Module 09 Discussion – Mental Healthcare for Adolescence & Children Scenario Ryan is a 12 year old diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD). As a small child, Ryan was first diagnosed with Attention Deficit, Hyperactivity Disorder. He had just started preschool and was unable to remain in one place for more than a minute or two. His parents had already had a very difficult […]

  Diabetes and Drug Treatments Photo Credit: [Mark Hatfield]/[iStock / Getty Images Plus]/Getty Images Each year, 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes (American Diabetes Association, 2019). If left untreated, diabetic patients are at risk for several alterations, including heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, neuropathy, and blindness. There are various methods for treating diabetes, many of which include some form of drug therapy. The type […]

  Lumbar surgical would exploration and debridement and packing. Anesthesia: General.  Details of the Procedure: Under suitable administered general anesthesia, the patient was placed in the prone position with all pressure points suitable padded. The patients draining wound was reopened and the dissection went up to the fascia, and the skeletal muscle. A thorough exploration was performed to see if there was any sinus draining, either deep […]

Maintaining patients’ skin integrity decreases hospital-acquired infection rates and reduces patients’ length of stay. Respond in one well-developed paragraph. Complete the Pieper Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test. Check your answers against the answer key. Provide your score and, in no more than one paragraph, develop three to five objectives that will help you enhance your knowledge about providing safe care to patients who may have challenges […]

  Diversity has a significant influence on health care. Studying transcultural health care helps health professionals understand different cultures in order to provide holistic and individualized health care. Review the Purnell Model for Cultural Competence, including the theory, framework and 12 domains. Write 750-1,000-word paper exploring the Purnell Model for Cultural Competence. Include the following: Explain culturally sensitive care and its application within health care. […]

To support your work, use your course and text readings as well as the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format. Patient or lay person medical information portals such as webMD, Medscape, Mayo Clinic, or any disease foundations, such as the arthritis foundation or the diabetic foundation, are not […]

  The ability to communicate, interact with different cultures, and think critically is essential in the medical field. The interactive media scenario you will use for this assignment illustrates a situation that could easily arise when working in health care. To complete this assignment, access the “Allied Health Community” media link in the study materials and complete the following: Click “Enter” to begin. Click on […]

Here is this week’s discussion The thesis statement is ONE sentence that incorporates the criteria of (1) topic, (2) claim, and (3) specifics. Review the information on the different types of thesis statements in the reading materials for Module 4 and share four aspects with your classmates that you learned about writing and developing a thesis sentence for your paper. Here is this week’s assignment […]

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   Case Study: 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 workup […]