Identify at least one sociocultural factor from Tina Jones below. Identify one health promotion need and discuss at least one strategy for cultural competency that you could apply during a health promotion teaching activity.

About Ms. Jones:

She’s a 28yr old African American, has asthma and diabetes. She does not have hypertension or high cholesterol but has a family history back ground of her parents, grandparents, and great grandparents having high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and not being obese however slightly overweight. 

We are all individual person living in the world, or the earth, our environment. We all somehow in our life get sick sometimes, which means we require nursing care. These four metaparadigm are cooperate with each other and they are connected together. However, the one of the most important metaparadigms is environment in my nursing practice. 

The first week of my orientation on the floor is to learn the safety check in each room at the beginning of the shift. I was taught to check whether there are oxygen tubing, suction and bed alarm for high fall risk patients are set up and I have to make sure that there should be a clear pathway to walk around the patient’s rooms and there should not be any cords on the floor that possibly trip people. Keeping with the current healthcare focus of patient care quality and safety in acute and intensive care environments is very important. There is one time we have a patient that is in airway emergency and we need to suction him. However, the room was not ready with all the suction tubing and set up. The patient ended up with brain death because of delay intubation.

A lot of long-term hospitalization patients would like to decorate their room with their own stuffs, putting up all their own pictures with family, friends and have their ADLs, like toothbrush and pajama. They feel more relax and comfort when they have the quiet and warm environment provide then with safety and security.

According to Nightingale’s environment theory, it entails fresh air, pure water, effective drainage, cleanliness and light are the key elements in functioning of life’s processes and health status. It is involving the nurses’ initiative to configuring environmental settings appropriate for the gradual restoration of the patients’ health, and the external factors associated with the patient’s surroundings affect life or biologic and physiologic processes, and his development (Selanders, 1998).

Virginia Henderson’s “Need Theory” on one hand has the same goal as Nightingale’s environment theory. They both addressing the needs of patients is crucial in providing quality care.  “Need theory” not only included providing the safe/secure environment to patients, it also considered close to realism and it is aiming to enable nurses to improve standard of caring by assessing patient needs including physiological, psychological, spiritual and moral (Ahtisham & Jacoline, 2015).  Comparing these two theories, nurses have a unique ability to apply their observational skills to understand the role of the designed environment to enable healing in their patients.  As a bedside nurse, by comparing the similarities and differences between these two theories, it put me up to in a better position to provide the holistic care to my patients.

Reference

Ahtisham, Y., & Jacoline, S., (2015) Integrating Nursing Theory and Process Into Practice; Viginia’s Henderson need Theory. International Journal of Caring Sciences. May-August 2015 Vol. 8 Issue 2 pp 443-450

Selanders, L., (June, 1998). The Power of Environmental Adaptation. Florence Nightingale’s Original Theory for Nursing Practice. Journal of Holistic Nursing

Competency

Appraise the relationship between a heightened regulatory environment and corporate governance.

Instructions

ABC Bank officials view compliance with regulations as a necessity for the very survival of their business. The leadership team at ABC also understands the impact that banks have on the aggregate economy, particularly the ramifications of mismanaged risks within banks. ABC’s leadership team believes that a holistic understanding of the intricacies of risk management within banks as well as the impact of risk on the economy is necessary to drive the desired behavior. As a result, you have been hired to facilitate a presentation for ABC’s new hires. Your presentation should be composed in PowerPoint or Prezi and must be submitted to ABC’s HR department for approval by the end of the week. Along with the slides, you must also submit notes on what you will say during the presentation. You should use the Note feature at the bottom of the PowerPoint slide to submit the notes.

Your presentation and notes should include the following 8 slides min.

• Identify three ways that banks impact the economy. Include clear examples and well-defined reasons.
• Identify two regulations and describe their origin and role in managing risks within banks.
• What risk management standards did the banks employ as a result of the regulations?
• What are the consequences of failing to meet the standards outlined by the regulators?
• Would a firm be prudent to properly manage its leverage and liquidity levels if they are not regulated? Why or why not? What tools can organizations employ to manage the risks caused by inadequate levels?
• 1. Three ways that banks can impact the economy are described, and all include clear examples, well-defined reasons, and a thorough explanation of the economic impact.
• 2.Two applicable regulations are identified, and the origin and role in managing risks within banks are correctly described with a high level of detail for each.
• 3.For each regulation mentioned, appropriate risk management standards that were a result are listed and described.
• 4.Consequences of failure to meet the standards outlined by regulators are thoroughly described.
• 5.A response with specific examples and with appropriate reasoning on why a firm would or would not want to manage its level of leverage and liquidity if it were not regulated is given.
• 6.Appropriate tools for managing each risk associated with leverage and liquidity that is mentioned are included.

Please answer the following Discussion Question.  Please be certain to answer the two questions on this week DQ and to provide a well-developed and complete answer to receive credit.  Also, please ensure to have read the assigned chapters for the current week. 

Case Study, Chapter 19, Technology in Health Care: Opportunities, Limitations, and Challenges

Technology has already dramatically transformed health care, shaping both consumer and provider expectations. With advances in technology, however, have come new opportunities, limitations, and challenges. Technology can cut costs, improve patient outcomes, streamline workflow, and improve information accessibility. It can also be costly, require almost limitless ongoing training, and continually bring about new ethical dilemmas, including the need to assure the “human element” is not lost in patient care. Determining what technology should be developed and how it should be used in an era of limited resources, with vulnerable populations, raises multiple ethical questions. 

Faculty at a college of nursing present a seminar for their students on the use of technology in today’s health care system.

1.  Describe technology advances that are used in health care today. 

2.  The nursing faculty concludes the presentation by stating that decisions should be made about what technology can best be used in each individual setting and how it should be used. Describe some points to consider in implementing technology in health care.