Discuss the historical application of statistics in the field of health care. Describe an example, other than Florence Nightingale’s contributions, where statistical application has greatly influenced or changed health care operations or practice.
Please answer the following Discussion Question. Please be certain to answer the three questions on this week DQ and to provide a well-developed and complete answer to receive credit. Also, please ensure to have read the assigned chapters for the current week.
Case Study, Diversity in the Nursing Workforce
A group of nurse educators are having a discussion about the minority student nurses. The nurse educators believe that there are numerous barriers to minority student success in nursing education. The nurse educators want to develop strategies to increase the success rate in graduation of these students.
1. The nurse educators make a list of the barriers that exist for minority student success. What are common barriers for minority student success?
2. The group of nurse educators is acutely aware that different generations are represented in nursing today. These different generations have different attitudes and value systems, which greatly affect the settings in which they work. What are the key characteristics of the four generational groups that are present in today’s workforce?
3. Analyze and describe how the different generations present in nursing today affect nursing care and the nursing workplace.
Journal Guidelines : Two page journal regarding the learning events of the day. 1. Describe the responsibilities and the role of the charge nurse in a long term care setting. 2. Describe the role of the charge nurse as a team member in the care of the resident and what you observed during the clinical experience. 3. Describe the nursing skills and assessments you observed the charge nurse complete during the clinical day. 4. How did the charge nurse organize her shift to complete all the required cares for multiple numbers of residents? 5. Describe how the charge nurse delegated and was it effective? 6. Describe the communication between the charge nurse, family and other departments. 7. Any additional learning experiences during the clinical day.
Conduct a survey and provide a visual overview of a community, conditions and trends in the community that could affect the health of the population.
Clinical preventive services, such as routine disease screening and scheduled immunizations, are key to reducing death and disability and improving the Nation’s health. Yet, despite the fact that these services are covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and many private insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act, millions of children, adolescents, and adults go without clinical preventive services that could protect them from developing a number of serious diseases or help them treat certain health conditions before they worsen.
Discuss preventative services and ways to promote and overcome the barriers in your clinical practice to deliver holistic care including the recommended services for all patients across a lifespan. Please include examples, evidence-based information and references to support your work.
Explain how globalization of healthcare can impact the improvement and outcome of healthcare results and subsequently improve healthcare cost
Based on the required topic study materials, write a reflection about worldview and respond to following:
A patient comes in to see you complaining of a cough for three months. How does your assessment of this cough differ from a patient who has had a cough for five days? Tasks: What are the potential red flags? What is important not to miss in your review of systems? What are the differential diagnosis for a cough lasting three months? What are the top three causes of a cough lasting three months? Write a sample HPI for the above patient.
Why is the concept of family health important? Consider the various strategies for health promotion. How does a nurse determine which strategy would best enable the targeted individuals to gain more control over, and improve, their health?
