A patient presents to the emergency department with a blood pressure of 180/130 mmHg, headache, and confusion….

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A patient presents to the emergency department with a blood pressure of 180/130 mmHg, headache, and confusion. Which additional finding is consistent with a diagnosis of hypertensive emergency?

Retinopathy

Urinary retention

Jaundice

Bradycardia

Discuss the importance of the DNP role and how the health of the nation and delivery of healthcare has changed over the past decade and may continue to benefit from the DNP.

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Given the evolution of the Doctor of Nursing Practice degree, it is important that we are able to articulate to professional colleagues and the public the purpose and benefits of this advanced degree and how it has changed nursing science and health care practice and delivery. Look at the articles listed under the sessions button to your left for session I and answer the following:
1. Discuss the importance of the DNP role and how the health of the nation and delivery of healthcare has changed over the past decade and may continue to benefit from the DNP.
2. What do you see as the biggest challenges and opportunties in your role acquisition as a DNP?
3. What are your thoughts about your title as a “doctor”, and defining it for the public and other professionals? Do you think the AMA position (2011) is justfied or not? How will you introduce your professional role with full transparency?

Explain the importance of diversity in the profession of nursing and on delivering culturally competent nursing care

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Summarize the impact of the various aspects of diversity and of under-represented minorities in the nursing profession. Explain the importance of diversity in the profession of nursing and on delivering culturally competent nursing care

Aiken, L. H. (2002). Commentary. Medical Care Research and Review, 59(2), 215–222.
(This article discusses the nursing shortage found across the United States and focuses on the state of Pennsylvania’s decline in RNs. The article also examines whether nurses are an essential or discretionary need)
Kennedy, H., Fisher, L., Fontaine, D., & Martin-Holland, J. (2008). Evaluating diversity in nursing education: A mixed method study. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 19, 363–3 70.

What are the major staffing and human resource issues faced by your chosen facilities?

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What are the major staffing and human resource issues faced by your chosen facilities?
Course Project: Long-Term Care Facilities I
Choose two long-term care facilities—one from nursing facilities, assisted living, or subacute care and another from adult day care, home health care, or hospice care—on which you would want to base your research work. Research the South University Online Library and the Internet to read about your chosen long-term care facilities.
Assume you are responsible for the management and administration of the two facilities. You have to orient the newly appointed manager by providing an overview on managing long-term care. You also need to discuss the programs of the two facilities. From this perspective and based on your research about the facilities, prepare a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation of 10–15 slides including the following:
What are the various multidisciplinary departments (teams) included in your facilities?
Who comprise the target population being served by the various programs provided by your chosen facilities?
What are the major staffing and human resource issues faced by your chosen facilities?
What are the significant trends in long-term care likely to impact the operation of the various programs provided by your chosen facilities, and what is your plan of action to overcome them?
What are the various forms of cooperation and integration existing in your chosen facilities? Discuss the nature of management, financing, and quality issues related to integration and cooperation in the facilities?