General Instructions Some clients present specific challenges during the interview and physical examination. Nurse practitioners (NPs) must be able to identify behaviors that impede the assessment and consider strategies to communicate effectively with these clients. This week, you will create a scenario that could occur in NP practice in which a client displays a challenging…

Opal Smith, an 80-year-old woman, comes to your office as a new patient. She has hypertension, type 2 diabetes (diet-controlled), osteoarthritis, and mild hearing loss. Mrs. Smith’s main reported symptoms are bilateral mild knee pain and some sense of unsteadiness on walking. She denies dizziness, postural symptoms, or falls in the past year. She takes…

What is the impact of contextual factors on advocacy and policy? Contextual factors can range from internal (the organization, the practice, the environment, the culture, etc.) to external (laws, policies, politics, regulations, etc.). However, whether originating internally or externally, contextual factors have the capability of advancing or hindering an advocacy priority. For this Discussion, you…

Instructions Blog: Healthy Work Environments The concept of a “healthy work environment” is not a new one. In 2005, Dr. Cecilia Grindel, President of the American Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses, described the nine components of a healthy work environment, which were identified by the 2004 Nursing Organization Alliance (a consortium of nursing organizations). For…

What do you see as similarities and differences between the research process, the Evidence-Based Practice process, and nursing process? Include rationale to support your response. Submission Instructions: Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in the current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. (current last 5…

This assignment builds the foundation for your DNP project by clearly identifying the practice problem and framing a focused clinical inquiry using the PICOT format. A well-developed problem statement and PICOT question will guide your evidence-based intervention, implementation, and evaluation strategies. Instructions You will write your response in the DNP Project Proposal document addressing the…

PURPOSE: To understand the impact of health policy, regulatory requirements, accreditation, and healthcare financing on nursing management decisions. Instructions: Interview a nurse manager to explore the external factors influencing their decision-making. Provide an overview of the nurse manager’s role. Summarize the interview, focusing on: Perceptions of the impact of health policy on decision-making. Perceptions of…

Choose a current health policy and discuss how evidence-based practice has influenced its development and implementation. Submission Instructions: Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Sources should be current (published within last five years).

Discuss a time when you or someone you know engaged in advocacy for a health policy. What strategies were used, and what were the outcomes? Submission Instructions: Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Sources should be current…

Disseminate key components of an innovative proposal for a target audience. Student Success Criteria View the grading rubric for this deliverable by selecting the “This item is graded with a rubric” link, which is located in the Details & Information pane. Scenario At work in the medical-surgical post-operative unit and frustrated with the flow of…