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Post an explanation of the psychometric properties of the assessment tool you were assigned. Explain when it is appropriate to use this assessment tool with clients, including whether the tool can be used to evaluate the efficacy of psychopharmacologic medications. Support your approach with evidence-based literature.

Assessment tools have two primary purposes: 1) to measure illness and diagnose clients, and 2) to measure a client’s response to treatment. For the Week 2 discussion, you will examine the assessment tool that I have assigned to you and consider its use in psychotherapy.

ASSIGNED TOOL

Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test                           

Question

M.G. is a school nurse practitioner in a district with a high number of teen pregnancies. Teen pregnancy has been a problem in this district for several generations now, and the rate is one of the highest in the state.

She chairs a task force created to address the teen pregnancy problems in the school district. Teachers, parents, students, and other interested community members sit on the task force. M.G. affects change by providing information the community needs to develop health-oriented skills, attitudes, and related behavioral changes.

Case 3 Discussion

Health education on teenage pregnancies is a plan that aims at minimizing the number of teenage pregnancies especially those that are not planned. As the school nurse there should be strategies that can be used to meet this program. The nurse can organize a meeting with the teenage female students to discuss the issues concerned with early pregnancies. The students can then be given the opportunity to air their reasons for getting pregnant before the right time. Another way is by involving the parents in guidance of their children and the importance of mother-daughter closeness (Radzilani-Makatu  & Takalani, 2016). The nurse can also recommend on the means to prevent teenage pregnancies. Such factors involve the use of contraceptives, use of barrier methods to prevent pregnancies. The nurse can also recommend a seasonal meeting with the female teens to discuss their social issues and how they can avoid early pregnancies. Such talks will help the female students to open up about what is making them do certain things. Such reasons as lack of parental guidance, lack of restrictions from the parents or even cultural factors. By identifying such factors the nurse is able to identify a strategy that can help reduce teenage pregnancies and promote a healthy living (Cook & Cameroon, 2017).

            An effective health assessment does not only incorporate physiological parameters but also, psychological, economical, and other factors to reach maximal health potential on individuals. By considering the psychological parameters it calls for the health professional to look into the peoples’ beliefs, the culture of the people, and the level of education of these people. These factors contribute to the health status of the people. For instance, those people living in poor socioeconomic backgrounds are likely to suffer some conditions due to the environment that they live in. If these people cannot afford to eat healthily it means that they are likely to suffer diseases that are caused by poor nutritional values. Culture is another factor, some cultures advocate for early marriages for girls, which leads to early pregnancies and these pregnancies often complicate causing high mobility rates in the society (Edelman, Mandle & Kudzma, 2017). Early pregnancies are factors that contribute to psychological distress to the involved parties. To reduce this the healthcare promoters should look into the society and work on improving the peoples’ views on health and how they can change their lifestyle to promote healthy living.

            There are stages involved in family development. These are the various stages that a family takes from its beginning to its end. The first stage is beginning family whereby the couple comes up with a mutual agreement on marriage, realign the relationship with the extended family and then make a decision on parenthood. The next stage is the childbearing phase where the two integrate an infant into the family ad agree on parenting the child. The next is families with pre-school children. In this stage, the family is concerned about the social life of the child while maintaining a healthy relationship. The next stage is the family with school-going children. This family stage deals with the social needs of the children, the relationship of the children with each other. The next stage is family with teenagers, the family is concerned with a balance between the freedom of the children and their responsibility, at this stage the couple is also trying to refocus on marital and career issues. The next stage is a family launching young adults, there is a need to develop an adult-to-adult relationship with grown children and to expand the family to accommodate new members by marriage. Then the empty nest stage where the children leave their home to make their own living (Nomaguchi & Fettro, 2019)

            A family structure can be defined as a term used to describe the members of a household linked by marriage or bloodline in reference to at least one child living under that roof and below eighteen years of age. The function of a family structure is to provide a socialization foundation for the children. How they relate with others, this is an important factor in the promotion of family health. How the children are taught regarding their health will impact how they relate with people. A family also provides love and nurturance. By saying this it means that a family is responsible for making its members have a sense of belonging. This helps in promoting psychological health and avoidance of conditions such as depression (ZAHARIA, 2019). Maintenance and physical care is also the responsibility of a family. Keeping fit is a key factor when it comes to health promotion. It, therefore, calls for the family to encourage exercising to avoid obesity.

References

Cook, S. M., & Cameron, S. T. (2017). Social issues of teenage pregnancy. Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Reproductive Medicine, 27(11), 327-332.

Doyle, E. I., Ward, S. E., & Early, J. (2018). The process of community health education and promotion. Waveland Press.

Edelman, C. L., Mandle, C. L., & Kudzma, E. C. (2017). Health promotion throughout the life span-e-book. Elsevier Health Sciences.

Nomaguchi, K., & Fettro, M. N. (2019). Childrearing stages and work–family conflict: The role of job demands and resources. Journal of marriage and family, 81(2), 289-307.

Radzilani-Makatu, M., & Takalani, J. F. (2016). Awareness of prevention of teenage pregnancy amongst secondary school learners in Makhado municipality. African journal of primary health care & family medicine, 8(2), 1-5.

