Entries by Daphne Hanson

Health care maintenance visit

A new immigrant, who is a healthy 5-year-old, comes for his health care maintenance visit. The family does not have any documentation of prior vaccines. a) How do you proceed? b) Are there any vaccines that he no longer needs? c). What resources are available within your community for patients to get vaccines at no […]

Possible Anti-bias (AB) learning opportunities

Please suggest 4 possible anti-bias (AB) learning opportunities that could be used for the identified age group. Each learning opportunity should feature a different anti-bias concept (no repeats). One learning opportunity must include also the use of (1) of the following: sand, drama, or water area, clearly identified. Below is an example in a Template  ( Please […]

Oral contraceptives

Laura, a 20-year-old college student, went to the health department for oral contraceptives. Laura asks the nurse how to take the medication and wants to know the adverse effects of oral contraceptives. What should the nurse assess for prior to the physician prescribing oral contraceptives? How would the nurse respond to Laura’s questions? One month […]

Gene Therapy (CO 10)

TOPIC: Gene Therapy (CO 10). Apply the scientific method to propose a hypothesis and set up an experiment including positive and negative controls and appropriate units of measurement. It should be accurate and well explained. Chemistry and application are woven together well. Include great use of visuals (drawings, models, short videos, ect.) to demonstrate points. […]

Thinking about Skills gaps

Personal and professional development requires more than simply undertaking a training course or thinking about skills gaps. There are a number of other factors that may also contribute to what you should learn and how you can learn.  discuss why the elements below should be considered when undertaking personal development ACCORDING to NMBA code of […]

Sites for venipuncture in adults

Different sites for venipuncture in adults. Different sizes of needles and their common uses. Color coding for the tube caps and give their compositions and specific actions 4. Different composition of centrifuge blood ( specimen placed in tubes with anticoagulant and non-additive tubes) 5. Different types of venipuncture and other specimen collection including the proper […]

The Nursing note skills

What is the nursing note skills for oral suctioning, include appropriate assessment data of pre and post-procedure with relevant client teaching nasogastric tube insertion, include appropriate assessment data of pre and post-procedure with relevant client teaching