Entries by Merit Writer

the Asian culture

the Asian culture 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 respect for […]

Pediatric Health Promotion Plan

Pediatric Health Promotion Plan A family just migrated from another country to your area and you are seeing them in the clinic for the first time. They do not speak English well. There are two children, ages 2 years 6 months and 6 years. When taking the children’s history, you become aware they have not […]

Identification Of Issue Significant To Nursing Practice

Identification Of Issue Significant To Nursing Practice The Institute of Medicine has stated a goal that 90% of practice be evidence-based by 2020.  According to HealthyPeople.gov, the United States is currently at approximately 15%. Discuss two barriers that might hold nursing practice from achieving this goal and suggest ways in which identified barriers may be […]

nursing advocacy in the clinical setting

nursing advocacy in the clinical setting Choose a patient-care situation in which the RN should intervene and advocate for the patient. An example of such a situation might be when a patient has not been given complete informed consent. Include the following in your paper: Describe the clinical situation concisely and descriptively. It can be […]

the gastrointestinal (GI) system

the gastrointestinal (GI) system The content covered so far includes the following: Subjective, objective, assessment, and plan (SOAP) notes; physical examsS; history taking; head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat (HEENT); respiratory; and cardiovascular systems, in addition to the gastrointestinal (GI) system content that we are covering this week.. This GI system content this week will […]

key responsibilities of the nurse educator

key responsibilities of the nurse educator Discussion Question: Student assessment and evaluation are key responsibilities of the nurse educator. These processes provide students information for the student to improve and enhance performance. Evaluation of the student is often conducted at the end of a course, as an afterthought, and some consider this to be a […]