Joan is a 59-year-old African American female who presents to your clinic with a BP of 168/90, morning headaches and feeling like her heart is beating “ too fast”. She reports having a headache at least 2 times a week when she first wakes up in the morning. She came to your clinic today because […]
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A woman has just been diagnosed with breast cancer. Her doctor tells her that while cancer is a multifactorial disease, she carries the breast cancer susceptibility gene, BRCA1. One of her two identical twin 19-year-old daughters is afraid that she also may have inherited the gene (Chapter 4, Learning Objective 2, 3, 8). What considerations
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An adult patient with a chronic myelogenous leukemia sits down with you to discuss his questions and concerns about his upcoming bone marrow transplant. He has already received some educational materials and participated in a family conference during which health team members described the procedure and potential complications. He has been told that he has
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Competency Apply therapeutic communication to holistic nursing actions. Student Success Criteria View the grading rubric for this deliverable by selecting the “This item is graded with a rubric” link, which is located in the Details & Information pane. Scenario While attending the National Holistic Nursing Conference, you participated in a workshop that introduced
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Describe the neural mechanisms responsible for controlling blood pressure. How are nutrients, wastes, and respiratory gases transported to and from the blood and tissue spaces? Part B: Compare the structure and functions of a lymph node to those of the spleen. A friend tells you that she has tender, swollen “glands” along the left side
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Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 in the Adult Population What signs/symptoms are identified in the patient that can be found In adults, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) often presents with a range of signs and symptoms. Some individuals may not experience any noticeable symptoms, especially in the early stages, but common signs include: Increased thirst (polydipsia)
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Briefly describe the personality disorder you selected, including the DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria. Explain a therapeutic approach and a modality you might use to treat a client presenting with this disorder. Explain why you selected the approach and modality, justifying their appropriateness. Next, briefly explain what a therapeutic relationship is in psychiatry. Explain how you would share your
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Select TWO of the following questions to answer. Restate the questions you selected in the discussion forum and answer each separately. Question: Leininger’s Culture Care Theory presents three culture care modes of decisions or actions. Describe what is meant by culture care preservation and/or maintenance; culture care accommodation and/or negotiation, and culture care restructuring and /or repatterning.
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What components of the ACA do you think will have a positive effect on improving health care outcomes and decreasing costs? Submission Instructions: Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) brought significant reforms to
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Research the role of the Nurse Practitioner. Select and describe an Advanced Nurse Practitioner role. Why are you becoming a Nurse Practitioner? Find one research article, expert opinion about the Nurse Practitioner role and summarize the article. What does the Institute Of Medicine (IOM) say about the need of Nurse Practitioners? Identify and describe the effects that you will have
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