Follow the 3 x 3 rule: minimum three paragraphs per DQ, with a minimum of three sentences each paragraph.

2.   All answers or discussions comments submitted must be in APA format according to Publication Manual

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3.   Minimum of two references, not older than 2015.

Questions

Chapter 27 – Skin Health: 1A. Discuss the signs and nursing care for the diagnoses of two (2) of the following skin conditions of the older adults; pruritus, seborrheic keratosis, and stasis dermatitis.

Chapter 28 – Cancer: A 75-year-old woman with breast cancer is at risk for complications. Following a left-sided mastectomy, the woman is to receive chemotherapy followed by tamoxifen. List, and discuss two (2) normal aging changes may increase her risk for complications?

Research the health-illness continuum and its relevance to patient care. In a 750-1,000 word paper, discuss the relevance of the continuum to patient care and present a perspective of your current state of health in relation to the wellness spectrum. Include the following:

1. Examine the health-illness continuum and discuss why this perspective is important to consider in relation to health and the human experience when caring for patients.
2. Explain how understanding the health-illness continuum enables you, as a health care provider, to better promote the value and dignity of individuals or groups and to serve others in ways that promote human flourishing.
3. Reflect on your overall state of health. Discuss what behaviors support or detract from your health and well-being. Explain where you currently fall on the health-illness continuum.
4. Discuss the options and resources available to you to help you move toward wellness on the health-illness spectrum. Describe how these would assist in moving you toward wellness (managing a chronic disease, recovering from an illness, self-actualization, etc.).

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. 

 What type of drug should you prescribe based on your patient’s diagnosis? How much of the drug should the patient receive? How often should the drug be administered? When should the drug not be prescribed? Are there individual patient factors that could create complications when taking the drug? Should you be prescribing drugs to this patient? How might different state regulations affect the prescribing of this drug to this patient?

These are some of the questions you might consider when selecting a treatment plan for a patient.  

As an advanced practice nurse prescribing drugs, you are held accountable for people’s lives every day. Patients and their families will often place trust in you because of your position. With this trust comes power and responsibility, as well as an ethical and legal obligation to “do no harm.” It is important that you are aware of current professional, legal, and ethical standards for advanced practice nurses with prescriptive authority. Additionally, it is important to ensure that the treatment plans and administration/prescribing of drugs is in accordance with the regulations of the state in which you practice. Understanding how these regulations may affect the prescribing of certain drugs in different states may have a significant impact on your patient’s treatment plan. In this Assignment, you explore ethical and legal implications of scenarios and consider how to appropriately respond.

To Prepare

 Scenario 1:    You see another nurse practitioner writing a prescription for her husband, who is not a patient of the nurse practitioner.  The prescription is for a narcotic.  You can’t decide whether or not to report the incident. 

• Review the scenario assigned.
• Search specific laws and standards for prescribing prescription drugs and for addressing medication errors for your state (Texas) or region, and reflect on these as you review the scenario assigned by your Instructor.
• Consider the ethical and legal implications of the scenario for all stakeholders involved, such as the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and patient’s family.
• Think about two strategies that you, as an advanced practice nurse, would use to guide your ethically and legally responsible decision-making in this scenario, including whether you would disclose any medication errors.

Write a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following:

• Explain the ethical and legal implications of the scenario you selected on all stakeholders involved, such as the prescriber, pharmacist, patient, and patient’s family.
• Describe strategies to address disclosure and nondisclosure as identified in the scenario you selected. Be sure to reference laws specific to your state (Texas)
• Explain two strategies that you, as an advanced practice nurse, would use to guide your decision making in this scenario, including whether you would disclose your error. Be sure to justify your explanation. 
• Explain the process of writing prescriptions, including strategies to minimize medication errors.

  

Impaired Nurses

Abimbola Oluwajana

Resurrection university

Prof. Denise Delves

Ethics

11/20/2020

Introduction

Health officers can make serious errors in their effort to provide medical results to patients (Cipher, et al 2019). Impairment in nursing involves the situation where nurses or physicians are unable to provide results which are competent in the process of delivering patient care. Impaired may be ignited by factors such as, taking drugs like alcohol (Mumba, e t al 2019. This tends to alter the normal functioning of mind. Once the standard functioning of the mind is corrupted, the chances of getting incompetent results are increased. This may therefore lead to administering wrong medications to patients. 

Importance of studying impaired Nursing

It helps us understand the technical know-how of nursing and risks associated with substance use. For instance, it equips us with the knowledge of recognizing impairment among nurses in the workplace (Baxley, et al 2019). This helps ensure that patients care is only delivered by physicians or nurses who are sober.

Nursing Scope of Practice and its significance 

The According to an Association by American Nurses(ANA), helps to identify all legal activities, procedures and routes that a specific person is allowed to execute. It may also be grounded by education experiences and demonstrated competence (Snow, et al, 2019). In the context of nursing, the scope of practise ensures that nurses provide most competent and high quality work.

Importance of Impaired Nursing 

Currently, researchshown by an Association from America, (ANA) shows that an impaired nurse cannot provide results competent results, as he or she does not meet the vital standards of profession. This may end- up making serious medical inaccuracies.

Conclusion

To conclude, health care system ought to put in place measures of competency testing across hospitals in the world. This is to ensure that, only the people who meet the standards of health care administer them.

References

Mumba, M. N., Baxley, S. M., Cipher, D. J., & Snow, D. E. (2019). Personal Factors as  Correlates and Predictors of Relapse in Nurses With Impaired Practice. Journal of  addictions nursing, 30(1), 24-31.

 

March 21, 2010, was not EBP’s date of birth, but it may be the date the approach “grew up” and left home to take on the world.

When the Affordable Care Act was passed, it came with a requirement of empirical evidence. Research on EBP increased significantly. Application of EBP spread to allied health professions, education, healthcare technology, and more. Health organizations began to adopt and promote EBP.

In this Discussion, you will consider this adoption. You will examine healthcare organization websites and analyze to what extent these organizations use EBP.

To Prepare:

• Review the Resources and reflect on the definition and goal of EBP.
• Choose a professional healthcare organization’s website (e.g., a reimbursing body, an accredited body, or a national initiative).
• Explore the website to determine where and to what extent EBP is evident.

By Day 3 of Week 1

Post a description of the healthcare organization website you reviewed. Describe where, if at all, EBP appears (e.g., the mission, vision, philosophy, and/or goals of the healthcare organization, or in other locations on the website). Then, explain whether this healthcare organization’s work is grounded in EBP and why or why not. Finally, explain whether the information you discovered on the healthcare organization’s website has changed your perception of the healthcare organization. Be specific and provide examples.

By Day 6 of Week 1

Respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days by visiting the websites they shared and offering additional examples of EBP or alternative views/interpretations to those shared in your colleagues’ posts.