NRS 410 Collaborative Learning Community Home Visit

NRS 410 Collaborative Learning Community Home Visit

NRS 410 Collaborative Learning Community Home Visit

This is a CLC assignment.

As a group, observe the simulated “Home Visit With Sallie Mae Fisher” video (.gcumedia.com/zwebassets/courseMaterialPages/nrs410v_vp01Alt.php” title=”http://lc.gcumedia.com/zwebassets/courseMaterialPages/nrs410v_vp01Alt.php”>http://lc.gcumedia.com/zwebassets/courseMaterialPages/nrs410v_vp01Alt.php).

Refer to “Sallie Mae Fisher’s Health History and Discharge Orders” for specifics related to the case study used to inform the assignment.

Using “Home Visit With Sallie Mae Fisher” and “Sallie Mae Fisher’s Health History and Discharge Orders,” complete the following components of this assignment:

Essay Portion

After viewing the home visit, write an essay of 500-750-words in which you do the following:

1. Identify, prioritize, and describe at least four problems.
2. Provide substantiating evidence (assessment data) for each problem identified.
3. Identify and describe at least four medical and/or nursing interventions.
4. Discuss your rationale for the interventions identified. NRS 410 Collaborative Learning Community Home Visit

Prepare this step of the assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

Scripted Dialogue Portion

Utilizing the information learned from the home visit, health histories, and discharge orders, write a scripted dialogue in which you provide Sallie Mae with education that describes her problems and the interventions identified to improve her condition. Consider Sallie Mae’s physiological, psychosocial, educational, and spiritual needs when developing your dialogue. NRS 410 Collaborative Learning Community Home Visit

Your dialogue should resemble a script. The following is an example of a few sentences from a scripted dialogue:
Nurse: “Good morning, Salle Mae, my name is ______ and I will be your nurse today. I understand you are experiencing problems with ________.”
APA format is not required for this part of the assignment, but solid academic writing is expected.
Refer to “Home Visit With Sallie Mae Fisher Grading Criteria.” NRS 410 Collaborative Learning Community Home Visit

Entire Assignment

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center. Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.

Sallie Mae Fisher’s Health History

and Discharge Orders

Sallie Mae Fisher Health History

Ms. Fisher is an 82-year-old female with a history of chronic congestive heart failure (CHF), atrial fibrillation, and hypertension. During the last 6 months, she has been hospitalized four times for exacerbation of her CHF. She was discharged home last Saturday from the hospital after a 3-day stay to treat increased dyspnea, an 8-pound weight gain, and chest pain. NRS 410 Collaborative Learning Community Home Visit
Ms. Fisher is recently widowed and lives alone. She has a daughter, Thelma Jean, who lives in town but works full time and has family issues of her own. Therefore, family support is limited.

Hospital Discharge Instructions

Mountain Top Home Health to evaluate cardio-pulmonary status, medication management, and home safety.

Medical Equipment Company to deliver oxygen concentrator and instruct patient in use. O2 at 2 liters per nasal prongs PRN.

Prescriptions given at discharge:

o Digoxin 0.25 mg once a day
o Lasix 80 mg twice a day
o Calan 240 mg once a day
Order written to continue other home meds.
Sallie Mae’s Home Medication List
Zocar 50 mg once a day
Minipres 1 mg once a day
Vasotec 10 mg twice a day
Prilosec 20 mg once a day
Furosemide 40 mg once a day
Effexor 37.5 mg at bedtime
Lanoxin 0.125 mg every other day
Multivitamin once a day
Potassium 40 mEq once a day
Ibuprofen 400 mg q 4 hours as needed for pain
Darvocet N 100 mg q 4 hours as needed for pain
Nitroglycerin ointment, apply 1 inch every day

Description

The final Research Proposal assignment for this course contains multiple parts that are due at different intervals in the course, with the final assignment due in Topic 8. Access and read the “Research Proposal Assignment Criteria” to understand each section of the assignment. NRS 410 Collaborative Learning Community Home Visit

Using your selected social problem, you are to approach it through the lens of the Christian worldview (CWV).

Part V: The Christian Worldview Essay

Using your selected social issue, you are to approach it through the lens of the Christian Worldview (CWV):

Example: alcoholism I PICKED POVERTY

Analyze how the CWV could influence prevention or evidence-based treatment strategies for clients dealing with the alcoholism.

Now, following the example, use your selected social issue to address the prompts:

In an essay (750-1,000 words), address the following:

  • Access and read the “GCU Statement on the Integration of Faith and Work” document. GCU believes that the work of the Christian should focus on helping people deal with social issues so that the human condition can flourish.
  • Explain how the Christian worldview could influence prevention and treatment strategies for clients dealing with the selected social issue. NRS 410 Collaborative Learning Community Home Visit
  • Explain how a social worker with a Christian worldview could assist a client struggling with the selected social issue.
  • Explain how a social worker with the CWV can help alleviate the problems of a client living with the social issue you selected. NRS 410 Collaborative Learning Community Home Visit