ZAHARIA, J. (2019). STRUCTURING SOCIETY: FAMILY FUNCTIONS VERSUS FAMILY ISSUES. Vizione, (33).

· Develop your vision of the ideal health care system. 

· List some of the characteristics that constitute such a system. What would be the goal or goals of your ideal system?

·Think about how you would go about implementing your ideal system. 

·Consider some of the problems you are likely to encounter. 

·Must address all of the topics.

·150-word minimum/250-word maximum without the references

·Minimum of two references in APA format. If additional articles chosen, they must have been published within last 3-5 years.

Assignment: Developing Organizational Policies and Practices

Competing needs arise within any organization as employees seek to meet their targets and leaders seek to meet company goals. As a leader, successful management of these goals requires establishing priorities and allocating resources accordingly.

Within a healthcare setting, the needs of the workforce, resources, and patients are often in conflict. Mandatory overtime, implementation of staffing ratios, use of unlicensed assisting personnel, and employer reductions of education benefits are examples of practices that might lead to conflicting needs in practice.

Leaders can contribute to both the problem and the solution through policies, action, and inaction. In this Assignment, you will further develop the white paper you began work on in Module 1 by addressing competing needs within your organization.

To Prepare:

• Review the national healthcare issue/stressor you examined in your Assignment for Module 1, and review the analysis of the healthcare issue/stressor you selected.
• Identify and review two evidence-based scholarly resources that focus on proposed policies/practices to apply to your selected healthcare issue/stressor.
• Reflect on the feedback you received from your colleagues on your Discussion post regarding competing needs.

The Assignment (4-5 pages):

Developing Organizational Policies and Practices

Add a section to the paper you submitted in Module 1. The new section should address the following:

• Identify and describe at least two competing needs impacting your selected healthcare issue/stressor.
• Describe a relevant policy or practice in your organization that may influence your selected healthcare issue/stressor.
• Critique the policy for ethical considerations, and explain the policy’s strengths and challenges in promoting ethics.
• Recommend one or more policy or practice changes designed to balance the competing needs of resources, workers, and patients, while addressing any ethical shortcomings of the existing policies. Be specific and provide examples.
• Cite evidence that informs the healthcare issue/stressor and/or the policies, and provide two scholarly resources in support of your policy or practice recommendations.

Learning Resources

Required Readings

American Nurses Association. (2015). Code of ethics for nurses with interpretive statements. Silver Spring, MD: Author. Retrieved from
https://www.nursingworld.org/coe-view-only
Note: Review all, with special attention to “Provision 6” (pp. 23–26).

Kelly, P., & Porr, C. (2018). Ethical nursing care versus cost containment: Considerations to enhance RN practice. OJIN: Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 23(1), Manuscript 6. doi:10.3912/OJIN.Vol23No01Man06. Retrieved from
http://ojin.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Vol-23-2018/No1-Jan-2018/Ethical-Nursing-Cost-Containment.html  

Milliken, A. (2018). Ethical awareness: What it is and why it matters. OJIN: Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 23(1), Manuscript 1. doi:10.3912/OJIN.Vol23No01Man01. Retrieved from
http://ojin.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Vol-23-2018/No1-Jan-2018/Ethical-Awareness.html

Required Media

Laureate Education (Producer). (2012). Ethical, Moral, and Legal Leadership [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
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Laureate Education (Producer). (2009b). Working with Individuals [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
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PLS REVIEW MY ASSIGN WK1 NURS 6053 BEFORE WORKING ON THIS PAPER.

Mrs. Smith is an 88- year-old female who lives alone in her home. She walks with a walker. Last night Mrs. Smith needed to go to the bathroom. She got out of her bed and walked to the bathroom without using her walker. In the morning her daughter came to the house to check up on her. She found her mom on the bathroom floor. She called the ambulance and her mom was taken to the emergency room.  In the emergency room, the patient states, “she lost her balance in the bathroom when she was washing her hands and fell to the floor.” According to the daughter, her mom has lost her balance many times but never fell. She doesn’t always use her walker in the house. Her daughter also states, “She needs help getting dressed, taking a shower and making her meals.” Mrs. Smith states her pain is an 8 out of 10 on numeric scale of 0 to 10. She also states the pain constant, worse with movement, and radiates down her leg. Her legs feel weak. The nurse performs an assessment on the patient. She is unable to stand in and apply weight to her legs. The patient is weak in the upper extremities and lower extremities. She is unable to lift her legs off the bed.  She is unable to turn from on her side without assistance. She is unable to pull her body up in the bed.

1. What subjective data and objective data do you notice in this case study? Please list the subjective and objective data.
2. Cluster the data together that is similar and explain the significance of the data.
3. Analyze the data by applying Maslow’s Hierarchy of Need? Why is this data significant?
4. Create three nursing diagnoses for this patient. Problem- focused nursing diagnosis has three components: Problem, Etiology and Symptoms). What are some reasons you choose each nursing diagnosis?
5. List three outcomes for each nursing diagnosis. Outcomes must be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timed.
6. What nursing actions are you going to choose for each nursing diagnosis? Please think about the patient holistically. This should be a fairly comprehensive list. Include all necessary interventions related to each nursing diagnosis, must be measurable and specific. Provide rationales for each intervention.