Healthcare
Mental Health & Stress
Read “You Make the Call: How connected should we be?” on page 59 of the Mental Health and Stress chapter.
After reading the article and the entire Mental Health & Stress Chapter, discuss your educated opinion on this topic. Whenever possible, relate your answers to our course material.
Are we as a society “too connected?” Do you think this issue of connectivity affects mental health? Do you personally find that you struggle to disconnect? Are there certain daily times / activities you feel that should be absolutely free from device connectivity? You may want to discuss the pros and cons of constant connectivity that you have experienced in your own life, or the lives of those close to you. What strategies are available to help someone who is struggling to disconnect for a healthly
Polypharmacy states
Assignment #1 Obtain a copy of organization map. See attachment with organization
Describe what kind of organization you believe this to be?
Is this mostly vertical or horizontal?
Why do you think that this organization level was selected?
Does the size of the hospital have anything to do with the organization’s structure?
Assignment #2
There are many interventions when we point out the difficulties medicating the elderly. Certainly we must start with the saying, “Start low, go slow” This is one of the most popular and abided by phrase in gerontology practice.
Instructions:
Healthcare expectations of quality care and patient safety
Journal Article: Healthcare Multidisciplinary Teams: The Sociotechnical Approach for an Integrated System-wide Perspective
Read the assigned article and write a two page reflection paper using 1 additional source for reference to support response. See attachment for article. APA format no older than 5 years
Requirements: 2 pages
Unrecognized Vulnerabilities
In a post of at least 175 words, discuss: What do you think Jane Pauley (2009) means in the article Unrecognized Vulnerabilities, when she asks: “Wouldn’t a ‘stealth campaign’ against stigma be far more effective?” and when she states that “we have an unprecedented opportunity to change the narrative” (p.879)?Unrecognized Vulnerabilities
Jane Pauley
Health Affairs; May/Jun 2009; 28, 3; ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source pg. 874
Requirements: 175 words
Abnormal brain development
POWER POINT PRESENTATION WITH SPEAKER NOTES 18-20 SLIDES WITH REFERENCES INCLUDE PICTURES
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER IN PEDIATRIC
1-CEREBRAL PALSY
2-HYDROCEPHALUS
3-SPINA BIFIDA
ETIOLOGY/PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
RISK FACTORS
DIAGNOSIS/TEST