NSG 6620 Week 4 Discussion Question 2: Strategies for Establishing an FTE Budget Budgeting is a critical and essential component of nursing and patient care. Without proper support for nurses to provide patient-centered care, the organizational mission and goals will not be met. Full-time equivalent (FTE) measures the number of employees working in an organization, assuming […]

NSG 6620 Week 4 Discussions 1 and 2 Papers NSG 6620 Week 4 Discussions 1 and 2 Papers Discussion Question 1: Strategies for Establishing Operational Budgets An operational budget is the plan for an organization or unit for daily operating expenses. The operational budget is very similar to how one manages a personal home budget […]

NSG 6620 Week 3 Discussion Questions SU NSG 6620 Week 3 Discussion Questions NSG 6620 Week 3 Discussion Question 1: Shared Governance Structure and the CNO During the 1980s, nursing and healthcare were suffering from challenges of an acute nursing shortage, rampant nurse turnover, and issues with nurse retention. In the mid-1980s, shared governance was instituted […]

Discussion Question 2: Care Models and the Nurse Leader There are many ways to organize and deliver nursing care to individual patients and groups of patients. Groups of patients with similar symptoms or like disease diagnoses are referred to as aggregates. There are many different ways nurse leaders organize and determine how the work should […]

NSG 6620 Week 10 Discussions 1 and 2 SU NSG 6620 Week 10 Discussions 1 and 2 SU Discussion Question 1: Ethical Dilemmas and Nurse Leaders Almost every day, nurse leaders confront challenges or issues involving ethical dilemmas. Ethical dilemmas occur with respect to staff, patients and their families, or the business or strategic decisions […]

NSG 6620 Week 7 Assignment 2: Zero-Based Operational FTE Budget Draft Typically, healthcare organizations already have a budget worksheet or spreadsheet for preparing the operational budget.The budget worksheet or spreadsheet contains information identified with an account number or a subcode depicting the cost center.This worksheet or spreadsheet is generally provided when the nurse leader begins to […]

NSG 6440 All Week Discussion Week 8 Complete The Growth and Development APEA module. Pick one of the following topics that were reviewed: Newborn assessment, Nutrition, Child, Adolescent, or Immunization. Please choose on that has not been previously covered by a peer. What is an area that you may have forgotten? Explain the specific growth […]

NSG 6440 Week 7 Assignment 1 Discussion This week’s content addressed common techniques and testing that can be prescribed by the Nurse Practitioner.  Review ONE of the following videos and post for the class what you have learned this week: Watch the following video on suturing Suture Skills Course – Learn Best Suture Techniques Watch the following […]

NSG 6440 All Week Discussion Week 6  Discussion: This week’s content discussed common psychiatric disorders in the Adult and Older Adult client.  Often times a secondary diagnosis is masked due to their psychiatric disorder.  Review the following case study and answer the following questions. Mr. White is a 72-year-old man, with a history of hypertension, […]

NSG 6440 Week 3 Discussion In week 3 you learned about other common adolescent health conditions.  Review the following case study and answer the following questions: An 18 year old white female presents to your clinic today with a 2 week history of intermittent abdominal pain.  She also is positive for periodic cramping and diarrhea as well […]