Post a comparison of at least two APRN board of nursing regulations in your state/region with those of at least one other state/region. Describe how they may differ. Be specific and provide examples. Then, explain how the regulations you selected may apply to Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) who have legal authority to practice within the full scope of their education and experience. Provide at least one example of how APRNs may adhere to the two regulations you selected 

Bob and Carol are planning for the birth of their first child exactly four years from today. They are now ready to start their savings plan for the big event. The current hospital cost for having a healthy baby at the local hospital is $6500 after all insurance payments. Pre-natal care for the immediate 12-month period prior to having the baby amounts to $2000 out-of-pocket costs. Carol’s best friend is planning a baby shower, so only a crib, a baby carrier, and other miscellaneous items will be needed, which all cost $1,200 today. However, these items will be purchased and paid for the day of the child’s birth, and the items are expected to increase in costs by 10% each year over the next four years due to inflation.

Bob and Carol now have $500 in cash that they plan to put in the bank in order to cover the all the new costs. Also, Uncle Ted has promised to contribute $1000 at the end of year two, as a present to Bob and Carol for baby expenses. 

Currently, Bob and Carol can earn 6% compounded annually on this money. In order to be able to pay cash for all these expenses on the day the baby is born, how much will Bob and Carol have to save, assuming the baby is born exactly four years from today.

Questions:

1. Draw the timeline that illustrates the timing of all the events of the situation described above.
2. How much will Bob and Carol need to have in the bank on the day the baby is born in order to achieve all their goals?
3. What amount needs to be saved at the end of each year in order for Bob and Carol to reach their financial goals?

Submission Details:

• Submit your 2 to 4 page paper in a Microsoft Word document, using APA style.
• Name your Microsoft Word document MBA5009_W3_LastName_FirstName.doc.

Create a 10–12-slide PowerPoint presentation to identify medications  associated with a chosen disease or health condition, explain the  actions and side effects of the medications, and discuss any  controversies related to the medications. Explain a treatment regime,  including pharmacology, for the disease or health condition you  selected, along with how the treatment regime may affect a client’s  lifestyle.

By having a thorough understanding of pharmacology, nurses can  eliminate possible medication errors in their nursing practices. The  basic principles of pharmacology include pharmacokinetics (what the body  does to a drug) and pharmacodynamics (what a drug does to the body).  Pharmacology plays a significant role in the nursing profession, so it  is extremely important for nurses to understand the actions of the  pharmacological agents they will administer to patients in order to  intervene appropriately if necessary. 

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Another critical skill for a nurse is the ability to apply and  evaluate evidence-based practices, principles, models, and  pharmacological guidelines and protocols commonly used in nursing  practice. Understanding how specific protocols and guidelines are  developed will aid nurses in treating patients with a multitude of  physiological and psychological conditions.

Nurses must be able to measure outcomes of pharmacological  interventions when caring for patients. The effective use of  evidence-based practice guidelines, models, and principles is one way  that nurses can analyze quality outcomes for the pharmacological  treatments used for patients.

Pharmacology includes different categories of major drugs used in  the treatment of primary diseases. The same drug may be used to treat  more than one disease or condition, while two patients with the same  disease may require different drug treatments. In addition, the  professional nurse must be aware of what types of things can influence a  patient’s response to a drug. Some things are obvious—other  medications, for example—while some are less so. Things like age,  weight, herbs—even foods people eat every day—can influence how a person  responds to a particular drug. At times, even a strong cultural belief  can influence how a drug will react. Nurses who administer drugs have a  responsibility to assess patients for both the desired response, as well  as for any unwanted and potentially harmful reactions that may occur.

Imagine your supervisor has asked you to conduct a lunch and learn  session to educate your fellow nursing staff on pharmacological  interventions.

Preparation

Select a disease or health condition that requires pharmacological  intervention. You may choose any disease or health condition you wish,  but the disease or health condition must be relevant to nurses from a  variety of settings (for example: ER, pediatrics, public health, et  cetera).

Requirements

Once you have selected a disease or health condition, create a  PowerPoint presentation you could use in your lunch and learn session,  including the following:

• Identify the disease or health condition you have chosen, along  with the areas where nurses are likely to see it. (Do this in the agenda  slide or next slide after the agenda.)

• Identify the three drugs used most often in the treatment of the disease or health condition.

• Explain the types of actions, side effects, indications, and  contraindications that could be expected from the pharmacological  treatment.
• Describe the treatment regime most often prescribed for the  disease or health condition. This should include pharmacology but not be  limited to pharmacology.
• Explain how the treatment regime (including pharmacology) may  impact a client’s lifestyle. Consider things such as finances, ease or  complexity of administration, instructions (frequency, duration), et  cetera.
• Describe how a nurse should monitor a client being treated for  the disease or health condition in order to obtain a quality patient  outcome.
• Explain any controversies associated with the drugs used in the  treatment. For example, is there a black box warning with any of the  drugs?

Use the notes section of each slide to expand your points or draft  your mock oral presentation (or both) and reference your resources. Use  at least 3 peer-reviewed or professional resources to support your work  in this assessment. Be sure your PowerPoint includes a title slide, a  slide with your agenda or list of topics to be covered, and a reference  slide. Follow current APA style and formatting guidelines for your  citations and references.

Additional Requirements

• Number of slides: 10–12, not including the title and reference slides.
• Be creative. Consider your intended audience.

Create a one-page patient education tool that explains usage of a  medication and factors that can affect outcomes. Then, write 2–3 pages  in which you explain how the tool promotes patient safety and quality  outcomes, and adheres to the principles and practices of cultural  competence.

Do any of these sound familiar?

