Meal plan

/0 Comments/in /by

Design and follow a meal plan for two days that meets your personal calorie recommendations while limiting sodium to 2 g (2000 mg) daily.

  1. Keep a record of your food and beverage choices and your responses to this diet change. Total your sodium intake for each of the 2 days to make sure you actually consumed 2 g or less on each day. Be sure to include both your calorie intake total and sodium intake total for each day.
  2. Write and submit a two-page, double-spaced, thoughtful, and thorough response to the questions listed below. Remember that this assignment consists of two components—the diet itself and your two-page essay response to the questions provided with the assignment.
    • What materials or resources did you use to create your modified diet?
    • What did you do to stay on the diet?
    • Did any cultural, social, or psychological factors affect your ability to stay on the 2 g sodium diet?
    • How did you feel? What was difficult?
    • What was easy that you expected to be difficult? What did you gain from this activity that you can use in your profession or in your interaction with people on special diets? Do you have any other comments to share about this?

Teaching nursing

/0 Comments/in /by

1.  In your practice setting, how do you begin to assess the learning needs of your organization’s client population?

2. If teaching clients is a health care team approach in your practice setting, how do you guarantee consistency in the delivery of educational content? What problems might occur with inconsistencies in teaching nursing? How might your team address this issue?

3. Think back to your most effective teaching session with a client. To what do you attribute this success? Why? How would you describe your individual teaching style?

If you were an inspector in a case, describe how you would remedy a violation on the spot. What would your instructions be to the facility’s owner?

/0 Comments/in /by

If you were an inspector in a case, describe how you would remedy a violation on the spot. What would your instructions be to the facility’s owner? In your response to a classmate, explain whether you would do anything differently.

What type of public education initiatives has your organization implemented? Have you seen a positive fire reaction? If your organization has not implemented any, or if you are not in an organization, after reading the resources in this unit, what programs do you feel would have a positive impact if your organization implemented them? Do you believe that public education initiatives could reduce the impact on fire departments to provide an increase in services? Why, or why not?

Risk assessment can be a very subjective topic. Different people see risks differently in both probability and severity

/0 Comments/in /by

Risk assessment can be a very subjective topic. Different people see risks differently in both probability and severity. What do you think are the most important reasons why employees’ differing perceptions of risks related to the tasks they perform might impact your ability to perform a risk assessment and relay the results to the workers? Do you feel it is justified? Why?

 

Part 2- Walking and working surfaces pose some of the greatest hazards to people. This is especially true in the occupational setting where the uneven surfaces can range from sand and gravel to an elevated working platform. After reading Chapter 27, look around your workplace or home at the various walking and working surfaces. Do you consider your workplace or home to be hazardous? Discuss why you consider them a hazard. Share your evaluation, and compare it to your class members’ input

Acute gouty arthritis

/0 Comments/in /by
A 60 year old man complains of pain in his left big toe for the past 5 days. The patient has a medical history of acute gouty arthritis. He is currently receiving thiazide diuretic for high blood pressure, atrovastatin for high cholesterol, and one aspirin a day to prevent heart attacks. Laboratory studies revealed a serum uric acid concentration of 10 mg/dl. And a very high urinary (urate) uric acid concentration.

Critical thinking: answer these questions

1. Define the purpose.  State the question/problem(s) associated with the question/purpose. 3. What are the assumptions? 4. What are the points of view? 5. What information is available> 6. What concepts apply to the situation? 7. What interpretation/inference is reached? 8. What are the implications and consequences?

Describe several study designs used to address questions of etiology in human populations

/0 Comments/in /by
  • Describe several study designs used to address questions of etiology in human populations.
  • Differentiate between real and spurious associations in observational studies.
  • Present guidelines for judging whether an association is causal-based on the guidelines set forth by the U.S. surgeon general.

Sexually transmitted infection

/0 Comments/in /by

A young woman is diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection and is subsequently reported to the public health department. A public health nurse visits her, but she refuses to name her sexual contacts.

1. Should the woman be compelled by law to name her sexual contacts? Why or why not? Do the best interests of the woman’s sexual contacts and their contacts supersede the woman’s right to privacy? Explain your answer.

2. What values are involved in Ethics Issue 2?

3. What is the first duty of health care practitioners caring for the woman in Ethics Issue 2?

Oral health and nutrition

/0 Comments/in /by

• O.H.N. is an 85 year old male who has been diagnosed with the following health conditions: o Diabetes (diagnosed since 68 years old) o Hypertension (diagnosed since 50 years old) o High Cholesterol (diagnosed since 65 years old) o Obesity (diagnosed since 65 years old) o Gum Disease (diagnosed since 55 years old)

• The following medications have been prescribed: o Tanzieum – taken once weekly o Crestor o HCTZ o Lasix o Lisinopril

• O.H.N. often has dry mouth which affects the way food tastes and his bridge fits his mouth.

• O.H.N. is living in a low-income seniors’ apartment in the community.

• O.H.N. has Medicare and Medicaid for his insurances.

• O.H.N. has meals delivered through Meals on Wheels, based upon recommendations from the registered dietitian.

• O.H.N. has three children who take him out to dinner occasionally (birthdays/holidays).

• O.H.N. has mints in his pocket which he takes often when his mouth is too dry and often drinks carbonated beverages to keep his mouth moist.

What Processes or Procedures are Necessary to Safeguard O.H.N. From Experiencing an Adverse Effect Related to his Oral Health and Nutrition?

Pharmacotherapy

/0 Comments/in /by

Explain why certain drugs with carcinogenic or teratogenic potential are used in pharmacotherapy. Explain the attributes of each that makes them be preferred for pharmacotherapy.

Diuretic therapy

/0 Comments/in /by

High blood pressure is a chronic illness and it can also be hereditary, however it can be controlled and the patient stay alive. Diuretic therapy is one way of treating high blood pressure, what are some common adverse effects of diuretic therapy?