Local senior day program requests your assistance. The program is funded through Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay. Many of the seniors are high functioning and able to actively participate in decision- making. The Medicare Part D program is in effect. The seniors are complaining that they do not understand the plan and how it affects them. Medicare D is new to you also.

• How might you target this specific older adult population?
• What strategies could you use to teach this subject?
• How would you consider issues in the discussions such as polypharmacy?

https://www.medicare.gov/drug-coverage-part-d (Links to an external site.)

Develop a 1 page information sheet or brochure explaining the most current (2021) features and requirements for Medicare Part D for seniors. This must reflect current CMS and Medicare information for 2021. Attach to your discussion post. Make sure to base your handout on principles of learning for adults and take level of health literacy into account.

 Investigate three professional journals and describe the process and criteria they use for selecting work to be published. Describe how you would work to meet this process and criteria. Describe challenges you perceive in getting work published in the journals. Describe three ethical considerations in research and knowledge acquisition and sharing. 

250 words

please use peer reviewed articles

PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS AS INDICATED BELOW:

1). ZERO (0) PLAGIARISM

2). ATLEAST 5 REFERENCES, NO MORE THAN 5 YEARS

3).  PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING ATTACHMENT FOR RUBRIC DETAILS.

4). Please carefully review the grading rubric and focus on the “Excellent” column, and please include each component in the assignment as required. Also, please follow APA writing rules and style. 

5). Please Include the Title page, Introduction, purpose statement, Literature Review, conclusion, and reference page. 

Thank you.  

heart disease remains the No. 1 killer in America; nearly half of all Americans have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or smoke—some of the leading risk factors for heart disease…

—Murphy et al., 2018

Despite the high mortality rates associated with cardiovascular disorders, improved treatment options do exist that can help address those risk factors that afflict the majority of the population today.  

 

As an advanced practice nurse, it is your responsibility to recommend appropriate treatment options for patients with cardiovascular disorders. To ensure the safety and effectiveness of drug therapy, advanced practice nurses must consider aspects that might influence pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes such as medical history, other drugs currently prescribed, and individual patient factors.

Reference: Murphy, S. L., Xu, J., Kochanek, K. D., & Arias, E. (2018). Mortality in the United States, 2017. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db328.htm

To Prepare

• Review the Resources for this module and consider the impact of potential pharmacotherapeutics for cardiovascular disorders introduced in the media piece.
• Review the case study assigned by your Instructor for this Assignment.
• Select one of the following factors: genetics, gender, ethnicity, age, or behavior factors.
• Reflect on how the factor you selected might influence the patient’s pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes.
• Consider how changes in the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes might impact the patient’s recommended drug therapy.
• Think about how you might improve the patient’s drug therapy plan based on the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic changes. Reflect on whether you would modify the current drug treatment or provide an alternative treatment option for the patient.

Write a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following:

• Explain how the factor you selected might influence the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes in the patient from the case study you were assigned.
• Describe how changes in the processes might impact the patient’s recommended drug therapy. Be specific and provide examples.
• Explain how you might improve the patient’s drug therapy plan and explain why you would make these recommended improvements.

   

  After you’ve made changes to the current drug list, you are required to provide a Revised Drug List

 Patient Case:
 

Case Study

Patient AO has a history of obesity and has recently gained 9 pounds. The patient has been diagnosed with hypertension and hyperlipidemia. Drugs currently prescribed include the following:

• Atenolol 12.5 mg daily
• Doxazosin 8 mg daily
• Hydralazine 10 mg qid
• Sertraline 25 mg daily
• Simvastatin 80 mg daily

Provide an explanation for the drug changes to the patient’s current list at

the end of the post:

EXAMPLE of a Revised Drug List.

Drug            10mg   1 tab bid

Drug            20mg    I tab q day.

Drug          No change    

Add Drug      2 mg hs

DC Drug

 4) PERSONAL STATEMENT: 

Please type your personal statement of not more than 500 words addressing the following questions. Please attach your typed personal statement to the application form. 

 1. Why do you want to be a social worker? 

2. What type of social work do you want to practice? 

3. What population do you want to serve and in what work setting? 

4. What personal qualities do you possess which will assist you in the social work profession? 

5. Please include information about your experience with and commitment to serving people of color.

 EXPERIENCE: Please describe your experience working with people of color. The department is interested in your experience relating to people of color at all levels of an organization. The context or environment is more important than the type of work. For example, work experience in a restaurant where all staff including managers are people of color is preferable to experience at a social service agency where only the clients are people of color, but the staff and managers are not. List additional experience or provide supplementary information on a separate page as needed 

Discuss the correlation between nursing education and positive patient outcomes. Include current research that links patient safety outcomes to advanced degrees in nursing. Based on some real-life experiences, explain whether you agree or disagree with this research.

Discuss the difference between a DNP and a PhD in nursing. Discuss which of these you would choose to pursue if you decide to continue your education to the doctoral level and explain why.