Week 1 Clinical Part 2

Directions: After reviewing the Nursing Standards of Practice, describe three reasons why these are important to nursing practice, safety, and achieving good client outcomes. Please make your initial post by midweek, and respond to at least two other student’s post by the end of the week. Please check the Course Calendar for specific due dates.

Read this article: Sammer, C. & James, B. (2011, September 30). Patient safety culture: The nursing unit leader’s role. OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing,16(3), Manuscript 3.                   In the Hospital Hope scenario, what do you think was the most important factor that led to the change…

Find at least 1 resource for families in your community experiencing child, spousal, or elder abuse and/or violence. The resource can take any form—a website, a free clinic, a phone number, or the name and address of a shelter.  Summarize and explain:  The resource  How to access it  Which community it would benefit  How you…

This week, you will discuss a MICROBE IN THE NEWS! D.  You must  find a news article on your chosen microbe published in the last 12 months in a main stream, media-outlet based, mass-distributed news source where the general public (even Grandma or Aunt Sally) gets their daily news. This news article will be your main reference.  You…

 As technology in healthcare continues a shift to homecare is inevitable, safety is of utmost importance. Review the most current Patient Safety Goals for homecare found under the NPSG Program Links. Review the 5 NPGS listed for the Home Care option and discuss each one related to how the nurse can ensure they are met….

   Assignment 1: Lab Assignment: Ethical Concerns As an advanced practice nurse, you will run into situations where a patient’s wishes about his or her health conflict with evidence, your own experience, or a family’s wishes. This may create an ethical dilemma. What do you do when these situations occur? In this Lab Assignment, you…