Administering oxygen to COPD patients. Mr. Hodges is prescribed 2 liters of oxygen via nasal prongs continuously. What are the important nursing considerations when administering oxygen to patients with COPD? (approx. 100 words)
QUES: UTI: A 79 yr old women comes in to a walk in clinic you are working as a NP with chief complaint of increased urinary frequency and dysuria. Urinalysis reveals pyuria and positive nitrites. She mentions she has a “bit of kidney trouble-not too bad”. Recent evaluation of renal status is unavailable. What would you consider for therapy? Explain the rationale for therapy as well as considerations that you would include while prescribing this medication. Considerations should also include drug resistance and how you would assess this patient for possibility of drug resistance.
Maria Lopez 1. What are the signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia? 2. What is the treatment for the conscious patient with hypoglycemia? Luke O’Cyte 1. What is the pathophysiology of hypovolemia? 2. Describe how you would assess the affected limb after an ORIF? 3. What labs would you expect to see affected by hypovolemia, and what are the normal values of these labs? 4. What are three complications related to an open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) of the knee? 5. Your patient is receiving Benazepril, omeprazole, aspirin, acetaminophen, and oxycodone. What would your patient education include for these medications? Jamie Sanders 1. What is the pathophysiology of chronic pulmonary obstruction disease (COPD). 2. Describe how you would conduct a focused respiratory assessment on a patient that is post-op abdominal surgery. 3. How does abdominal surgery impact the respiratory system? 4. Your patient is on benazepril, fluticasone, albuterol, atorvastatin, aspirin, prednisolone and oxycodone. What patient education about these medications would you provide? Regina Sanchez 1. What are neutropenic precautions? Clarence Davis 1. What is the pathophysiology of peripheral vascular disease (PVD)? 2. Compare and contrast a DVT to peripheral arterial disease. 3. Describe 3 potential complications after femoral popliteal bypass surgery, how to assess for the complications and 2 interventions per complication. 4. Your patient is receiving cefazolin, omeprazole, and hydromorphone. What patient education would you provide for these medications? Andrew Sellers 1. Describe the signs, symptoms, causes, and treatment for clostridium difficile 2. Describe the elements of a physical assessment focused on the gastrointestinal system.
Explain the plan of care for a patient with hypotensive
Investigate community treatment programs available in your community for the mentally ill client.
a. Discuss the associated level of service provided in these agencies.
2. A team approach is useful in dealing with the multifaceted problems of clients with mental illness.
a. Describe the role functions of the interdisciplinary team in the collaboration of client needs.
3. Poverty among persons with mental illness is a significant barrier to maintaining housing in the community.
a. Discuss the special needs of the mentally ill population.
b. Compare and contrast the homeless client with the mentally ill homeless client.
-Please give at least three examples of how the Health Education Empowerment methodology (Critical Consciousness) created by Paulo Freire can be applied to the work you are doing with your community. How will you use these principles to engage and empower your community to work collaboratively to improve their health?
-Discuss the role of the nurse in facilitating community empowerment designed to improve community health.
-In what ways did the chapter on vulnerable populations present new information or provide an opportunity for you to rethink your previously held perspectives on vulnerable community members?
Which of the listed antibiotics is most prone to cause the serious side effect of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea? Question options: A) Cephalexin (Keflex) B) Ciprofloxacin (Cipro) C) Minocycline (Minocin) D) Azithromycin (Zithromax) E) Trimethoprim- sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim)
Question 50 Standards of care are now being set, modified. monitored. and publicized by certain self-
appointed consumer-oriented agencies. as well as government agencies, including which of the following? I… A
Medicare r. B The Joint Commission The Agency for Healthcare Research and 1″ Quality D All of the above
A patient is to have an amniotomy to induce labor. The nurse recognizes that the priority intervention after the amniotomy is to __________.A.apply clean linens under the womanB.take the patient’s vital signsC.perform a vaginal examD.assess the fetal heart rate (FHR)
Mercer model in healthcare. Does the model proposed by Mercer adequately address current changes in health care delivery and the impact on the family? What changes in Mercer’s model, if any need to be addressed?
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