MM 8 reflection
Unit 8 Discussion – Reflection
Directions
Please respond to the following questions based upon these course
objectives:
1. Perform a comprehensive physical, psychosocial, developmental and
cultural assessment in a concise and systematic manner.
2. Document health assessment data in a concise, accurate and logical
manner to meet standards for reimbursement.
3. Critically analyze interview data and physical exam findings to begin to
formulate a patient plan of care. (AACN I, II, III, VIII).
4. Effectively manage communication central to shared decision-making
with other healthcare professionals and patients, demonstrating
awareness of gender and cultural differences.
5. Design patient centered and culturally responsive strategies in the
delivery of clinical prevention and health promotion interventions and/or
services to individuals, families, communities, and aggregates/clinical
populations. (AACN VIII).
6. Advance equitable and efficient prevention services and promote
effective population-based health policy through the application of
nursing science and other scientific concepts.
Please answer the following questions with supporting examples and full
explanations.
1. For each of the learning objectives, provide an analysis of how the
course supported each objective.
2. Explain how the material learned in this course, based upon the
objectives, will be applicable to professional application.
Provide evidence (citations and references) to support your statements and
opinions. Responses to these questions are due by Tuesday at noon.
All references and citations should in APA format.
Estimated time to complete: 1 hour
1. Perform a comprehensive physical, psychosocial, developmental, and cultural assessment in a
concise and systematic manner.
This class taught how to perform a comprehensive physical assessment, which comprises an organized
and unceasing assembly of information, arranging, evaluating, and arranging that information and the
recording and transfer of the information gathered. (Nursing Admission Assessment and Examination,
2020). Applying critical thinking competencies during the assessment specifies a conclusion to foster
and set a standard of care for the patient combining evidence-based procedure models. (Nursing
Admission Assessment and Examination, 2020). This model of accurate edification to modify care
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centered on a patient’s exclusive social, transcendent, and essential requirements, instead of the
empirical method, all-encompassing method ensues an additional positive result. (Nursing Admission
Assessment and Examination, 2020). The physical examination is a review of systems, cardiovascular,
respiratory, GI, GU, neurological and integument systems. The psychosocial assessment includes the
physical and emotional needs of the patient. The developmental assessment is a focused examination
of a pediatric patient that should include data collection in the form of an interview, history, and clinical
observation. The developmental assessment in pediatric patients is suggested when there are fears
about a child’s aptitude to meet anticipated achievements and accomplish everyday duties.
(Developmental Assessments, 2020). The key intention is to recognize a child’s fortes and tasks in a
variety of age-related areas comprising perception, shared, expressive, dialogue, physique, and innate
conduct such as personal care and independence. (Developmental Assessments, 2020). The outcomes
can abet families and educators to prepare good and personalized ideas and abilities to get the most of
the child’s age-related capabilities. (Developmental Assessments, 2020).
The cultural assessment will identify factors that may impede the implementation of nursing diagnosis
and care. Information obtained should include: ethnic origin, languages spoken, and need for an
interpreter, primary language preferred for written and verbal instructions, support system, decision-
makers, living arrangements, religious practices, emotional responses, special food requirements,
dietary considerations, cultural customs or taboos such as unwanted touching or eye contact.
2. Document health assessment data in a concise, accurate, and logical manner to meet standards
for reimbursement.
A nurse practitioner needs to recognize and follow certain organizational documentation protocols and
practices as part of the profession. These policies or procedures on the productivity of the use of the
‘downtime’ system for documents are particularly important if the electronic systems are not accessible.
To ensure it deals with crucial problems, review the reporting policies. Patient reports should be highly
comprehensive. The policy should represent the truth. Consider the guidelines and regulations in the
state in which the organization is located and the scope of practice in your organization.
3. Critically analyze interview data and physical exam findings to begin to formulate a patient plan
of care. (AACN I, II, III, VIII).
The assembly of subjective information is an important phase of the complete health assessment. The
subjective info is obtained and confirmed by the patient. (Nursing Data Collection, Documentation, and
Analysis 2020). (Nursing Data Collection, Documentation, and Analysis 2020). The interview is the way
the subjective data is collected. (Nursing Data Collection, Documentation, and Analysis 2020). Deviations
in the transfer of information such as age, social and emotive differences, can be faced during the
patient screening. (Nursing Data Collection, Documentation, and Analysis 2020). The comprehensive
health history is executed to obtain as much subjective info about a patient as feasible. (Nursing Data
Collection, Documentation, and Analysis 2020). It contains life history, chief complaint, history of present
health concern, past medical history, view of family medical history, ROS, routine and wellness habits,
and age. (Nursing Data Collection, Documentation, and Analysis 2020). All this information provides the
nurse practitioner data that may expose statistics about a patient’s risk for complications as well as
matters of vigor for the patient. (Nursing Data Collection, Documentation, and Analysis 2020).
4. Effectively manage communication central to shared decision-making with other healthcare
professionals and patients, demonstrating awareness of gender and cultural differences.
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A nurse practitioner should be able to effectively manage communications that are central to shared
decision making with other healthcare professionals and patients. A nurse should ensure that he or she
makes communications in a timely manner so that other health workers and patients can use the
information to make timely decisions. Utilizing effective methods of communication eliminates the
possibility of misinformation or failure to receive important communications. A nurse practitioner should
use the means that are most effective to individual groups; the best way to communicate with fellow
colleagues may differ from how one communicates with patients. Information should also be clear and
precise such that there is no ambiguity. Information in a healthcare setting is always sensitive as it may
directly affect the lives of patients and should, therefore, be handled with utmost clarity and
preciseness.
5. Design patient-centered and culturally responsive strategies in the delivery of clinical prevention
and health promotion interventions and/or services to individuals, families, communities, and
aggregates/clinical populations. (AACN VIII).
The nurse practitioner delivers and manages complete treatment for patients, persons, kin, groupings,
and populations in numerous and diverse surroundings. Handling data from many resources, these
providers steer the patient across healthcare and accept responsibility for superior results.
6. Advance equitable and efficient prevention services and promote effective population-based
health policy through the application of nursing science and other scientific concepts.
The nurse practitioner plays an important role at all levels of care, being a strategic professional to
promote equitable and efficient prevention services that, in addition to promoting an effective
population-based health policy, also apply nursing science and other scientific methods, for, Therefore,
through their care and the empowerment of the population, they achieve experiences that confirm that
the nursing intervention where health and prevention services are promoted allows full and effective
participation in the discussion and preparation of public policies, which collaborate to improve the
quality of life of a population through the application of nursing science.
References:
References:
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Ghosh, B., & Scott, J. E. (2006). Effective knowledge management systems for a clinical nursing setting.
Information Systems Management, 24(1), 73-84.
Gluyas, H. (2015). Effective communication and teamwork promotes patient safety. Nursing Standard
(2014+), 29(49), 50.
O’Hagan, S., Manias, E., Elder, C., Pill, J., Woodward Kron, R., McNamara, T., … & McColl, G. (2014). What‐
counts as effective communication in nursing? Evidence from nurse educators’ and clinicians’ feedback
on nurse interactions with simulated patients. Journal of advanced nursing, 70(6), 1344-1355.
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Nursing Admission Assessment and Examination. (n.d.). Retrieved June 21, 2020, from
Psychosocial Assessment. (n.d.). Retrieved June 21, 2020, from
Nursing Data Collection, Documentation, and Analysis. (n.d.). Retrieved June 23, 2020, from
content/9780781762403_Weber/ch03.pdf
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