NUR  601 Module 1 Discussion

 Foundation for Health Promotion

For this Discussion, your instructor will assign you a case number.

CASE 1

• Melanie Cortazar
• Justina Marie Fera
• Natalya V Kosyreva
• Nadya Marie Leblanc Moriniere
• Diana Soler

CASE 2

• Anairis Castillo Palacio
• Keyer Dominguez
• Meydel Rangel Ulloa
• Yoslaida Ruiz
• Angel Thomas

CASE 3

• Carolina Maria Bao
• Krista Oliver
• Maria C. Ricardo-Tollens
• Mary Amanda Rodriguez Finales
• Melissa Marie Santos
• Note: Please post all submissions directly into the discussion board post and not as an attachment. 

Case 1Case 2Case 3 Cases

J.R. is a nurse practitioner who serves an urban Chinese community. The challenges she faces daily include coordinating health care for the community members, fostering compliance with treatment regimens, and teaching the community about health prevention and early detection of diseases and conditions.

J.R. has learned that one of the main reasons the community members do not adhere to their treatment regimens is because of mistrust of Western medicine. Many of the patients are older adults who rely on homeopathic treatments they learned in China as children. These patients prefer to take Chinese herbs in lieu of prescription medications. Additionally, these patients do not like to attend health screenings or take part in immunization clinics because they do not believe these measures are beneficial to their health.

L.W. is a nurse practitioner in an urban community. Many of her clients recently immigrated to the United States from various countries. She is challenged by the many different cultures she encounters and the different values and beliefs they hold toward Western medicine.

She is determined to earn her clients’ trust. She does this by providing health care services that are respectful of each client’s health beliefs and practices and cultural needs. She knows she must set aside her own values and beliefs to focus on what is important to her clients in order for them to have successful outcomes.

D.H. is a nurse administrator at a large primary practice. His duties include maintaining the nurses’ schedules to keep within the facility’s budget; overseeing the hiring and training of nurses; ensuring that the work environment for the nurses is safe; and resolving any employment issues with the nurses that require disciplinary action, termination, or reporting adverse nursing care to the state board.

One of his primary initiatives during the nurses’ orientation is to reiterate the importance of incorporating the goals of Healthy People 2020 into the nurses’ care.

Questions for the case

What type of prevention J.R. is trying to achieve when she encourages her patient population to attend the blood pressure screening events?
Please elaborate your answer; compare prevention types, give examples and share similar challenges you might have faced during your practice.

Give at least two examples of emerging populations in the United States and describe their cultural characteristics that might interfere with their healthcare.

How you as a health care professional should proceed if you suspect that a client has finances concerns about being able to afford their health care.

Use APA 7th edition headings guidelines to label/list the responses to the questions when completing your discussions.

Once you received your case number; answer the specific question on the table above. Then, continue to discuss the 3 topics listed below for your case:

1. Identify the different roles and responsibilities of the nurse.
2. Please discuss the challenges you anticipate facing when fulfilling the various roles of a nurse practitioner. How would you work to improve your weaknesses? Identify your strengths.
3. Which patient population is most likely to experience health disparities and why?

Submission Instructions:

• Your instructor will assign you your case number and you will post on the case number you have been assigned.
• You will reply to the other two case studies (One of each).
• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.