Quality Improvement Processes and Approaches, and Quality Tools The purpose of this discussion board is to provide you and your nurse colleagues with an opportunity to discuss quality improvement processes and approaches, and quality tools.   Questions:   Respond to the following questions.   What is the difference between a quality improvement system and a […]

You are evaluating a 78-year-old white male who comes to your office today with unintentional weight loss of 10 lb in the last year, self-reported exhaustion weakness based on grip strength, and slow walking speed, and low physical activity. Patient notes that he has been feeling worse over the past 6 months and just does […]

The purpose of this discussion board is to provide you and your nurse colleagues with an opportunity to reflect and then discuss with each other: How to make the reporting of events easy?   How to improve investigating events?   How to encourage reporting for safety?   Use the following four questions to guide the […]

Transparent Health: Lewis Blackman Story In this first of four discussion boards, you will watch the video titled, “Transparent Health – Lewis Blackman Story. In this video, two issues in health care will be addressed: (1) prevention of medical errors and (2) how we the care givers respond when our care has caused harm to […]

Creating and Sustaining a Culture of Safety As a follow-up to completing the Self-Assessment Tool, you and your nurse colleagues will share the results of the self-assesment of your respective health care organization by responding to the following questions.   Reviewing the total scores for each category, which two categories received the highest scores and […]

Ms. Martin is a 55-year-old woman who has been on HRT for 4 years. HRT was prescribed because Ms. Martin was experiencing vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause. Her last mammogram was 2 years ago and last pap was 5 years ago. Ms. Martin made an appointment with her nurse practitioner to discuss discontinuing HRT after […]

For this assignment, you will review and reflect on the LGBT articles. These articles can be applied to healthcare providers in the multiple care settings. Discussion of the article is based on the course objectives and weekly content, which emphasize the core learning objectives for an evidence-based primary care curriculum. Throughout your nurse practitioner program, […]

CM is a 43-year-old female who presents with concerns regarding two painless right-breast lumps that she detected four months ago. She missed an appointment for evaluation by her primary-care provider at that time and presents today with reportedly no change in these findings since that time. There has been no breast discharge, bleeding, overlying skin […]

For this assignment, you will complete an Aquifer case study based on the course objectives and weekly content. The Aquifer case emphasize core learning objectives for an evidence-based primary care curriculum. Throughout your nurse practitioner program, you will use the Aquifer case studies to promote the development of clinical reasoning through the use of ongoing […]

Aquifer Case Study: Diagnostic Excellence 03 This discussion assignment provides a forum for discussing relevant topics for this week based on the course competencies covered. For this assignment, make sure you post your initial response to the Discussion Area by the due date assigned.   To support your work, use your course textbook readings and […]