Describe a clinical situation in which a registered nurse may encounter moral distress.  Answer the AACN’s Four A’s found on page 84 in your Butts and Rich text to further explain the situation, and the possible mitigation strategies. Nurses use the Four A’s plan as a guide to identify and analyze moral distress: •  Ask appropriate questions to become […]

The benchmark assesses the following competency: 4.2 Communicate therapeutically with patients. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY.       BY3/14 The RN to BSN program at Grand Canyon University meets the requirements for clinical competencies as defined by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), using nontraditional experiences for practicing nurses. […]

Complete your week 1 required discussion prompts. Discussion Prompt 1 Click here to access and take the Emotional Intelligence (EI) Assessment. Summarize your results. Explain what you can do to adjust your EI results to assist with improving your leadership skills. Support your response with references. Discussion Prompt 2 In this week’s episode of Saving Sara, […]

Examine Case Study: An Elderly Hispanic Man With Major Depressive Disorder. You will be asked to make three decisions concerning the medication to prescribe to this client. Be sure to consider factors that might impact the client’s pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes. At each decision point stop to complete the following: Decision #1 Which decision did you […]

Diagnostic Tool: Mammogram   Include the following: A description of how the assessment tool or diagnostic test you were assigned is used in healthcare. What is its purpose? How is it conducted? What information does it gather? Based on your research, evaluate the test or the tool’s validity and reliability, and explain any issues with […]