How does a nurse contribute to nursing research in your current or previous nursing setting?

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Establishing Evidence-Based Practice in a Nursing Setting
American Nurses Association. (2015). Nursing: Scope and standards of practice (3rd ed.). Silver Spring, MD: Author.
In your course on evidence-based practice (NR439), you learned that research generates the evidence upon which you base your practice. Think about how research and EBP can influence your practice.
How does a nurse contribute to nursing research in your current or previous nursing setting?
How do you utilize research through EBP in this setting?
What is a problem you see in your current or previous clinical practice that could be addressed by an EBP project?
What are some solutions you would propose for the problem?

Propose a nursing diagnosis and suggest interventions that address the major health risks identified from the risk assessment (phase 4)

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Propose a nursing diagnosis and suggest interventions that address the major health risks identified from the risk assessment (phase 4).
Due 1/25/16
Phase 5: Developing a Care Plan
Develop a comprehensive care plan for the aggregate.
Propose a nursing diagnosis and suggest interventions that address the major health risks identified from the risk assessment (phase 4). In your care plan, include a list of disasters that may affect the aggregate and a disaster management plan.
The care plan should propose a nursing diagnosis for the aggregate and include strategies to tackle the major health risks identified during the risk assessment.
In addition, it should include a disaster management plan with the following components:
List of disasters that might affect your aggregate (take into consideration the geographical location of the aggregate, past history, etc.)
Strategies for handling at least two disasters from the list
Recommendation for a disaster supplies kit
Your comprehensive care plan should be in a 4 pages Microsoft Word document. Be sure to apply Mobilize, Assess, Plan, Implement, Track (MAP-IT) in your assessment process.

Provide an insight as to why it was necessary for the nurse to introduce a health promotion strategy

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Assignment title:
Personalised care is essential in ensuring that healthcare is tailored to individuals / clients /family needs and requirements.
Discuss this statement in relation to the health promotion leaflet / tool devised.
(3000 words)
Assignment guidelines;
Introduction (5%)
Provide an insight as to why it was necessary for the nurse to introduce a health promotion strategy (10%)
Provide a rationale for the design and presentation of the leaflet (10%)
Discuss the justification of the message conveyed in the health promotion leaflet (30%)
Demonstrate understanding and application of concepts and theories relating to health promotion that can apply to the choice and design of the leaflet / health promotion tool (20%)
Discuss how the provision of services for your chosen health promotion subject may be influenced by health and social care policy / guidelines (10%)
Conclusion (5%)
Overall presentation and construction (10%)
Assessment Details:
Learning OutcomeAssessment method
1.Discuss the role and responsibilities of the nurse and identify key people you work with in your chosen field of practice
2. Recognise the impact that age, cognitive ability, sexuality, disability and health inequalities can have on maintaining health and well being
3. Discuss and evaluate how health and social care policies impact on service delivery
4. Recognise strategies and models of health promotion and enablement in relation to key areas of health
5. Identify and discuss those factors which may mitigate against the promotion of health and wellbeing
6. Discuss key current health promotion initiatives in relation to your chosen field of practice

LASA I—Amphetamine Use and Abuse

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Aaliyah continues to struggle with balancing her work hours and her schoolwork. She has been drinking coffee to help her stay awake, but it is no longer working. She has an exam coming up and needs to stay up to study.
Aaliyah decides to take an amphetamine to stay awake to study for the exam. She promises herself that she will only take it this one time for the exam. The drug allows her to stay awake and alert while she is studying for the exam. She also feels that she is learning the material better as a result of the amphetamine. When the grades are in, Aaliyah receives an A on her work.
As the semester continues, Aaliyah turns to amphetamines more and more often to help her stay awake to complete her schoolwork. Soon, Aaliyah finds that one pill no longer keeps her awake as long as she needs.
She starts taking more than one pill at a time. She knows that taking amphetamines so often is not good for her health, and she finds she experiences an increase in headaches when she takes them, but she continues to take them because they are helping her be successful in school and at work.
Based on the case study, prepare a paper that addresses the following:

  • Examine the change in amphetamine use and abuse in the U.S. from the 1950s to the present.
  • Explain to which schedule amphetamines belong and why they are on the Schedule of Controlled Substances.
  • Explain the effects Aaliyah might be experiencing as a result of her regular amphetamine use. Be sure to include:

o    Acute effects, chronic effects, and withdrawal
o    Effects on physiology (brain and body), behavior, mood, and toxicity

  • Give at least three indications from the case study suggesting there may be a problem with Aaliyah’s substance use. That is, describe at least three likely behaviors that Aaliyah is likely to exhibit if she is misusing amphetamines.

Determine whether Aaliyah has a substance use disorder. Include a discussion of DSM criteria. Use the template to help you make the assessment.
 
Write a 4-5-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.