The interpretation of research in health care is essential to decision making. By understanding research, health care providers can identify risk factors, trends, outcomes for treatment, health care costs and best practices. To be effective in evaluating and interpreting research, the reader must first understand how to interpret the findings. You will practice article analysis in Topics 2, 3, and 5. For this assignment: […]

   A mother brings her 6-month-old daughter to the HCP for evaluation of possible colic. The mother says the baby has had many episodes of crying after eating and, despite having a good appetite, is not gaining weight. The mother says the baby’s belly “gets all swollen sometimes.” The mother says the baby tastes “salty” when the mother kisses the baby. Further work up reveals […]

 HA4300D – Healthcare Management and Supervision    Discussion 10: Negotiating  Discussion Topic Review the case at the end of Chapter 30, “Case: An Ultimatum.” What has Carl Smithers done to his own negotiating position by delivering an ultimatum? What are you going to do or suggest doing if available resources continue to forbid adding any new staff? Is there anything positive to immediately come of Smithers’ […]

 Overview This discussion board is aligned with the module objective “describe basic concepts/principles of community/public health. “As part of the discussion you will: Compare and contrast community health/public health nursing practice with hospital base nursing practice in terms of core functions and essentials services Your initial post must be posted before you can view and respond to colleagues, must contain minimum of two (2) references, […]

Instructions SOAP Note Assignment Click here to download and analyze the case study for this week. Create a SOAP note for disease prevention, health promotion, and acute care of the patient in the clinical case. Your care plan should be based on current evidence and nursing standards of care. Visit the online library and research for current scholarly evidence (no older than 5 years) to […]

Case Study, Chapter 19, Postoperative Nursing Management  1. Rita Schmidt, 74 years of age, is a female patient who was admitted to the surgical unit after undergoing removal of a section of the colon for colorectal cancer. The patient does not have a colostomy. The patient has several small abdominal incisions and a clear dressing over each site. The incisions are well approximated and the […]

     Week 1:  History and Theories of Psychopathology  The history of the diagnosis of mental disorders is fraught with examples of how cultural norms and prejudices interfere with and warp a diagnosis. The result is that normal behavior and orientations have been pathologized as an illness or disease. An example of this would be the story of Alan Turing, the famous British computer scientist of the […]

  After studying the course materials located on Module 6: Lecture Materials & Resources  (MUST USE ONLY THESE RESOURCES GIVEN BELOW)page, answer the following: Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA): How this law was created Legal definition of death, describe Define dying within context of faith, basic principle about human life Bioethical Analysis of Pain Management – Pain Relief What is the difference between Pain […]

   Nurse Julie Theo was accused of criminal disregard after she erroneously infused some unacceptable medication for a high school young lady in labor, which lead to her demise. Kimberly Hiatt was charged in the wake of making a numerical mistake that prompted an overdose of calcium chloride and the resulting passing of a fundamentally sick newborn child.    We as nurses can learn to […]

  Read Case Study. Donald the Nurse. Due Sunday by 2359 Donald is a student nurse who is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI). Donald was invited by his nursing school’s leaders and STTI to join the organization, and he accepted.  STTI is the international honor society of nursing. This organization is dedicated to supporting nursing leadership, research, and clinical excellence. STTI is […]