Advanced nursing (due 24 hours)

1) Minimum 7 full pages (Follow the 3 x 3 rule: minimum three paragraphs per part)

Parts 4 and 5 should be different, different writing and answers. However, you must answer the same questions.

              Part 1: minimum 1 page

              Part 2: minimum 1 page

              Part 3: minimum 1 page

              Part 4: minimum 1 page 

              Part 5: minimum 1 page

              Part 6: minimum 1 page 

              Part 7: minimum 1 page

Submit 1 document per part

Parts 4 and 5 should be different, different writing and answers. However, you must answer the same questions.

2)¨******APA norms, please use headers

          All paragraphs must be narrative and cited in the text- each paragraphs

          Bulleted responses are not accepted

          Dont write in the first person 

          Dont copy and pase the questions.

          Answer the question objectively, do not make introductions to your answers, answer it when you start the paragraph

         Submit 1 document per part

3) It will be verified by Turnitin and SafeAssign

4) Minimum 3 references per part not older than 5 years

5) Identify your answer with the numbers, according to the question.

Example:

Q 1. Nursing is XXXXX

Q 2. Health is XXXX

6) You must name the files according to the part you are answering: 

Example:

Part 1.doc 

Part 2.doc 

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Part 1:

A 56-year-old patient with newly diagnosed stage 1 hypertension has been referred to you for counseling regarding lifestyle modifications. He is married, with four children — two in high school, two in college. His job as a senior vice-president for a major retail chain requires that he work long hours and frequently eat at restaurants. He smokes two packs of cigarettes a day, has a body mass index (BMI) of 29 kg/m2, and a waist-hip ratio of 1.6. He usually drinks one to two dry martinis to relax after he gets home from work.

1. How would you develop a realistic plan to help this patient reduce his blood pressure and prevent complications?

2. Which risk factors would be among your top two or three priorities for this patient, and what interventions or recommendations would you provide for modifying these?

Part 2:

Therapeutic communication is important to ensure patients are part of treatment planning. 

1. How would you evaluate a patient’s ability to understand your instruction and their current knowledge base about their problem? What characteristics of the patient would be helpful?

2. How would you be certain that the patient understands your medication instruction?

3. What methods of therapeutic communication would be useful in advanced practice?

Part 3:

1. Discuss the role of advanced practice nursing in safe prescribing 

2. Discuss 3 prescribing barriers for APRNs.

Part 4:

1. 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?

Part 5:

1 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?

Part 6:

Nursing faculty is responsible for creating an environment that is conducive to learning and accommodates the multiple learning styles and abilities of students. 

As a nurse educator:

1. How might you design learning experiences for class and clinical environments to promote positive and effective learning for all students? 

2. Do you think students should use their preferred learning styles and perhaps risk becoming rigid and unable to learn in different ways (should a situation demand a different learning style)? Or should educators encourage students to be open to different methods of learning, moving them away from their comfort zones?

Part 7:

The diversity of both students and faculty poses important considerations for teaching and learning. 

1. Reflect on the characteristic differences in gender, race, and culture, as well as the differences among the diverse generations in today’s nursing education classroom. 

2.When considering your personal philosophy of teaching, discuss how you might use these characteristic differences and diverse backgrounds and experiences of today’s nursing students as a teaching tool to connect students to nursing content and increase their understanding. 3. How might you incorporate the background and experiences of your students into your teaching methods to enhance the ability of all students in your classroom to think critically and problem solve patient-care issues?