A.C. is a 60-year-old Caucasian woman with newly diagnosed peptic ulcer disease, generalized anxiety disorder, and iron deficiency anemia. She also has a long history of asthma and depression. She is a strong believer of herbal medicine. She takes St. John’s wort for her depression, iron pills for her anemia, and alprazolam (Xanax) as needed …
Consider the special topics of pain assessment and cultural competency. How are these nursing assessments conducted in your nursing practice? Are your assessments current and based upon contemporary evidence or are these in need of policy and procedural revision? If revision is needed, what might you suggest be changed? If you perceive the assessments are …
Caring for persons across the life span and from very diverse cultural backgrounds can present challenges in nursing practice. As you studied the ethical and legal issues related to advanced physical assessment what insights have you gained to advance your clinical reasoning? Describe knowledge gained or re-affirmed through a de-identified clinical story. Caring for …
This week you have studied mental health (psychological); urinary and reproductive systems of the male and female in advanced physical assessment. While this is a diverse set of advanced physical assessment skills where do you place your greatest level of confidence and what areas need more development. Of these areas of advanced physical assessment what …
This week you have studied neurological and musculoskeletal advanced physical assessment. While a diverse set of advanced physical assessment skills where do you place your greatest level of confidence and what areas need more development. What methods do you use to remember assessment of cranial nerves, mental status, or other important clinical assessments of persons …
As you know, abdominal pain can be a challenging patient complaint because it is frequently benign, but can also herald serious acute pathology. The history and physical examination are critical to narrowing the differential diagnosis of abdominal pain and guiding the evaluation. Acute abdominal pain frequently requires urgent investigation and management. Some patients may require …
This week you have studied advanced physical assessment of the eyes, ears, nose, throat, head, neck and skin (HEENT). Describe the classification of rashes. What additional resources for HEENT advanced health assessment skills have you found beneficial in developing your knowledge and psychomotor skills this week? Post a concept to the discussion board that you …
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Discuss why EBP is an essential component of the practice of a BSN-prepared RN. Identify two ways in which you will continue to integrate evidence into your practice and encourage it within your work environment. What obstacles could challenge this plan, and what steps will you take to minimize their impacts? Discuss why EBP is …
Post to the discussion board a planned approach to communicating with someone who speaks another language. What type of questions will you need to ask? Was there any communication issues discussed this week in Shadow Health? How does communication impact the concept of clinical reasoning in nursing? Please discuss the issues completely, citing your sources so …
Choose a quantitative research article. How to data analyze data in your research article? Now that you have reviewed the entire article, what other studies do you think need to be done in order to bring this solution into practice? Choose a quantitative research article. How were the data analyzed in your research …
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