Patient Education Essays (Examples)
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Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act
PPACA
Two provisions in the PPACA (patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) that impact my current nursing practice are 1) the call for increased access to care and 2) the … Medicine (IOM) in its Future of Nursing report stated that nurse practitioners should be allowed to practice to the full scope of their education and training (IOM, 2010), which is something they are not permitted to do in every state. Many states require nurses to practice under … people, because nurses cannot open their own facilities. Instead they must work in larger facilities that are limited in terms of how many patient they can see. If the PPACA is to be taken seriously, then my current practice of nursing should be such that the recommendations … nursing should be such that the recommendations of the IOM are put in place so as to help increase access to care for……
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IOM. (2010). The future of nursing. Retrieved from http://nacns.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/5-IOM-Report.pdf " target="_blank" REL="NOFOLLOW">
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Culturally Competent Patient Care Advanced Practice Nursing
… competent nurses can assess the psychological, spiritual, physiological, social, environmental, and epidemiological data on a particular cultural group to provide culturally sensitive and patient-centered care. Since Madeleine Leininger first proposed that cultural competency was essential to nursing, various means of incorporating cultural learning and assessment have been … attitudes, behaviors, beliefs, and expectations.
Cultural competency becomes relevant to advanced nursing practice on the individual level (such as nurses working with individual patient) and also on the organizational level (built into healthcare policy or institutional policies). For the advanced practice nurse, cultural competency involves self-efficacy along … 2019, p. 1). The nurse practitioner asks the right questions, conducts research, and uses scholarly means to conduct cultural assessments of a particular patient population. Similarly, the advanced practice nurse reviews the literature for evidence-based practice models for working with specific patient populations in clinical care. Cultural competency also includes an affective domain,……
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Coats, H., Crist, J. D., Berger, A., Sternberg, E., & Rosenfeld, A. G. (2016). African American Elders’ Serious Illness Experiences. Qualitative Health Research, 27(5), 634–648. doi:10.1177/1049732315620153
“Cultural Awareness and Influences on Health: NCLEX-RN,” (2020). Registered Nursing. Retrieved from: https://www.registerednursing.org/nclex/cultural-awareness-influences-health/
Marion, L., Douglas, M., Lavin, M., Barr, N., Gazaway, S., Thomas, L., Bickford, C., (November 18, 2016) \\\\\\\\\\\\"Implementing the New ANA Standard 8: Culturally Congruent Practice\\\\\\\\\\\\" OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing Vol. 22 No. 1.
Smith, L.S. (2018). A nurse educator\\\\\\\\\\\\'s guide to cultural competence. Nursing Made Incredibly Easy 16(2): 19-23.
Spector, R.E. (2016). Cultural diversity in health and illness. 9th Edition
Wagner, J. (2019). Cultural competency. Medicine Libre Texts. Retrieved from: https://med.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Nursing/Book%3A_Leadership_and_Influencing_Change_in_Nursing_(Wagner)/03%3A_Diversity_in_Health_Care_Organizations/3.04%3A_Cultural_Competency
Williams, M.T., Duque, G., Wetterneck, C.T., et al. (2018). Ethnic identity and regional differences in mental health in a national sample of African American young adults. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 5(2018): 312-321.
Young, S., & Guo, K. L. (2016). Cultural diversity training: the necessity of cultural competence for health care providers and in nursing practice. The health care manager, 35(2), 94-102.
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Evolving Practice Of Nursing And Patient Care Delivery Models
… Nursing report stated that there is a need for nurses to be able to practice to the full extent and scope of their education and training (IOM, 2010). In doing so, the belief was that this would increase access to care and provide nurses with the opportunity … regulations that require them in many states to work under the supervision of physicians even though the nurses have the training to treat patient independently of doctors.
