CASE STUDY: A 17-year-old male presents to the clinic with a chief complaint of pain in his right elbow. He says the pain is sharp, especially with pronation and supination. He noticed the pain several weeks ago after his tennis team went to a regional competition. When he rests, the pain seems to go away. The […]
CASE STUDY: A 32-year-old white female presents to Urgent Care with complaints of blurry vision and “fuzzy thinking” which has been present for the last several weeks. She works as an executive for an insurance company and puts her symptoms down to the stress of preparing the quarterly report. Today, she noticed that her symptoms […]
Case study: A 61-year-old male complains of intermittent weakness and muscle fatigue that has progressively worsened over the past month. He was an internationally known extreme mountain climber but now he says he has difficulty in getting his morning paper. Initially, he thought his symptoms of profound leg weakness and fatigue were due to his […]
Case study: A 22-year-old male was an unrestrained front seat passenger of a car traveling at 50 miles per hour. The driver swerved to avoid hitting a deer that darted in front of the car and hit a tree. EMS on the scene noted a stellate fracture of the windshield on the passenger side. The […]
Case study: A 68-year-old man was brought to the emergency department by his family. During his routine morning walk, he noticed a sudden onset of left facial numbness associated with a dull headache on the right posterior aspect of his head. He was staggering to the right side and feeling unsteady and nauseated, with no […]
Case study: An 83-year-old man presents with a history of atrial fibrillation (AF), hypertension, and diabetes. His daughter, who accompanied the patient, states that yesterday the patient had a period when he could not speak or understand words and that approximately 4 weeks prior he staggered against a wall and was unable to stand unaided […]
Case STUDY: A 57-year-old male construction worker comes to the clinic with a chief complaint of pain in his right hip. The pain has progressively gotten worse over the last 2 months and he has been having trouble sleeping. There is little pain in the morning, but he is a bit stiff. The pain increases […]
Contemporary Nursing Practice The field of nursing has changed over time. In a 750‐1,000 word paper, discuss nursing practice today by addressing the following: Explain how the nursing practice has changed over time and how this evolution has changed the scope of practice and the approach to treating the individual. Compare and contrast the differentiated […]
The “ideal” long-term care system base eligibility for services on functional needs rather than financial needs. Find the criteria for eligibility for Medicaid coverage for a nursing facility in your state (you can get the eligibility standards directly from the state or from a nursing facility). Do you think they measure functional need vs. financial need? How […]
Case Study: Heart A female basketball player Janet was the tallest person in her family. Her brother used to joke with her and tell her she could play Abraham Lincoln in any play because she was tall and lanky just like good old Abe. Janet was the star center on her high school basketball team. […]
