Module 1 Discussion
Foundation for Health Promotion
For this Discussion, your instructor will assign you a case number.
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Case |
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Cases |
D.H. is a nurse administrator at a large primary practice. His duties include maintaining the nurses’ schedules to keep within the facility’s budget; overseeing the hiring and training of nurses; ensuring that the work environment for the nurses is safe; and resolving any employment issues with the nurses that require disciplinary action, termination, or reporting adverse nursing care to the state board. One of his primary initiatives during the nurses’ orientation is to reiterate the importance of incorporating the goals of Healthy People 2020 into the nurses’ care. |
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Questions for the case |
How you as a health care professional should proceed if you suspect that a client has finances concerns about being able to afford their health care. |
Answer the specific question on the table above. Then, continue to discuss the 3 topics listed below for your case:
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Identify the different roles and responsibilities of the nurse.
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Please discuss the challenges you anticipate facing when fulfilling the various roles of a nurse practitioner. How would you work to improve your weaknesses? Identify your strengths.
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Which patient population is most likely to experience health disparities and why?
Submission Instructions:
· Your initial post must be at least 500 words, formatted, and cited in current APA style with support from at least two academic sources.
· Quotes “……” cannot be used at a higher learning level for your assignments, so sentences need to be paraphrased and referenced.
· Acceptable references include scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions), journal articles, and books published in the last five years-no websites to be referenced without prior approval.
