An Alzheimer’s patient strikes you in the face and breaks your nose. You strike back to defend yourself and you injure the patient. What are the ethical and legal implications? Can you file a claim for workers’ compensation because you received an injury while working? What are the patients’ rights?

The Affordable Care Act is the expansion of socialized medicine beyond traditional Medicare and Medicaid. Should the United States adopt a universal health care policy like that of other industrialized nations?

How do regulatory and allocative policies shape healthcare in America.

How is a stacked bar chart different than the one-variable and two variable bar charts? How are they similar?

STUDY GUIDE FOR FINAL NUR 235

75 questions

Normal VS values, What would change the VS? Reasons for hypertension vs hypotension. Know orthostatic hypotension.

Transfers and positions. Ex: moving patients up in bed.

Pain scales, why used, how to use them.

Health history, What and how to ask questions? Review of systems

Rapid assessment vs routine assessment.

Levels of prevention; primary, secondary and tertiary.

Terms: urticaria, pruritis, inflammation, edema, tachycardia, bradycardia, tachypnea, bradypnea, hyperventilation, hypoventilation, nocturia, hematuria, dysuria, anuria

Assessment techniques: Inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation

Tools: Braden scale, Glascow, mini-mental, ABCDE tool

One math conversion question regarding weight.

Skin Assessment: Edema, scale for pitting edema, what to assess on skin.

EENT assessment, hearing, eyes, ears nose and mouth, terms of abnormalities with hearing, vision

Head Neck and Face, lymph node assessment

Respiratory assessment-abnormal/adventitious lung sounds, pulse oximetry

Cardiac assessment: landmarks, know basic EKG and basic abnormal rhythms from class

Abdominal assessment, contour/shapes of abdomens, how to assess

Musculoskeletal—ROM of all joints including neck and spine, normal ranges of all joints

Neurological—Reflexes, brain function, LOC, orientation, mini-mental, cranial nerves

Identify and discuss one current issue that is impacting healthcare systems in the USA and how this issue might have impacted existing strategic plans of healthcare organizations and cause organizations to implement contingency plans or change plans. Give examples to help you explain your answer.

The marathon runner needs what types of fuel? Why? The weight lifter hoping to gain strength needs what type of fuel? Why? What happens to protein needs for both? Fluid needs?

PLZ type the answer do not use handwriting

Explain the differences between fee for service and pay for performance? Include why you think some health providers resistant to one or the other?

(b) Who stands to benefit from pay for performance approaches in health service delivery? Explain your position.  

• Identify 5 generally acceptable qualities of leadership in healthcare and briefly describe each.

• Identify 4 generally acceptable management functions and briefly describe each

• Identify 3 generally acceptable management skills and briefly describe each.

Ingestion of carbonated soft drinks, coffee and tea instead of water has caused the American public to be chronically dehydrated. Research the thirst mechanism and discuss the impact of this dehydration on the overall health of a person.

Research the many causes of chronic renal failure. What is the connection between the causative agent and damage to the kidney be specific. discuss the current treatments, Including their advantages and disadvantage for instance dialysis removes waste products from the body. does ir also remove substances that are needed? if so, which ones and how are these issues dealt with medically?

For each medication below list the following information

Classification

Mechanism of action

Purpose/ use

Significant Side Effects / Adverse Reactions

Nursing Implications

Discuss the pathophysiology of congenital hypothyroidism and the therapeutic management

cyanobacteria = Describe how a patient with this disease is managed from a medical perspective, covering the following points: - Is there a specific treatment for this disease (eg. an antibiotic) and if so, how well does it work? If there is no treatment, how should the patient be managed? - What is the expected outcome after treatment (eg. would you expect the patient to be fully cured, or can there be long-term damage as a result of the disease, etc.) - What types of infection control measures must be used if this patient is hospitalized or in your care (ie. measures to protect both yourself and others in a health care facility)? Does this patient pose any special risk in the hospital or the community?