This is a paper based on an ethical dilemma; telling the truth to the patient verses being deceptive. The family came to me and does not want their older father to know his diagnosis yet it is the responsibility of the nurse to tell the patient. The patient’s right to know. The patient is a […]
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Identify the clinical problem and how it can result in a positive patient outcome.Explain
A PICOT question starts with a designated patient population in a particular clinical area and identifies clinical problems or issues that arise from clinical care. The intervention used to address the problem must be a nursing practice intervention. Include a comparison of the nursing intervention to a patient population not currently receiving the nursing intervention, […]
Explain.The cardiovascular and cardiopulmonary pathophysiologic processes that result in the patient presenting these symptoms.
Scenario 2: A 65-year-old patient is 8 days post op after a total knee replacement. Patient suddenly complains of shortness of breath, pleuritic chest pain, and palpitations. On arrival to the emergency department, an EKG revealed new onset atrial fibrillation and right ventricular strain pattern – T wave inversions in the right precordial leads (V1-4) […]
Describe an appropriate drug therapy plan based on the patient’s history, diagnosis, and drugs currently prescribed.
Review the case study assigned by your Instructor for this Assignment Reflect on the patient’s symptoms, medical history, and drugs currently prescribed. Think about a possible diagnosis for the patient. Consider whether the patient has a disorder related to the gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary system or whether the symptoms are the result of a disorder from […]
Describe the physical exam and diagnostic tools to be used for Ms. Johnston. Are there any additional you would have liked to be included that were not?
Cardiovascular Discussion This discussion assignment provides a forum for discussing relevant topics for this week based on the course competencies covered. For this assignment, make sure you post your initial response to the Discussion Area by the due date assigned. To support your work with evidence bases references. As in all assignments, cite your sources […]
Choose one preventable chronic condition from the list. As a nurse practitioner, how will you educate your patient about nutrition to help prevent your chosen chronic condition? Support your answer with evidence-based research.
Healthy People 2020 identifies objectives related to nutrition and its role in promoting health and reducing chronic disease risk. Choose one preventable chronic condition from the list. As a nurse practitioner, how will you educate your patient about nutrition to help prevent your chosen chronic condition? Support your answer with evidence-based research. Chronic condition: Type […]
Based on the textbook and what current research suggests, how can your patient’s family use the dual-process model to cope with and make sense of the world?
Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 20 Lesson Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook) Initial Post Instructions Coping with the grief of losing a loved one can be one of the most devastating and life-altering experiences of a person’s life. As a health care professional, you […]
Describe your treatment plan for your patient in each of these three scenarios. This means that you will have a treatment plan for each separate scenario.
For this discussion you will build on your treatment plan from Week 5 Discussion1: Depression Case Study. You will be seeing your patient at the six week follow up. Describe your treatment plan for your patient in each of these three scenarios. This means that you will have a treatment plan for each separate scenario. […]
Describe your response to the pain you have experienced. Explain and describe the pain you were experiencing. What were the effective methods used to deal with the pain? Describe pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies used to relieve pain.
Appendix D – Pain Place in dropbox prior to the start of class No single word responses (at least 100+ words in each response) Give the questions some thought and answer honestly. Give examples if you have them Cite resources Number your answers to correspond with the question Questions: Describe your response to the pain […]
Explain.How the healthcare administrator might facilitate the provision of a culturally competent environment of care if a patient of the selected country’s dominant culture (Iraq) needed to receive care in a U.S. healthcare facility.
The paper needs to discuss all listed questions in the country of Iraq: • Major demographics in Iraq. • Factors that may impact the health of the country’s’ people (environmental, political, economic, chronic illness and contributing factors, etc.). • Health care system (include factors such as funding, structure, accessibility to the people, etc. • Common […]
