Schizotypal personality disorder

Martha Kendel, 82 years old, has AD. She lives with her husband, who has been trying to care for her in their home. Mrs. Kendel is having trouble dressing. She has put her blouse on backward and sometimes puts her bra on over her blouse. She often forgets where things are. She makes an effort to cook but has recently attempted to “put out” the electric burners of the stove with pitchers of water. Once in a while, she cannot find the bathroom in time, often mistaking it for a closet. Sometimes she cries because she is aware that she is losing her sense of her place in the world. She and her husband have always been loving companions, and he wants to keep her at home as long as possible.

a. Help Mr. Kendel by writing out a list of suggestions that he can try at home that might help facilitate (a) communication, (b) activities of daily living, and (c) maintenance of a safe home environment.

b. Identify at least three interventions appropriate to this situation for each of the areas previously cited.

c. Identify resources available for maintaining Ms. Kendel in her home for as long as possible. Provide the name of a self-help group that you would urge Mr. Kendel to join.

2. Mr. Beech is undergoing surgery for a broken leg. He is suspicious of the staff and believes that the intravenous medication he is receiving for hydration and pre-anesthesia will be used for harmful purposes. He keeps his eyes closed and refuses to answer or look at his family, who describe him as odd. He has schizotypal personality disorder.

a. Explain how being friendly and outgoing may be threatening to Mr. Beech.

b. Explain how being matter-of-fact and neutral and sticking to the facts would be effective to Mr. Beech.

c. What could be done to give Mr. Beech some control over his situation as a hospitalized patient?

d. How could you best handle his beliefs and lack of interpersonal comfort with caregivers so that both you and he would feel most comfortable?

 

What are the criteria for a substance use disorder?

What are the criteria for a substance use disorder? If your client asked you “What is the difference between substance abuse and substance dependence? ”  How would you explain (teach). Many people are described as having duel diagnosis.  What does that mean?

and how would that impact your nursing treatment of that person?

How would you go about prioritizing what issue you would treat first?

 

4.  Many people have a substance abuse disorder yet so many people are not identified or treated for this disorder.  What are some reasons cited in the text regarding failure to detect substance abuse disorders and failure to provide treatment?

5. Review some methods used to screen for substance abuse disorders?  What is CAGE?

6.  What is the legal limit of blood alcohol content with a breathe device?  What is the level that could cause death?  Is that true for everyone?  can the levels change?  why or why not?

7.  Explain briefly what is alcohol withdrawal?  what happens in the body?

What is the treatment course for alcohol withdrawal?  is it life threatening?  What is the most significant concern with alcohol withdrawal?

8.  What medications are used when a person is going thru  active withdrawal from alcohol?

How long does withdrawal typically last?

What are the common symptoms of alcohol withdrawal?

Preventing nosocomial infections

Review the following research questions. Is the use of soap and water or alcohol-based rubs more effective in preventing nosocomial infections? How effective are anti-depressive medications on anxiety and depression?

  1. For patients of 70 years and older, how effective is the use of the influenza vaccine at preventing flu as compared to patients who have not received the vaccine?
  2. What is the relationship between alcohol and breast cancer?
  3. What is the difference between self-efficacy scores in older adults who exercise and the scores of those who do not?
  4. What is the difference in attitudes of male and female college students toward condoms?

Next, select 3 of the above questions and address the following:

  • Identify an appropriate research design.
  • Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the design.
  • Provide a rationale for the design you selected

Advanced nursing education

Evaluate how advanced nursing education and lifelong learning can help improve patient outcomes. Include current research that links patient safety outcomes to advanced degrees in nursing. Based on some real-life experiences, explain whether you agree or disagree with this research. How can the application of the Christian Worldview help improve patient outcomes?

Overview of Healthcare access and quality

Examine the overview of Healthcare access and quality on the HealthyPeople website. Define the determinant. Describe how the assigned social determinant could impact the health outcomes of a client. Identify what information the NP could gather to assess the impact of the determinant for the client. Discuss at least two online, national, or local resources available for at-risk clients and families for the selected determinant

Describe the nurses’ role and responsibility as health educators

Describe the nurses’ role and responsibility as health educators. What strategies besides the use of learning styles can a nurse educator consider when developing tailored individual care plans, or for an educational program in health promotion? When should the behavior be utilized in a care plan or health promotion?

Concepts for leaders Healthcare leaders

Four crucial conversations  concepts for leaders Healthcare leaders who want to engage social influence to eliminate disruptive behavior will have to break the code of silence in four specific conversations:

Administrations must go public about the pervasiveness of concerns.

