NU677 WEEK7 Discussion Board: Teen Substance Abuse
Teen Substance Abuse Choose one substance that teens commonly misuse. Develop a strategy or intervention to discourage the use of this substance in teens. In your discussion post, include: Where/how is this substance obtained? Is it made from household items? Bought from an outside source? Any recommendations for education modalities or recommended strategies for reaching […]
NU677 WEEK6 Discussion Board
You have a psychiatric evaluation for a new patient scheduled for today. The patient is a 25-year-old female medical student at the facility affiliated with your clinic. The patient requested a virtual visit as she did not want to be seen entering your office. You introduce yourself and establish the role that both of you […]
Social Policy, Welfare, and Change WEEK 10 ASSIGNMENT: POLICY PAPER
WEEK 10 ASSIGNMENT Social Policy, Welfare, and Change POLICY PAPER Think back to your passion and reason for pursuing social work. In Week 3, you used that as the basis for a deep dive into a social problem or issue and a related policy analysis. This week, you bring these threads together in a policy […]
Propose an evidence-based practice intervention to decrease over-utilization of text fields
Your organization’s research and quality departments have reached out to the super-user committee you are on with an issue. They are having to do manual chart audits instead of using the reporting tools that are a part of the electronic health record (EHR). After reviewing their examples, the informatics team has identified that the issue […]
Discuss the consequences of unnecessary patient referrals.
An important aspect of primary care is collaboration with specialists. Knowing when referrals are necessary and avoiding unnecessary referrals can take years to get right. In this week’s introduction lecture, I shared a couple stories about necessary and unnecessary referrals that I’ve seen recently. Some of you may have personal or professional examples we can […]