Entries by Daphne Hanson

Left hip fracture

Write the following in proper terms. A patient identified with a left hip fracture, write a nursing diagnosis, a smart goal, evaluation of goal, and patient teaching. Create a patient handout where you will teach the patient what he has learned about the nursing diagnosis with very simple terms

Modified radical mastectomy

Mrs. V. Reyes, 50-year-old, married and scheduled for a modified radical mastectomy. She was diagnosed with Breast Ca due to abnormality in her left breast accompanied by palpable axillary lymph nodes. In her visit to the MD’s clinic, she reported episodes of deep aching pain awakened her at night. The unexplained weight loss for several […]

medications to infants

Interventions for promoting the safe administration of medications to infants. Sophie is a 2 year-old who weighs 32 lbs. and has been ordered acetaminophen (Tylenol) 400 mg PO every 4 hours prn for temp higher than 101 F. The label reads 120 mg/5mL. Calculate how many milliliters of the medication Sophie will receive. She is […]

Life-threatening illness

As a medical assistant, you will likely encounter working with a patient who has a life-threatening illness. This can be emotionally challenging for you and the patient. For this writing assignment, write out in your own words, what you feel is the best therapeutic response to your patient with a life-threatening illness?Instructions:Please develop a response […]

Vast probability chart

In the not-too-distant future, given our developing knowledge and statistical abilities, medical science may allow health care providers to take a DNA sample from a fetus and create a vast probability chart—a type of medical horoscope for the infant. From this, one could fashion a lifestyle precisely tuned to our genetic predispositions: We may find […]