What interventions are effective in preventing falls in the elderly population in the hospital setting?
“What interventions are effective in preventing falls in the elderly population in the hospital setting?”
“What interventions are effective in preventing falls in the elderly population in the hospital setting?”
1. Locate and share a ToolKit from the CDC, WHO, United States Preventative Services Taskforce, Million Hearts, or Healthy People 2030. Detail how an advanced practice nurse can utilize the tool kit for a specific population that is affected by health care inequities.
Integumentary System A 30-year-old woman presents to the clinic complaining that she has “an itchy rash all over the place.” She noticed that her legs became red, itchy, and blistered about two days after she had been hiking in a heavily wooded area. She says that scratching broke the blisters and afterward the rash became […]
Reproductive Function 1. Describe the mechanisms of production of estrogen and androgens. 2. What are the non-reproductive effects of estrogen? 3. What are the effects of hypersecretion of androgens?
Factors influence the development 1. Describe factors that influence the development of prevention-oriented health policy. 2. Discuss how the advanced practice nurse can promote health and prevent disease on a national and global level.
Patient-centered care 1. Describe a patient-centered care approach when providing health promotion services to a rural health issue 2. How does the cultural and socioeconomic status of the rural community affect the provision of nursing health services in rural or migrant populations?
Skin Disorder- Herpes Zoster ( Shingles) 1. Define and describe the disease. 2. Discuss the epidemiological trends associated with the disease. 3. Identify and discuss the age related risk factors 4. Describe the clinical manifestations . 5. Describe how the disease is diagnosed and treated.
1. Perform a literature search in a database of professional journal articles on the neurologic diseases: Parkinsons Disease and Huntingtons Disease. 2. Compare and contrast the etiology, inheritance, symptoms, progression and management of the diseases. 3. Review how we assist families in their journey caring for families with these diseases.
Pulmonary Function 1. Identify the most likely condition that best explains the patient’s cough. Provide a description of the disorder and underlying respiratory alteration associated with the type of cough selected in the scenario. 2. Describe and explain the pathophysiologic process of the disease and underlying respiratory alteration associated with the cough. 3. Describe common […]
Students will use an artistic, creative, and/or aesthetic approach to develop health promotion intervention addressing the following: 1. Identify an individual, family, community, or population for a health promotion intervention that could influence healing, disease prevention, health and well-being, physical health, stress reduction, or improve health outcomes. 2. Determine the cultural considerations needed for the […]