Collaborative and Communication Strategies Please remember to address each success criterion as you work on your Practicum Change Project. Each criterion has important points. Some students struggle with two topics. The first step is to match the change theory to the project’s change steps. In the discussion, a few students did not indicate an actual […]
Program to Retain Nurses. Case Study No. 1 St. Francis Nursing Home’s Director Team has been tasked with developing and implementing a program to retain nurses. Nursing staff felt that their administration did not fully understand a nurse’s job duties and did not provide adequate training. This is a power point presentation […]
Calculating FTEs A nurse manager must determine how many hours of nursing care are required based on available patient classification system information in order to develop a master staffing pattern. After determining the number of required nursing care hours, the number of full-time equivalents (FTEs) can be calculated. One full-time equivalent works 40 hours per […]
Urinary System 1. Which of the following functions would the kidney not perform? a. storing urine b. waste excretion c. fluid balance preservation d. vitamin D synthesis regulation e. RBC synthesis is regulated. 2. Bowman’s capsule contains a network of capillaries known as the a. recta vasa b. glomerulus. c. capillary peritubular d. capillary proximal […]
Nursing Research Poster Presentation Create a poster presentation that reflects a synopsis of a nursing research study assigned by the course instructor. The presentation should summarize the assigned journal article’s introduction, background or literature review, methods, results, and conclusion. Please keep in mind that this is not a cutting and pasting exercise. Individual understanding of […]
Shift in Nursing after Health Reform Grand Canyon University’s RN to BSN program meets the CCNE and AACN clinical competency requirements by utilizing nontraditional experiences for practicing nurses. These encounters take the form of direct and indirect care experiences in which licensed nursing students learn within the context of their hospital organization, specific care discipline, […]
The Respiratory System Respond to the following questions using knowledge from your learning and assigned readings: What are the respiratory system’s primary functions? Describe the functions of mucus and cilia in the respiratory system. Explain the respiratory membrane’s structure and function. Identify and describe the four distinct events that comprise respiration. A patient boards a […]
Quantitative, Qualitative Research Design You have spent the last two weeks studying the characteristics and considerations of quantitative research designs. Quantitative designs, on the other hand, are not appropriate for all research questions. Perhaps you’re interested in how patients react when they receive negative test results, or you’d like to investigate how people’s attitudes toward […]
Normalization of Data The transition to digitized data storage and access systems in health care necessitates a broad change in data capture techniques. Redundancy was the norm in the days of paper records—information was written and rewritten with each patient visit. Digitized data storage and data normalization can help to reduce redundancy. Ideally, a […]
Cardiac Tamponade Question No. 1 During a street brawl, a gang member was stabbed in the chest. He was cyanotic and unconscious as a result of a lack of blood supply to the brain. Tamponade of the heart was the diagnosis. What is cardiac tamponade, and how does it cause the symptoms observed? Question No. […]
