the past few weeks.
She has a family history of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), with her father and two siblings
diagnosed with the same condition. She has a BMI of 30.9 and a sedentary lifestyle. Laboratory
tests reveal elevated fasting blood glucose levels of 140 mg/dL, an HbA1c of 8.5%, and a total
cholesterol level of 207 mg/dL, and triglycerides of 158 mg/dL Her blood pressure measures is
135/78 mmHg,
Case Scenario: Sarah is your patient now, and you have just diagnosed her with type 2 diabetes.
You (as her PCP) initiate a comprehensive treatment plan according to the latest guidelines to
mitigate long-term complications.
Questions:
1. According to the latest guidelines, what would be the initial pharmacologic and nonpharmacological treatment for Sarah’s type 2 diabetes?
2. According to the latest guidelines, what additional preventive (pharmacological and nonpharmacological) measures would need to be taken to mitigate Sarah’s risk of cardiac
consequences, considering her lipids and hypertension state?
3. Which referrals, if any, would be necessary for Sarah’s comprehensive management, and
what specific assessments or interventions would these referrals entail?
4. When would you recommend scheduling Sarah for a follow-up appointment to assess
her response to treatment ?

Given the above scenario, please answer the following questions:
1. Mary feels her concerns regarding the shortage of beds for psychiatric patients in her county are falling on deaf ears. As a result she has turned to her professional nursing organization to help her. Discuss the importance of professional nursing organizations and how registered nurses can utilize these groups to improve care.
Your response must be at minimum 250 words.
Please remember that you must include one citation from a scholarly source that is within the last 5 years using APA guidelines.

Students much review the case study and answer all questions with a scholarly response using APA and include 2 scholarly references. Answer both case studies on the same document and upload 1 document to Moodle.
Case Studies will be uploaded to Moodle and put through TURN-It-In (anti-Plagiarism program)
Turn it in Score must be less than 25 % or will not be accepted for credit, must be your own work and in your own words. 

Please see ideas for your health topic below in the link with (cancer) which can further assist you.
https://www.cancer.org/health-care-professionals/patient-education-materials-for-professionals.html
Education Materials for Your Patients | Cancer Handouts and Flyers
Inform your patients about cancer, treatment, side effects, and more with these easy-to-read materials.
www.cancer.org
You do not have to use this link, but it has many different topics to assist you to educate your patients with cancer as your professional product/intervention. 
Create a brochure with your  intervention, as a solution to the problem, based on your assessment and supported by data and scholarly, evidence-based sources.
Incorporate relevant aspects of the following considerations that shaped your understanding of the problem:
Leadership.
Collaboration.
Communication.
Change management.
Policy.
Quality of care.
Patient safety.
Costs to the system and individual.
Technology.
Care coordination.
Community resources.
The most important part in this assessment is the patient education. 

Design and describe the process for the technology integration, ‘the remedy’ (from the week 5 assignment), into the practice setting or into your proposed student DNP Project design.
Download the PDSA worksheet accessed using the link below. The form is a fillable form allowing you to complete the form when it is open in the browser window. PDSA WorksheetLinks to an external site.
Fill out PLAN section of worksheet, ensuring comprehensive answers.
Include at least 3 recent peer-reviewed journals to support your plan.
You can submit your references on a separate submission or add them to a free text box under the DO section.
Once you have completed the form you can print the form as a PDF file which you will then upload into the assignment submission.

Case #3. Randi.
History of Present Illness (HPI): Randi, a 22-year-old female, presents to the clinic with c/o of a 3-day
history of thick white vaginal discharge, intense vaginal itching, and dysuria. She reports she is sexually
active with 1 partner. No history of STI’s. She had a recent sinus infection and was on amoxicillin x 10
days.
Prior medical history: None.
Prior surgical history: None.
Current medications: Mirena IUD – inserted last year. Allergies: Sulfa
Social history: College student. Lives with mother. Denies smoking or recreational drugs. Vapes daily.
Family history: Mother alive and well. Father alive and well. Sister – diabetes: uses insulin pump
OB- GYN History: Menarche age 13, cycle length 5 days – frequency every 28 days. No history of
sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Never had a pap smear.
Review of Systems (ROS): As noted in HPI.
Physical Exam (PE)
VS: BP: 110/70, P: 109, RR: 17, T: 98.9, Weight: 132 lbs., Height 65 inches, BMI 22 kg/m2
• General: AAO x 3, pleasant.
• Gynecological: EXTERNAL EXAM: mild erythema, white clumpy discharge. SPECULUM/INTERNAL
EXAM: Cervix: normal appearance, no lesions, no bleeding, white discharge, no cervical
movement tenderness. UTERUS: normal size, shape, and consistency, normal mobility,
nontender. ADNEXA: no masses or tenderness bilaterally.
Case # (3 ) Randi and Descriiption of the Case Chosen with template.

Read: Clinical Virtual Simulation in Nursing Education: Randomized Controlled Trial
https://www.jmir.org/2019/3/e11529/ Complete the checklist based on the article you read above. (fill out the attached file)