Category: Nursing

Now that you’ve read about what Technical Writing is, it’s time to put those concepts to use by exploring and analyzing an increasingly common form of technical writing: Infographics. Infographics are visual representations of data, knowledge, or processes designed to make information easily understandable. Conduct a Google Image search for infographics related in some way to nursing or healthcare. Tip: Search the term “infographic” along with a literally any healthcare or nursing-related term you’re interested in. For example, try “infographic NCLEX,” “nursing infographic ER,” or “nursing infographic pain management.” Choose one infographic and analyze it against the characteristics for good technical writing in this week’s reading. Write up your analysis into a document and submit it via this page to complete the assignment.  For easy reference, here again are the 6 characteristics from the reading:  Focus on audience Rhetorical, persuasive, purposeful, and problem-oriented  Professional  Design Centered  Research and Technology Oriented  Ethical  Your analysis should assess how well the infographic you’ve chosen achieves the characteristics above. If it falls short in any of these categories, explain why. Your document should:  Include an image of the infographic you chose, along with a full APA reference. Here’s a page that tells you how to create a reference for an infographicLinks to an external site.. https://libguides.easternflorida.edu/c.php?g=992758&p=7183083
Be 12pt, Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins, double spaced.  Be 3-4 paragraphs long (with a minimum of 3 sentences per paragraph). 

Hello wonderful writer, this is a senior capstone project for my nursing class, that’s broken 
into 3 parts. This is assignment #1 of the capstone. It’s a paper written in APA 7th edition
format with 2-3 references. I will attach the rubric and that’s all you’ll need to go by. I’ll give a big tip and a wonderful 5 star review for the writer who can do the job. Thanks!!

Interview a nurse manager to explore the external factors that influence decision making such as health policy, regulatory requirements, accreditation, and health care financing.
Provide an overview of the role of the nurse manager interviewed. Summarize the information from the interview (do not report the interview question by question)
Perceptions related to impact on health policy on decision. Perceptions related to impact of regulatory agencies on decision making. Perceptions related to impact of health care financing on decision making.
Analysis of the interview supported by the literature.

For this Discussion, you will take on the role of a clinician who is building a health history for one of the following cases. Your instructor will assign you your case number.
Chief              Complaint
(CC) 
A 25-year-old
Hispanic female, computer programmer presents to your clinic complaining of a
12-day history of a runny nose
Subjective
States that her symptoms began about 12 days
ago. She suffers from allergies; she gets a          runny nose during the
spring-time, pollen season. However, in the winter, her allergies are not a
problem.
Objective Data
VS
(BP) 115/75, (P) 89, (RR) 16, (T) 100.4°F
(38°C), O2 sat 98% on room air
General
No signs of acute distress. Patient appears
mildly fatigued. She is breathing through her mouth. Breathing easily. Voice
has a nasal quality to it.
HEENT
Ear canals: normal;
EYES: normal;
NOSE: Bilateral erythema and edema of turbinates
with significant yellow drainage on the right. Nares: Obstructed air passages
Respiratory
CTA AP&L
Neck/            Throat
Posterior pharynx: mildly injected, scant
postnasal drainage (PND), no exudate, tonsils 1+, no
cobblestoning
Heart
Regular rate and rhythm, no murmur, S3, or S4
answer the following questions:
What other subjective data would you obtain?
What other objective findings would you look for?
What diagnostic exams do you want to order?
Name 3 differential diagnoses based on this patient presenting symptoms?
Give rationales for your each differential diagnosis.
Submission Instructions:Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited i  n current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. 

Discussion 4
Gastrointestinal Function:
R.H. is a 74-year-old black woman, who presents to the family practice clinic for a scheduled appointment. She complains of feeling bloated and constipated for the past month, some-times going an entire week with only one bowel movement. Until this episode, she has been very regular all of her life, having a bowel movement every day or every other day. She reports straining most of the time and it often takes her 10 minutes at a minimum to initiate a bowel movement. Stools have been extremely hard. She denies pain during straining. A recent colonoscopy was negative for tumors or other lesions. She has not yet taken any medications to provide relief for her constipation. Furthermore, she reports frequent heartburn (3–4 times each week), most often occur-ring soon after retiring to bed. She uses three pillows to keep herself in a more upright position during sleep. On a friend’s advice, she purchased a package of over-the-counter aluminum hydroxide tablets to help relieve the heartburn. She has had some improvement since she began taking the medicine. She reports using naproxen as needed for arthritic pain her hands and knees. She states that her hands and knees are extremely stiff when she rises in the morning. Because her arthritis has been getting worse, she has stopped taking her daily walks and now gets very little exercise.
Case Study Questions
In your own words define constipation and name the risk factors that might lead to develop constipation. List recommendations you would give to a patient who is suffering from constipation. You might use a previous experience you might have.
Based on the clinical manifestations on R.H. case study, name and explain signs and symptoms presented that are compatible with the constipation diagnosis. Complement your list with signs and symptoms not present on the case study.
Sometimes as an associate diagnosis and a complication, patients with constipation could have anemia. Would you consider that possibility based on the information provided on the case study?
Endocrine Function:
C.B. is a significantly overweight, 48-year-old woman from the Winnebago Indian tribe who had high blood sugar and cholesterol levels three years ago but did not follow up with a clinical diagnostic work-up. She had participated in the state’s annual health screening program and noticed that her fasting blood sugar was 141 and her cholesterol was 225. However, she felt “perfectly fine at the time” and could not afford any more medications. Except for a number of “female infections,” she has felt fine until recently. Today, she presents to the Indian Hospital general practitioner complaining that her left foot has been weak and numb for nearly three weeks and that the foot is difficult to flex. She denies any other weakness or numbness at this time. However, she reports that she has been very thirsty lately and gets up more often at night to urinate. She has attributed these symptoms to the extremely warm weather and drinking more water to keep hydrated. She has gained a total of 65 pounds since her last pregnancy 14 years ago, 15 pounds in the last 6 months alone.
Case Study Questions
In which race and ethnic groups is DM more prevalent? Based on C.B. clinical manifestations, please compile the signs and symptoms that she is exhibiting that are compatible with the Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 diagnosis.
If C.B. develop a bacterial pneumonia on her right lower lobe, how would you expect her Glycemia values to be? Explain and support your answer.
What would be the best initial therapy non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic to be recommended to C.B?
Submission Instructions:
You must complete both case studies.
Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. 

