What makes each of your original dishes unhealthy?

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Creative assignment 1 is in accordance with chapter 5 in your textbook: Nutrition: Eating for a Healthier You.

Part 1: For this assignment, you will need to submit your three favorite recipes. The following information must be included for each recipe.

  • name of recipe
  • all ingredients, including the amounts of each ingredient
  • prep time
  • preparation instructions
  • cooking information, including oven, stove, microwave/cooking  temperature, prep time, amount of time dish needs to cook, what type and  size of dish to use, is cooking spray necessary, etc.
  • number of servings your recipe makes
  • any other instructions that might be needed for this recipe

You need to explain why you chose this/each recipe for submission.  You may also provide any (fun) facts regarding the recipe that you would  like to share. BEGIN EACH RECIPE ON A NEW PAGE

Part 2: In  a 2 page summary, explain what modifications can be made to your three  favorite recipes to transform them into healthier, nutrient dense  versions. The following information must be included for each recipe.

  • What makes each of your original dishes unhealthy?
  • What substitutions can you make for ingredients to make each recipe more healthy?
  • What changes can you make to the amounts of ingredients used?
  • What different cooking techniques can you use to make each recipe healthier?
  • How can you make each recipe more nutrient dense?
  • What are the major problems you face when trying to eat right? Describe five actions you could take to improve your eating.

**Responding that a recipe is not  modifiable is not a sufficient answer and you will not receive full  credit. Try your best to answer the questions regarding modifications of  your recipe. If you feel that your recipe cannot be modified, I  strongly suggest that you use an alternate recipe that is modifiable to  complete the assignment.

Describe your vision of your role as an APN

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Create an original posting with a minimum of 300 words. Back up your arguments with reliable evidence less than 5 years old.

Instructions:

Describe your vision of your role as an APN

  1. Please introduce yourself and tell me why you decided to pursue and Advanced Practice major?
  2. What is the role of the advanced practice nurse?
  3. What is the evidence suggesting regarding the role of FNPs in primary care?
  4. What do you think Family Nurse Practitioners could do differently to improve patient outcomes? Is EBP the answer? Give specific examples.
  5. What do you think are the Skills & Personality Traits to be a  Successful Nurse Practitioner?
  6. Please respond to at least one peer!
  7. See Rubric

Should an NP who is educationally prepared as an acute care NP work in an adult primary care setting? 

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Much of the ongoing debate over scope-of-practice (SoP) laws that govern the practice of nurse practitioners (NPs) across the country focuses on the cost of and access to health care and on whether these laws legitimately promote patient safety or are simply anticompetitive restrictions on NPs’ ability to compete with physicians. After completing the following CE activity at Medscape https://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/506277_1 ( sign for the free account), please answer the following questions:

1. Should an NP who is educationally prepared as an acute care NP work in an adult primary care setting?
2. Is it within the scope for an FNP to diagnose and treat uncomplicated mental health conditions like depression, anxiety, and ADHD?

3. Are there any restrictions for the FNP to treat patients with mood disorders and to prescribe them antipsychotics or SSRIs ?

formulate goal statements and strategies for addressing issues, resulting in development and adoption of an interrelated set of strategy statements.

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This assignment is designed to be completed in 3 parts. Week 2 due next week etc. as seen below and final paper due week 6. Please quote.

Week 6 Final Paper Due

The Research Paper is a ten- to twelve-page paper (excluding title and references pages) that provides the student the opportunity to investigate a specific natural disaster topic, apply graduate-level critical thinking to the presentation of the information, and utilize and synthesize appropriate current research for your selected topic. The Research Paper utilizes professional health care knowledge and skills and applies those proficiencies to the context of quality improvement and risk management by developing a natural disaster strategic plan for community health: Mobilizing For Action Through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) Process. The three-part Strategic Disaster Plan will be developed in Weeks Two, Four, and Six.

Review Chapter 3 in the textbook. In this final part, the students will take the strategic issues identified in Part II (Week Four) and formulate goal statements and strategies for addressing issues, resulting in development and adoption of an interrelated set of strategy statements. Lastly, an action plan with an evaluation timeline that identifies outcomes to be reached and what steps would be taken to ensuing adjustments in the strategy plan if needed. The final draft with all three parts will be posted together for a final grade.

