Sandy works in the emergency department (ED) of a local medical center and needs to provide some information for her patient before she is discharged. The nurse manager recently asked all staff to attend an in-service related to providing credible information to patients, but due to an overload of patients on the day of the […]
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In many realms of medicine, objective diagnoses can be made: A clavicula is broken. An infection is present. TSH levels meet the diagnostic criteria for hypothyroidism. Psychiatry, on the other hand, deals with psychological phenomena and behaviors. Can these, too, be “defined objectively and by scientific criteria (Gergen, 1985), or are they social constructions?” (Boland,
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Post a response answering the following · Explain the difference between ion channels and G proteins as they relate to signal transduction and targets of medications. · How would you answer the following patient question: o My grandmother has a mental illness. I have the same genes as her. Will I also get the same mental
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This week, you looked at the provider and patient rights. The assignment this week gives you a chance to look at a state law that provides the right for patients to die with dignity and compare the patient’s right with the ethical duty of physicians set forth in the AMA’s Code of Ethics. You will
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L.W. is a nurse practitioner in an urban community. Many of her clients recently immigrated to the United States from various countries. She is challenged by the many different cultures she encounters and the different values and beliefs they hold toward Western medicine. She is determined to earn her clients’ trust. She does this by
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1) The prevalence of arthritis in the United States is 1 in 100,000 children. However, 1 in 10 children in Lyme, Connecticut, developed arthritis between June and September 1973. Allen Steere, a rheumatologist at Yale University, investigated the cases in Lyme and found that 25% of the patients remembered having a skin rash during their
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For this Discussion, you will take on the role of a clinician who is building a health history for one of the following cases. Your instructor will assign you your case number. case 1 76-year-old Black/African-American male with disabilities living in an urban setting. Adolescent Hispanic/Latino boy living in a middle-class Case 2 55-year-old Asian
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Describe the importance of folk medicine practices and folk healers to African Americans in the rural setting. Mrs. M., a Mexican American who just gave birth, tells the nurse not to include certain foods on her meal tray because her mother told her to avoid those foods while breastfeeding. The nurse tells her that she doesn’t
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Choose a cultural group that is different from your own background and plan to interview someone from this culture. The goal is to explore a culture that you will likely encounter in your nurse practitioner role. Prepare a list of questions that will help you gain insights into the cultural aspects of healthcare for your
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Write a 4–6 page annotated bibliography where you identify peer-reviewed publications that promote the use of a selected technology to enhance quality and safety standards in nursing. To help you create a 4–6 page annotated bibliography that identifies peer-reviewed publications promoting the use of a selected technology to enhance quality and safety standards in nursing,
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