The pathophysiology of diverticular disease

Compare and contrast the pathophysiology of diverticular disease (diverticulosis) and acute diverticulitis. Identify risk factors for acute diverticulitis and the clinical signs and symptoms associated with the disease.

Provide comprehensive effective care during transitions

Despite our efforts to provide comprehensive effective care during transitions, gaps do occur from time to time-based on many of the issues you mention.  Patient transition times are some of the most critical times and some of the most vulnerable times for patients.  Having all of the details about a patient’s status and needs is complex, and many areas of responsibility within the team overlap based on a number of factors, including the patient’s perspectives.  How do you think all of the ‘pieces’ of these experiences, such as discharge planning, are best tracked, including the work of case management, in communicating to the team what information or actions are still pending during a transition?  How might a structured tracking system increase accountability?

Explain the role of the community health nurse

Explain the role of the community health nurse in partnership with community stakeholders for population health promotion. Explain why it is important to appraise community resources (nonprofit, spiritual/religious, etc.) as part of a community assessment and why these resources are important in population health promotion.

Joint and musculoskeletal injections

Different joint and musculoskeletal injections are common in family practice settings and they can offer a lot of benefits for the patient. The hard thing for nurse practitioner students is getting the opportunity to practice because a lot of becoming proficient in this has to do with how often you can practice these. I do see some have difficulty with finding the right spot, and I’ve encountered situations myself where I found it very different. For example, I had a morbidly obese patient who I would see for bilateral knee injections related to her arthritis, but her extreme obesity obscured the normal landmarks I would be able to palpate and visualize in other patients. Have you found any tools or study resources you find helpful in learning to practice where these injections need to be given?

Relationship between hypertension and diabetes

Which appropriate hypothesis testing procedures should be used in testing if there is a relationship between hypertension and diabetes among participants of the Framingham Heart Study? I just need to figure out which appropriate hypothesis test to use as I can use SPSS to do the analysis.

Discuss the difference between Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis

Discuss the difference between Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis, including symptoms and treatment options. 2)Why is Orthostatic hypotension associated with fall risk?

Develop the ADN nursing student’s common language of clinical reasoning skills

Develop the ADN nursing student’s common language of clinical reasoning skills: noticing, interpreting, responding, and reflecting. 4. Demonstrate an improvement in ADN nursing student level of clinical reasoning, identifying beginning, developed, and accomplished to exemplary levels.

Discuss characteristic findings of immune dysfunction

Discuss characteristic findings of immune dysfunction. Explain what symptomology the patient would exhibit and how these symptoms may complicate daily living and relationships.

Explain the role of health education

Explain the role of health education. How is the nursing process used in developing health education? Describe a contemporary issue local or global, that a family may experience today. What steps would the nurse take to address these as part of a health education plan?

Describe the characteristics of the aging process

Describe the characteristics of the aging process. Explain how some of the characteristics may lead to elder abuse (memory issues, vulnerability, etc.). Discuss the types of considerations a nurse must be mindful of while performing a health assessment on a geriatric patient as compared to a middle-aged adult. Give reference