Entries by Daphne Hanson

The importance of using critical thinking

In this assessment, you will put your critical thinking skills to work as you develop a position statement on a current healthcare issue. This assessment will demonstrate the importance of using critical thinking in the operation of healthcare facilities. Choose a current issue that reflects the political point of view of either one of the […]

Risk Labor and Birth Case Study

Lisa in Labor: An At-Risk Labor and Birth Case Study. On October 1st of the current year, L.G., a 16-year-old Caucasian female who is a G4 P0030, presents at a local hospital in labor. She reports that her due date is “the beginning of September of this year.” Based on her last menstrual period, her […]

Rapid globalization

Mexican Government Advises Migrants. How can you see the results of this today? If you cannot see the results of this today, why? How did globalization change some people’s lives? How did the changes lead to a conflict? What was the proposed solution(s) to the conflict? How satisfactory was the solution to each party? Can […]

Public mental health services

You work in a psychiatry practice, and many of your patients with health insurance prefer to pay cash to protect their privacy. If a patient does submit a mental health claim, in what circumstances might that information be disclosed to a third party without the patient’s authorization? How might this practice of paying “off the […]

Achievement of the sensorimotor stage

Piaget believed that object permanence is the key achievement of the sensorimotor stage of development. In Piaget’s view, this occurs by 2 years of age for most individuals. For an example of this phenomenon in action, see the following video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwXd7WyWNHY&feature=related (you may need to paste the link into your browser window) Some developmental psychologists, […]

Examine the importance of professional associations in nursing

Examine the importance of professional associations in nursing. Choose a professional nursing organization that relates to a specialty area of interest. In a 750‐1,000-word paper, provide a detailed overview of the organization and its advantages for members. Include the following: Describe the organization and its significance to nurses in the specialty area. Include its purpose, […]

Identify the risk assessment instrument

Identify the risk assessment instrument for a 35-year-old white male with a history of morbid obesity with disabilities in a rural setting and justify why it would be applicable to the selected patient. Provide at least five targeted questions you would ask the patient. Please cite and include references to the articles used.  

Ruptured ectopic pregnancy

A 38-year-old Filipino patient, G3P2+0 presented to the emergency department on the 18th of October 2019 complaining of acute onset of lower abdominal pain associated with a history of amenorrhea for three months. She was unsure of the date of her last menstrual period and had no previous antenatal follow-up. She was medically free and […]

Principles of bio medic ethics

Hello professor and class, I hope all is well with everyone. The four principles of bio medic ethics are Autonomy, Justice, Beneficence, and Non-maleficence. These principles are important because they determine whether a medical practice is ethical. While all four are equally important, it is hard to accurately order them. Depending on the case different […]

The context of geriatric care

In excess of 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK. This statistic, in conjunction with dementia’s detrimental impact on cognition, demonstrates it to be a prominent and important topic.1 The cognitive impairment accompanying dementia may result in patients holding beliefs that fail to reflect reality, causing individuals to have a distorted understanding of the […]