The Nutrinutritional value of eating habits to current dietadietary referreference intake (DRI) 

Compare the nutrinutritional value of eating habits to current dietadietary referreference intake (DRI) recorecommendations. Review Abdys intake vs goals report for the following signifsignificant nutnutrient. Complete all sectsections of the table below.

Isolated abdominal pain

Your medical patient awoke with isolated abdominal pain. Which of the following is CONTRAINDICATED
in your treatment plan?
Administering oxygen.
Back boarding the patient.
Providing prompt transport.
Covering the patient with a blanket.

Muscle twitching and hypocalcemic episodes resulting in tetany

A 6-month-old infant is brought to the family practice clinic due to muscle twitching and hypocalcemic episodes resulting in tetany. Genetic studies have revealed a chromosome 22q11 deletion. What inquiry should the nurse practitioner make of the parents?
Does the child’s skin ever become yellow?
Is the child irritable?
How often has the child experienced infections?
Is constipation a problem?

A History of hearing impairment from a war

A 78 year old male patient is admitted to your unit. He has a history of hearing impairment from a war. His left ear is deaf and his right ear has a 50% hearing loss. He has a hearing aid for the right ear, but his family did not bring the hearing aid with the patient.
They live 100 miles from the hospital, and it will not be possible for them to bring the hearing aid in. During your assessment you determine he would communicate by reading lips.
What considerations should you make when communicating with this patient?
What additional equipment or interventions could be used to improve communication with the patient?

Symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)

A 30-year-old male patient presents to the emergency department with symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), including severe hyperglycemia, metabolic acidosis, and ketonuria. In addition to providing immediate treatment, which diagnostic test can help differentiate between type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus as the underlying cause of DKA?
Urine analysis for acetoacetate
Breath analysis for acetone
Measurement of serum beta-hydroxybutyrate levels
Measurement of serum C-peptide levels

Determining How to cluster clinical data into a single problem

Which factor would assist the nurse in determining how to cluster clinical data into a single problem for a 65-year-old male client with a chief report of lower back pain?

The concept of a knowledge worker in general

The Nurse as Knowledge Worker. Explain the concept of a knowledge worker in general. Define and explain nursing informatics and highlight the role of a nurse leader as a knowledge worker.

  1. Develop one simple infographic to help explain both the concept of nursing informatics and the role of a nurse leader as a knowledge worker.

Present a hypothetical scenario based on your own nursing practice or healthcare organization that would require or benefit from the access/collection and analysis of data. Your scenario may involve a patient, staff, or management problem or gap.

Describe the problem from the viewpoint of a nurse informaticist by:

  1. Describing the data that could be used
  2. Describing how the data might be accessed/collected
  3. Describing what knowledge might be derived from that data

A Prescription for atovaquone with proguanil

A child who weighs 55 pounds receives a prescription for atovaquone with proguanil (Malarone Pediatric) 125��50�� PO daily. A drug reference states that children 11 to 20�� should receive 1 pediatric tablet daily; 21 to 30�� should receive 2 pediatric tablets daily; 31 to 40�� should receive 3 pediatric tablets daily; and greater than 40�� should receive 1 adult tablet daily with food.

The drug is available as atovaquone 62.5�� proguanil 25�� pediatric tablets. How many tablets should the practical nurse administer?

 House history of increasingly severe low back pain with radiation

A 72 year old man is brought to the ED becuase of a 1 house history of increasingly severe low back pain with radiation into the left flank. He has a long standing history of mild systeolic hypertension and angina pectoris. A pulsatile mass is palpable just inferior to the umbilicus.

Over the next 2 days, his hematocrit decreases from 42% to 28%. He suddenly beceomes hypotensive and dies. Which of the following is the most likely cause of death?

The Texas Heartbeat Act

I do not support the Texas Heartbeat Act. As a women and a mother this law is unfair in every way possible. First off “Section 171.205, a physician may not knowingly perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman unless the physician has determined, in accordance with this section, whether the woman’s unborn child has a detectable fetal heartbeat.” (Section 171.203(b))”

This so called early time limit for access to abortion is unacceptable, a mere 6 weeks of pregnancy goes unnoticed majority of the time. “many women may not be aware of their pregnancy at this stage” women with different medical conditions such as PCOS who have irregular periods like myself can be unaware if we are pregnant or not therefore this law clearly doesn’t take into consideration the many other aspects of women’s health.

“The law requires physicians and doctors to determine the presence of a fetal heartbeat. This introduces the potential for medical misjudgment or errors, and physicians may feel pressured to err on the side of caution, limiting access to abortion.”

Secondly “This section does not affect… the provisions of this chapter that restrict or regulate an abortion by a particular method or during a particular stage of pregnancy; or any other provision of state law that regulates or prohibits abortion.” (Section 171.204(c)) again as stated above

“The law does not provide exceptions for cases of rape or incest, raising concerns about the well-being of women who become pregnant under such circumstances” This law doesn’t take into consideration the victims who have already suffered so much as it is but now are and will be forced to complete this pregnancy full term regardless of the emotional, mental, physical trauma they have already been through and will continue to go through and nor does this law consider the age of the victims.

This law itself is an infringement on reproductive rights! This infringes on a woman’s constitutional right to choose by imposing restrictions on access to abortion. Reproductive rights should be protected, and the law places an undue burden on women seeking abortion. Instead of going forward in time we have gone several decades back in history.