Entries by Daphne Hanson

Continuum of care

What country and key populations have you chosen to focus on in your position paper? Apply the concept of the continuum of care to one of these vulnerable populations. How are Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) care and treatment challenged for this group in this country context? Answer in at least 300 words.

Behavioral modeling

1. As healthcare assistant, how can you encourage your employees to eat healthier and exercise? Also, as a healthcare assistant, out of the two types of behavioral modeling, which would you implement to aid workers to obtain a healthy Body Mass Index (BMI)? 2. Describe two emergency incidents which may occur in an assisted living […]

Cerebrovascular accident

You are a nursing student who is assigned to a busy medical-surgical unit that specializes in the care of patients with various neurologic disorders. One of your patients for the day is Mr. Choudhary, a 56 year old South Asian male with a primary diagnosis of cerebrovascular accident of hemorrhagic origin. You enter the room […]

Post-operative abdominal surgery

Judith is a 52-year-old female with two days post-operative abdominal surgery. She has a foley to gravity drainage. While assessing Judith’s vital signs at 2 o’clock, you noticed no urine in the tubing, and there is only a little in the bag. The patient tells you, “I am in pain, and I feel like I […]

Opioid Crisi

The Opioid Crisis brought to light the common misconception that substance use disorder (SUD) cannot occur in the setting of typical drug prescribing. What are three integral components of substance use disorder? Using opioids as an example, briefly describe how these components can manifest in the typical prescriber-patient setting. What are two risk factors that […]

Ethics for Nurses

Compare and contrast the value statements found in the American Nurses Association (ANA)Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements and the International Council of Nurses (ICN) Code of Ethics for Nurses. What topics are included in each? Which are not? What does the inclusion of similar topics signify to the profession of nursing? How […]

Pregnancy-induced hypertension

Cases of pregnancy-induced hypertension were identified from international Classification of Diseases (ICD-9) codes. Four separate case groups were created based on these codes: eclampsia (ICD-9 code 642.6, n = 154), severe preeclampsia (ICD-9 code 642.5, n = 1,180), mild preeclampsia (ICD-9 code 642.4, n = 5,468), and gesta- tional hypertension (ICD-9 code 642.3, n = […]