(the 2 PDF files are attached)

After reading the article on Touch and NeuroFasia Processing (NFP) and viewing the PowerPoint Presentation on how to do NFP, try out NFP. Here are the guidelines:

Treat yourself with NFP in one of 2 ways:

Method 1: (appox. 10 hours) Choose an organ to treat. If for example you have a cough you could choose your anterior lungs. Liver is always a good choice; we could all use detoxification of our liver. Put one hand on that organ and your second hand on the first process center and hold it for at least 20-30 minutes. Then keep you first hand on the chosen organ and put second hand on the next process center and hold, continue though all process centers. You may do this over a period of days or weeks. A chart can be printed to help you keep track.

Method 2: This more efficient and only takes one hour, but requires you have 6-10 volunteers. You lie on a table and allow your volunteers to put their hands on each process center. Therefore, all process centers are connected to all process centers at the same time. Hold for one hour. Your volunteers can reposition during the hour. This way allows you to treat all organs and process centers at the same time.

Treat someone else using NFP.

After you have experienced NFP either as the person being treated or as the person giving treatment, report on the following:  *Must be at least 250 – 300 words; include 1-2 in-text citations and references.

-How did you feel about this assignment?

-If you found volunteers to either help in your treatment or to be treated by you, how did you find them?

-Why did you chose to do this assignment the way you did it?

-Please respond to at least 2 peers. I will be doing this after the submission of the discussion that you have done.

Peer responses must be 150-200 words each.

Manual therapies include, but are not limited to, chiropractic therapy, massage therapies, osteopathy, Cranial Sacral therapy, and techniques done by physical therapists and other practitioners; for example, Strain Counter Strain, Myofasia Release, Applied Kinesiology, Feldenkrais, Alexander Technique, Reflexology, and Neuro Fasia Processing.

Manual therapies manipulate bone and soft tissue to promote healing. Manipulation as a form of treatment is an ancient healing art that has been shared across time by various cultures.

Manipulation decreases pressure in the blood vessels and nerves and improves function of the manipulated area. Each type of manipulation emphasis a part of the body.

Manipulation is currently categorized into mechanical, neurological, and physiological. For example chiropractic care is mechanical and manipulates the spine to produce effects on the nervous system. Massage therapy is also mechanical and emphasizes muscle. Cranial Sacral is neurological and manipulates the head and spinal cord. Myofacial release, Neuro Fasia Processing (NFP), and other advanced manual therapies work on soft tissue and physiological function.

Osteopathic Doctors (DOs) are license doctors and can prescribe medication. DOs take a holistic and manipulation approach to treatment. They, like all manual therapists, support the fact that if the body is structurally sound it can and will accomplish healing.

The applications of an information management system are only as functional as the humans and computing processes working with the system. In her study in the Journal of Nursing Management, Phillips (2005) refers to good information management as “the use of all information, through organized systems of all forms, whether based on human endeavors, paper methods or information technology” (p. 525). Ultimately, all of an organization’s information use should be in support of its mission. In order for information to be as usable as Phillips suggests, it must progress through the data-information-knowledge continuum. Analyzing an organization’s information management practices helps streamline the conversion of raw data into information that can be used to create knowledge.

In this Discussion, you focus on the information management practices within a health care organization and consider how these practices help support the mission statement of the Hospital.

To prepare:

• Referring to the Phillips statement above and this week’s Learning Resources, consider how your current or previous work setting (hospital) could benefit from an information management analysis.
• Locate the mission statement for your health care organization or an organization with which you are familiar. Consider how current information management practices support the organization’s mission statement. If there is a lack of evidence of support, what changes could be made to strengthen these practices?
• Reflect on how data is organized into information, and the information is then used to create knowledge. How is this data-information-knowledge model used in your hospital? Consider how using this model could improve practice within your organization.

  Post on Tuesday 06/06/2016 a minimum of 550 words in APA format with a minimum of 4 references

  1) A brief description of your selected hospital’s information management practices and an explanation of how the organization could benefit from an information management analysis.

  2) Explain the degree to which the hospital’s current information management practices support its mission statement and provide suggestions for strengthening these practices.

  3) Evaluate the use of the data-information-knowledge model within your selected hospital and provide suggestions for how it could be used to improve practice within the organization

   

Readings

• Eessaar, E., & Soobik, M. (2012). A decision support method for evaluating database designs. Computer Science & Information Systems, 9(1), 81–106.
  Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

  There are several motivations and criterion guiding database development. The authors of this article evaluate a newer data modeling method and how it facilitates the relationship between the development process and the intended use of data.

• Corrao, S., Arcoraci, V., Anorne, S., Calvo, L., Scaglione, R., Di Bernardo, C. , …Licata, R. (2009). Evidence-based knowledge management: An approach to effectively promote good health-care decision-making in the Information Era. Internal and Emergency Medicine, 4(2), 99–106.
  Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

  This article discusses the relationship between knowledge management and evidence-based medicine. The authors propose a new paradigm called Evidence-Based Knowledge Management. In addition, the article details the role of Evidence-Based Knowledge Management within clinical governance.

• Matney, S., Brewster, P. J., Sward, K. A., Cloyes, K. G., & Staggers, N. (2011). Philosophical approaches to the nursing informatics data-information-knowledge-wisdom framework. Advances in Nursing Science, 34(1), 6–18.
  Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

  This article explores the linkage of theory and practice in nursing science and evidence-based patient care. It does so by examining the data-information-knowledge-wisdom framework through the lenses of different philosophical perspectives.

• Thompson, T. L., & Warren, J. J. (2009). Are they all data? Understanding the work of organizational knowledge. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 23(4), 185–186.
  Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

  This article describes data in terms of its relevance to information, knowledge and wisdom development. It also explores the role that clinical nurse specialists play in applying that knowledge to patient care.

• Document: NURS 6411 Team Database Project Guidelines (PDF)

  This document provides guidance for the Team Database Project.

Media

• Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012). A day in the life. Baltimore, MD: Author.

  Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 6 minutes.

  In this program, Linda McCauley talks about and guides you through various activities and responsibilities in her role as a Senior Nursing Applications Specialist at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC.

Nelson Carson is a 62-year-old man who presents to his private practitioner’s office with a hacking, raspy cough.

Subjective Data

• PMH: HTN, CAD
• Cough is productive, bringing up green, thick phlegm
• Runny nose, sore throat
• No history of smoking or seasonal allergies
• Complains of fatigue

Objective Data

• Vital signs: T 37 P 72 R 14 BP 134/64
• Lungs: + Rhonchi bilateral upper lobes, wheezes
• O2 Sat = 98%

Medications: Metoprolol 25 mg per day, ASA 325 mg/daily

1. What other questions should the nurse ask about the cough?
2. What nursing diagnoses can be derived from the data?
3. What should be included in the plan of care?
4. What risk factors are associated with this age group?
5. Based on the readings, what is the most likely cause of cough for this patient?
6. Apa format
7. ReferenceJarvis, C. (2016). Physical examination & health assessment (7th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Saunders. 
   • Chapter 18: Thorax and Lungs
     • pp. 413–441 (Structure, Function, The Thoracic Cavity, Developmental Competence, Subjective Data, Objective Data)
   • Chapter 19: Heart and Neck Vessels
     • pp. 459–492 (Structure and Function, Heart Wall, Chambers, and Valves, Heart Sounds, Developmental Competence, Subjective Data, Objective Data )
   • Chapter 20: Peripheral Vascular System and Lymphatic System
     • pp. 509–529 (Structure and Function, Lymphatics, Developmental Competence, Subjective Data, Objective Data)