Entries by Daphne Hanson

Career

You have been assigned a “career” by your instructor.  Please respond as if you are healthcare team member with your assigned role.  You may have to conduct further research on the career if you are not familiar with the role.  Your peers will be tackling the same assignment, from a different role perspective. Review the […]

Severe exacerbation of asthma

Ms. Robinson is admitted to the hospital with a severe exacerbation of asthma. She has inspiratory and expiratory wheezing throughout her lung fields. She is dysgenic at rest. She has a frequent moist sounding cough. She has intercostal retractions. Her pulse ox is 87% on RA at rest. What interventions would you expect would benefit […]

Bipolar disorder and anxiety

Patient is a 47-year-old woman with bipolar disorder and anxiety. She has been stable on a combination of duloxetine and quetiapine for a number of years. She smokes, and has diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. She is concerned about her weight and asks whether there are medications that she can take to aid in weight loss. […]

Christian worldview

Christian worldview pertains to the way Christians see the world, their relationship to God, and how they interpret interactions with their environment. In what way did you incorporate your Christian worldview into your work with the DPI Project on promoting breastfeeding? Support your position with evidence or scripture.

General pediatric unit

 James is a 5-year-old who has been admitted to the general pediatric unit for IV antibiotics because of a severe spider bite that has become infected despite treatment at home with oral antibiotics. His mother is very upset that James has to be in the hospital. She voices frustration that the antibiotics have not worked […]

Focused respiratory assessment

My focused respiratory assessment included full vital signs, an inspection of the patient’s breathing patterns, her skin color, respiratory status, also I did palpate to see if there were any abnormalities, listened to her lung sounds using a stethoscope. My patient’s vitals were normal, the only thing her oxygen was dropping to 93% but went […]