Entries by Daphne Hanson

Clinic’s Primary Care Department

I interviewed the nurse manager of a Jacksonville Outpatient Care Clinic’s Primary Care Department. She manages the Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT). The PACT teams are designated Red Team or Blue Team. The purpose of PACT is to achieve continuity with providers and nursing staff with the goal to improve access to care. It is […]

The Hospital nursing administrator

As the hospital nursing administrator of a 150-bed hospital during the recent COVID-19 outbreak, one of your first tasks is to work on collaboration plans with community agencies to determine the needs and community resources, along with coordinating efforts to meet the needs of the community, inclusive of testing. Assess resources available in your local […]

Central venous catheter inserted for the administration of total parenteral nutrition

A nurse is assisting with preparing a client who is to have a central venous catheter inserted for the administration of total parenteral nutrition (TPN). Which of the following actions should the nurse take? A. Use clean technique when changing the catheter dressing B. Prepare the client for a chest x-ray to verify catheter placement. […]

Compare Metabolic acidosis and alkalosis

Brunner & Suddarth’s Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Fourteenth Edition. Compare metabolic acidosis and alkalosis with regard to causes, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and management. 2. Compare respiratory acidosis and alkalosis with regard to causes, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and management.   chapter 14 3. Identify medical and nursing management priorities in treating patients with multiple organ dysfunction […]

Care delivery models, staffing, and scheduling

This module reviewed nursing care delivery models, staffing, and scheduling. There are several methods for designing staffing models which then, in turn, support the development of a schedule. Using your experiences to this point, answer the following: 1- Which nursing care delivery models have you seen in your clinical hospital rotations? 2- Are hospitals required […]

Public health Informatics specialist

Imagine that you are a public health informatics specialist and you and your colleagues have determined that the threat of a new strain of influenza indicates a need for a mass inoculation program.  Analyze what public health data would have been used to determine the need for such a program and what data will be […]

Health Education about blood transfusion

What options or actions exist for blood transfusion if the family refuses  Health Education about blood transfusion? for each option, identify which ethical value or principle is supported or hindered (obstructed/impeded) -for each option, what policy, standard, moral duty, or law is supported? -what outcome would you predict for each option and what stakeholder response […]