Discussion 2: Why Is HBSE Relevant to Social Work?

The types of issues and concerns that children, and adolescents, present to social workers are as varied as the people themselves. Understanding how individuals behave in their particular environment will shed some light on their current challenges, but this alone is not enough. Social workers must know how to ask the right questions, as the answers will inform decisions about which resources may be most helpful.

For this Discussion, think about the connections between social work and human behavior and consider why it is relevant to social work practice.

Post an explanation of why studying human behavior and the social environment (HBSE) is relevant for social workers. In your analysis, explain how HBSE is unique from other social and behavioral sciences. Please use the Learning Resources to support your answer.

 Reflect on everything you have accomplished in your program and what it means in terms of career advancement. There is no required minimum length for your summary, but be sure you address each program outcome as thoroughly as possible. 

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

• Competency 5: Communication – Communicate effectively with all members of the healthcare team, including interdepartmental and interdisciplinary collaboration for quality outcomes.
  • Write coherently to support a central idea with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a nursing professional. 
• Competency 9: Professional Role – Incorporate the qualities, skills, behaviors, and knowledge required to function as a patient advocate, practice high-quality care, assess and evaluate patient outcomes, and provide leadership in improving care.
  • Reflect on growth in the qualities, skills, behaviors, and knowledge required to function as a patient advocate.
  • Reflect on how BSN experiences have improved abilities to practice high quality care, assess and evaluate patient outcomes, and provide leadership in improving care.
• Competency 10: Global Accountability and Public Service – Integrate a holistic approach to local, regional, national, and global dynamics in nursing and healthcare system delivery.
  • Reflect on the role of the BSN-prepared nurse in public service.
  • Reflect on aspirations to facilitate change and foster innovation to improve the health care system.

Competency Map

For this assignment, please address the following questions related to the above competencies:

• Reflect on how you have grown in the qualities, skills, behaviors, and knowledge required to function as a patient advocate.
• Reflect on how your BSN experiences have improved your abilities to practice high quality care, assess and evaluate patient outcomes, and provide leadership in improving care.
• Reflect on the role of the BSN-prepared nurse in public service.
• Reflect on your aspirations to facilitate change and foster innovation to improve the health care system.
• Write coherently to support a central idea with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a nursing professional.

Additional Requirements

• Format: You do not need to use APA formatting for this assessment.
• Length: There is no required minimum length for your summary, but be sure you address each program outcome as thoroughly as possible.
• References: You do not need to use any supporting resources other than your completed assessments.
• Font: Use double-spaced, 12-point, Times New Roman font.

 Write a description of the pathophysiology of acute, chronic, and referred pain, including similarities and differences between them. Then, explain how the factors you selected might impact the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and prescription of treatment for acute, chronic, and referred pain. 

Discussion Question:

The CDC and Healthy People 2020 continue to educate on the importance, the improved ease of access and insurance coverage for screenings and vaccinations. It is the responsibility of nurses to engage our aging adults in self-advocating for services that benefit the individual and community health. How can you, as a registered nurse, impact older adults to encourage routine vaccination? What impact does this have on the community as a whole?   (located CA USA) 

Questions

Technology is integral to successful implementation in many projects,   through either support or integration or both. Name at least one   technology that could improve the implementation process and the   outcomes of your EBP project. Do you plan to use this technology? If   not, what are the barriers that prevent its use?

Anne response

Technology is an important part of ensuring success in implementing change projects. This is especially true in the case of implementing a postpartum hemorrhage bundle. Postpartum hemorrhage is considered a high-risk low-volume event which means it does not occur often, but when it does there is much at stake (Lutgendorf et al., 2017). Technology will be utilized to successfully implement the postpartum hemorrhage bundle. The main way we will use technology is during simulation training. Simulation trainings using the Noelle mannequin offer life-like scenarios in the department where patient care occurs. Using simulation allows staff to work as they would in real life but does not put patient safety at risk. It also allows for debriefing afterward and identifies gaps in the workflow (Lutgendorf et al., 2017). We can also use technology to help us track postpartum hemorrhage data. We are developing a spreadsheet that tracks the number of patients who experienced hemorrhage and need for transfusion. This allows us to validate the effectiveness of our postpartum hemorrhage bundle.

Reference

Lutgendorf, M. A., Spalding, C., Drake, E., Spence, D., Heaton, J. O., & Morocco, K. V. 

(2017). Multidisciplinary in situ simulation-based training as a postpartum 

hemorrhage quality improvement project. Military Medicine, 182(3/4)

e1762–e1766. doi:10.7205/MILMED-D-16-00030