Ethical and Legal Implications for the PMHNP The PMHNP needs to analyze the ethical and legal implications of psychotherapy and the other aspects of the PMHNP role in order to provide safe and effective care. The Standards of Mental Health Nursing & Standards of Professional Practice outline the basic competencies for all psychiatric mental health […]

NUR4244 Module 06 Deliverable Competency Analyze communicable diseases and their potential impact on public health. Student Success Criteria View the grading rubric for this deliverable by selecting the “Grading rubric” in the right menu. Scenario Your supervisor has asked each public health nurse to research a different communicable disease and prepare a communication document about […]

The Nurse’s Role in Promoting Quality Health Care As you have noted in this course and in your practice, nurses have an integral role in promoting a just culture focused on patient safety in their health care organizations. Determining resources to prevent error and improve patient safety can often be a battle, and this scenario […]

After you have read the Healthcare Delivery Systems and OrganizationOpen this document with ReadSpeaker docReader article, write a 3- to 4-page paper responding to the following questions: What role does the nurse practitioner and/or DNP-prepared nursing student have in the provision of quality health care in an era of reform? Should consumers enter the healthcare […]

CASE STUDY: Marla May, a 30-year-old non-binary client (pronouns they/them; DOB: 3/5/1994), presents to the clinic complaining of frequent episodes of shortness of breath, cough, and chest tightness that occur most days of the week. They have been taking prescribed low-dose ICS-formoterol inhaler twice daily and as needed for symptom relief, currently adhering to step […]

Wk 3 – Summative Assessment: Ethical Decision-Making Assignment Instructions Ethical principles are of utmost importance for nurse practitioners because they direct your practice. Review the “Values and Ethics Competencies” (found in Box 11.10 on p. 372 of Hamric & Hanson’s Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach). Review the Code of Ethics for Nurses from the […]

Descriptive Epidemiology: Data Sources and Data Collection Descriptive epidemiology deals with describing disease patterns using three major categories: person, place, or time (Friis & Sellers, 2021). Consider the following example: Over the last weekend, six people went to the Alcan City Hospital emergency room with similar symptoms. The laboratory results for the six patients were […]

CASE STUDY: Emiliano Jiménez, a 55-year-old male client (DOB: 9/27/1969), presents to the clinic for a follow-up appointment after he was hospitalized last week for an MI with stent placement and started on aspirin, clopidogrel, and atorvastatin. His lab work from the hospital indicated elevated LDL cholesterol levels, a hemoglobin A1c of 7%, and normal […]

NU671 Unit 4 Assignment Instructions PSYCHOANALYTIC APPROACHES & DEVELOPMENTAL THEORIES The Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice, 3rd ed. (ANA et. al, 2022), states the following three key psychiatric-mental health advanced practice nursing roles in a variety of clinical settings (p. 19): • Provision of psychotherapy • Provision of psychopharmacological interventions, and • […]

NU672 Unit 4 Assignment Instructions Psychoanalytic Approaches and Developmental Theories Various psychological approaches and developmental theories influence the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner’s (PMHNP’s) practice, patient care, and patient outcomes. A variety of approaches have been tested and validated for specific conditions and behaviors. Also, depending on the psychosocial and physical influences, patients may respond […]