Assignment: Asthma and Stepwise Management Asthma is a respiratory disorder that affects children and adults. Advanced practice nurses often provide treatment to patients with these disorders. Sometimes patients require immediate treatment making it essential that you recognize and distinguish minor asthma symptoms from serious, life-threatening symptoms. Since...
Discussion: Pharmacotherapy for Respiratory Disorders To the untrained ear, most coughs sound the same. However, as you might recall from past clinical experiences, a simple cough can lead to a patient diagnosis of a common cold, pneumonia, or even a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although...
Assignment 1: Differential Diagnosis for Skin Conditions Properly identifying the cause and type of a patient’s skin condition involves a process of elimination known as differential diagnosis. Using this process, a health professional can take a given set of physical abnormalities, vital signs, health assessment findings,...
Choose a program in your state or local government. What type of training program would you institute that addressed ethical decision-making? Is there one already? If so, what are the components? Are there “best practices” that you would like to see included? Would you require...
Examine the tension between theory and practice. For example, books may explain how decisions should be made; however, reality and human nature dictates how they are made. Find examples on how a governmental body has made a decision or taken an action that you would...
Assignment: In Week 8, your final paper will be a report on a public management issue of your choice. However, regardless your choice, the professor must approve the topic. This paper will be in the format of a report and will NOT be an advocacy paper. Use...
Assignment: The Impact of Standardized Nursing Terminology Among the Resources in this module is the Rutherford (2008) article Standardized Nursing Language: What Does It Mean for Nursing Practice? In this article, the author recounts a visit to a local hospital to view the recent implementation of...
The Culture of Quality at Arnold Palmer Hospital Founded in 1989, Arnold Palmer Hospital is one of the largest hospitals for women and children in the U.S., with 431 beds in two facilities totaling 676,000 square feet. Located in downtown Orlando, Florida, and named after its...
Assignment 1: Differential Diagnosis for Skin Conditions Properly identifying the cause and type of a patient’s skin condition involves a process of elimination known as differential diagnosis. Using this process, a health professional can take a given set of physical abnormalities, vital signs, health assessment findings,...
DISCUSSION 4 Your patient is prescribed duloxetine (Cymbalta) for the treatment of their chronic musculoskeletal pain. The patient Googles this medication and finds out that it is an anti-depressant. They call the clinic and ask you "why did the provider prescribe me this medication? I do...