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Statistics for Health Professions

Statistics for Health Professions MA3010 – Statistics for Health Professions Discussion 03.1: Evaluating your Measurement Tool   Answer both of the following questions in your initial post: 1. Illness Prevalence: The number of cases of illness in a population is referred to as its prevalence.  Comment on what a high illness prevalence does to the […]

Obstetric/Gynecologic (OB/GYN) history

Obstetric/Gynecologic (OB/GYN) history Scenario You are a registered nurse (RN) working in a Women’s OB/GYN Clinic. Elizabeth Jones, 37 years old, presents to the prenatal clinic after missing her last 2 menstrual cycles. Her home pregnancy test was positive. An ultrasound at the clinic confirms pregnancy. Gestational age is calculated to be 10 weeks. An […]

Healthcare Management

HA4521D – Healthcare Management Capstone Discussion 03.1: Case Study 24 Answer Discussion Questions 2, 4, 5, in Case 24 and post your answers to the discussion forum. Discuss these questions with your peers. 2.What are the management issues that need to be addressed in the case? 4.Should the nurse have questioned giving this large amount […]

Features of Ideological Reasoning

Features of Ideological Reasoning Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Textbook: Chapter 13 Lesson Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook) Introduction At the very end of Chapter 13, there is a Group Exercise that asks: What ideals would you go to war to defend? We are not going […]

barriers to healthcare access for clients from one culture

barriers to healthcare access for clients from one culture Topic: Discuss barriers to healthcare access for clients from one culture. You must select one culture (Cuban, Native American, Indian, Haitian, etc.) and discuss the barriers to access healthcare for this culture members. Minimum 150 words At least 2 cited references (one must be the course […]

Coronary artery disease

Coronary artery disease Analyze the increased complexity of care among older adults. Your supervisor needs to make sure that each of the in-service topics will be covered by someone, so she is asking the staff to communicate their topic preference. Below is the list of problems your supervisor wants the nursing staff to be able […]

undesirable health care practices and behaviors

 undesirable health care practices and behaviors Response #1 Behaviorism Gwen Hanna Working on the neurology/neurosurgery floor for three years provided me the opportunity to see. And observe undesirable health care practices and behaviors. At the same time, it gave me the chance to correct them. One undesirable practice that nurses often leave unnoticed is giving post-operative […]

use of a urinary catheter

use of a urinary catheter The focus of my practice problem is Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI). And it is based in my local community hospital, in a 30-bed step-down unit. It is estimated that 35%-40% of all hospital-acquired infections are caused by CAUTI-related deaths annually in the United States and between 15%-25% of hospitalized […]

Disorders of Thought, Emotion, and Memory

Disorders of Thought, Emotion, and Memory Case Study7, Chapter 18, Disorders of Thought, Emotion, and Memory Norris, T. (2019). Porth’s Pathophysiology: Concepts of Altered Health States. 10th Ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ; No references needed,   Ella is 88 years old and was living at home until very recently. Her children, who […]

Self Assessment

Self Assessment Minimum – 3 typewritten pages Maximum – 6 typewritten pages To include all of the following: a. What brought you into nursing? I wanted to do something in my career that is challenging, interesting, and makes a difference in people’s lives daily. In the nursing profession, you deal with many aspects of patient […]