A 92-year-old nursing home patient is brought into the emergency department with hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketotic coma (HHNC). Her fluid and…
what is acute psychosis.
Introduction what is acute psychosis. 2. symptoms of psychosis. 3. Indicate the nursing care techniques nurses can use as treatment and care for such patients. include also ways nurses can counsel and console close family members. stabilizing techniques and management methods that can be used for acute psychosis.
Is it ethical to speak to this patient in private, away from her family, and offer her the option of a secret transfusion so that nobody knows of it, or is this coercion into sinful behavior?
Case Study: Refusing Treatment A 35-year-old woman with chronic disease is admitted to your LTC facility. She has developed a problem requiring a transfusion, and if she does not receive one, she will die. Her religious beliefs preclude her from receiving blood products. After a thorough explanation by the physician, she understands that she is […]
Identify and clarify policy issues and problems, their causes, their current and future effect on the community, and how problems become part of the policy agenda
Policy Paper Objectives: Identify and clarify policy issues and problems, their causes, their current and future effect on the community, and how problems become part of the policy agenda; Explore factors involved with the issue while remaining objective; Identify key stakeholders in the issues and their relationships to possible outcomes; evaluate policy potentials and effectiveness; […]
Explain the role of variance analysis in maintaining an operating budget.
Resources: Budgets under Chief Financial Officer in the Patton-Fuller Community Hospital Virtual Organization and the Health Care Budget assignment from Week Five Part 1 – 2010 Operating Budget Review the “2009 Budget Issues – Nurses” file in the Patton-Fuller Community Hospital Virtual Organization (accessed via the University Library). This document can be found on the […]
How can these competencies for nurses be implemented into the workplace or professional nursing setting if you are not currently working?
Core Competencies for Nurses Explore the website for the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) initiative at https://www.qsen.org. How can these competencies for nurses be implemented into the workplace or professional nursing setting if you are not currently working?
Evaluate published nursing research for credibility and clinical significance related to evidence- based practice.
PURPOSE The purpose of this paper is to interpret the two articles identified as most important to the group topic. COURSE OUTCOMES This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes: CO 2: Apply research principles to the interpretation of the content of published research studies. (POs #4 and #8) CO 4: Evaluate […]
There are numerous end-of-life issues that we have all heard about in the news, but how are these laws established?
Please respond to the following: • There are numerous end-of-life issues that we have all heard about in the news, but how are these laws established? Is it okay for patients and providers to make these decisions on their own? Aren’t these privileged physician / patient decisions? Explain your responses. • How has the history […]
What role has the Older Americans Act played in initiating and funding health promotion programs for older adults?
PART 1 Medicare and Medicaid are available to older adults under certain conditions. Discuss the differences between these two major federal health insurance programs in relation to the following: eligibility coverage dual coverage What role has the Older Americans Act played in initiating and funding health promotion programs for older adults? PART 2 1) Describe […]
Which techniques for effective communication would be the most practical, as well as the most beneficial?
How to deal with conflict at work can lead to either positive or negative results in your work environment. Effective leaders consider conflict a puzzle that needs solving. Read the case study below about a work conflict, and then respond to the questions. A BSN nurse previously worked as a hospice nurse accepted a position […]
Select a health-related topic applicable to your practice setting and formulate a clinical question using the PICO (T) format.
1. Select a health-related topic applicable to your practice setting and formulate a clinical question using the PICO (T) format. 2. Identify key terms that you will use to search the literature, based on the PICO (T) elements. 3. Search for information on your formulated clinical question in each of these three databases: PubMed, CINAHL […]
What are the correlations among healthy work environment, nurses’ job satisfaction, and nurses’ job retention in a hospital setting in the United States?
Question Evidence-based synthesis on question: What are the correlations among healthy work environment, nurses’ job satisfaction, and nurses’ job retention in a hospital setting in the United States? Purpose The purpose of the project is to understand what nursing staff really wants and demand in the hospital setting in USA to satisfy their needs and […]