Discuss the safety and effectiveness of alternative and complementary medicine for the treatment of specific illnesses such as cancer, diabetes, and hypertension. Would you have any conflicts/concerns supporting a patient who choose holistic/allopathic medicine? Submission Instructions: Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from … Read more
The advanced practice nurse is updating the plan of care of nursing home patients with hypertension. Briefly describe the therapeutic actions of drugs affecting blood pressure (diuretics, ACE inhibitors, ARBs, CCB, sympathetic nervous system drugs). What important teaching points should be addressed for patients receiving antihypertensive drugs? Submission Instructions: Your initial post should be … Read more
Ms. Jones brings 6-week-old Sam to the clinic because of a bright red rash in the diaper area that has gotten worse since she started putting over-the-counter antibiotic cream on it 3 days ago. Sam is diagnosed with diaper Candida or a yeast infection. Clotrimazole (Lotrimin) topical TID for 14 days to the diaper … Read more
Accountability This discussion is based on a story of an 18-month old named Josie King that lost her life because of a medical error. Josie’s mother used the settlement money to create the Josie King Foundation to help reduce the mortality rate by encouraging hospitals to adopt patient-safety programs. Read the Josie’s Story Teaches Hospitals How … Read more
· Read chapter 14 about Dorothea Orem’s Theory: “Self-Care Deficit Theory of Nursing” and look for at least one article online about her theory. · Give your own Opinion about her theory, provide your own definitions for: Self-Care, Dependent-Care, Self-care deficit and Dependent-Care deficit. · Use APA format · Provide at least two references, one … Read more
. Differentiate and describe the pathophysiology between a healthy arterial vessel vs. endothelial vessel dysfunction. 2. Describe three to four hormonal and baroceptor mechanisms affecting cardiovascular vessel disease when educating patients on lifestyle modifications as first line therapy for the treatment of CAD. ( refer to page 1047 McCance)
For this assignment, you will prepare an 8 – 10 slide PowerPoint presentation summarizing a type of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Aromatherapy When you prepare your PowerPoint, be sure that the viewer will know the following six (6) items: What the Aromatherapy practice actually is. Who are its practitioners. How it is typically used. Why … Read more
You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts. Your responses must be substantive and not just agreeing with someone’s work. You need to add by explaining more, refuting a point or correcting a point. a minimum of 150 words and one reference with in … Read more
SCENARIO – Lois, who is in the last stages of breast cancer, was recently admitted into a hospice program. Her husband Henry, is relieved to have a hospice nurse come into their home and help with the care of his wife. After Lois had been receiving care for a week, Henry asked when he should … Read more
Read the EBP resource of the competency summaries attached below and use it to answer the question. Discuss how QSEN is dealing with the problems that were originally identified in the book, ‘To err is human’. You need not write a report only a summary of what catches your eye as a good idea and … Read more