Nr506 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Running head: QUALITY HEALTHCARE MEASURING NURSE P 1 Quality Healthcare: Measuring Nurse Practitioner Performance Chamberlain College of Nursing NR506NP: Healthcare Leadership and Policy Quality Healthcare: Measuring Nurse Practitioner Performance Every person should have access to quality healthcare and feel confident in the care they receive. The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) was formed to ensure the quality of patient care and measurement of patient outcomes with set standar...

NR 506 Week 3 Assignment: Quality Healthcare: Measuring NP Performance (Collection) – BMI Assessment from HEIDIS Effectiveness of Care – Childhood Immunization – Controlling Hypertension – APN Productivity on Weight Assessment and Counselling for Children-Adolescents Purpose The purpose of this assignment is to have students research the measurement tools of NP performance. Through the use of quality patient outcomes, student will list and discuss three different patient interventions an...

NR 506 Week 5 Discussion: Ethical and Legal Implications (2 Versions) You are a family nurse practitioner working in an outpatient primary care office of a large hospital system. The practice has bee n operating for over 15 years, and many of the administrative and clinical staff were hired when the practice opened. You have been in the practice for less than 3 months. In that short amount of time, you have witnessed several of the clinical staff engaging in heated arguments with each other, som...

NR 506 Week 5 Discussion: Ethical and Legal Implications (2 Versions) You are a family nurse practitioner working in an outpatient primary care office of a large hospital system. The practice has bee n operating for over 15 years, and many of the administrative and clinical staff were hired when the practice opened. You have been in the practice for less than 3 months. In that short amount of time, you have witnessed several of the clinical staff engaging in heated arguments with each other, som...

NR506NP; Week 4: Obesity Health Policy Analysis.

NR_506 Summary Notes For Exam Preparation. Leading cause of death (all ages/genders): 1. Heart disease (or diseases of the heart) 2. Cancer (or malignant neoplasms) 3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases (i.e., chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD]) Leading Cause of Cancer Death 1. Lung Cancer for both men and woman 2. Men – prostate & Woman- Breast 3. Colorectal Cancer for both men and woman Leading Cause of Death in Adolescents (^ in males than females) 1. Accidents /Unint...

NR 506 Week 1 Discussion: Barriers to Practice (Original Post, Responses) Discuss barriers to practice as an APN in one’s state from both a state and national perspective. Research methods to influ ence policy change from various forms of competition, state legislative and executive branches of government and interest groups Identify and describe practice barriers for APNs in your state and discuss these barriers on a state and national level. … forms of competition on the state and national...

During admission to the psychiatric unit, a female client is extremely anxious and states that she is worried about the sun coming up the next day. What intervention is most important for the RN to implement during the admission process? A. Assist the client in developing alternative coping skills. B. Remain calm and use a matter-of-fact approach. C. Ask the client why she is so anxious D. Administer a PRN sedative to help relieve her anxiety. 2. A female client is brought to the emergency depar...

NR 506 Week 1 Discussion: Barriers to Practice (Original Post, Responses) Discuss barriers to practice as an APN in one’s state from both a state and national perspective. Research methods to influ ence policy change from various forms of competition, state legislative and executive branches of government and interest groups Identify and describe practice barriers for APNs in your state and discuss these barriers on a state and national level. … forms of competition on the state and national...

Exam Format AANP: Exam Pearls • AANP FNP exam contains very few nonclinical questions • Certification tests are designed for entry-level practice • AANP has 15 pilot questions which are not graded [there is NO WAY to identify the pilot test questions from the graded questions] • New clinical info [treatment and/or guidelines] released in the last 10 months won’t be on the exam • Questions will be on primary care disorders – if you are guessing, AVOID PICKING EXOTIC DIA...