Still, the recommendations of the IOM are being used in states like Oklahoma to push for new legislation that would … of care will be improved as it will ensure that nurses are more coordinated less over-burdened: they will be able to engage in patient-centered care, communicate with one another effectively, and coordinate so that when a patient is handed off to the incoming nurse there is no lapse in quality of care delivered……
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American Nurses Association. (2010). New care delivery models in health system reform: Opportunities for nurses and their patients. Kansas City, MO: Author.
IOM. (2010). The future of nursing. Retrieved from http://nacns.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/5-IOM-Report.pdf " target="_blank" REL="NOFOLLOW">
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Nursing Informatics In Education
Introducing Informatics Early in Nursing education
Introduction
As Shackelford (2019) notes in “Industry Voices—Healthcare is Changing,” there is a serious need to reach future workforce members at an earlier … what to do academically and professionally, having received little guidance otherwise (Shackelford, 2019). This paper will discuss why introducing informatics early in nursing education can have a positive effect on professional development and the healthcare industry overall. It will also include a discussion of how informatics skills … so that by working together they can properly identify nursing informatics needs and issues that should be covered more substantially in early nurse education (Eardley et al., 2018). Risling (2017) argues that some of the informatics issues that nurse educators should be focusing on based on technology … see if they fit the criteria for the search. The search parameters included both positive and negative sides associated with nursing informatics and education.……
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Eardley, D. L., Krumwiede, K. A., Secginli, S., Garner, L., DeBlieck, C., Cosansu, G., & Nahcivan, N. O. (2018). The Omaha System as a Structured Instrument for Bridging Nursing Informatics With Public Health Nursing Education: A Feasibility Study. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 36(6), 275-283.
Kinnunen, U. M., Rajalahti, E., Cummings, E., & Borycki, E. M. (2017). Curricula challenges and informatics competencies for nurse educators. Forecasting informatics competencies for nurses in the future of connected health, 232, 41-48.
Piscotty Jr, R. J., Kalisch, B., & Gracey?Thomas, A. (2015). Impact of healthcare information technology on nursing practice. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 47(4), 287-293.
Risling, T. (2017). Educating the nurses of 2025: Technology trends of the next decade. Nurse education in practice, 22, 89-92.
Shackelford, S. (2019). Industry Voices—Healthcare is changing. We need to reach the future workforce earlier. Retrieved from https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/hospitals-health-systems/industry-voices-healthcare-changing-and-our-educational-approach-should-be
Shin, E. H., Cummings, E., & Ford, K. (2018). A qualitative study of new graduates’ readiness to use nursing informatics in acute care settings: clinical nurse educators’ perspectives. Contemporary nurse, 54(1), 64-76.
Tubaishat, A. (2019). The effect of electronic health records on patient safety: A qualitative exploratory study. Informatics for Health and Social Care, 44(1), 79-91.
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Holistic Care And Nursing How To Care For The Whole Person
… because it provides the nurse with an understanding of the framework that will be applied in the nurse’s own career of caring for patient. Personal understanding is the bedrock of growth and development. So it is appropriate to stop and consider how one’s own philosophy of nursing …
Factors Influencing the Development of My Personal Nursing Philosophy
Factors that have influenced the development of my personal nursing philosophy are 1) my education, and 2) my own experience and understanding of nursing. My education has taught me the basics of nursing and the need to deliver quality care to patient. However, what it means to deliver quality care is different for different people. My own experience is related to how I have seen … type of nurse I have always admired is the one who knows everything she needs to know to meet the needs of the patient, and yet……
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Erickson, H. L. (2007). Philosophy and theory of holism. Nursing Clinics of North America, 42(2), 139-163.
Faust C. (2002). Orlando's deliberative nursing process theory: a practice application in an extended care facility. Journal of Gerontology Nursing, 28(7), 14-8.
Frank, L., Engelke, P., & Schmid, T. (2003). Health and community design: The impact of the built environment on physical activity. Island Press.
McCormack, L., Thomas, V., Lewis, M. A., & Rudd, R. (2017). Improving low health literacy and patient engagement: a social ecological approach. Patient education and counseling, 100(1), 8-13.
