Category: Questions

Research Project about Partner violence Cycle of Violence
Interventions Strategies / Treatments (pharmacological and non-pharmacological)

1. Family composition.
   Type of family, age, gender, and racial/ethnic composition of the family.
2. Roles of each family member. Who is the leader in the family? Who is the primary provider? Is there any other provider?
3. Do family members have any existing physical or psychological conditions that are affecting family function?
4. Home (physical condition) and external environment; living situation (this must include financial information). How the family support itself.
   For example, working parents, children or any other member
5. How adequately have individual family members accomplished age-appropriate developmental tasks?
6. Do individual family member’s developmental states create stress in the family?
7. What developmental stage is the family in? How well has the family achieved the task of this and previous developmental stages?
8. Any family history of genetic predisposition to a disease?
9. Immunization status of the family?
10. Any child or adolescent experiencing problems
11. Hospital admission of any family member and how it is handled by the other members?
12. What are the typical modes of family communication? It is affective? Why?
13. How are decisions made in the family?
14. Is there evidence of violence within the family? What forms of discipline are used?
15. How well the family deals with crisis?
16. What cultural and religious factors influence the family health and social status?
17. What are the family goals?
18. Identify any external or internal sources of support that are available?
19. Is there evidence of role conflict? Role overload?
20. Does the family have an emergency plan to deal with family crisis, disasters?
    Identify 3 nursing diagnosis and develop a short plan of care using the nursing process.

Describe globalization and international patterns of health and disease.
Identify international health care organizations and how they collaborate to improve global nursing and health care.
Identify and discuss the major indicators of women’s health.
Identify and discuss the barriers to adequate health care for women.

Mention and describe the physiological and psychosocial factors that have an impact on men’s health status.
Mention and discuss barriers to be improving men’s health.
Mention and discuss factors that promote men’s health.

Violent Behavior in Institutions
Statistics show that 48% of no fatal injuries from occupational assaults in the United States occurred in health care and social services particularly mental health workers.
Mention at least 3 precipitating factors for violent behavior in institutions?
Discuss each of them (3 precipitating factors).

Signs and Symptoms of Osteoporosis
Reducing Osteoporosis – Related Risk and Injury

Child and Adolescent Health
Identify and discuss the major indicators of child and adolescent health status.
Describe and discuss the social determinants of child and adolescent health.
Mention and discuss at least 2 public programs and prevention strategies targeted to children’s health.

Mention and discuss the individual and societal costs of poor child health status.

Choose one neurological disorder discussed in your textbook. Mention the signs and symptoms of the chosen disease/disorder.

Discuss its management and important nursing implications.

Explain and give some examples of the concepts of community mental health and discuss the importance of community mental health promotion in special populations.

Describe the biological, social, and political factors associated with mental illness.

Describe different types of evidence-based treatment for mental disorders, including the use of psychotropic medication management, community case management, and crisis intervention. Give at least one example.

Describe the role of mental health nurses in the community.

The BSN Essentials (AACN, 2008)outline a number of healthcare policy and advocacy competencies for BSN-prepared nurses. Reflect on the NUR4636 course readings, discussion threads, and applications you have completed across this course and write a reflective essay regarding the extent to which you feel you are now prepared to:

1. “Demonstrate basic knowledge of healthcare policy, finance, and regulatory environments, including local, state, national, and global healthcare trends.
2. Describe how health care is organized and financed, including the implications of business principles, such as patient and system cost factors.
3. Compare the benefits and limitations of the major forms of reimbursement on the delivery of healthcare services.
4. Examine legislative and regulatory processes relevant to the provision of health care.
5. Describe state and national statutes, rules, and regulations that authorize and define the professional nursing practice.
6. Explore the impact of socio¬cultural, economic, legal, and political factors influencing healthcare delivery and practice.
7. Examine the roles and responsibilities of the regulatory agencies and their effect on patient care quality, workplace safety, and the scope of nursing and other health professionals’ practice.
8. Discuss the implications of healthcare policy on issues of access, equity, affordability, and social justice in healthcare delivery.
9. Use an ethical framework to evaluate the impact of social policies on health care, especially for vulnerable populations.
10. Articulate, through a nursing perspective, issues concerning healthcare delivery to decision-makers within healthcare organizations and other policy arenas.
11. Participate as a nursing professional in political processes and grassroots legislative efforts to influence healthcare policy.
12. Advocate for consumers and the nursing profession.
13. Assess protective and predictive factors, including genetics, which influence the health of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations.
14. Conduct a health history, including environmental exposure and family history that recognizes genetic risks, to identify current and future health problems.
15. Assess health/illness beliefs, values, attitudes, and practices of individuals, families, groups,communities, and populations.
16. Use behavioral change techniques to promote health and manage illness.
17. Use evidence¬based practices to guide health teaching, health counseling, screening, outreach, disease and outbreak investigation, referral, and follow-up throughout the lifespan.
18. Use information and communication technologies in preventive care.
19. Collaborate with other healthcare professionals and patients to provide spiritually and culturallyappropriate health promotion and disease and injury prevention interventions.
20. Assess the health, healthcare, and emergency preparedness needs of a defined population.
21. Use clinical judgment and decision-making skills in appropriate, timely nursing care during disaster, mass casualty, and other emergency situations.
22. Collaborate with others to develop an intervention plan that takes into account determinants of health, available resources, and the range of activities that contribute to the health and the prevention of illness, injury, disability, and premature death.
23. Participate in clinical prevention and population¬focused interventions with attention to effectiveness, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and equity.
24. Advocate for social justice, including a commitment to the health of vulnerable populations and the elimination of health disparities.
25. Use evaluation results to influence the delivery of care, deployment of resources, and to provide input into the development of policies to promote health and prevent disease.” (pp. 20-21, 24-25).
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