The patient is a 23-year old man who sustained a C-7 fracture during a skiing accident. He is being transferred from the medical-surgical unit to the inpatient rehabilitation unit. He has family in the area and they have been supportive throughout his stay

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Your written assignment for this module should be a 2-3 page paper (not including title page and reference page) that addresses the following case study:
The patient is a 23-year old man who sustained a C-7 fracture during a skiing accident. He is being transferred from the medical-surgical unit to the inpatient rehabilitation unit. He has family in the area and they have been supportive throughout his stay. His mother, in particular, has spent many hours at the bedside and expresses a willingness to take him home and continue his care once his hospital and rehab treatment are completed. The patient has lost approximately 18 lbs. during his hospital stay and demonstrates a weak non-productive cough. He had been actively participating with physical therapy and occupational therapy, but he is currently discouraged and withdrawn.

  1. What deficits would be expected in a patient with a C7 fracture?
  2. What are the major complications of prolonged immobility and what are the nursing interventions that could be used to prevent each?
  3. Why is this patient at risk for pneumonia and what are the nursing interventions that could be used to help prevent this complication?
  4. Describe the essential elements of a bladder retraining program?
  5. What nursing interventions would assist the patient with SCI with psychosocial adaptation?

You should include a minimum of 3 references. Include a title page, in-text citations, and a reference page in APA format.

Module 02 Discussion – Ethical Dilemmas In Medication Administration

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Module 02 Discussion – Ethical Dilemmas In Medication Administration

Choose a medication type from the following list, note why the medication is used, and consider adverse effects. Invent a scenario where giving this medication could result in an ethical or legally charged situation. Try not to choose a category that has been well addressed by your peers.

  1. Bethanaechol / cholinergics: Consider risks of inducing urgency or bradycardia in a clients with dementia issues
  2. Benztropine /anticholinergics: Consider harms that can occur with comorbidities like glaucoma or BPH
  3. Albuterol /adrenergics: Consider harms that can occur is asthmatic children are in charge of their own inhalers
  4. Atenolol/ beta blockers: Consider harms that could occur if heart rate was low or patient was asthmatic
  5. Lorazepam /benzodiazepines: Consider vulnerability issues related to sedation and induction of memory loss
  6. Oxycodone / opiates: Consider addiction, drug seeking and patient vulnerability in impaired nurses
  7. Amitriptylline /tricyclics: Consider vulnerability issues with risk of suicidal overdose given anticholinergic effects
  8. Phenelzine /MAOIs: Consider consequences of nonadherence to dietary restrictions on these medications
  9. Haloperidol / neuroleptics: Consider risks of chemical sedation, especially long term risks
  10. Lithium: Consider risks of mismanagement by clients whose behaviors are unpredictable
  11. Phenytoin / antiepileptics: Consider risks of Class D in young women vs risks of going without anti-epileptics
  12. Secobarbital / barbituates: Consider risks related to availability of barbituates to teens via the internet
  13. Kava or Valerian: Consider risks of availability of compounding poorly controlled over the counter sedatives
  14. Sumatriptan / triptans: Consider risks of cerebral ischemia when giving vasoconstrictors for migraine control
  15. Cyclobenzaprine for back spasms: Consider risks of impaired function when nurses take muscle relaxants
  16. Prednisone / steroids: Consider long term effects, when other immune suppressors are too expensive to access.
  17. Aspirin / NSAIDs: Consider vulnerability of elders due to over the counter, affordable nature of this analgesic

Discuss how you will use your current leadership skill set to advocate for change in your workplace

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Rate yourself using the results from the “Nurse Manager Skills Inventory”:
http://www.aone.org/resources/nurse-manager-skills-inventory.pdf
Write a reflection of 1,000 words in which you identify your strengths and weaknesses related to the four content areas below:

  1. Personal and professional accountability
  2. Career planning
  3. Personal journey disciplines
  4. Reflective practice reference  behaviors/tenets

Discuss how you will use your current leadership skill set to advocate for change in your workplace.
Identify one personal goal for your leadership growth and discuss your implementation plan to achieve that goal.
APA format is required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines.
NO PLAGIARISM PLEASE, MINIMUM OF 3 REFERENCES

Post a summary of three different concepts you found in “Workflow Assessment for Health IT Toolkit” that would help in redesigning a workflow in the organization in which you work (or one with which you are familiar) and describe how you would apply them

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In this Discussion you explore resources that have been designed to help guide you through the process of workflow assessment.
To prepare:
· Take a few minutes and peruse the information found in the article “Workflow Assessment for Health IT Toolkit” listed in this week’s Learning Resources.
o As you check out the information located on the different tabs, identify key concepts that you could use to improve a workflow in your own organization and consider how you could use them.
o Go the Research tab and identify and read one article that is of interest to you and relates to your specialty area.
Post a summary of three different concepts you found in “Workflow Assessment for Health IT Toolkit” that would help in redesigning a workflow in the organization in which you work (or one with which you are familiar) and describe how you would apply them. Next, summarize the article you selected and assess how you could use the information to improve workflow within your organization. Finally, evaluate the importance of monitoring the effect of technology on workflow.
Link:
https://healthit.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/evaluation-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit