After this first course in the program, the remaining specialty courses through your capstone course will each have a summative assessment that consists of an authentic performance assessment. Together, the courses scaffold the tasks of your healthcare improvement project (HIP) through the project management lifecycle phases: project initiation, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Each performance assessment […]

Objectives At the end of the case study, the nurse practitioner student will be able to 1. Obtain a history relevant to the patient’s complaint of difficulty breathing. 2. Identify differential diagnoses following the history and physical exam. 3. Discuss the pathophysiology involved in the disease asthma. 4. Classify the patient’s asthma according to the […]

TO PREPARE · Review practice agreements in your state. My state is Georgia in the USA. · Identify whether your state requires physician collaboration or supervision for nurse practitioners, and if so, what those requirements are. · Research the following: · How do you get certified and licensed as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) […]

Instructions Select an article on a pathogen in the last three years, apply knowledge learned in BIOS 242, and write a paper. The goal for this project is: · to make connections between concepts learned in the course and what is observed in a health care setting · to understand real-life applications of microbiology For […]

Identifying Practice Gaps for Quality Improvement Quality improvement refers to the systematic approach to improving quality, where performance is measured using standardized indicators and challenges their root causes are identified and the appropriate solutions are implemented and later assessed for effectiveness (World Health Organization, 2019). One of the ways of identifying practice gaps for quality […]