Most hospitals attempt to put a good face on disruptive behavior by dismissing it as a problem with “a few bad apples.” The truth, according to the Silence Kills study, is that it happens every day in most hospitals. The problem is much more pervasive than just a few bad apples. In order to influence change, leaders need to begin by acknowledging the frequency of concerns.

Caregivers must directly confront disruptive behavior.

Next, leaders need to invest substantially in increasing the will and skill of every employee to speak up when they see problems. The focus needs to be not just on confronting disruptive behavior, but on speaking up when people see mistakes, incompetence, violations of safety standards and more. The Silence Kills study identifies seven kinds of problems; fewer than one in ten people address these problems effectively, which can lead to burnout, disengagement, errors and worse.

Medical directors and nurse managers must respond appropriately to escalations.

The research also shows that the problem is not just upward, it’s sideways and downward. Nurses fail to speak up to their peers when they have concerns. Managers fail to confront direct reports. Medical directors give their underlings a “pass” rather than make waves. The silence is deafening in every direction—and lower level employees will not feel the expectation to address concerns if their leaders don’t lead the way.

Administration must back up sanctions when they occur.

The most common reason people fail to speak up in hospitals is because they adopt the attitude of “It’s not my job.” The second most common reason is the belief that “Others won’t back me up if I do.” For example, nurse managers worry that if they confront a disruptive doctor who brings a lot of money into a hospital, no one in administration will back them up. Administration must make it clear that if code-of-conduct violations occur, they will back up those who take appropriate action. As the saying goes, “Silence betokens consent.” The pervasive and risky problems with disruptive behavior in hospitals today will not be eradicated by codes of conduct—although these are a worthwhile step in the right direction. the real change will occur when we substantially increase skills in conversation—especially the emotionally and politically risky conversations we so consistently avoid. When this vast potential of social pressure is finally tapped, our hospitals will become healthier for patients and caregivers alike.

Conflict management is a challenge in every work environment but can be even more challenging in the ever-changing chaos of the health care environment. share two specific concepts that you found most beneficial.

Importance of play in a child’s development

Describe the role and importance of play in a child’s development. Give an example of a positive benefit of play. Maria is 3 years old and has developed a temperature post-surgery from a tonsillectomy. Her mum, Theresa a tax specialist, has stayed overnight and they were expected to go home, her boss was not happy that she took the day off as it’s the end of the financial year. Theresa still has to pay for childcare even though Maria is not there, but the surgeon would like to keep her in the hospital for a few extra days as her vital signs are not within the normal range. What impact could this have on Maria and her mum and family?

Implications for Nursing Practice

Complete a concept analysis on one of the following topics. Utilize the Overcoming concept analysis as an example. This part of the assignment should contain the following parts: Introduction, Definition, and Uses of the Concept, Defining Attributes, Antecedents, Consequences, Model Case, Borderline Case, Contrary Case, and Implications for Nursing Practice. Your chosen defining attributes should be clearly identified in each of the three cases.

  • Hope
  • Caring
  • Trust
  • Teamwork
  • Appraise ways in which your nursing practice (patient care, education, research, administration, etc.) has been influenced by nursing (or borrowed) theory.
  • Kindly provide 3 references and citations for your explanation. English o

Pharmacotherapeutic protocols

Integrate the teaching-learning needs of clients across the lifespan when proposing pharmacotherapies utilizing and including this journal resource:  Knudsen, H. K., Brown, R., Jacobson, N., Horst, J., Kim, J. S., Collier, E., Starr, S., Madden, L. M., Haram, E., & Molfenter, T. (2019). Pharmacotherapy, Resource Needs, and Physician Recruitment Practices in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Programs. Journal of addiction medicine13(1), 28-34. https://doi.org/10.1097/ADM.0000000000000441

  1. Propose prescriptive therapies for selected clients evaluating safety factors while utilizing knowledge of how current health status, age, gender, culture, genetic factors, ethical concerns, and prescriptive authority impact decision-making utilizing and including this journal resource: Kadivar, M., Manookian, A., Asghari, F., Niknafs, N., Okazi, A., & Zarvani, A. (2017). Ethical and legal aspects of patient’s safety: a clinical case report. Journal of medical ethics and history of medicine10, 15.
  2. Discriminate among the mechanisms of action for the major classes of drugs/medications utilizing and including this journal resource: Ozburn, A. R., Janowsky, A. J., & Crabbe, J. C. (2015). Commonalities and Distinctions Among Mechanisms of Addiction to Alcohol and Other Drugs. Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research39(10), 1863-1877. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.12810…… and whatever else you can teach me
  3. Critique evidence that supports proposed pharmacotherapeutic protocols for appropriateness of application across the lifespan utilizing and including this journal resource: whatever resource to teach me