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Word cloud generators have become popular tools for meetings and team-building events. Groups or teams are asked to use these applications to input words they feel best describe their team or their role. A “word cloud” is generated by the application that makes prominent the most-used terms, offering an image of the common thinking among participants of that role.
What types of words would you use to build a nursing word cloud? Empathetic, organized, hard-working, or advocate would all certainly apply. Would you add policy-maker to your list? Do you think it would be a very prominent component of the word cloud?
Nursing has become one of the largest professions in the world, and as such, nurses have the potential to influence policy and politics on a global scale. When nurses influence the politics that improve the delivery of healthcare, they are ultimately advocating for their patients. Hence, policy-making has become an increasingly popular term among nurses as they recognize a moral and professional obligation to be engaged in healthcare legislation.
To Prepare:
Revisit the Congress.gov website provided in the Resources and consider the role of RNs and APRNs in policy-making.
Reflect on potential opportunities that may exist for RNs and APRNs to participate in the policy-making process.
***LINK: https://www.congress.gov/
Post an explanation of at least two opportunities that exist for RNs and APRNs to actively participate in policy-making. Explain some of the challenges that these opportunities may present and describe how you might overcome these challenges. Finally, recommend two strategies you might make to better advocate for or communicate the existence of these opportunities to participate in policy-making. Be specific and provide examples.

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In this fourth assessment, we continue our focus on medical terminology, specifically on medical terminology related to the genitourinary system. This includes the urinary system and the male and female reproductive systems. The urinary system is also known as the renal system. It is a group of organs that filter excess fluid and other blood stream substances from the body.
This assessment consists of two parts. In Part One you will review an operative report. During this course you have already examined a progress note and an H&P. In the operative report you review as part of this assessment, you will translate the medical terms you find into common terms. You will also correct spelling errors that appear in the report. Completing this portion of the assessment will allow you to demonstrate your knowledge of how the genitourinary system works. You will also demonstrate your knowledge of diseases, treatments, and diagnostic tests associated with this important body system.
In Part Two, you will write a 1–2 page paper that analyzes the different types of documentation in the health record. Familiarity with the contents and use of each type of documentation is an important aspect of your role as a HIM professional.
Carefully review the operative report for a patient who is having a sling replacement to treat urinary frequency and incontinence. Next, download the Operative Report Template [DOCX] and complete all of the following on the template:
Select 15 misspelled medical terms in the operative report and place them in Column 1.
Translate the 15 misspelled medical terms into commonly used terms in Column 2 correctly.
Place the correctly spelled medical term in Column 3.
Cite in correct APA style the references you used to perform your translation.
Preoperative Diagnosis: Urinary stress incontinence, cystocele.
Postoperative Diagnosis: Same.
Anesthesia: General.
History: This is a 49-year-old female with a history of a histerectomy and bilateral ophorectomy. She complains of urinarie frequency and incontinental. Options were discussed with patient, and she decided to proceed with a sling placement. Risks of the procedure were discussed. They include hemorhage, UTI, pielonephritis, cystitis, vaginitis, MI, DVT, PE, death, et cetera, and were deemed acceptable.
Operative Details: The patient was brought to the ER positioned, prepped and draped in the usual fashion. Time-out was called and patient identity and procedure being performed was validated. A Folley catheter was placed, and the bladder drained. Allis clamps were placed on the posterior vaginal muosa. A small incision was made, and the blader was lifted off of the vaginl mucosa. The cystcele was reduced. At this time, a minor enterocele was noted. Due to the small size, the interocele was not repaired. Bilateral stab incisions were made suprapublically and SPARC needs placed into the superpubic incisions and pulled through the vaginal incisions. The SPARC mesh was attached to the needles and pulled up through the insicions. The mesh was positioned against the mid-urethre, sutured into place, and cut below the surface of the sin. The skin was closed with 4-place suture; the vaginal incision was closed with 0-vicryl. The patient was transferred to the recovery room in stable condition.
Blood Loss: Minimal.
Part Two: HIM Terminology
Write a short, 1–2 page paper on some of the types of documentation used in the HIM field. Be sure your paper includes all of the following headings:
Progress Note.
History and Physical (H&P).
Operative Report.
Discharge Summary.
Under each heading, address each of the following:
Describe the purpose of the document.
Detail the contents included.
Identify settings where the document would be used.
Part One: Operative Report
Format: Ensure you complete all columns on the Operative Report Template.
Scoring Guide: Be sure to read the scoring guide for this assessment so you understand how your faculty member will evaluate your work.
Part Two: HIM Terminology
Written communication: Your paper does not need to be in APA format. It does need to be clear and well organized, with correct spelling, grammar, and syntax, to support orderly exposition of content.
Title Page: You do not need to include a title page with your paper. You do need to label it HIM Terminology.
Name: Include your name in the upper right-hand corner on your paper.
Length: Approximately 1–2 typed and double-spaced content pages in Times New Roman, 12-point font, not including the reference page.
References: Include a minimum of one citation of peer-reviewed sources in APA format.

Support Group #1
After studying Module 1: Lecture Materials & Resources (https://stu.instructure.com/courses/40887/pages/module-1-lecture-materials-and-resources), discuss a very brief descriiption (one paragraph for the group session– do NOT include the actual 12-steps) to include the following: 
    •    Official name of the program or group you observed.
    •    When and where did you go to the group?
    •    Why did you choose this specific meeting?
    •    Brief history of program or group – MUST CITE – you obtained this information somewhere.  If you obtained information during the meeting, cite IN the paper “personal communication” (not on the Reference page).  
    •    Criteria for client entrance into program or group.
    •    Describe the demographics of the group. (ie., age, gender, ethnicity, number of members)
    •    Organization’s goals of program or group.
 The main body of the paper should address:
    •    Your objective impression of the program or group in meeting the clients’ needs and your rationale. 
    •    Identify two or more therapeutic factors observed.  Provide a detailed descriiption of these factors.    
    •    In your opinion, was the group process (leadership style, established norms, etc.) effective?
    •    Were there any patient management issues, and how were they handled?
    •    Describe your feelings about this group and how it enriched you.
    •    Would you refer future clients to this group? 
Submission Instructions:
    •    Your initial post should be at least 250-500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style.
    •    Provide support for your work from at least 2 academic sources less than 5 years old.