Healthcare
Hyperkalemia in older adults
After studying Module 4: Lecture Materials & Resources, discuss the following:
Therapeutic drug monitoring is a frequent practice in health care. How does age affect drug absorption, metabolization and excretion?
The use of salt substitutes can cause hyperkalemia in older adults when use in conjunction with what types of drugs?
Describe how you would prevent and evaluate risk factors for medication nonadherence in older adults?
Submission Instructions:
Your initial post should be at least 600 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.
You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts.
All replies must be constructive and use literature where possibleRead and watch the lecture resources & materials below early in the week to help you respond to the discussion questions and to complete your assignment(s).
Read
Meiner, S.E., Yeager, J.J. (2019).
Chapter 15
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Chapter 16
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Author’s philosophy
Select one of the two questions in the list below and write a discussion essay in response to the question:
What issues of gender did the author Abraham Verghese discuss especially as it relates to women’s issues? What is the author’s philosophy on the issue of women and their health? Explain how this was expressed in the novel. Describe at least two issues of gender in your essay. Is the author’s philosophy on the subject similar to or different from yours? Write a reflection on the author’s philosophy on gender covering each of the questions above and how similar or different his philosphy is from your own.
Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act
1. Identify the role of patient safety and its influence on federal initiatives that are used to prevent unintentional death as a result of medical mistakes.
2. The majority of health care errors occur in inpatient settings. Errors are becoming increasingly common in outpatient settings. Discuss at least two (2) reasons for the increasing errors in outpatient settings.
Submission Details
Please make sure you are using scholarly references and they should not be older than 5 years. Your posts/references must be in APA format. FOLLOW THE RUBRIC.
Please follow the discussion rubric to make sure you have addressed the discussion criteria.
Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) was formed to ensure quality of patient care and measurement of patient outcomes with set standards.
Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) is a performance measurement tool used by millions of health insurance plans. There are 6 domains of care:
Effectiveness of Care.
Access/Availability of Care.
Experience of Care.
Utilization and Risk Adjusted Utilization.
Health Plan Descriptive Information.
Measures Collected Using Electronic Clinical Data Systems
You may access the 6 domains of care by clicking this link:
(NCQA, n.d. https://www.ncqa.org/hedis/ (Links to an external site.))
As an APN, productivity will be an important measurement for the practice to determine reimbursement and salary. Fee-for-service practices will require a set number of patients per day to maintain productivity. A capitated practice will require the APN to have a large panel of patients but also will focus on controlling costs. This can be accomplished through effective primary care that is accessible, convenient for the patients and has a method of measuring quality of care.
Write a formal paper in APA format with title page, introduction, the three required elements below, conclusion and reference page.
Mental well-being
Further Directions: Identify the aspects of this particular deviance and discuss its overall impact on US society and culture. Discuss accepted policies and practices in dealing with this deviance and how attitudes have changed (if they have) over time. Last, project how you see this deviance being treated with the next 10-20 year period. Is the behavior becoming normalized?
Your opinion does not determine your grade. Your grade is determined by how well you support your arguments utilizing the materials discussed in this course and research and reference material you locate on your own for this assignment.
Document your facts utilizing standard APA style.
**You should use a minimum of 5 to 7 peer reviewed sources in support of this paper.