Entries by Daphne Hanson

Confidentiality in the Care Setting

Discuss the legislation/charters relating to confidentiality e.g data protection act(the 6 points), nurses midwife council code of conduct (the 5 points), collision principles (the 7 points), code of practice. What they are about and what they do. Analyze issues relating to confidentiality in the care setting e.g client choice, right or need to know ( […]

ACHONDROPLASIA 

TOPIC: ACHONDROPLASIA Etiology Description: Characteristics of ACHONDROPLASIA : small stature (may not be present in infants due to them already being small), short limbs and rhizomatic disproportion (present in arms, variable in severity macrocephaly (large head at birth and remains that way for entire life), midfacial retrusion, (underdevelopment of cartilaginous bones of face, results in flattening […]

Altered Physiology

  Altered Physiology   Week 2 Scenario: A 42-year-old man comes to clinic with chief complaint of pain, redness, and swelling of his right calf. He states that he had been working in his yard using a string trimmer when the trimmer slipped and cut his leg. He cleaned the wound with water from the garden […]

 Alterations in the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems

Alterations in the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems  Week 4 Scenario: A 65-year-old patient is 8 days post op after a total knee replacement. Patient suddenly complains of shortness of breath, pleuritic chest pain, and palpitations. On arrival to the emergency department, an EKG revealed new onset atrial fibrillation and right ventricular strain pattern – T wave […]

How New Technologies Are Transforming Health Care

HEALTH POLICY TOPIC Telehealth How New Technologies Are Transforming Health Care https://theforum.sph.harvard.edu/events/telehealth/ PLEASE REFER TO SUMMARY AND TRANSCRIPT FOR SHORTER VERSION PLEASE ELABORATE ON THE ANALYSIS PART. IT SHOUD BE VERY DETAILED AND RELATED TO THE TOPIC OF THE WEEK – Innovations and the Future of Health Care THE FORMAT SHOULD BE THE SAME PROVIDED- REFER TO ATTACHMENT • Each […]

Describe a patient who is age 65 or older and takes at least 12 prescription medications

The purpose of this assignment is to increase the nurse practitioner’s awareness and sensitivity to pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics changes and prescribing implications occurring in the frail elderly related to these changes and potential adverse effects of polypharmacy in the frail elderly patient. Instructions Describe a patient who is age 65 or older and takes at least […]

Neurological and Musculoskeletal Disorders

Week 8: Concepts of Neurological and Musculoskeletal Disorders –  Case Study for Week 8: Patient is a 24-year-old female administrative assistant who comes to the emergency department with a chief complaint of severe right-sided headache. She states that this is the sixth time in the last 2 months she has had this headache. She says the […]

Nursing care interventions for clients during pregnancy, labor, and birth.

Instructions Hide Competency Apply appropriate nursing care interventions for clients during pregnancy, labor, and birth.Scenario You are a registered nurse (RN) working in a Women’s OB/GYN Clinic. Elizabeth Jones, 37 years old, presents to the prenatal clinic after missing her last 2 menstrual cycles. Her home pregnancy test was positive. An ultrasound at the clinic confirms pregnancy. Gestational age […]

family history of breast cancer.

Discussion: Women’s and Men’s Health, Infectious Disease, and Hematologic Disorders This assignment should include an introduction and conclusion scenario A 46-year-old, 230lb woman with a family history of breast cancer. She is up to date on yearly mammograms. She has a history of HTN. She complains of hot flushing, night sweats, and genitourinary symptoms. She had felt well […]