Topic is on: Ethnopharmacology short discussion

Ethnopharmacology Discussion Board: Hello Students,

Researchers have identified that genetic and ethnic factors may

effect a drug's pharmacokinetics ... as you read about in Week

1. This week, your assignment is to read the Ethnopharmacology

article provided in preparation for submitting a scholarly discussion. It

is expected that a brief literature review will be completed in an

effort to find supporting sources. I look forward to your findings!

Prompts:

 What did you learn?

 Discuss the key concepts

 Why are some drugs more effective in different ethnic or racial groups?

 How do you currently assess a patient’s health beliefs? Has this changed?

 How will you be able to use this information in your clinical setting?

Please respond to at least one classmate from another Discussion Topic.

Thanks!

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“Emergency Preparedness” Discussion: Hello Students,

ANA considers disaster preparedness and response a part of nursing practice.

Please research information on this topic and the nurse’s role. Below are a

few resources, please feel free to include other scholarly sources! I look

forward to your findings!

Resources:

 At the local/national/international levels

 The Joint Commission position statements

 Review your agency policies as a good resource

 Review ANA’s “Emergency Preparedness & Response”

 Be competent!

 Nurse’s Role!

 CDC’s Role- Stockpile?

 Potential Weapons of …Terrorism [Chapter 110]

Prompts:

 What did you learn?

 Discuss the key concepts

 What are important roles for the nurse?

 How will you use this information in your clinical practice?

Please respond to at least one classmate from another Discussion Topic.

Thanks!

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Opioid Crisis! Discussion: Hello Students,

We have studied about Drugs for pain and substance abuse. Our nation is in

the midst of an Opioid Crisis! It is troubling for us in this community and Florida

to see the increase in deaths due to heroin and fentanyl overdoses.

Many governmental agencies [HHS, CDC, and FDA] have recognized this as

a very troubling problem in America. Below are a few resources, please feel

free to include other scholarly sources! I look forward to your findings!

Resources:

 HHS

 FDA

 CDC

 Florida Stats!

 Opioid Analgesics, Opioid Antagonists [Chapter 28]

Prompts:

 What did you learn?

 Discuss the key concepts

 What are important roles for the nurse?

 Current problem, locally and nationally

 Why is this a problem now? Any historical information?

 Impact on our community... socio-economic [hospitals, agencies, families, employers, law

enforcement, etc.]. Impact on the nation? Costs?

 Solutions? short term; long term

 Personal impacts?

 How will you use this information in your clinical practice?

Please respond to at least one classmate from another Discussion Topic.

Thanks!

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Is Marijuana Medicine? Discussion Board: Hello Students,

This is a very timely topic! What did the voters of Florida have to say about

this? Please research this topic using scholarly sources to develop a

discussion posting. I look forward to your findings!

Resources:

 Drug Abuse IV [Chapter 40]

 National Institute of Health (NIH)

 FDA

Prompts:

 What did you learn?

 Discuss the key concepts

 What are the legal/ethical considerations?

 How will you use this information in your clinical practice?

Please respond to at least one classmate from another Discussion Topic.

Thanks!

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Pharmacogenetics Discussion Board:

Hello Students,

Researchers have identified that genetic and ethnic factors may effect a drug's

pharmacokinetics ... as you read about in Week 1. This week, your assignment is to

watch a short Cultural Health video below and read

the Pharmacogenomics article [written by one of our BSN alum and was the

beginning of his EBP paper!] provided in preparation for submitting a scholarly

discussion. It is expected that a brief literature review will be completed in an effort

to find supporting sources. I look forward to your findings!

Resources:

 [video] Culturally Competent Healthcare: Improving Patient Medication Adherence

 [article] Personalized Medicine, Genomics,.PDF

 Individual Variation in Drug Responses [Chapter 8]

Prompts:

 What did you learn?

 Discuss the key concepts

 What are the cultural considerations?

 How will you use this information in your clinical practice?

Please respond to at least one classmate from another Discussion Topic.

Thanks!

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Prevalence and Nature of Medication Administration Errors in Health Care Settings Discussion

Board:

Hello Students,

This is always a very timely topic! Please research the stats related to medication errors

and develop a scholarly discussion post. I look forward to your findings!

Resources:

 ISMP

 FDA

 Adverse Drug Reactions & Medication Errors [Chapter 7]

Prompts:

 What did you learn?

 Discuss the key concepts

 What are the legal/ethical considerations? Reporting?

 How will you use this information in your clinical practice?

Please respond to at least one classmate from another Discussion Topic.

Thanks!

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