As the school nurse working in a college health clinic, you see many opportunities to promote health. Maria is a 40-year-old Hispanic who is in her second year of nursing school. She complains of a 14-pound weight gain since starting school and is afraid of what this will do to both her appearance and health if the trend continues. After conducting her history, you learn that she is an excellent cook and she and her family love to eat foods that reflect their Hispanic heritage. She is married with two school-age children. She attends class a total of 15 hours per week, plus she must be present for 12 hours of labs and clinical. She maintains the household essentially by herself and does all the shopping, cooking, cleaning, and chauffeuring of the children. She states that she is lucky to get 6 hours of sleep per night, but that is okay with her. She lives 1 hour from campus and commutes each day. Using Healthy People 2020

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and your text as a guide, answer the following questions.

What additional information would you like to gather from Maria?

What are Maria’s real and potential health risks?

Why is Maria’s culture important when obtaining the health assessment?

Pick one of Maria’s health risks. What would be one reasonable short-term goal for this risk?

What nursing interventions would you incorporate into Maria’s plan of care to assist her with meeting your chosen goal? Please provide rationale for your selections.

Jarvis, C. (2016). Physical examination & health assessment (7 th ed.) Philadelphia, PA: Saunders.

. Write a 350- to 525-word article that discusses key stakeholders in the health care sector in which you work. Include the following in your article:

• A brief introduction to the health care sector in which you work.
• Identify key internal stakeholders.
• Identify key external stakeholders.
• Evaluate strategies used to develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

 

A PICOT starts with a designated patient population in a particular clinical area and identifies clinical problems or issues that arise from clinical care. The intervention should be an independent, specified nursing change intervention. The intervention cannot require a provider prescription. Include a comparison to a patient population not currently receiving the intervention, and specify the timeframe needed to implement the change process.

Formulate a PICOT statement using the PICOT format provided in the assigned readings. The PICOT statement will provide a framework for your capstone project.

In a paper of 500-750 words, clearly identify the clinical problem and how it can result in a positive patient outcome.

Make sure to address the following on the PICOT statement:

1. Evidence-Based Solution
2. Nursing Intervention
3. Patient Care
4. Health Care Agency
5. Nursing Practice

I Complete Journaling Activity 6-1 on pg. 188. Answer all 3 questions using the assessment tools found in the chapter and document your findings to be handed in to the instructor at the end of the Community class. 

1. In your clinical Journal, discuss a situation you observed or in which you were the care taker for some one who had several teaching needs. Outline the process used to assess, plan, and teach client and family member ‘

2. Using theory form this chapter, Identify what was not successful related to teaching and learning for this client and family

3. What would you do differently from what was done when you are in a similar situation in the future? from the experience, what did you learn about yourself and teaching clients and families.

 APA style with citation, needs 3 credible sources reference not later than 2013.

Discussion

Patients with endocrine and musculoskeletal disorders often require long-term treatment and care resulting in the need for extensive patient education. By appropriately educating patients, advanced practice nurses can assist patients with the management of their disorders. In clinical settings, patients with endocrine and musculoskeletal disorders typically seek treatment for symptoms that pose problems to their everyday lives as ordinary tasks may become difficult to complete. For instance, patients might have difficulty walking short distances, preparing meals, or even running errands. To reduce these symptoms and additional health risks, it is essential to develop drug therapy plans with individual patient factors in mind.

To prepare:

• -Select one of the following endocrine or musculoskeletal disorders: thyroid disease, osteoarthritis, rheumatic arthritis, gout, multiple sclerosis, or fibromyalgia. Consider the types of drugs that would be prescribed to patients to treat symptoms associated with this disorder.
• -Select one of the following factors: genetics, gender, ethnicity, age, or behavior. Reflect on how this factor might impact the effects of prescribed drugs, as well as any measures you might take to help reduce negative side effects.

With these thoughts in mind:

By Day 3

Post a description of the endocrine or musculoskeletal disorder you selected including types of drugs that would be prescribed to patients to treat associated symptoms. Then, explain how the factor you selected might impact the effects of prescribed drugs, as well as any measures you might take to help reduce negative side effects.