1. Nurses have a history of serving others. How is service in nursing related to the influence of faith-based organizations throughout nursing history? How does the concept of service used in nursing today differ from service of the past? How is it the same?

2. Share your experiences with healthcare information systems in your clinical setting. What are the pros and cons of patient care? If you are not currently working, think about your experiences as a consumer of healthcare services, keeping in mind that they are all around us regardless of where we obtain our own healthcare.

3. Your Aunt Mary is elderly and lives alone. She just returned from a visit with her primary care physician. She noticed today that Dr. Alice did not bring a chart into the exam room. Instead, she had a little computer. Aunt Mary is upset. She does not understand this new technology as it relates to her healthcare. What key concepts about EHRs would you include in an informal teaching plan for Aunt Mary?

In 2011 the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) introduced the “My Plate” initiative, to help Americans make healthy food choices and to be active every day. Recently, new guidelines were released, and the initiative was updated to include, “MyPlateMyWins!”

Initial Discussion Post:

Review the following resource: United States Department of Agriculture: ChooseMyPlate.gov. (2015). Older adults. Retrieved from http://www.choosemyplate.gov/older-adults

Mrs. Jenkins is a 70-year-old patient at the primary care provider for a routine visit. As you are gathering data prior to showing her into an examination room, you note her height and weight, of 65 inches and 101 pounds.

• Calculate Mrs. Jenkins’ BMI and interpret the result.
• Discuss two additional specific assessments you would perform, and why the information you obtain in these assessments might be a concern to the RN.
• Based on these assessments:
  1. What education would you provide related to this concern?
  2. Identify a member of the health care team with whom you would collaborate about this concern.

Be sure to use evidence from the assigned text or website, or other professional sources in your answer.

Base your initial post on your readings and research of this topic. Your initial post must contain a minimum of 250 words. References, citations, and repeating the question do not count towards the 250-word minimum.

Nursing

Qualitative & quantitative

• Analyze how quantitative and qualitative research projects can be applied to evidence-based nursing practice.
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• What characteristics of quantitative or qualitative research make it the most appropriate for addressing evidence-based practice problems? Support your position.