Discussion Board Topic: Homeostatic Imbalance – Acne

In the textbook on page 121, the Homeostatic Imbalance section explains that acne is an active infection of the sebaceous glands. 

Discussion Questions

  1.  What is thought to cause acne? What causes some individuals to have mild acne, while others exhibit severe acne? Are there age- and sex-related differences?

  2.  What are the leading nonprescription treatments of acne?

  3.  What are the leading prescription treatments of acne?

Other Concepts:

4. Discuss changes in the skin on hot and cold days, or when you have a fever. Remember behavioral changes as well, such as curling up under a blanket when sleeping on a cold night or stretching out without a cover on a hot night.

5. Discuss the effects of alcohol consumption on skin color and body temperature regulation.

6. Discuss the difference between the terms visceral and parietal.

7. Briefly discuss the interplay between body systems and to note their interrelationships in maintaining homeostasis. For example, Vitamin D reabsorption in the skin and activation by the kidneys.

8. Explain how severe burns are classified, treated and managed.

9. Discuss tattooing, and use it as a model to emphasize learning the layers of the epidermis and dermis.

10.  Discuss the ABCD rule of malignant melanoma and talk about your own observations or experiences.

 

The effective nurse educator reflects on their practice through analysis of feedback from preceptors/mentors, peers, and learners. Feedback from all stakeholders within education guide a nurse educator towards effective instruction, the realization of career goals, and success in learning.

The purpose of this assignment is to analyze the lesson plan feedback provided by your preceptor/mentor and learners in the practicum setting. Write a 500-800 word analysis with the following information:

1. A description of the lesson plan feedback from your preceptor/mentor.
2. A description of the instructor feedback from your learners.
3. A comparison of preceptor/mentor feedback, learner feedback, and your own reflection.
4. An explanation of how you will use the feedback from stakeholders to engage in the professional role of the nurse educator through systematic self-reflection, reflective teaching practice, and exploring opportunities for scholarship. 
5. Plan for continuing professional development and refinement of practice.   

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Course Materials if you need assistance.

Benchmark Information

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competency:

MSN Nursing with Emphasis in Nursing Education

6.4: Engage in the professional role of the nurse educator through systematic self-reflection, reflective teaching practice, and exploring opportunities for scholarship.

Respond to this post with a positive response :

Ask a probing question, substantiated with additional background information, evidence or research.

Share an insight from having read your colleagues’ postings, synthesizing the information to provide new perspectives.

Offer and support an alternative perspective using readings from the classroom or from your own research in the Walden Library.

Validate an idea with your own experience and additional research.

Make a suggestion based on additional evidence drawn from readings or after synthesizing multiple postings.

Expand on your colleagues’ postings by providing additional insights or contrasting perspectives based on readings and evidence.

Use  references

EXAMPLE OF A REFERENCE:

If you cannot locate a doi number, this is how the reference should look: 

Quelly, S. B. (2017). Characteristics Associated with School Nurse Childhood Obesity Prevention Practices. Pediatric Nursing, 43(4). Retrieved from https://www.pediatricnursing.net/issues/17julaug/abstr5.html

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My experience with using Grammarly and Safe Assign were not as daunting as I expected.  Grammarly is an app-based program that can be attached to Office 365 and Firefox.  The link for Grammarly was found on the academic guides page.  I used the site search box to find the app’s location. From there it was as easy as following directions and downloading the app.  I copy and pasted the paraphrased assignment and received an 83/100 for performance.  Other scores given were for word and sentence length, those scores were a 4.9 and a10.9.  The only issue found was the “Go Premium” offer that was $11.99 a month or $139.95a year.  There will not be a subscription ordered.  Grammarly will be used in my Word program on a trial basis. It can’t hurt to see what needs to be fixed in real time.  Another academic integrity tool is Safe Assign.  This tool is defined in the academic answers portion of the academic guide by stating, “SafeAssign is a tool that helps students prevent plagiarism and aids in identifying opportunities to add properly cited sources rather than just paraphrasing.” (Walden, 2011) Finding Safe Assign in Blackboard was very easy.  It is in the toolbar on the bottom left-hand side of the page.  Once on the site, it is as easy as browsing your computer for the document and simply upload it.   The only issue I have with Safe Assign is it is not in real time, you must wait for the site to review your work then make the changes needed.  In my opinion, Grammarly is a better tool for writing and having a real-time view of the paper being written.

