Population Presentation.

Prepare a PowerPoint presentation. Preparation for the presentation will include synthesizing the information from assigned readings, the scientific literature, Internet resources, and other sources.

This presentation should address the following: History, values and worldview, language and communication patterns, art and other expressive forms, norms and rules, lifestyle characteristics, relationship patterns, rituals, degree of assimilation or marginalization from mainstream society, and health behaviors and practices. In addition to describing the these characteristics, the presentation must include (a) a comparative and contrast analysis of common characteristics and distinguishing traits between the groups,(and (b) a discussion of differential approaches needed by health care professionals. Grades will also be based on overall quality of the professional presentation including handouts and references.  Power Point presentation must have 11 slides minimun.

Topic of the presentation : People of African American Heritage. The Amish.

 

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Assignment-Professional Portfolio  

Details:

The purpose of this assignment is for the nursing education student to have a forum to showcase personal achievements and to demonstrate current qualifications in preparation for certification as a nurse educator or in seeking a position as a nurse educator.

There is no one right way to submit a portfolio. Organizations that utilize this format for clinical advancement and/or peer review may have a standard format that is to be followed for submission. Organizations may also require a portfolio as part of a job application. These may or may not have specific formatting guidelines. For the purposes of this assignment, the portfolio must contain the following pieces:

1. Introduction that includes a professional goal(s) statement2. Current license and credentials3. Reference list comprising of at least three references4. Two letters of reference5. Integration of the Boyer’s model for scholarship and the National League for Nursing (NLN) eight competencies for nurse educators, outlining your accomplishments in each of the eight areas6.  

While APA format is not 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, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

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3 .Using the American nurses association position statement, recommendations for improvement in end of life management focuses on practice, education, research and administration. Listed below are steps that nurses can take to overcome barriers in healthcare practice.

Practice

1. Strive to attain a standard of primary palliative care so that all health care providers have basic knowledge of palliative nursing to improve the care of patients and families.

2. All nurses will have basic skills in recognizing and managing symptoms, including pain, dyspnea, nausea, constipation, and others.

3. Nurses will be comfortable having discussions about death, and will collaborate with the care teams to ensure that patients and families have current and accurate information about the possibility or probability of a patient’s impending death.

4. Encourage patient and family participation in health care decision-making, including the use of advance directives in which both patient preferences and surrogates are identified.

Education

1. Those who practice in secondary or tertiary palliative care will have specialist education and certification.

2. Institutions and schools of nursing will integrate precepts of primary palliative care into curricula.

3. Basic and specialist End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) resources will be available.

4. Advocate for additional education in academic programs and work settings related to palliative care, including symptom management, supported decision-making, and end-of-life care, focusing on patients and families.

Research

1. Increase the integration of evidence-based care across the dimensions of end-of-life care.

2. Develop best practices for quality care across the dimensions of end-of-life care, including the physical, psychological, spiritual, and interpersonal.

3. Support the use of evidence-based and ethical care, and support decision-making for care at the end of life.

4. Develop best practices to measure the quality and effectiveness of the counseling and interdisciplinary care patients and families receive regarding end-of-life decision-making and treatments.

5. Support research that examines the relationship of patient and family satisfaction and their utilization of health care resources in end-of-life care choices.

Administration

1. Promote work environments in which the standards for excellent care extend through the patient’s death and into post-death care for families.

2. Encourage facilities and institutions to support the clinical competence and professional development that will help nurses provide excellent, dignified, and compassionate end-of-life care.

3. Work toward a standard of palliative care available to patients and families from the time of diagnosis of a serious illness or an injury.

4. Support the development and integration of palliative care services for all in- and outpatients and their families.

Discussion Board Question 2: End of Life Care.

Choose 1 focal point from each subcategory of practice, education, research and administration and describe how the APRN can provide effective care in end of life management.

 

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• Write a two page, double spaced position paper on a healthcare or social issue

 

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Vulnerable population is a group or groups that are more likely to develop health-related problems, have more difficulty accessing health care to address those health problems, and are more likely to experience a poor outcome or shorter life span because of those health conditions. There are a number of characteristics, traits, or circumstances that enhance the potential for poor health. Healthy People 2020 (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [USDHHS], 2010) has identified certain groups as more vulnerable to health risks, including the poor, the homeless, the disabled, the severely mentally ill, the very young, and the very old (Maurer & Smith, 2013). The most important factor associated with health status is economic status. Poverty drastically increases a person’s or group’s vulnerability to poor health status.

     Not all people who are at risk for poor health would be considered vulnerable. To be considered vulnerable, a person or group generally has aggravating factors that place them at greater risk for ongoing poor health status than other at-risk persons. For example, a middle-aged obese man with a sedentary lifestyle and hypertension would be considered at risk for cardiac problems. If that man also had an income below the poverty level, no health insurance, and stressors related to living conditions, he would be more likely to be vulnerable to ongoing poor health status than a man with similar risk factors but with an adequate income and health insurance (Maurer & Smith, 2013).

     Children, pregnant women, elderly people, malnourished people, and people who are ill or immunocompromised, are particularly vulnerable.  Poverty – and its common consequences such as malnutrition, homelessness, poor housing and destitution – is a major contributor to vulnerability (WHO, 2017). Vulnerability may arise from individual, community, or larger population challenges and requires different types of policy interventions—from social and economic development of neighborhoods and communities, and educational and income policies, to individual medical interventions (Health Affairs).

Children and the elderly must have someone to advocate for them and as I nurse I am honored to be able to stand in the gap to assist this population of my community. For both groups due to the lack of knowledge when it comes to medical termination, procedures, and making sense of the medical language, we as nurses need to make sure that the families of these individual have the full picture of what is going on in terms of their health care. Break down information in laymen’s terms to where individuals can understand so that they can make informed decisions about their health care.

     I would advocate for more affordable health care and easier access to health care for children and the elderly to help reduce the co-morbidity and mortality rates. Because it has shown that early access to quality medical care can help reduce an individual’s susceptibility illness, which will in turn reduce the mortality rate. For example, children one of our more vulnerable populations, providing early vaccination and screening for children can reduce and or prevent certain illnesses.

 

References

Health Affairs. Vulnerable People, Groups, And Populations: Societal View. (October 18, 2017). http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/26/5/1220.full

 

Maurer, F.A. & Smith, C.M.  (2013). Community/public health nursing practice (5th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Saunders.

 

World Health Organization. (October 18, 2017). http://www.who.int/environmental_health_emergencies/vulnerable_groups/en/

 

 

 

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