Yearly Archives: 2022

In your initial post, using the NONPF core competency you chose in Week 2 Choice: Core Competencies, discuss ways you as a student have or can begin to exemplify this competency. These exemplars can be from clinical experiences over the past year, course work or assignments completed in other classes, and internal (employment) and external […]

Use this area to create a 2- to 3-minute video showing your face and using your voice to introduce yourself to the group. In the video, please make sure to complete the following items:   Your specialty track (Pediatric, Family, Psych/Mental Health, Women’s Health, Adult Geriatric-Primary, or Adult Geriatric-Acute) and why you chose this track. […]

Numerous recent and past mass casualty events and disasters have taught us – often painfully – that children truly are a special needs population. From the size of their bodies, to the emotional dependence on others, children present challenges for planners and responders.   Weekly Objectives:   Discuss unique aspects of emergency preparedness in children. […]

Planning for our patients during times of transitions (for example: hospital to home, home to rehabilitation facility) involves collaboration with a number of healthcare professionals. Please address the following questions:   How does your facility promote interprofessional collaboration during times of patient transitions?   What is the role of the nurse in patient transitions?   […]

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) not only lead the way with respect to mortality rates at a global level but also account for the majority of deaths in high-income countries. According to Bashir (2021), the most common causes of death in Saudi Arabia are ischemic heart disease, road injuries, stroke, chronic kidney disease, lower respiratory tract infections, […]

In an 8 to 10 page paper, describe three rate based measurements of quality.   Select three rate based measurements of quality that you will use as the primary basis for this paper.   These measurements must relate to some aspect of clinical or service quality that directly relates to patient care or the patient’s […]

For your Competency Discussion, identify and review an evidence-based practice or decision in a healthcare facility with which you are familiar. One example of an evidence-based practice would be the management guidelines for the COVID-19 pandemic in a hospital setting which recommends the use of high-filtration masks including N95, goggles, and gowns by healthcare professionals […]

To analyze and apply critical thinking skills in the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of psychopharmacological agents for patient treatment and health promotion while applying evidence-based research.   Chapter 8, Case 2    Fiona is a 29-year-old woman who works in a medical factory making medical equipment. She lives with her husband and in-laws. Over the last […]