Topic: Skin Integrity/ Wound Care 

-Paper must be APA format and at least 750 words not to exceed 1000 words.

 -Double spaced and use Times New Roman standard 12-point font.

 – A minimum of two (2) references must be used. The two references will include the required class textbook(Fundamentals Of Nursing 10th Edition) and at least one outside scholarly source (ex. journal article). APA format must be used citing and referencing sources.

 Textbook Info: Fundamentals of Nursing 10th Edition, Author: Potter Perry, Publisher: Elsevier- Health Sciences Division. 

The topic must be related to the specific given patient. The paper must be written in the 3rd person with the exception of reflection which has to be done in the 1st person. All descriptions analysis, interventions, etc, must be on skin integrity/ wound care topic. 

Simple question very quick

1. A 24-year-old Pakistani immigrant woman has given birth to a healthy boy. She expresses sadness that her family cannot be there to see him. The nurse is confused about why the mother is not happy.

• a.   What is the cultural context of her sadness?
• b. What can the nurse do to assist her?

2.A 55-year-old man is hospitalized for an opportunistic infection and asks for his partner to be with him overnight. He stated that previous hospitals did not allow his partner to visit and that is why he chose your hospital.

• a.   What are the ethical issues and what framework would you use to analyze the situation?
• b. Describe the research that may support the request.

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.

  

NURSING PICO QUESTION

1. Formulate a PICO question for your “Design A Research Study” assignment. Use the following formulated question as PICO question to create the Concept Map:

Which form of oxytocin administration during the third stage of labor is most effective in reducing the risk of postpartum hemorrhage?

1. Create a concept map for your PICO question, using the module resources on concept mapping. Using guidelines from the concept mapping topic of this module, create a new concept map based on your PICO question. See resources and guidelines attached below 
2. The first step is in concept mapping to create boxes with the four pieces of your PICO.
3. Then begin making connections between the population, intervention, comparison, and outcomes for your question. 
4. Expand your map by including additional levels of concepts, ideas, and search terms (synonyms) for each subtopic. 
5. You should have at least three levels of sub-concepts in addition to your main PICO concepts. This process will help you tremendously when you begin to search the databases for literature on your paper topic. 

PICO and Concept Map Assignment Grading Rubric: 

  

Possible Points

Points Given

Comments

 

PICO and Search   Query Worksheet attached and complete

5

 

Well-written   PICO of nursing relevance

5

  

PICO represented as main concept boxes on concept   map an Contains at   least 3 additional levels of concepts beyond the main boxes

5

 

Map Appears   thorough and neat

5

CASE STUDY

Richard is a 50-year-old male with nasal congestion, sneezing, rhinorrhea, and postnasal drainage. Richard has struggled with an itchy nose, eyes, palate, and ears for 5 days. As you check his ears and throat for redness and inflammation, you notice him touch his fingers to the bridge of his nose to press and rub there. He says he’s taken Mucinex OTC the past 2 nights to help him breathe while he sleeps. When you ask if the Mucinex has helped at all, he sneers slightly and gestures that the improvement is only minimal. Richard is alert and oriented. He has pale, boggy nasal mucosa with clear thin secretions and enlarged nasal turbinates, which obstruct airway flow but his lungs are clear. His tonsils are not enlarged but his throat is mildly erythematous.

Use the Episodic/Focused SOAP Template and create an episodic/focused note about the patient in the case study to which you were assigned using the episodic/focused note template provided in the Week 5 resources. Provide evidence from the literature to support diagnostic tests that would be appropriate for each case. List five different possible conditions for the patient’s differential diagnosis and justify why you selected each.

Instructions

The purpose of the Theory Evaluation Paper is to help you critically evaluate a middle-range nursing theory. This assignment will be completed using the three stages of the theory evaluation process:  Theory Description, Theory Analysis, and Theory Evaluation.

