Entries by Daphne Hanson

Candidate for Genetic testing

Which patient would be an inappropriate candidate for genetic testing. 52 year old Ashkenazi jewish woman diagnosed with breast cancer 34 year old caucasian woman diagnosed with epithelial ovarian cancer 26 year old asian woman with a mother and maternal grandmother diagnosed with breast cancer 64 year old african american woman who ha a grandmother […]

Organizational culture

A. Explain how organizational culture SUPPORTS your leadership development as a nurse. Give some example in hospital settings. B. Explain how organizational culture HINDERS your leadership development as a nurse. Give some example in hospital settings.

Abdominal computerized Tomography (CT) scan

The nurse reviews the results of an abdominal computerized tomography (CT) scan for a client with severe colicky abdominal pain and vomiting. The results indicate a strangulated hernia of the small intestines and surgery is planned. after placing on nothing by mouth (NPO) precautions and obtaining vital signs, which prescription should the nurse implement next

Experiences with The healthcare system

Think about your experiences with the healthcare system, an experience a friend or family member has talked with you about, or a story you recently heard or read in the news. Discuss an ethical or legal situation involving healthcare from the perspective of either cultural differences, LGBTQ+ rights, quality, safety, economic differences, religious differences, etc. […]

The Critical care units

In inpatients admitted to the critical care units (P), how does the implementation of the CAUTI bundled approach to care (I), compared to the use of a single intervention (C), resulting in a decrease in the number of CAUTI cases (O), over a period of 10 weeks (T)? I used the 3 references below. Al-Hameed, […]

Sleep disorders

Respond to each statement in detail. Sleep disorders only come in two diagnostic categories, one related to sleep apnea and the other related to the failure to stay awake due to stress. The use of over-the-counter sleep aids should be encouraged over prescription drugs because they are safer and not habit forming. Menopause has no […]

Outpatient Psychotherapy

Nikhil Patel is an 12-year-old Indian-American boy brought to you for an evaluation. Nikhil has been involved in outpatient psychotherapy for six months with a child therapist who provides cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). Nikhil has had severe anxiety since age five. The psychotherapy seems to be only helping a little. Nikhil is still not able to […]

Coma due to car accident

Nurse Mary client is currently in a coma due to car accident. The glasgow coma scale reading is five. What does that indicates? O that the client is able to read 0 that the client is alert 0 that the client is in a coma O that the client is aware of his surroundings a […]