In the Asian culture, there is often a belief that terminally ill patients should not be informed about their prognosis. Would you respect the cultural practice and not inform a patient about the prognosis? Is there a way for health care providers to balance the patient’s right to know with …
Name and write the location of the five traditionally designated auscultatory areas and explain why it is heard there. A pregnant patient (32 weeks’ gestation) is having difficulty with dependent edema and painful varicosities. What can you suggest to help this patient’s problem and explain rationale?
Define, Compare and Contrast the following conditions: Fibrocystic breast disease Fibroadenoma Malignant breast tumor
Post an explanation of your choice of a nursing specialty within the program (Psychiatry NP-PMHNP). Describe any difficulties you had (or are having) in making your choice, and the factors that drove/are driving your decision. Identify at least one professional organization affiliated with your chosen specialty and provide details on becoming …
Mr. T is a 21-year-old man who is brought to the ER by his mother after he began talking about “aliens” who were trying to steal his soul. Mr. T reports that aliens left messages for him by arranging sticks outside his home and sometimes send thoughts into his mind. he …
Discuss the role of the nurse practitioner (NP) as a multidisciplinary team member in healthcare practice. Identify the specific role of the NP to enhance research and evidence-based practice in this team. How does the NP role provide improved outcomes on an interdisciplinary team? Provide two references to this review
When is it appropriate to use standard precautions as opposed to sterile precautions while taking care of your patient and why?
Compare the primary care NP role with other APN roles. What are the similarities among the roles, what are the differences, and how would you communicate the role to a healthcare provider and a consumer
Conduct a search of online immunology websites that relate to three major classes of cancer immunotherapies . Choose a website , and write a research report of one to two paragraphs (150-300 words) describing the site or area relevant to the chapters from this module that you found interesting .
Scenario 2: A 49-year-old patient with rheumatoid arthritis comes into the clinic with a chief complaint of a fever. Patient’s current medications include atorvastatin 40 mg at night, methotrexate 10 mg po every Friday morning and prednisone 5 mg po qam. He states that he has had a fever up …