• “I felt better right away, so I did not think I had to take the rest of the medicine.”
• “Every time I took it, I threw up, so I just did not take it anymore.”
• “I lost my health insurance a couple of months ago and cannot  afford my medication all the time. I take it when I can afford to buy  it. This is better than nothing, right?”

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In addition to administering medications, nurses are assigned the  responsibility of educating patients about the proper use of the  medications that have been prescribed for them. Not an easy task! With  all the demands on a nurse’s time, it is easy to fall into the habit of  reciting instructions without taking the time to make sure those  instructions have been understood. When considering patient education,  you have to understand the differences between drug reactions,  interactions, allergies, and individual variations in drug responses.

In order to promote better patient safety and quality outcomes,  the instruction that nurses provide must be patient-centered and clearly  understood. Proper education helps patients learn about their  medications, how to take them correctly, avoid potentially harmful  errors or drug interactions, and have the desired quality outcome.

Medication errors can occur at any point in the drug  administration process. As the last person who touches a medication  before the patient actually takes it, it is vital that nurses are  familiar with the process of administration and be able to evaluate any  discrepancies.

Imagine your supervisor has asked you to develop a patient education  tool for new medication starts in your current area of practice. This  tool needs to provide important information to the patient, yet be  concise enough to require no more than one page.

Preparation

Review the suggested list of possible topics in Part 1 of the  Requirements and then search the Capella library and the Internet for  supporting resources. You will need to provide support for the  information you choose to include in the patient education tool.

Requirements

Complete both Part 1 and Part 2 of this assessment. You may submit  both parts in one document or submit them as separate documents. Be sure  you complete both parts!

Submit a total of 4–5 pages. Write no more than one page for Part  1. Write 2–3 pages, plus a separate reference page, for Part 2.

Part 1: Patient Education Tool

Complete the following:

1. Choose one of the following topics as the basis for your patient education tool:      
   • Antibiotics (Amoxil/Amoxicillin) for pediatric ear infections.
   • Statin therapy (Zocor/Simvastatin) for a newly diagnosed patient with hypercholesterolemia.
   • Antihypertensive (ACE inhibitors/Lisinopril/Zestril) for a  patient who was discovered to have hypertension at a health screening at  work.
   • Drugs for treating gastric acidity (Proton pump  inhibitors/antacids/H2 blockers) for a patient complaining of chronic  indigestion and heartburn.
   • Ear drops or eye drops (or both) for an elderly patient.
   • Any newly released medication for a patient in your area of  practice. This might be a new drug for diabetes, hypertension, or  arthritis or a new antibiotic.
2. Include the following in your patient education tool:      
   • Explain appropriate use of the medication.
   • Identify specific factors (age, access, culture, and so on) that may affect the efficacy of the medication.
   • Describe possible chemical interactions, side effects, or other negative reactions patients need to be aware of.
   • Explain correct handling, storage, and disposal of the medication.
   • Include any other information you feel would be beneficial and promote patient safety and quality outcomes.

You may format Part 1, the patient education tool, any way you  wish, but be sure it is logical and understandable by the typical  patient who would use it. Feel free to include pictures or diagrams to  reinforce the information.

Part 2: Evidence-Based Practice

Provide evidence for the information you included in the patient education tool:

• Explain how the information in the patient education tool promotes patient safety and quality outcomes.
• Explain how the patient education tool adheres to the principles  and practices of cultural competence. In other words, is the tool  appropriate for all cultures, genders, ages, et cetera; or could it be  easily adapted for specific needs?

Format Part 2 according to APA guidelines. This is not a document  you would provide to a patient but, for this assessment, it will provide  faculty with the academic and professional principles necessary to  evaluate your work.

Additional Requirements

• At least 2 current scholarly or professional resources.
• For Part 2 only:      
  • Use Times New Roman font, 12 point, double-spaced font.

Directions for the Comparison/Contrast Essay

Write a five paragraph essay, using sources and MLA style, to document the similarities and differences of the two major NASA missions:

1. The past Apollo missions to the Moon

and

2. The planned future missions to Mars

NASA.gov is a primary source for both missions, use it for quotations and include it in your Works Cited page. Also, there are many other sources available through our library online databases and others via google.search.

A sample outline could be:

I. Introduction and thesis statement

II. How the two missions are alike

III. How the Apollo missions were unique for traveling to the Moon and back

IV. How the planned Mars missions are unique for traveling to the Red Planet.

V. Conclusion

Discuss at least five things adults can do to support infant language development. 

. 250 WORDS IN APA FORMAT

Effectively collaborating in groups requires that all individuals adhere to the same writing standards, style and expectation. To facilitate this process, Aspen University has adopted APA style as the standard format for writing assignments (see Aspen University expectations for writing at http://www.aspen.edu/current-students/apa-style-guide). Conduct an online search for website resources that help students learn to write in APA style. Provide a list of the three resource websites that you find most useful for learning to write in APA style. Reflecting on the lists of your peers, which sites have you used in the past? What suggestions or advice can you offer to help master APA style?

How do online groups affect the dynamics of group communication? If we think of the classroom as a group, what are some norms (standards of behavior) that have formed in this class? Next, consider the use of online collaboration in cheat sites, such as, CourseHero.com or Koofers.com. These sites present themselves as there to “help” students, but instead, facilitate cheating. What are the benefits and challenges of participating in virtual meetings with classmates? What should be consequences for students who use cheat sites?

Assuming that a great “leader” is not identical to a great “manager,” compare and contrast the two, then specify the most important shared aspect. Explain your reasoning.

200 WORDS.

How have blogging, podcasting, and social media affected other media you use, like news sites, newspapers, or television? Do you think blogging is an influential word-of-mouth promotional tool? Do you read newspapers now or do you get your news some other way? Discuss