Writing the Research Paper The Research Paper:

1. Must be ten to twelve double-spaced pages in length (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

2. Must include a title page with the following:

3. Title of paper

4. Student’s name

5. Course name and number

6. Instructor’s name

7. Date submitted

8. Must include an introductory paragraph with a succinct thesis statement.

9. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.

10. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.

11. Must use at least ten scholarly and/or peer-reviewed sources? published within the last five years, including a minimum of three from the Ashford University Library.

12. Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

13. Must include a separate reference page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Week 2 Section – Week 2 – Assignment

Case Study, Part I

Review Chapter 3 in the textbook. Prepare an analysis of Steps 1 through 3 of the MAPP Strategic Plan initiatives and apply at least three quality and/or risk management concepts, measures, and tools in your paper.

Your paper must be three to five double-spaced pages (excluding the title and reference pages). In addition to the text, utilize a minimum of two scholarly and/or peer-reviewed? sources that were published within the last five years. Your paper and all sources must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Week 4 – Assignment

Case Study, Part II

Review Chapter 3 in the textbook, Managing Health Organizations for Quality and Performance (Fallon, Begun, & Riley, 2013). From the perspective of a health care administrator, identify, develop, and discuss strategic issues in planning a model by prioritizing issues facing a community when dealing with a natural disaster using the four MAPP assessments that align with the shared community mission. Lastly, explain how you would promote collaborations among clinical professionals, explain methods that encourage physician leadership in patient care enhancement, and explain quality initiatives that reduce organizational risk and support patient safety.

Your paper must be three to five double-spaced pages (excluding title and reference pages). In addition to the text, utilize a minimum of two scholarly and/or peer-reviewed sources that were published within the last five years. Your paper must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Identify the Rights retained by Residents in a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF).

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Week #2  (6/11) Regulatory Management

Learning Objectives:

· Identify the Rights retained by Residents in a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF).

· Develop an understanding of the focus of regulations on the industry.

· Recognize the vast and varying regulatory issues that may develop in a SNF.

Readings (Suggest reading in order)

· The Effect of State Regulatory Stringency – Mukamel

· Mapping Nursing Home Inspections & Audits – Choiniere

· Survey and Certification memo – CMS

· Appendix PP pgs. 1-84 “Resident Rights.”

· Why the newly defined nursing home regs are vital to residents – Elderlaw

· Sexual Abuse Happens in Healthcare Facilities – Teaster

· Medical Marijuana in ALFs and SNFs – Gosselin

· JAMA – Reducing Excessive Use of Antipsychotics – Gurwitz

Assignments:

This assignment is due on Wednesday June 17th.

1. It is believed that the nursing home industry is the second most regulated industry next to nuclear energy. It is further hypothesized that were it not for all of the regulations, residents of SNFs would receive many more hours of care, suggesting that many hours are wasted on paper compliance as opposed to practical care. Write a 4-page paper speaking to whether you feel the skilled nursing industry is over-regulated, under-regulated, or appropriately regulated. Please support your position with clearly defined potential/real examples and correlations to your argument.

Clinical Case Presentation

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1.- Clinical Case Presentation

Students must post one interesting case that he/she has seen in the clinical setting via Discussion Board in the online part of this course. The case should be an unusual diagnosis, or a complex case that required in-depth evaluation on the student’s part. The case should be posted in the SOAP format, with references for the patient diagnosis, differential diagnoses (there should be at least 3), and the treatment plan. Notes will be graded as “pass/fail”. In order to receive grade points for SOAP notes, the notes must be approved by the deadlines specified on the course assignments page. The student will lose the opportunity for points on any SOAP notes not approved by the specified deadlines. The posting does not have to be written in APA format, but should be written with correct spelling and grammar. References should be in APA format. The selected references should reflect current evidence – dated within the past 5 years. See rubric in the syllabus section

2.- Resume/Cover letter

A resume is a personal document whose purpose is to promote one in a positive manner. This resume will be a current true representation of you as a professional Nurse practitioner. You can focus it as if you were applying for your current position. Each section in the resume should have a heading. Design should be uniform throughout the document and power words should be included. All sections must be flawless for spelling, punctuation, grammar, truth, etc. This resume should be accompanying by a cover letter. The cover letter formally introduces you and creates a critical first impression Should be specifically tailored to a specific position and company. Use professional vocabulary and style. Highlight relevant experiences / qualities as they relate to the position.

