Treatment of tuberculosis or pneumonia

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Describe the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, evaluation, and treatment of tuberculosis or pneumonia.

Treatment of asthma

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Describe the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, evaluation, and treatment of asthma (include the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program guidelines).

Treatment of cystic fibrosis

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Discuss the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, evaluation, and treatment of cystic fibrosis.  Discuss the potential impact of gene therapy on CF and the ethical dimensions in treating this life-limiting disease.

Treatment of high blood pressure

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Review and summarize the Joint National Committee (JNC) recommendations for the prevention, detection, evaluation, and treatment of high blood pressure. Review the recommendations made by the American Diabetes Association’s 2016 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes for the control of high blood pressure and summarize the treatment recommendations.

Acute rheumatic fever and heart disease

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Describe the pathophysiology of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease. Discuss the pathophysiology,  clinical manifestations, evaluation (include the revised Jones Criteria), and treatment of rheumatic fever

Coronary artery disease (CAD)

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Discuss the development of coronary artery disease (CAD) and the links to dyslipidemia, hypertension, cigarette smoking, diabetes mellitus, obesity, and sedentary lifestyle. Review the current scholarly literature and describe the markers and testing of cardiovascular risk and prevention and treatment recommendations.

Neutrophilia neutropenia eosinophilia and lymphocytosis

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Describe the most common causes and provide examples for neutrophilia, neutropenia, eosinophilia (i.e., eosinophilia caused by asthma, hay fever, or parasitic infection), eosinopenia, basophilia, monocytosis, monocytopenia, lymphocytosis, and lymphocytopenia.

Common types of anemia

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Common types of anemia

Describe the morphology of erythrocytes, the mechanism, and the primary cause of the following anemias; Pernicious anemia, folate deficiency anemia, iron deficiency anemia, thalassemia, and sickle cell anemia.

Childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia

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Describe childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) and G6PD deficiency and the incidence, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, evaluation, and treatment of each.

Mood disorder: depression and mania

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Mood disorder: depression and mania

Describe a patient with a mood disorder and the appropriate nursing interventions. Please answer the following questions in your initial posting:

  • Describe a client from your clinical setting or previous experience who experienced depression or mania.
  • Include a brief history and 3-5 most pertinent medications.
  • Identify one problem that was not resolved with the treatment regimen. What are the reasons it may not have been successful? Include nursing as well as other team members.
  • Identify one effective nursing intervention and why you feel it worked.
  • Overall, do you feel this client was kept safe? Why or why not?