DNP Project and Practicum Q&A Each week there will be one Q&A forum for the DNP Project and Practicum. These Discussions are designed to give you the opportunity to collaborate with your peers and Faculty, ask questions, get advice, and share insights. To prepare: • Review the DNP Project and Practicum Learning Resources. • Review […]

BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY To secure and safeguard information, strategies for managing or monitoring access to information must be in place. You are already familiar with some access-restricting techniques such as passwords, encryption, and so forth. You have also probably used smartcards at some point to gain access. You might also have used fingerprint authentication to access […]

Business concepts and business development are not routinely a part of nursing education at the undergraduate or graduate level. Business plans are vital if a business is to have a chance to succeed. Many talents of the advanced nurse practitioner are transferable to the development of a business plan. Assessing, identifying problems, developing interventions, implementing […]

There are four options for the business structure of a practice: sole proprietorship, partnership, LLC, and corporation. Please discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each option. If you decide to start your own business practice, which form will you select? Why?

A state government official interested in determining the number of infants infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has approached your hospital to participate in a statewide-funded study. The protocol will include testing of all newborns for HIV; however, the mothers will not be told the test is being done, nor will they be told […]

Post a response to the following: Briefly summarize the study you found, and then include the citations for both the mass media and the peer-reviewed articles. Explain what epidemiological concepts are included in the mass media article (e.g., measures of association, study design, confounders, and bias) and how they compare to those in the peer-reviewed […]

Identify and write a summary of the various factors that contribute to the credibility of a research article related to a diagnosis of interest that you identified from the Sentinel U simulation on Patient Management & Delegation. In the module, there are 10 patients listed with various diagnosis. Select one diagnosis of interest to you […]

Step 1: Based on the first letter of your last name, identify your assigned client in the chart below. Each client is presenting to the clinic, and you are the primary care provider following their care.   Step 2: Review the client’s case, considering the foundational concepts and principles of caring for aging and maturing […]

CASE STUDY: Evelyn Thompson, a 72-year-old female client (DOB: 7/12/1951), presents to the emergency department with a productive cough and difficulty breathing for the past few days. She is febrile on arrival with substernal and supraclavicular retractions and difficulty speaking in full sentences. Wheezes and rales are auscultated bilaterally. After initial oxygen therapy and albuterol […]

After completing the Waxman reading, answer the questions that follow: Part 1: Nursing Surplus In 2011, it was reported that there was a surplus of registered nurses in many parts of California (Bates, Keane, & Spetz, 2011). Identify possible explanations of the emergence of a surplus. Bates, T., Keane, D., & Spetz, J. (2011). Survey […]