In this scenario, used in Unit 1–3 discussions, the Students of Capella (SoC) is a well-known consultant company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are currently holding seminars describing the benefits of wireless technologies for potential clients around the United States. As part of these seminars, they have asked some of their previous customers to participate […]

The Four Spheres of Political Action in Nursing   Please discuss the four spheres of political action in nursing. In addition, please develop a brief argument sharing how these spheres are interconnected and overlapping by applying an example from your practice.  What are some ethical considerations here?       NR506 Healthcare Policy   Week […]

The family of a 62-year-old white female call your office and ask if you can see their family member.  The person being requested to be seen is known to you for the last twenty years.   She is your former supervisor and a fellow FNP.   The family reports your colleague is demonstrating signs of […]

Identification of Healthcare Policy Concern   Purpose    In this course, the students will have the opportunity to identify a healthcare policy concern and community healthcare concern which can be improved with a change in policy, ordinance or the language in existing law. The outcome would be the potential for improved health for a population […]

You are seeing an 89-year-old male who has a history of smoking 2 packs of cigarettes a day for 69 years.   He quit smoking cold turkey when he was 78 years old.   He is in your office for a general health evaluation.  He reports ongoing challenges with ‘belching’ but other than that he […]

You are seeing a 64-year-old Hispanic male for his diabetes management.  He reports that his morning capillary blood sugar readings are ranging in the 150 to 190 range.   Last month his Hgb A1C was 7.4   He is on Metformin 1000mg twice a day and Glipizide 5mg daily.   He walks a couple miles […]

You have a 57 year old mixed race male (black and Asian) who comes into your office for a screening to participate in a study to evaluate the effectiveness of a home cervical traction device on neck pain and intervertebral disc space.  He has a history of neck pain and was diagnosed six years ago […]

In the Online Nursing Orientation resource module you were introduced to our graduate nursing certification success platform – the ‘3 Vs’ – ‘Vision, Value, Victory’.  For those of you who also completed their graduate nursing theory and research courses in our program additional information was conveyed about our certification success framework.   Certification success thinking […]

Describe Nursing Informatics   In your own words, describe the role of a nurse informaticist.   Explain how a nurse informaticist contributes to patient care quality.   Review the AHRQ’s Quality and Patient Safety Work website and ANIA’s Strategic Plan. Discuss how the development of informatics has helped address the concerns about patient safety raised […]

In this course, you learned rapidly changing technologies have a drastic impact on nursing and healthcare. During this course both current and emerging technologies support safety practice environments have been addressed. These technologies can optimize patient safety, cost-effectiveness, and health outcomes.   For the assignment, you are to propose either a change to an existing […]