The electronic medical record allows for an elevate level of treatment for a patient now that their medical history is now accessible to their treating healthcare provider with a click of the mouse. Although this technology can lead to a quicker diagnosis and cross-collaboration of providers, there remain some potential pitfalls. For this week’s written […]

  All your posting should be three paragraphs with three sentences.   Submit your first posting to plagiarism (acceptable similarity rate 20%) BOOK:  Role development in professional nursing practice   1. Describe the characteristics of patient-centered care AND the importance of each characteristic. 2.  You are taking care of an 80 African-American year old male patient […]

Week 4 Discussion Prompt           Identify three major components of the Medicare and Medicaid programs and, based on these components, identify at least two patient coverage gaps for each of the programs. Be clear when you describe the coverage and the gaps as they may relate to specific ages, patient populations, or disease entities. Use […]

  Since P4P has been around for a number of years, one would think that its effectiveness should be clearly documented. However, Peter Kongstvedt says that results have been mixed. He concludes that “positive results remain ambiguous, at least on a broad basis.” Review various P4P program results and effectiveness on the Internet or through […]

  Chapter 9 – Sexual Assault Question(s): be prepared to discuss (2 questions) 1. Mention at least 3 interventions strategies used for child sexual abuse. 2. Discuss each of them (3 intervention strategies). Guidelines: The answer should be based on the knowledge obtained from reading the book (Crisis Intervention Strategies Author:Richard K. James; Burl E. Gilliland ) not just your […]

You are preparing your hospital staffing plan for the upcoming flu season. You have access to the CDC’s Flu Weekly updates but need to better understand how the flu season has impacted your hospital in the past. What analysis will you ask your epidemiologist to conduct so that you will be able to prepare a more […]