NRS 434VN

Describe the effect of extremely low birth weight babies on the family and community. Consider short-term and long-term impacts, socioeconomic implications, the need for ongoing care, and comorbidities associated with prematurity. Explain how disparities relative to ethnic and cultural groups may contribute to low birth weight babies. Identify one support service within your community to assist with preterm infants and their families and explain how the service adequately addresses the need...

There are different models concerning health and illness.The term health, and illness, is concepts that are subject to continuous change and frequent evaluation. Change means to be or cause to be different, or to alter the course of an experience. Change occurs naturally and can be induced experimentally or clinically.WHO definition links health with well-being and visualized health as a human right that requires physical and social resource to maintain. Well-being refers to a positive state of ...

Topic 5 DQ 2 What learning theory do you see as the foundation for this course? Support your response with literature and with examples. I believe that the learning theory that best represents the foundation of this course to be Kathryn Patricia Cross’s Characteristics of Adults as Learners (CAL) model. Two classes of variables, personal characteristics and situational characteristics are what the model consist of. Personal characteristics include: aging, life phases, and developmental s...

Topic 5 DQ 1 Describe the characteristics of the aging process. Explain how some of the characteristics may lead to elder abuse (memory issues, vulnerability, etc.). Discuss the types of consideration a nurse must be mindful of while performing a health assessment on a geriatric patient as compared to a middle-aged adult. Aging is an inevitable process of life. As the body gets older, it starts to tend to lose its functionality and as a result we see changes in our body. When we assess our...

For the middle-aged adult, exercise can reduce the risk of various health problems. Choose two at-risk health issues that regular physical exercise and activity can help prevent and manage. Discuss the prevalence of each of these health problems in society today. Describe measures that you would take as a nurse to assist clients with health promotion measures to incorporate exercise and physical activity into their lives. Include the kind of activities you would recommend, the amount of ex...

Topic 3 DQ 1 Adolescent pregnancy is viewed as a high-risk situation because it poses serious health risks for the mother and the baby. Describe various risk factors or precursors to adolescent pregnancy. Research community and state resources devoted in adolescent pregnancy and describe at least two of these resources. Research the teen pregnancy rates for the last 10 years for your state and community. Has this rate increased or decreased? Discuss possible reasons for an increase or de...

Topic 4 DQ 1 You are admitting a 19-year old female college student to the hospital for fevers. Using the patient information provided, choose a culture unfamiliar to you and describe what would be important to remember while you interview this patient. Discuss the health care support systems available in your community for someone of this culture. If no support systems are available in your community, identify a national resource. As a nurse in Southern California we are tasked to care fo...

Topic 2 DQ 2 Compare the physical assessment of a child to that of an adult. In addition to describing the similar/different aspects of the physical assessment, explain how the nurse would offer instruction during the assessment, how communication would be adapted to offer explanations, and what strategies the nurse would use to encourage engagement. There are significant physical and developmental differences between infants and children, adolescents, adults and the aging adult. When comp...

Topic 2 DQ 1 Child abuse and maltreatment is not limited to a particular age—it can occur in the infant, toddler, preschool, and school-age years. Choose one of the four age groups and outline the types of abuse most commonly seen among children of that age. Describe warning signs and physical and emotional assessment findings the nurse may see that could indicate child abuse. Discuss cultural variations of health practices that can be misidentified as child abuse. Describe the reporting...