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Aging Process Nutrition Across the Lifespan: Teaching About Breastfeeding (Active Learning Template - Basic Concept, RM Nutrition 6.0 Chp. 7) o Infants should receive breast milk for the first six to twelve months of age. o Incidence of otitis media, type 1 and 2 DM, obesity, leukemia, lymphoma, and GI and respiratory disorders are reduced. o Breast milk can be stored in the fridge for ten days or freezer for 6 months. Nutrition Across the Lifespan: Teaching About Nutrition for a Presc...

Assignment, Delegation and Supervision o Managing Client Care: Appropriate Assignment for Assistive Personnel  The AP can obtain vital signs on patients who are not in critical conditions, but if a critical finding or value is to be found, the nurse should be notified.  The AP can obtain intake and output of the patient. The AP should notified the nurse if the output is less than 30 mL/hr unless there is a exception to the client such as the patient is on dialysis where some of them...

Case Management o Cancer Disorders: Discharge Teaching Following a Modified Radical Mastectomy  Report numbness, pain, heaviness, or impaired motor function of the affected arm to the surgeon.  Avoid placing the arm on the surgical side in a dependent position. It can interfere with wound healing.  Do not wear constrictive clothing and avoid cuts and injuries to the affected arm. o Cancer Treatment Options: Priority Finding When Updating the Plan of Care  When the ANC is le...

Asthma is caused airway hyperresponsiveness characterized by bronchoconstriction and airway edema in response to exposure of a variety of stimuli including allergins and irritants. In acute asthma, bronchial smooth muscle contract as a response to allergins or irritants which leads to a narrowing of the airway, thus limiting the airflow. Furthermore, inflammation activates goblet cells to secret mucuous, increasing airway edema and formation of mucus plugs which further increases narrowing o...

of Individuals, Families, and Groups Student Name: James Neighbors Date: 06/01/2018 Unit: Adult NURSING CARE PLAN DOCUMENTATION Assignment (2nd Clinical Day) Students are responsible for thoroughly assessing their patient in order to provide safe care during current and future clinical experiences. Students are responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating their own nursing interventions each day during their assigned rotation. Provide supporting behavioral examples for any c...

Individual Performance Profile Proficiency Level Level 2 Mean National 63.2% Program 62.1% Percentile Rank National 95 Program 95 Show all topics to review ON OFF Content Area Topics to Review Total # Questions Individual Score Safety and Infection Control 1 6 Psychosocial Integrity 0 1 Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies 10 53 Individual Performance in the Major Content Areas Test Date: 12/11/2017 # of Questions: 60 Individual Name: Lauren Brock Student Numbe...

Objectives  Apply the public health nursing process to families. (Measured in virtual experience)  Examine the impact of health disparities on health; barriers and facilitators to adequate healthcare, community assets/resources for improving health from an ethical perspective. (Measured in curricula)  Evaluate evidence-based community health/public health nursing interventions to address health disparities in a given population, emphasizing the roles of advocate and collaborator....

Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ – 9) – Depression Screening The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ – 9) depression screening tool is widely used in screening patients for depression in nonpsychiatric settings (Manea, Gilbody, & McMillan, 2015). It integrates DSM-IV depression diagnostic criteria with other leading major depressive symptoms into a short self-report tool. The screening rates the frequency of the symptoms, whole factoring the scoring severity index. One of the most impo...

Research screening tools for depression and anxiety.  Choose one screening tool for depression and one screening tool for anxiety that you feel are appropriate to screen KB.  Explain why you chose that particular tool for KB.  Score KB based on the information provided (not all data may be provided). Include what questions could be scored, and your chosen score. Assume that any question topics not mentioned are not a concern at this time. The screening tool chosen for depression ...

A 17-year-old male patient with athlete’s foot is extremely upset that he cannot get rid of it. He calls the clinic and asks the nurse whether the doctor can give him an antibiotic to cure the infection. What should the nurse include in the explanation of treatment for fungal infections? A) Fungi differ from bacteria in that the fungus has flexible cell walls that allow for free transfer into and out of the cell. B) Protective layers contain sterols, which change the membrane permeability...

