Topic: Prevention and Management fall among Geriatric patient.

Following the PICOT format, write a PICOT statement in your selected practice problem area of interest, which is applicable to your proposed capstone project.

Conduct a literature search to locate research articles focused on your selected practice problem of interest. This literature search should include both quantitative and qualitative peer-reviewed research articles to support your practice problem.

Select six peer-reviewed research articles which will be utilized through the next 5week as reference sources. Be sure that some of the articles use qualitative research and that some use quantitative research. Create a reference list in which the six articles are listed. Beneath each reference include the article’s abstract. The completed assignment should have a title page and a reference list with abstracts. 

Suggestions for locating qualitative and quantitative research articles from credible sources:

1. Use a library database such as CINAHL Complete for your search.
2. Using the advanced search page check the box beside “Research Article” in the “Limit Your Results” section.
3. When setting up the search you can type your topic in the top box, then add quantitative or qualitative as a search term in one of the lower boxes. Research articles often are described as qualitative or quantitative.

To narrow/broaden your search, remove the words qualitative and quantitative and include words that narrow or broaden your main topic. For example: Diabetes and pediatric and dialysis. To determine what research design was used, review the abstract and the methods section of the article. The author will provide a description of data collection using qualitative or quantitative methods.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide

 CASE STUDY 3 – Reflecting on week 4’s lessons in the syllabus, select a patient population (pediatric, young adult, adult or geriatric), and briefly analyze a chronic cardiovascular disease (HTN, Heart failure, Dyslipidemia, Heart murmur etc.…), that  may affect this population. Briefly tell how it impacts the patient’s  quality of life and analyze the current research evidence on this topic  and gold standard of care if any for your chosen population. (You may  use an example from your clinical rotation (past or present) that you  have encountered). Describe how you, the FNP, can/or have made a  difference in the care of patients with this specific disease and tell  of one specific patient care teaching that he/she may do to help  minimize disease symptoms. Please post your  CS directly in the thread so that your colleagues can see it and be sure  to read and respond/comment on one of your colleagues posting. 

500 – 600 word Personal Statement addressing the three following questions, using the actual question as your subheadings: explaining your interest in nursing as your profession .

1. How has your life experiences shaped who you are today?
   Include any activities such as community, volunteer, military, healthcare, etc. that you feel make you a strong candidate.
2. How do you see yourself contributing to the profession of nursing?
3. Why should you be admitted to this program?

During the early stages of nursing it was considered a low-class job performed by widows and criminals and was seen unfit for women. Men rendered most of the nursing care in the early ages.

Changes came about with the introduction of Florence Nightingale who instituted formal training and aseptic technique during the Crimean war.

Another Great leader in nursing is Dorothea Dix who founded the first mental Hospital in America and became the Superintendent of Union Army Nurses.

During the Civil war Clara Burton was “The angel of the battlefield” and assigned special duties by president Lincoln. She was responsible for organizing what we know today as The American Red Cross.

In 1927 Margaret Sanger formed the World Population Conference when she realized unplanned pregnancies were worse in underprivileged areas.

Virginia Avenel Henderson deemed “the first lady of nursing” for her development of nursing theory

All of these great leaders in nursing have paved the path and led the way for the great profession it is today.

Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old with terminal brain cancer decides to uproot her family from California to Oregon so she could die with dignity. Brittany’s story was covered by the news and on Nov. 1, 2014 she did end her life and suffering with physician assistance suicide.

1. Research and provide your own background of the story (2-3 slides)
2. Research Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act and discuss: who is eligible, and what steps need to be followed (2-3 slides)
3. Do you feel Brittany opened a door to many people suffering from a terminal disease? Do you feel health professionals should discuss this option with their patients, why or why not? (2-3 slides)
4. Do you feel this is a personal decision that needs to be made by the individual, and that healthcare professionals need to respect the patient’s wishes? (1-2 slides)

For the presentation, insure information is referenced and cited in your slides. The presentation should start with a title slide and end with a reference slides. At least 3 references are required for this assignment. You must include at least 5 pictures or graphics. All pictures or graphics taken from outside sources must be referenced and cited.

Assignment Expectations:

• Length:
  • At least 17 slides
  • Use the tips at http://www.garrreynolds.com/preso-tips/design/ to create the slideshow.
  • Because good PowerPoints have very few words, submit a script that describes the content of each slide – about 50 words per slide.  Place this script in a separate Word document that shows each slide number and the text for each slide as shown in the provided PowerPoint Slide Notes.docx.
• Structure:
  • Include a title page and reference page in APA style
• References:
  • References are required. You should include the appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions