Educating African Americans About A DASH Diet Can Lower Blood Pressure.

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Directions:

Summarize the literature supporting proposed change. Identify an action plan to introduce change and potential barriers to implementing change. Finally, describe how you would propose evaluating the change.

Your case report must include the following:

1. Introduction with a problem statement.

2. Brief synthesized review.

3. Description of the case/situation/conditions.

4. Proposed solutions describing the validity and reliability of the research you have read.

5. Conclusion.

Please use the articles below as well for the paper.

Problem Statement: Can education information about a DASH diet help lower the blood pressure of African Americans?

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5118163/

https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2013/12_0088.htm

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0749379716302811

https://academic.oup.com/ajh/article/32/10/975/5514067

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4109043/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3893097/

https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/3/e006583

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijhy/2015/498074/

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/hypertensionaha.109.134874

AACN Essentials Informatics Self-Assessment (Graded)

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Purpose

This week’s graded discussion topic relates to the following Course Outcome (CO).

  • CO2 Analyze data from all relevant sources, including technology, to inform the delivery of care. (PO 2)

Discussion

Download and open the AACN Essentials Self-Assessment. (Links to an external site.) Complete the self-assessment of your current comfort levels and total your score. If you are willing, please share your results with your classmates in your discussion post. (Remember, this is the starting point for our course and the start of the knowledge we will learn over 8 weeks).

As you reflect on your score, identify areas where your knowledge could use improvement. Whether you are a new graduate or a seasoned nurse, it is important to keep in mind that all professional nurses are knowledge workers. Utilizing the readings from your textbook, describe your current knowledge base in informatics and how you can improve your knowledge as they relate to nursing informatics and AACN essential. What additional questions do you have as they relate to nursing informatics and the AACN essentials?

How Has The Emphasis On Quality Of Care, Patient Safety, And Clinical Care Outcomes Been Impacted By Specific Standards Emanating From TJC And/Or CMS?

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Please use articles that are no more that 5 years old and have to be written by  scholar

authors

Promoting Safety and Quality

In the article “Managing to Improve Quality: The Relationship Between Accreditation Standards, Safety Practices, and Patient Outcomes,” the authors discuss the growing trend by medical insurance companies to eliminate reimbursement for Never Events. As these types of mistakes should be easily preventable, hospitals have developed protocols to lessen or extinguish the occurrence of these events. In addition, The Joint Commission (TJC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have developed core measures to guide health care providers’ efforts in improving patient safety and the quality of care delivered.

Health care organizations have developed strategic agendas to help meet these standards and reduce the incidence of Never Events. Nurses significantly influence the overall quality of health care provided and play a pivotal role in improving patient outcomes.

For this Discussion, you will consider the standards that are in place for nurses and how they can be used to improve quality of care.

To prepare for this Discussion:

  • Review the information at the Joint Commission and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services websites on the core measures and standards presented in this week’s Resources.
  • Consider the nurse’s role in supporting the organization’s strategic agenda as it relates to improving clinical outcomes.
  • Conduct an Internet search for either a Never Event or a core measure, and select one to address in your post.

By Day 3

Respond to the following:

  • How has the emphasis on quality of care, patient safety, and clinical care outcomes been impacted by specific standards emanating from TJC and/or CMS? Cite your selected core measure or Never Event in your response.
  • What is the impact of the nurse’s role in clinical outcomes for the organization?
  • Discuss nurse-specific challenges in influencing change in quality improvement.
  • How does this influence the ability of the organization to achieve its strategic agenda?

Support your response with references from the professional nursing literature.

Note Initial Post: A 3-paragraph (at least 350 words) response. Be sure to use evidence from the readings and include in-text citations. Utilize essay-level writing practice and skills, including the use of transitional material and organizational frames. Avoid quotes; paraphrase to incorporate evidence into your own writing. A reference list is required. Use the most current evidence (usually ≤ 5 years old).

By Day 7

Read two or more of your colleagues’ postings from the Discussion question (support with evidence if indicated).

Best Practies : Geriatrics / 3 Pages.

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For this written assignment, select one recent (within the last two years) evidence-based article from a peer-reviewed nursing journal that describes a “best practice” in an area of nursing you are interested in. 

Cite the article and provide a brief overview of how the results or findings were obtained. Then describe the “best practice.” Conclude your  discussion by explaining whether you thought the research findings  supported the conclusions 

and the best practice.

This assignment must be no more than 3 pages long. It should include all of the required elements. Use APA Editorial format and attach a copy of the article.