With the realization that pain is highly prevalent among older adults, please answer the following questions.

Questions:
1. What are some ways you as the nurse can utilize to determine pain in the older adult?
2. What are some of the potential barriers related to self-reporting of pain in the older adult?
3. What is the prevalence of pain in the older adult?
4. Describe and compare your findings for each of the following:
a. Numeric rating scale
b. Visual analog scale
c. McGill pain questionnaire
d. Pain in dementia patients

Assignment Prompt

The purpose of Reflection-in-Action is to reflect upon what one has learned or how one has performed as compared with one’s expectations or goals. This assignment will provide an opportunity for students to share their experiences, thoughts, feelings and learning moments from this course. 

Self understanding through reflection on life experiences, feelings, etc., is a core concept in Dr. Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring.  

The Reflection for this course must address at least three (3) of the following topics:

• Learning moments or activities from this course
• Thoughts on evidence-based practice
• Evidence supporting Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring
• Ethics in research
• Protecting human subjects in quality improvement or evidence-based practice projects
• Understanding or comfort level with statistics in nursing research and other research reports
• Perception of MSN graduates’ role in nursing research
• Creating and sustaining an Evidence-Based nursing environment
• Asking compelling, clinical questions
• Lessons learned while conducting evidence-based literature review

Expectations

• Due: Friday 10/16/2020, 11:59 pm PT
• Length: A minimum of two and maximum of four pages (excluding the title and reference pages).  Submissions not meeting the minimum and maximum page requirements will receive a grade of zero. 
• Format: Formal paper, APA 6th ed format for body of paper and all citations. 

Task

Patient Education

a. Create a lesson pertaining to caring for a patient with COPD who is from another culture.

b. Discuss potential barriers and solutions

c. Address learning evaluation methods.

As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format. Support your work, using your course lectures and textbook readings. Helpful APA guides and resources are available in the University Online Library. Below are guides that are located in the library and can be accessed and downloaded via the  University Online Citation Resources: APA Style page. The American Psychological Association website also provides detailed guidance on formatting, citations, and references at APA Style.

Instructions:

The post should be written in outline form. To prepare the Persuasive outline, use the full-sentence outline method. The outline should have enough content in order to deliver an 8-10 minute persuasive speech. The outline should include the following:

• Specific Purpose
• Central Idea (aka:  Thesis Statement or Preview Statement)
• Introduction – capture attention, establish YOUR speaker credibility, preview the speech
• Body – key points (minimum of 3), transitions between main points, supporting materials from at least 3 sources including in-text references to the sources.
• Conclusion – signal the end, summarize main points
• Researched supporting material references (minimum 3) – include a works cited at the end of your outline, use APA format.
• Identification of a presentation aid (visual)
• Use persuasive techniques and language

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with in-text citations and references in APA format.

Estimated time to complete: 2 hours

This topic is valued at 40 points. Please review post and response expectations. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria (Read Me First Section of the Course).

Peer Response: Unit 6, Due Sunday by 11:59 pm CT

Persuasive Speech Outline Draft Peer Review

Instructions:

Please post 1 peer response.

In the response post, critique the outline by providing strengths and areas of improvement based on the quality of the following:

• Introduction
• Body w/ transitions
• Conclusion
• Supporting materials – in-text references and APA citations
• Were you persuaded? How was it or was it not effective?
• Other suggestions for improvement
• Any suggestions you have for smoothing out the content.

Instructions

Informatics in the Clinical Setting

Conduct an interview with someone in an informatics role in a clinical setting. Then, in a Microsoft Word document of 5-6 pages formatted in APA style, discuss each of the following criteria:

·  Role description and education level required for the role.

·  Describe their views on how their role affects patient safety and improves the quality of patient care.

·  Describe the human factors faced in the role and other challenges.

·  Express insights gained from the interview.

·  Research and discuss the impact of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicators and The Joint Commission Patient Safety Goals in your clinical setting. Describe how these governing agencies influence delivery of direct patient care.

·  Research, discuss, and identify the Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) utilized in your clinical setting. Be sure to get the perspective of your selected informatics professional during your interview.

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Please note that the title and reference pages should not be included in the total page count of your paper.

On a separate references page, cite all sources using APA format. Helpful APA guides and resources are available in the  University Online Library. Below are guides that are located in the library and can be accessed and downloaded via the University Online Citation Resources: APA Style page. The American Psychological Association website also provides detailed guidance on formatting, citations, and references at APA Style.