Summarize the problem and the potential impact the health care economic issue has on you, your colleagues, your organization, and the community at large. This is an opportunity to tell your story and what the initiative means to you as a health care practitioner. Remember, this...
REVIEW OF CURRENT HEALTHCARE ISSUES If you were to ask 10 people what they believe to be the most significant issue facing healthcare today, you might get 10 different answers. Escalating costs? Regulation? Technology disruption? Social Determinant such as environment/community, education, access/quality to healthcare? These and many...
ION CHANNELS AND G PROTEINS This Discussion will allow you the opportunity to engage with your peers to explore the difference between ion channels and G proteins. You will be able to apply this understanding to a specific patient question. Additionally, please reply to your peers...
The health system and public health challenges vary from country to country in the Middle Eastern and African regions. choose at least two countries (from the list below) and discuss how communicable and/or non-communicable diseases present challenges. Compare and contrast how each country's health system is...
PROFESSIONAL ROLE DEVELOPMENT “Nursing research involves much planning and attention to details, yet novice and seasoned nurse researchers often overlook the day-to-day operations required to conduct research studies. Project management is a set of iterative steps that can facilitate the process of conducting nursing research” (Rew...
QUALITY INDICATORS Florence Nightingale introduced research to the field of nursing, and with this introduction, a focus on improving patient care has continued to be at the forefront of nursing practice. Improving patient care lends itself to the study of quality care and patient safety, and...
ETHICAL AND LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF PMHNP CARE Advanced practice nursing in all specialties is guided by codes of ethics that put the care, rights, duty, health, and safety of the patient first and foremost. PMHNP practice is also guided by ethical codes specifically for psychiatry. These...
CLINICAL SKILLS SELF-ASSESSMENT Before embarking on any professional or academic activity, it is important to understand the background, knowledge, and experience you bring to it. You might ask yourself, “What do I already know? What do I need to know? And what do I want to...
COMPREHENSIVE INTEGRATED PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT Many assessment principles are the same for children and adults; however, unlike with adults/older adults, where consent for participation in the assessment comes from the actual client, with children it is the parents or guardians who must make the decision for treatment....
ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PART 1: DEVELOPING AN ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL NETWORK When was the last time you read Meditation XVII of John Donne's Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions? Unless you are a student of seventeenth-century poetry, you may not be all that familiar with this...