Select a disease or health condition that requires pharmacological intervention.

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Imagine your supervisor has asked you to conduct a lunch and learn session to educate your fellow nursing staff on pharmacological interventions.

Preparation

Select a disease or health condition that requires pharmacological intervention. You may choose any disease or health condition you wish, but the disease or health condition must be relevant to nurses from a variety of settings (for example: ER, pediatrics, public health, et cetera).

Requirements

Once you have selected a disease or health condition, create a PowerPoint presentation you could use in your lunch and learn session, including the following:

Use the notes section of each slide to expand your points or draft your mock oral presentation (or both) and reference your resources. Use at least 3 peer-reviewed or professional resources to support your work in this assessment. Be sure your PowerPoint includes a title slide, a slide with your agenda or list of topics to be covered, and a reference slide. Follow current APA style and formatting guidelines for your citations and references.

Additional Requirements

Number of slides: 10–12, not including the title and reference slides.
Be creative. Consider your intended audience.

TOPIC : Pharmacological Treatments.
IMPORTANT INFO BELOW :
1) PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING AS SUBHEADINGS, ADDRESS/ANSWER THEM BELOW THE SUBHEADINGS IN PARAGRAPH FORM PAYING SPECIAL ATTENTION AND RESEARCHING WELL THE HIGHLIGHTED SENTENCES BELOW. WRITE CONTENT CLEARLY AND LOGICALLY, WITH CORRECT USE OF GRAMMAR, PUNCTUATION. CORRECTLY FORMAT CITATIONS AND REFERENCES USING APA FORMATTING AND MECHANICS.
Identify the disease or health condition you have chosen, along with the areas where nurses are likely to see it. (Do this in the agenda slide or next slide after the agenda.)

Identify the three drugs/pharmacological agents most often used in the treatment of a disease or health condition and explain how the agents are typically used.
Explain the types of actions, side effects, indications, and contraindications that may be expected from a pharmacological treatment and discuss which may be serious or life threatening (or both).

Describe the treatment regime, including pharmacology, most often prescribed for a disease or health condition and explain how non-pharmacological treatments work in tandem with pharmacological treatments.

Describe how a treatment regime, including pharmacology, may impact all aspects of a client’s lifestyle, including diet, physical activity, sleep patterns, moods, pain, memory, finances, ease or complexity of administration, instructions (frequency, duration), et cetera.

Describe how a nurse should monitor a client following a prescribed treatment regime, including pharmacology, in order to obtain a quality patient outcome and identify specific warning signs that may require intervention.

Explain the controversies related to a pharmacological agent and compare the benefits to the risks.