You are practicing on an acute care unit in a local hospital. During your recent shifts, you identified a practice problem that you would like to see changed. After discussing the issue with your direct supervisor and the Director of Nursing, they have asked that you research the current literature and propose an evidence-based practice…

Assessing and Diagnosing Patients With Anxiety Disorders, PTSD, and OCD “Fear,” according to the DSM-5-TR, “is the emotional response to real or perceived imminent threat, whereas anxiety is anticipation of future threat” (APA, 2022). All anxiety disorders contain some degree of fear or anxiety symptoms (often in combination with avoidant behaviors), although their causes and…

DNP Project and Practicum Q&A Each week there will be one Q&A forum for the DNP Project and Practicum. These Discussions are designed to give you the opportunity to collaborate with your peers and Faculty, ask questions, get advice, and share insights. You are not required to post to this forum; however, you are encouraged…

Assessing and Diagnosing Patients With Mood Disorders Accurately diagnosing depressive disorders can be challenging given their periodic and, at times, cyclic nature. Some of these disorders occur in response to stressors and, depending on the cultural history of the client, may affect their decision to seek treatment. Bipolar disorders can also be difficult to properly…

Wk 2 – Summative Assessment: Current Legal and Regulatory Issues for Advanced Practice Registered nurses Assignment Instructions Imagine that you are a nurse practitioner (NP). You have been asked to present to incoming NP students at your local university. You will share how legal and regulatory issues, professional obligations, and regulations based on the APRN’s…

The Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice, 3rd ed. (ANA et. al, 2022), states the following three key psychiatric-mental health advanced practice nursing roles in a variety of clinical settings (p. 19): • Provision of psychotherapy • Provision of psychopharmacological interventions, and • Provision of clinical supervision This assignment provides an opportunity to…

A critical examination of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs challenges its applicability to all cultures. The “Dig Deeper” feature in module 9.6 provides an example of a mother struggling to feed her children when she is faced with conditions out of her control. In the U.S., some families face circumstances that are also beyond their control,…

Discussion: Quality and Safety in Healthcare and Nursing Practice How will you, as a future DNP-prepared nurse, keep patients safe? This is a multi-layered question with many different answers, yet it is important to note that—as the nurse leader—quality and safety measures are at the forefront of how you deliver nursing practice. Quality and safety…

So to begin with the Summary: I saw a 26-year-old male who came in with the complaint, “I have spots on my back.” When I took his history, I used the OLDCARTS format to guide my assessment. • The onset was about three weeks ago, and he said the spots appeared gradually. • The location…

Week 1: Blog! Population Health and Epidemiology Than and Now A century ago, epidemiology was a population science that focused on infectious diseases and outbreaks. Pioneered by passionate researchers like John Snow and Florence Nightingale, epidemiologic methods were used to curb the spread of debilitating diseases like cholera and the Spanish Flu. Today epidemiology relates…