Please, provide a response to the following discussion by using one reference of Nursing peer-reviewed journal not older than 5 years from Database.

Is nursing a profession?

            When debating whether or not nursing is considered a profession, is it important to define what is a profession. By definition, a profession involves having a clear framework of its own body of knowledge, which implies that the professional is able to use the knowledge gained through research and uses it in practice (George, 2011). In a real-life situation, when a person enters a hospital after sustaining a gunshot wound, the individual will be immediately treated by a variety of different staff members who are trained and capable of treating the injured patient. Registered Nurses (RN), are surely among many of the staff members who would be present on the scene to ensure that the patient doesn’t bleed by continuously assessing and monitoring the patient’s progress. 

Nursing is indeed considered a profession for many reasons that are worth to discuss. First, nurses are trained in an accredited school where they receive the training from professors who have received the proper training to educate their students to learn the knowledge required to practice the profession of nursing (Eptein & Turner, 2015). Second, the profession of nursing has been guided by the American Nurses Association and by the Code of Ethics, which mandates nurses to adhere to their strict standards and if failure to do so, will result in having the nursing license revoked (Eptein & Turner, 2015). Nurses have the ethical duty to protect their patients from harm, to treat every individual equally and with respect despite their gender, cultural background, sexual orientation or criminal record. Lastly, a nurse has the ability to use his/her judgement when making clinical decisions and has the ability to use his/her critical thinking skills when treating patients (Eptein & Turner, 2015). If for instance, a nurse comes across a medication that may be contraindicated for a particular patient, a nurse can use his/her critical thinking skills to question the doctor’s order and may hold the medication until full clarification is obtained. As part of their profession, nurses are responsible to ensuring that their patients receive the highest level of care.

What are your thoughts???

Non-experimental research focuses on attempting to study the correlation/relationship between two things. It studies the variables, but unlike experimental, it differs in that these variables are not being manipulated. An example I think of for non-experimental is patients with ICU delirium. Not all patients admitted to the ICU will develop delirium because ICU alone does not cause derlium, but there is a strong chance/relationship if certain measures aren’t taken. This can ultimately lead to worse patient outcomes.

Use APA 6th Edition Format and support your work with at least 3 peer-reviewed references within 5 years of publication. Remember that you need a cover page and a reference page. All paragraphs need to be cited properly. All responses must be in a narrative format and each paragraph must have at least 4 sentences. Lastly, you must have at least 2 pages of content, no greater than 3 pages, excluding cover page and reference page.

Case Study is Due 9/26/2019 by 12 Midnight. If Any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Case Study

L.L. is a 67-year-old male who has been diagnosed with BPH. He is having difficulty with urination. He is currently on Cozaar 100 mg for HTN and his BP is well controlled. He is taking no other medications. The doctor has recommended medication for his BPH, but he would like to try a herbal supplement before taking a prescription medication.

1. Would you recommend a herbal supplement in L.L’s case?

2. If so, what herbal supplement would he take?

3. What is the recommended dosage?

4. What are possible side effects of the herbal supplement?

5. What warnings should you give L.L. before he starts the herbal supplement

SWOT Activity – 10-Slide PowerPoint

Due Week 2 and worth 50 points

As indicated in the Research Activity, out of 200 applicants, you were selected to work as the manager in the research department for a special task force with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Review the CDC website at https://www.cdc.gov. Your first assignment with the special task force is to focus on Opioid Overdose. The CDC reports that from 1999 to 2015, more than 183,000 people died in the U.S. from overdose related to prescription opioids.

The CDC has been researching the impact of opioid overdose to protect the public’s health and prevent opioid overdose deaths using surveillance and research. Your focus is two primary areas: 1) opioid prescribing guidelines for physicians, and 2) ways hospitals can create prescription drug monitoring as a part of their Quality Management Department (seehttps://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/index.html).

The CDC sent you to a local hospital, and based on your Research Activity, you were asked to provide the hospital leaders with a 10-slide PowerPoint to explain your research findings and to include a SWOT analysis. Your research skills used to create a SWOT analysis is based on Chapter 3 in the textbook and from the Research Exercise. SWOT stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats; this analysis tool can be used to identify forces that can potentially help or harm the healthcare organization. Review the SWOT examples in Figures 1 and 2; listen to the Week 1 Lecture in Blackboard, and review the video on SWOT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_6AVRGLXGA.

Figure 1

Figure 2

Your 10-slide SWOT PowerPoint should follow this format:

1. Slide 1 should be a cover page; 
2. Slide 2 is the background; 
3. Slides 3-9 should have a Thesis Statement and follow the SESC formula: State, Explain, Support, and Conclude; and
4. Slide 10 is the reference page and should contain at least three (3) quality peer-reviewed references in SWS format. Note:Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.
5. This course requires use of new Student Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Analyze the critical management issues, purpose, functions, and performance measures of different departments within healthcare organizations.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in health services organization management.
• Write clearly and concisely about health services organization management using proper writing mechanics.