TOPIC: THE DNP-PREPARED NURSE’S ROLE The role of a nurse with a practice doctorate is multifaceted and significantly different from that of a nurse with a research doctorate. As a DNP-prepared nurse, you may serve as a clinical nurse educator, a policy and legislation advocate, an organization leader, or an advanced practice nurse responsible for […]

Assessing, Diagnosing, and Treating Adults With Mood Disorders It is important for the PMHNP to have a comprehensive understanding of mood disorders in order to assess and accurately formulate a diagnosis and treatment plan for patients presenting with these disorders. Mood disorders may be diagnosed when a patient’s emotional state meets the diagnostic criteria for […]

   To improve health care outcomes within a community, leaders must understand the needs of specific populations. In addition, it is important that leaders are able to gather and present persuasive evidence to decision makers to obtain the necessary funding and establish these needs as priorities for budget and resource planning. Thus, proposed changes should […]

   Nurse leaders must be able to make effective financial and policy decisions. Equally important is the ability to communicate their vision for change to policymakers and provide objective, evidence-based support for their position with respect to the regulatory, political, social, ethical, legal, and financial aspects of systemic change.

Healthy People 2030 is a program that aims to improve the health and well-being of all people by setting 10-year public health objectives. The students will select a healthy people 2030 objective and describe how the objective is impacted by social determinants of health. OBJECTIVE: Reduce anxiety and depression in family caregivers of people with disabilities — […]

   Health care must be evidence based, effective, efficient, and affordable. It must provide resources that meet the needs of the community as a whole. Nurse leaders must understand and thoroughly evaluate the environment to enable the efficient and equitable allocation of resources.

  For your discussion, choose one procedure that is related to either of these systems and provide an example of a CPT code for the procedure chosen.  If you have completed the homework choose a scenario you struggled with on the practice or coding assignment and discuss. Describe how you would go about looking up […]

    Follow up Visit Patient Data: BG is a 44 yo male weighing 438 pounds at 5’ 8 was schedule as a regular follow up for the following rash: 1- Identify the picture : Cellulitis 2- Mention at least three differential diagnoses as part of your assessment and diagnostic strategies  3- Discuss and describe the […]

The National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine) championed the goal that 90% of clinical decisions will be evidence-based by 2020. A recent systematic review of the published literature indicates that evidence-based practice (EBP) implementation remains deficient despite an ongoing effort to increase implementation. Discuss two barriers that might hold nursing practice from […]

NRS465 Applied Evidence-Based Project and Practicum Week 2 Discussion DQ 1 Once you have selected a topic for your capstone project, you will need to examine research articles to explore viable solutions. The GCU Library has various resources to support students during this process. Based on the first letter of your first name, you are […]