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 […]
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. 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 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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Normally, iodine is transported from the blood into the lumen of the follicle of the thyroid gland, There, the iodine is attached to the thyroglobulin, also in the lumen of the thyroid follicle, to become iodinated-thyroglobulin. Next, the follicle cell converts the iodinated thyroglobulin into T3 and T4 hormones, which are then secreted into the […]
Introduction to Health Science. The acronym “VARK” stands for Visual, Aural, Read/Write, and Kinesthetic. In Module 2, complete the VARK questionnaire and obtain your results. (Do not purchase anything from the VARK website.) In Module 3, find the interpretation of the VARK results and the description of the learning strategies. For your initial post, reflect on your learning by answering […]
Nutrition science research uses the scientific method to better understand what nutrients your body needs, where the nutrients are found in foods, and how nutrients and foods impact your health. Which of the following statements about the scientific method are true? Often one experiment is enough to support a theory. The final step in the […]