You will find a job announcement of interest to you and write a letter of application to the job. Be sure to address the qualifications and job requirements that the employer is seeking in your letter. Market yourself to the employer by highlighting your experiences that will make you a good candidate for this job.

Evidence Based Integration Paper

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1-Evidence Based Integration Paper

For this project, you will take on the role of a nurse practitioner treating a patient with a chronic condition. Your patient is not completely satisfied with the treatments you’ve tried and asks about a specific alternative therapy. Unfamiliar with these sorts of therapies, you decide to do some research before making recommendation. In this case, you get to decide what condition your patient has and which intervention he or she is interested in trying. Your objective is to determine whether or not you would recommend the regular treatment either alone or in combination with alternative treatment. The paper should not be more than 4 pages excluding the title page and references. APA format is required with a professional paper.

2-Clinical Standard of Practice Presentation

Each student will present a Clinical Practice Presentation . The focus of the presentation must reflect current treatment recommendations from accepted professional organizations.

Identify what issues may arise with prescriptive authority of controlled substances and how you may avoid these situations? 

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CS/SB 614 authorizes  an ARNP to prescribe, dispense, administer, or order any drug, which would include controlled substances.

ARNP disciplinary sanctions are added to the bill in s. 456.072, F.S., (Section 5) to mirror a physician’s sanctions for prescribing or dispensing a controlled substance other in the course of professional practice or failing to meet practice standards. Additional acts for which discipline may be taken against an ARNP relating to practicing with controlled substances that are added to the Nurse Practice Act (Section 10) include:

 Presigning blank prescription forms.

 Prescribing a Schedule II for office use.

 Prescribing, dispensing, or administering an amphetamine or sympathomimetic amine drug, except for specified conditions.

 Prescribing, dispensing, or administering certain hormones for muscle-building or athletic performance.

 Promoting or advertising a pharmacy on a prescription form unless the form also states that the prescription may be filled at the pharmacy of your choice.

 Prescribing, dispensing, or administering drugs, including controlled substances, other than in the course of his or her professional practice.

 Prescribing, dispensing, or administering a controlled substance to himself or herself.

 Prescribing, dispensing, or administering laetrile.

 Dispensing a controlled substance listed in Schedule II or Schedule III in violation of the requirements for dispensing practitioners in the Pharmacy Practice Act.

 Promoting or advertising controlled substances.

After reading the following news article http://c-hit.org/2015/04/06/high-prescribing-nurse-surrenders-drug-licenses/

Identify what issues may arise with prescriptive authority of controlled substances and how you may avoid these situations? 

What are the possible causes of the pain and how you would proceed?

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Musculoskeletal and Neurologic System  Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research the conditions affecting the musculoskeletal and the neurologic systems. Based on your research and understanding, respond to one of the following scenarios:

2.A 12-year-old female is admitted with severe pain in her spine. While checking history, the patient and her mother state that several weeks ago the patient was treated for an upper respiratory infection. The infection subsided after several days of taking antibiotics. However, several days later, the child complained of joint swelling and pain in her right elbow, which subsided, but then seemed to migrate to her left knee. A week later, today, the child began to complain of worsening back pain. The mother has been treating the pain with over the counter pain medication and heat and ice packs, but this did not seem to help.

◦What are the possible causes of the pain and how you would proceed?

Are your observations supported by the ideas of outside experts (like the lectures, text, supplemental readings, or other published resources) ?

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I need a substantive post regarding Role Development of the Advanced Practice Nurse. I attached part of chapter 4 for the writing with references. Please follow instructions carefully. Include references. thank you.

Professor instructions to follow:  

Is it at least 150 words in length?

Is it directly related to this week’s topics?

Are your observations supported by the ideas of outside experts (like the lectures, text, supplemental readings, or other published resources) ?

Are the ideas of outside experts properly cited in APA format?

Does it include a question to the class?

When you use the ideas of others, you must give credit through an in-text citation and a reference. Finally, any references must conform to the APA version 6 standard as described in the APA Sample Paper in CWE.