Explain how health care reform has helped shift the focus from a disease-oriented health care system to one of wellness and prevention. Discuss ways in which health care will continue this trend and explain the role of nursing in supporting and facilitating this shift.
Mrs. Lyons was a 27 year old woman who recently gave birth prematurely to a set of twins. The infants were doing well but Ms. Lyons hemorrhaged and required emergency surgery resulting in a hysterectomy. Severe loss of blood dropped her hemoglobin to 6.0. Because the patient and her husband were Jehovah’s witnesses, they refused blood transfusions […]
A patient has Type II diabetes. Name two drugs (from different mechanistic classes) that could provide therapeutic benefit for this patient. Use generic names of the drugs. How does each of these drugs work? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each of these drugs compared to other drugs?
Madison Wills worked night shift on a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at a major medical center. She assumed the care of a very sick premature infant that weighed 1 kg (a little over 2 lb). Sylvia Smithson had been the infant’s nurse during the day shift. Sylvia had initiated the infant’s intravenous (IV) antibiotic […]
If the researcher wanted to find out what it meant to live with asthma during pregnancy, an appropriate research design would be ____. phenomenology grounded theory ethnography historical
Identify treatment plan for a 10-year-old boy with Autism spectrum disorder. Since age 5 he has been on three medications: Vyvanse 80mg PO Qam, Adderall 10mg PO Q afternoon, and Trazodone 50mg PO Qhs. Now he has new complaints of generalized anxiety, insomnia, and fears that he will die. He is also critical of himself […]
Identify two major policy issues that affect the current state of health care delivery and population health equity in the United States (may be state or federal). What impact do these population health policies and initiatives have on advanced nursing practice?
A 35 year old patient presents with a concern of two high blood pressures at local health fairs in the past month. The patient has a history of Type 2 Diabetes, Chronic Constipation, and Obesity. Today her pressure is 145/93. You will:
Jean Fields is a 72-year-old client who has been diagnosed with hyperthyroidism due to Graves’ disease. Her husband of 52 years died of lung cancer 2 weeks ago, and she has been dealing with extreme emotional upset and grief. She has been admitted to the hospital with fatigue, weakness, fever, tachycardia, and dehydration. What is […]
Discuss the effects of diet, exercise, and drug therapy with the client. A 58-year-old man has recently been diagnosed with type two diabetes.Your patient tells you his grandson has Type 1 diabetes. Discuss how you as the nurse can help your patient understand the differences between Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes.