1. Select a Middle-Range Nursing Theory- Select one specific middle-range nursing theoryfrom your textbook that best suits your area of practice. (Ex. Pender’s Health Promotion Model, Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory, Beck’s Postpartum Depression Theory, etc.)
2. APA Student Title Page– (No Abstract Needed)

• Include the following information on the Student title page in 7th APA format:
  • Assignment name in Bold Font: (Ex. Theory Evaluation Paper: Swanson’s Theory of Caring) 
  • Skip a Line
  • Your Name
  • Name of University
  • Course Number and Name
  • Instructor’s Name
  • Date of Submission (Month, Day, Year)

1. Introductory paragraph Capture the reader’s attention (ex. Grabbing statistics) and discuss the rationale for selecting the specific nursing theory for your area of nursing over other nursing theories (Do not write in first person; Include a purpose/thesis statement of what you will describe in the paper as the last sentence of the introductory paragraph.) Next, begin the Body of Paper.
2. Theory Description (Level 1 Header) 

• Purpose (Level 2 Header); (Designate as Descriptive, Explanatory, Predictive, or Prescriptive;  Include Scope-middle-range)
• Concepts (Level 2 Header); (Introduce and list main concepts)
• Definitions (Level 2 Header); (Define concepts and other important aspects)
• Relationship (Level 2 Header); (Describe relationship among concepts)
• Structure (Level 2 Header); (Describe; Is there a diagram of structure?)
• Assumptions (Level 2 Header); (beliefs, propositions of the theory)

5.  Theory Analysis (Level 1 Header) 

• Theory’s Origin (Level 2 Header); (historical creation and evolution of theory)
• Unique Focus (Level 2 Header); (distinctive views)
• Content (Level 2 Header); (include definitions of metaparadigm concepts of person, environment, health, and nursing)

6.  Theory Evaluation (Level 1 Header) 

• Significance (Level 2 Header); (usefulness, social significance, cultural significance)
• Comprehensiveness (Level 2 Header); (of the content, thoroughness, utility)
• Logical Congruence (Level 2 Header); (consistency and clarity of theory; consistent use of concepts throughout the literature)
• Credibility (Level 2 Header); (legitimacy, empirical support through research) 
• Contribution to Nursing (Level 2 Header); (usefulness to nursing practice, education, and research)

7.  Conclusion (Level 1 Header) Conclusion paragraph with concluding statements to summarize the content and re-state or re-phrase the purpose/thesis statement.

8.  APA Reference Page- Please be sure to support your paper with in-text citations. Please use 5 peer-reviewed resources.

Additional Instructions: Your assignment should be typed into a Word or other word processing document, formatted in APA style. Paper should be a minimum of 4-5 pages in length, excluding the title and references pages.  You may increase the number of pages of the body of the paper up to 7-8 pages if needed.  This is a scholarly paper and should not be written in first person.  Paragraphs should have a minimum of 3 sentences.  Paraphrasing should be done using in-text citations.  Direct quotes should be rare and used only when the content can be said in no other way. If using direct quotes, you must include page or paragraph number. 

Additional instructions- Please follow the below outline when writing your paper:

Title page with relevant information

Page 2

Introductory heading

Start your paper with 1-2 general introductory paragraph that includes a thesis statement to describe the overall purpose of your paper

Theory Description

Use Chinn and Kramer (2008) criteria for theory description. This can be found in pages 101-102 of McEwen & Wills (2014). Use the following five headings:

1. Purpose
2. Concepts
3. Definitions
4. Relationship
5. Structure Assumptions

Theory Analysis

Use Fawcett (2005) criteria for theory analysis (can be found in pages 100-101). Use the following three headings after your 1-3 general analysis paragraphs of Fawcett (2005) criteria:

1. Theory’s  origin
2. Unique focus
3. Content

Theory Evaluation

Use Fawcett (2005) criteria for theory evaluation (can be found in pages 100-101). Use the following five headings after 1-3 general evaluation paragraphs:

1. Significance
2. Comprehensiveness of the content
3. Logical congruence (consistency & Clarity)
4. Credibility
5. Contribution to nursing

Conclusion

1-2 paragraphs that highlights major components of your paper

References on the last pages