Rajabpour, S., & Rayyani, M. (2019). The relationship between Iranian patients’ perception of holistic care and satisfaction with nursing care. BMC nursing, 18(1), 1-7.
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Urinary Tract Infection And Osteoporosis In Women
Healthcare professionals usually encounter challenges to address the health conditions facing female patient. In light of the changing nature of today’s society, chronic and acute illnesses among women have become more prevalent. The prevalence of such … 50% (Eells et al., 2014). As a result, urinary tract infections among women in the United States contribute to more than 6 million patient visits and 479,000 hospitalizations each year.
Treatment of these two conditions is critical because of their contributions to morbidity and mortality in the … adopted various initiatives to help prevent the prevalence of these conditions as well as treatment and management. Health promotion initiatives have involved health education initiatives that seek to educate women on the major risk factors for the condition, its associated complications, and prevention measures. Public health education initiatives toward prevention of osteoporosis include promoting suitable health behaviors and lifestyles among women. These initiatives educate the……
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Baars et al. (2019, February 3). The Contribution of Complementary and Alternative Medicine to Reduce Antibiotic Use: A Narrative Review of Health Concepts, Prevention, and Treatment Strategies. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 1-29. doi: 10.1155/2019/5365608
Carbone et al. (2015, November). Urinary Tract Stones and Osteoporosis: Findings From the Women’s Health Initiative. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 30(11), 2096-2102.
Eells, S.J., Bharadwa, K., McKinnell, J.A. & Miller, L.G. (2014, January 15). Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections Among Women: Comparative Effectiveness of 5 Prevention and Management Strategies Using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo Model. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 58(2), 147-160.
Harvard Health Publishing. (2017, May). Urinary Tract Infection in Women. Retrieved from Harvard Medical School website: https://www.health.harvard.edu/a_to_z/urinary-tract-infection-in-women-a-to-z
Khadilkar, A. & Mandlik, R.M. (2015). Epidemiology and Treatment of Osteoporosis in Women: An Indian Perspective. International Journal of Women’s Health, 7, 841-850.
Tian et al. (2017, October). Prevalence of Osteoporosis and Related Lifestyle and Metabolic Factors of Postmenopausal Women and Elderl Men. Medicine, 96(43), doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000008294
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. (2018, June 26). Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. JAMA, 319(24), 2521-2531.
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Eating Disorder
… Self-injurious behavior (SIB), increasing weakness, lightheadedness and the likelihood of syncopal episode.
Clinical significance: The data would help identify personal/biological factors causing the patient’s condition.
Relevant data from social history: Sexual abuse by her stepfather, living with a single mom, and sexual behaviors.
Clinical significance: It would … single mom, and sexual behaviors.
Clinical significance: It would help identify social/family factors contributing to the condition.
What is the relationship of your patient’s past medical history (PMH) and current meds? What medications treat which conditions?
PMH
Home Meds:
Pharm. Classification
Expected Outcome
Anorexia nervosa
Depression
Self-injurious … created a “domino effect” in his/her life?
· Circle what PMH problem likely started FIRST.
· Underline what PMH problem(s) FOLLOWED as domino(s).
patient CARE BEGINS
What VS data is relevant and must be recognized as clinically significant by the nurse?
Relevant VS data: T: 96.2 F/35.7 … depression symptoms, lack of eye……
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Treatment Of Pubertal Disorders
Soap Note
patient: A 12-year-old patient visiting the physician for well-child examination.
Source and Reliability: Mother and father, both reliable sources.
Subjective (S):
patient Case, Age and Clinical Setting: 12 years patient visiting a physician.
Chief Complaint: Few minor illnesses over the past 2 years.
HPI: The patient last visited the physician for a well-child examination 2 years ago. He has a few minor illnesses since then. He is currently in … illnesses since then. He is currently in the puberty stage of development.
Past Medical History: Few minor illnesses.
Family History: None
Social History: patient lives with his mother and father.
Risk Factors: Sexual maturation, pubertal growth spurt, and abnormal pubertal development.
