NURS 4006 Topics in Clinical Nursing Study Guides & Discussion Essay Assignment Papers

In this course, students learn about the major acute and chronic health problems and leading causes of death across the lifespan, including etiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, and implications for treatment and disease management. They also explore the relationship of genetics and genomics to health and illness; infection-control issues, such as drug-resistant organisms; accidents or injuries; common geriatric syndromes; palliative and end-of-life care; and complementary and alternative therapies. Students apply course concepts and demonstrate understanding of nursing intervention through the development of an action plan based on best practices and a teaching plan designed to prevent accidents and injuries.

NURS 4006 Topics in Clinical Nursing Course Readings

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Aldridge, M. D., Hasselaar, J., Garralda, E., van der Eerden, M., Stevenson, D., McKendrick, K., & … Meier, D. E. (2016). Education, implementation, and policy barriers to greater integration of palliative care: A literature review. Palliative Medicine, 30(3), 224-239.

Amin, A.N., Hofmann, H., Owen, M.M. Tran, H., Tucker, S & Kaplan, S.H. (2014). Reduce readmissions with service-based care management. Professional Case Management, 19(6), 255-262.

Anderson, J.G.& Taylor, A.G. (2012). Use of complementary therapies for cancer symptom management: Results of the 2007 National Health Interview survey. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 18(3), 235-241.

Brown, D. S., Aydin, C. E., & Donaldson, N. (2008). Quartile dashboards: Translating large data sets into performance improvement priorities. Journal of Healthcare Quality, 30(6), 18–30

Buijck, B.I., Zuidema, S.U., Spruit-van Eijk, M., Bor, H., Gerritsen, D.L. & Koopmans, R. (2014). Determinants of geriatric patients’ quality of life after stroke rehabilitation. Aging & Mental Health, 18(8), 980-985.

Cole, C., Wellard, S. & Mummery, J. (2014). Problematising autonomy and advocacy in nursing. Nursing Ethics, 21(5), 576-582.

Coleman, B., Calzone, K.A., Jenkins, J., Paniagua, C., Rivera, R., Hong, O.S….Bonham, V. (2014). Multi-ethnic minority nurses’ knowledge and practice of genetics and genomics. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 46(4), 235-244

Dabney, B.W. & Tzeng, H.M. (2013). Service quality and patient-centered care. MedSurg Nursing, 22(6), 359-364.

De Jonge, K.E., Jamshed, N., Gilden, D., Kubisiak, J., Bruce, S.R. & Taler, G. (2014).  Effects of home-based primary care on Medicare costs in high-risk elders. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 62(10), 1825-1831.

Forster, A.J., Dervin, G., Martin, C. & Papp, S. (2012). Improving patient safety through the systematic evaluation of patient outcomes. Canadian Journal of Surgery, 55(6), 419-425.

Frazao, S. L., Correia, A.M., Norton, P. & Magalhaes, T. (2015). Physical abuse against  elderly persons in institutional settings. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 36, 54-60.

Garrard, L., Boyle, D. K., Simon, M., Dunton, N., & Gajewski, B. (2016). Reliability and validity of the NDNQI® injury falls measure. Western Journal Of Nursing Research, 38(1), 111-128.

Gaskin, D.J., Thorpe, R.J., McGinty, E.E., Bower, K., Rohde, C., Young, J.H.,…Dubay, L. (2013). Disparities in diabetes: The nexus of race, poverty, and place. American Journal of Public Health,e1-e9.

Giancarlo, C., Comparcini, D., & Simonetti, V. (2014). Workplace empowerment and nurses’ job satisfaction: A systematic literature review. Journal of Nursing Management, 22(7), 855-871.

Gonsalves, G., B.S., Staley, P. (2014). Panic, paranoia, and public health – The AIDS epidemic’s lessons for Ebola. New England Journal of Medicine, 371(25), 2348-2349.

Guglielmi, C.L., Stratton, M., Healy, G.B., Shapiro, D., Duffy, W.J., Dean B.L. & Groah, L. K. (2014). The growing role of patient engagement: relationship-based care in a changing health care system. AORN, 99(4), 517-528.

Halm, M.A. & O’Connor, M.A. (2014). Do system-based interventions affect catheter- associated urinary tract infection? American Journal of Critical Care, 23(6), 505-509.

Haugan, G., Innstrand, S.T. & Moksnes, U.K. (2013). The effect of nurse-patient interaction on anxiety and depression in cognitively intact nursing home patients. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 22, 2192-2205.

Johansen, M.L. (2014). Conflicting priorities: Emergency nurses perceived disconnect between patient satisfaction and the delivery of quality patient care. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 40(1), 13-19.

Liu, C. H. & Tronick, E. (2013). Rates and predictors of postpartum depression by race and ethnicity: Results from the 2004 to 2007 New York City PRAMS Survey (Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System). Maternal Child Health Journal, 17, 1599-1610.

McDowell, D. S. & McComb, S.A. (2014). Safety checklist briefings: A systematic review of the literature. AORN, 99(1), 125-137.e12.

Mehrian-Shai, R., & Reichardt, J. V. (2015). Genomics is changing personal healthcare and medicine: The dawn of IPH (individualized preventive healthcare). Human Genomics, 9, 29

Moir, C., Roberts, R., Martz, K., Perry, J., & Tivis, L. J. (2015). Communicating with patients and their families about palliative and end-of-life care: comfort and educational needs of nurses.

Payne, D. (2014). Elderly care: Reflecting on the ultimate ‘never event’. British Journal of Nursing, 23(13). 702.

Petlin, A., Schallom, M., Prentice, D., Sona, C., Mantia, P., McMullen, K. & Landholt, C.  (2014). Chlorhexidine gluconate bathing to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquisition. Critical Care Nurse, 34(5), 17-26.

Plavskin, A. (2016). CNE SERIES. Genetics and Genomics of Pathogens: Fighting infections with genome-sequencing. MEDSURG Nursing, 25(2), 91-96.

Pokrywka, M., Feigel, J., Douglas, B., Grossberger, S., Hensler, A. & Weber, D. (2014). A  bundle strategy including patient hand hygiene to decrease clostridium difficile infections. MedSurg Nursing, 23(3), 145-164.

Rock, M.J. & Hoebeke, R. (2014). Informed consent: Whose duty to inform? MedSurg Nursing, 23(3), 189-194.

Shaw, R.J., McDuffie, J.R., Hendrix, C.C., Edie, A., Lindsey-Davis, L., Nagi, A….Williams,  J.W. (2014). Effects of nurse-managed protocols in the outpatient management of adults with chronic conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Smeulers, M., Lucas, C., & Vermeulen, H. (2014). Effectiveness of different nursing handover styles for ensuring continuity of information in hospitalised patients. The Cochrane Database Of Systematic Reviews, (6), CD009979

Spilman, S., Smith, H., Schirmer, L., & Tonui, P. (2015). Evaluation and treatment of depression in adult trauma patients. Journal of Trauma Nursing, 22(1), 17-22.

Thornlow, D.K. & Merwin, E. (2009). Managing to improve quality: The relationship between accreditation standards, safety practices, and patient outcomes. Health Care Management Review, 34(3), 261-272