Entries by Daphne Hanson

Sample size in Quantitative research

Review the article, Sample size in quantitative research: Sample size will affect the significance of your research. Prepare to discuss the following Discussion Prompts: Describe the differences between descriptive and inferential statistics. Describe how probability (random) sampling and sample size relate to inferential statistics and the ability to generalize the findings to a larger population. Discuss what a p-value indicates about the results?  […]

A Liver biopsy

The client returns to his room after a liver biopsy. The nurse positions the client on his right side and assesses for bleeding. What is a PRIORITY nursing assessment? Determine adequacy of urinary output. Check pretest prothrombin time and partial thromboplastin time values. Observe for frank bleeding.  

Planning the Care for a severely burned client

In planning the care for a severely burned client, the nurse should select which PRIORITY nursing diagnosis? Pain related to burn injury and treatments Impaired physical mobility related to contactures Risk for deficient fluid volume related to a fluid shift, evaporation, and plasma loss. Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements related to the body’s need […]

Healthcare disparities

Healthcare disparities exist across the board; in every city and every state there are groups of individuals who are more likely to suffer from one or another form of detriment to their health. In my local area, that being Dallas – Fort Worth, I was able to track what I might be more likely to […]

Ruling out headaches and fatigue

Please revised the information below. Mainly ruling out headaches and fatigue. More information added will be helpful. Overall, the patient is a healthy 21 years old female who comes into the office with a complaint of having a headache and feeling fatigued. According to Bates, there are different types of headaches from migraine, to tension, […]

Family violence

Family violence is a heartbreaking and far too common problem that we as nurses must contend with in our practice. Unfortunately, those who have suffered or witnessed abuse are more likely to repeat violence later in their lives (McKinney et al., 2018, p. 37). Signs that we as healthcare workers can be aware of that […]