A resource that I would recommend is the Online Writing Lab (OWL).  It is the base from where the American Psychological Association (APA) is explained in detail.  In the APA overview and workshop section of the OWL, it states, “Establish your credibility or ethos in the field by demonstrating an awareness of your audience and their needs as fellow researchers.” (Purdue Writing Lab, 2018) This is why we should use APA when scholarly writing.  Credibility is key when writing anything at a master’s level.  When using APA, we research ideas and information from scientific journals, and at the same time distribute that knowledge in the form of scholarly writings.  Using the OWL for any APA formatting question creates a solid base for building an educational publication to be reviewed by your peers. (APA, 2010, pg.9)

Grammar in its basic form decides how a writer will be received by the reader.  Incorrect grammar sidetracks the reader from the tone an author has set.  A format that I constantly work on is the use of parallel construction.  On page 84 of, the “Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.)” parallel construction is covered.  This is two ideas covered in a sentence that will improve the reader’s comprehension.  (APA, 2010, pg.84) Another format important to consider is the explanation of abbreviations.  Abbreviations in scientific writing are used to shorten long drawn out titles. The key in using abbreviations is to initially explain what the abbreviation is and use it at least four times.  There is a balance that must be attained.  Using too many abbreviations jumbles up the sentence and make it difficult to read, but not using enough causes the reader to lose interest with repetitive phrasing. (APA, 2010, pg.106-107)

References

American Psychological Association. (2010, pg.9,84). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Purdue Writing Lab. (2018). APA Style Introduction // Purdue Writing Lab. [online] Available at: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_style_introduction.html [Accessed 10 Dec. 2018].

Walden University. (2012d).  Walden University: APA style. Retrieved from http://writingcenter.waldenu.edu/APA.ht

“Professional Roles and Responsibilities”

Family nurse practitioners (FNPs) are graduate-educated, nationally-certified and state licensed advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) who care for medically stable patients across the lifespan, from infants to geriatric patients. 

Share your thoughts

1. What are the educational requirements to practice as a FNP?
2. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), what is the recommended terminal degree to prepare nurse practitioners. 
3. Who determines the scope of practice for FNPs?
4. Who defines it? Who Credentials and what is the role of a Professional and Political Organization in defining the role? 
5. See rubric

Discussion 3

Much of the ongoing debate over scope-of-practice (SoP) laws that govern the practice of nurse practitioners (NPs) across the country focuses on the cost of and access to health care and on whether these laws legitimately promote patient safety or are simply anticompetitive restrictions on NPs’ ability to compete with physicians. After completing the following CE activity at Medscape https://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/506277_1 ( sign for the free account), please answer the following questions:

Should an NP who is educationally prepared as an acute care NP work in an adult primary care setting? 

Is it within the scope for an FNP to diagnose and treat uncomplicated mental health conditions like depression, anxiety, and ADHD?

Are there any restrictions for the FNP to treat patients with mood disorders and to prescribe them antipsychotics or SSRIs ?

Discussion 4:

CS/SB 614 authorizes  an ARNP to prescribe, dispense, administer, or order any drug, which would include controlled substances.

ARNP disciplinary sanctions are added to the bill in s. 456.072, F.S., (Section 5) to mirror a physician’s sanctions for prescribing or dispensing a controlled substance other in the course of professional practice or failing to meet practice standards. Additional acts for which discipline may be taken against an ARNP relating to practicing with controlled substances that are added to the Nurse Practice Act (Section 10) include:

 Presigning blank prescription forms.

 Prescribing a Schedule II for office use.

 Prescribing, dispensing, or administering an amphetamine or sympathomimetic amine drug, except for specified conditions.

 Prescribing, dispensing, or administering certain hormones for muscle-building or athletic performance.

 Promoting or advertising a pharmacy on a prescription form unless the form also states that the prescription may be filled at the pharmacy of your choice.

 Prescribing, dispensing, or administering drugs, including controlled substances, other than in the course of his or her professional practice.

 Prescribing, dispensing, or administering a controlled substance to himself or herself.

 Prescribing, dispensing, or administering laetrile.

 Dispensing a controlled substance listed in Schedule II or Schedule III in violation of the requirements for dispensing practitioners in the Pharmacy Practice Act.

 Promoting or advertising controlled substances.

After reading the following news article http://c-hit.org/2015/04/06/high-prescribing-nurse-surrenders-drug-licenses/

Identify what issues may arise with prescriptive authority of controlled substances and how you may avoid these situations? 

 Identify disparities in health among populations for a Healthy People 2020 health issue. For this assignment:

1. Describe the chosen Healthy People 2020 topic area and specific health issue.
2. Contrast causes of disparities related to this health issue within populations.
3. Propose a public health communication strategy to reduce disparity and promote health.
4. Outline a plan for the communication.
5. Describe an evaluation plan for the communication.
6. Create targeted communication for each population.
7. Reflect on learning through this project.

 The paper is to be formatted per current APA, be clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.

• The paper is to be 5 – 7 pages in length, excluding the title, abstract and references page.
• Incorporate a minimum of 3 current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work.
• Journal articles and books should be referenced according to current APA style