ROS: Premature adrenarche.
Objective (O):
VS: … (O):
VS: BP - 115/70, Temp - 98, weight - 80 pounds, height – 59 inches, HR – 90.
Physical Exam:
· The patient is alert but does not fully……
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ICD10 Data. (2018). 2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code E30.1. Retrieved January 22, 2020, from https://www.icd10data.com/ICD10CM/Codes/E00-E89/E20-E35/E30-/E30.1
Oberfield, S.E., Sopher, A.B. & Gerken, A.T. (2011, June). Approach to the Girl with Early Onset of Pubic Hair. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 96(6), 1610-1622.
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Hepatitis B Virus Infection
… screening and testing programs given that most cases of this infection are asymptomatic. They work with primary care physicians to develop interventions for patient depending on the specific factors relating to the development of the infection. During this process, nurse practitioners conduct follow-up as part of tertiary … primary care physicians for further research and development of evidence-based practice. Nurse Practitioners also carry our follow-up based on screening results, refer HBV patient to primary care physicians, and conduct patient education based on evidence-based practice.
In conclusion, hepatitis B is a viral infection that has developed to become a major public health problem worldwide. ……
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American Association of Nurse Practitioners. (2019, January 28). Nurse Practitioner Role Grows to More Than 270,000. Retrieved July 23, 2020, from https://www.aanp.org/news-feed/nurse-practitioner-role-continues-to-grow-to-meet-primary-care-provider-shortages-and-patient-demands
Greene, K.M., Duffus, W.A., Xing, J., & King, H. (2017). Social Determinants of Health Associated with HBV Testing and Access to Care among Foreign-born Persons Residing in the United States: 2009-2012. Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice, 10(2), 1-20.
Healthy People. (2020). Determinants of Health. Retrieved from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website: https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/about/foundation-health-measures/Determinants-of-Health
Kim, H. & Kim, W.R. (2018, August 22). Epidemiology of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the United States. Clinical Liver Disease, 12(1), 1-4.
Kim, W.R. (2012, March 1). Epidemiology of Hepatitis B in the United States. Hepatology, 49(5), S28-S34.
MacLachlan, J.H. & Cowie, B.C. (2015, May). Hepatitis B Virus Epidemiology. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine, 5(5). doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a021410
World Health Organization. (2019, July 18). Hepatitis B. Retrieved July 23, 2020, from https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hepatitis-b
Zhang, Z., Wang, C., Liu, Z., Zou, G., Li, J. & Lu, M. (2019, August 13). Host Genetic Determinants of Hepatitis B Virus Infection. Frontiers in Genetics, 10(696),1-24.
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Abdominal Pain
… the issue as a medical emergency given the possibility of a life-threatening illness (Holtz, Neill & Tarr, 2009). Immediately I would question the patient regarding her medical and family history, including questions related to whether or not this was the first time she has experienced these symptoms. … including questions related to whether or not this was the first time she has experienced these symptoms. I would also inquire about the patient’s recent travels because it is possible the symptoms point to an infectious disease or a food-borne illness. Whatever the situation, the patient must first replenish the depleted fluids and electrolytes immediately during the administration of diagnostic procedures and patient monitoring. Also, it would be important to find out if the patient is on any medications including antibiotics, and whether or not she was pregnant. Some medications can cause acute diarrhea.
Because the patient has only experienced the……
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Holtz, L.R., Neill, M.A. & Tarr, P.I. (2009). Acute bloody diarrhea. Gastroenterology 2009(136). Retrieved from: https://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(09)00344-8/pdf
LaRocque, R. & Harris, J.B. (2019). Patient education: acute diarrhea in adults. Up To Date. Retrieved from: https://www.uptodate.com/contents/acute-diarrhea-in-adults-beyond-the-basics
Larsen, C.M., Nakamura, K.M. & Bhagra, A. (2012). 34-year old woman with abdonaml pain and blood-streaked diarrhea. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 87(9): 905-908.
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