After studying Module 3: Lecture Materials & Resources, discuss the following:
List factors that predispose Eskimos to risk as a result of the consumption of large quantities of sugar.
Analyze different strategies useful in communicating with the Japanese American family.
When caring for a Russian American client, for the most part, at what distance would a Russian patient feel at most ease? 
Submission Instructions:
Incorporate a minimum of 2 current (published within the last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work. Journal articles should be referenced according to the current APA style (the online library has an abbreviated version of the APA Manual).

Instructions: 
Based on your experiences and readings, analyze the roles, empowerment of patients, and values needed to be an effective nurse advocate and policy player.
Discuss the APN role as a change agent. 
Provide an example of a time that you have acted as an advocate or a situation that you are familiar with that involved an APN acting as an advocate.
Additionally, address how the APN role is implemented at an organizations, state, and national level.
The text discusses the limited evidence base for the credibility of advocacy, in your opinion does it work?
Why or why not? Support your thoughts with evidence.
Responses need to address all components of the question, demonstrate critical thinking and analysis, and include peer reviewed journal evidence to support the student’s position.
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Bertha is a 71-year-old woman who takes daily medication for Hashimoto thyroiditis. Last winter, she developed pneumonia. Although she did her best to run errands for her husband, she got tired easily and needed to rest frequently. One day, after shoveling the snow outside, her husband came inside to find Bertha lying on the sofa covered in blankets. Her face appeared puffy and her eyelids hung. When he spoke to her, Bertha’s voice was hoarse and her words did not make sense to him. Her respirations were also shallow and slow. Suspecting low thyroid hormone levels were causing the signs, her husband called for an ambulance.
Questions:
1. Describe the disease
2. Explain the pathphysiology of the diease
3.Etiology/risk/incidence
4. Clinical Manifestations
5. Clinical mangement (diagnostics/treatment)
6. When testing for hypothyroidism, why is the free T4 level an important measurement? What would the TSH and T4 test results indicate in someone with primary hypothyroidism?
7. Using your knowledge of the function of thyroid hormone in the body, explain why Bertha’s respiratory rate was decreased? Why might pleural effusion be present in someone with hypothyroidism?
8. What factors in Bertha’s history leave her susceptible to myxedematous coma? What are the physiologic aspects involved in myxedematous coma?

-500 words per discussion
-2 sources per discussion
– Do not use the same references for the discussions as it creates a high percentage similarity in Turnitin

Create a four- to five-minute PowerPoint presentation breakdown of the case study.
Mr. Smith is a 67-year-old male with no significant medical history. He has a family history of heart disease; his brother and father both experienced cardiac disease that required surgical intervention under the age of 50. He is married, has two grown children, and is close to retirement. He goes yearly for a physical, gets the annual flu shot, and had the pneumococcal vaccine three years ago. He is up to date with his tetanus toxoid vaccine. He received his last one two years ago
provide an overview of the disease process for Pneumonia using the Framework of Pathophysiology to describe the following:  
Etiology 
Pathogenesis 
Clinical manifestations (including stages and clinical course) 
Treatment implications 
Mr Smith Pneumonia case study: 
He is anxious at times and is uncomfortable during therapy. He is grumpy at times and does not like to use his incentive spirometer.
After a few days at home, he develops a raspy cough, expiratory wheezes, and is unable to clear secretions. Throughout the day, he is lethargic and fatigued but dismisses the symptoms.
Later, he is short of breath and unable to walk more than a few feet.
His wife calls the physician’s office and is told to take him to the ED.
Vitals on arrival:
BP 190/94 
HR 106 
RR 32 
O2: 88% 
T: 38.7