The nurse explains why viruses are so difficult to treat when making what statement? A) Viruses are contained inside the human cell and cannot be destroyed without destroying the cell. B) Release of interferons by the host cell makes the virus replicate more quickly allowing the virus to spread. C) Drugs exist to treat all viral infections but they carry serious adverse effects and the benefit often does not outweigh the risk. D) Individual antiviral drugs are often effective in treating m...

A 32-year-old female patient is admitted to the floor with a superinfection. Her orders read tigecycline (Tygacil) 100 mg IV followed by 50 mg IV every 12 hours infused over 30 to 60 minutes for 5 days. What would be important for the nurse to educate this patient about? A) Analgesics B) Antihistamines C) Contraceptives D) Decongestants Ans: C Feedback: Many antibiotics interfere with the effectiveness of oral contraceptives and unplanned pregnancies can occur. Women should be advised t...

What part of the neuron carries information into the neuron from other neurons? A) Axon B) Dendrite C) Nucleus D) Soma Ans: B Feedback: Dendrites carry information to the nerve and axons; they also carry information from a nerve to be transmitted to effector cells, which are found in muscles, glands, or another nerve. Soma refers to the cell body. The nucleus is the central part of a cell, which is responsible for the cell’s growth, reproduction, and metabolism. 2. When a neuron is ...

A patient is admitted to the emergency department with severe recurrent convulsive seizures. What drug would the nurse expect to be ordered for use in emergency control of status epilepticus? A) Phenytoin (Dilantin) B) Diazepam (Valium) C) Phenobarbital (Luminal) D) Ethosuximide (Zarontin) Ans: C Feedback: Phenobarbital is used for emergency control of status epilepticus. This barbiturate inhibits impulse conduction in the ascending reticular activating system (RAS), depresses the cereb...

The patient has had cevimeline (Evoxac) prescribed. What would be an appropriate dosing schedule for the nurse to administer this drug? A) Once a day B) Twice a day C) Three times a day D) Every 4 hours Ans: C Feedback: Cevimeline should be given three times a day with meals. Once or twice a day dosing would cause a decrease in therapeutic effects of the drug and every 4 hours could lead to toxicity. 2. A student asks the pharmacology instructor to describe the function of a cholinergi...

A patient has been diagnosed with hairy cell leukemia. The patient is to begin taking interferon alfa 2b. What will the nurse include in her instructions to the patient concerning this drug? A) Avoid drinking alcohol while taking the drug. B) Continue to maintain maximal physical activity. C) Increase fluid intake while taking the drug. D) Treat constipation with over-the-counter laxatives. Ans: C Feedback: Interferon alfa 2b is metabolized in the kidney so adequate fluid intake is needed...

Multiple Choice Questions 1. At the date of an acquisition which is not a bargain purchase, the acquisition method A. consolidates the subsidiary's assets at fair value and the liabilities at book value. B. consolidates all subsidiary assets and liabilities at book value. C. consolidates all subsidiary assets and liabilities at fair value. D. consolidates current assets and liabilities at book value, long-term assets and liabilities at fair value. E. consolidates the subsidiary's as...

In the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) interprofessional teams are present, alive, and well. case managers are available to assist patients with discharge needs, social workers assist the case managers by searching out community resources and assisting in arrangements for durable medical equipment and servies. Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Therapy are involved in the care of ICU patients, especially after prolonged ventilator use, in order to assess patient’s physical stren...

As an acute clinician nurse we perform dialysis treatments on patients in the hospital setting. We utilize primary team care model and it allows us to provide optimal direct highest care to our clients with great level of autonomy and quality. As part of a team care we collaborate together with primary nurse, nephrologists and other interdisciplinary teams to provide best quality of care to maximize optimal clinical outcomes. Moreover, providing care based on Compassion, Advocacy, Resilienc...

Health Bill H.R. 2581: Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2019  Presented in this bill are ratios of safe care to be established that “provides adequate, appropriate, and quality delivery of health care services and protects patient safety; and is consistent with the requirements of this title”. These ratios include:  1:1 trauma emergency units.  1:1 operating room units, provided that a minimum of 1 additional person serves as a sc...