Which of the following terms best describes large patterns of normal cultural or social behavior, as well as laws and policy, that reinforce a given behavior within individuals?

Antonio is in the habit of eating chips and cookies and other snacks after dinner while watching TV. Recently he has begun to try to change this habit by instead either going for a walk or a run after dinner, or lifting simple hand weights and using exercise bands for strength building in front of the TV at night. Which process of change is Antonio engaging in?

What is NOT true of Ecological Models of Health Behavior?

• Why is the concept of organizational ethics important to health care organizations?
• Who should set them?
• What’s your experience with organizational ethics?
• Do you think a solid mission statement will help guide employees to act ethically? Does your organization have a mission statement and do you know it?

Case study two D.J., a 67-year-old woman, is taken to the emergency department by her daughter. D.J. reports, “I’m feeling crazy and I’m very anxious.” She is hyperventilating and visibly sweating. Laboratory tests and a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) have been ordered by the physician. She is on continuous ECG monitoring, and oxygen has been started. Baseline vital signs include the following: blood pressure (BP) of 175/105 mm Hg, pulse rate of 120 beats/minute, and respiratory rate of 34 breaths/minute. Question 1: If this patient is experiencing angina or myocardial infarction (MI), what cardiac findings are you likely to discover?

Scenario
You are the nurse working in an anticoagulation clinic. One of your patients is K.N., who has a long-standing history of an irregular heartbeat, known as atrial fibrillation or A-fib, for which he takes the oral anticoagulant warfarin. Recently K.N. had his mitral heart valve replaced with a mechanical valve.
1. How does atrial fibrillation differ from a normal heart rhythm?


2. What is the purpose of the warfarin in K.N.'s case?

CASE STUDY PROGRESS K.N. calls your anticoagulation clinic to report a nosebleed that is hard to stop. You ask him to come into the office to check his coagulation levels. The laboratory technician draws a PT/INR test.

3. What is a PT/INR test, and what are the expected levels for K.N.? What is the purpose of?
the INR?

4. When you get the results, his international normalized ratio (INR) is critical at 7.2.
What is the danger of this INR level?

The health care provider does a brief focused history and physical examination, orders additional laboratory tests, and determines that there are no signs of bleeding other than the nosebleed, which has stopped. The provider discovers that K.N. recently started to take daily doses of an over-the-counter pro ton pump inhibitor (PPI), omeprazole (Prilosec OTC), for heartburn.
5. What happened when K.N. began taking the PPI?
.
6. What should K.N. have done to prevent this problem?

The provider gives K.N. a low dose of vitamin K orally, asks him to hold his warfarin dose that evening, and asks him to come back tomorrow for another prothrombin time (PT) and INR blood draw. Why is K.N. instructed to take the vitamin K?

You want to make certain K.N. knows what "hold the next dose" means. What should you tell him?
K.N. grumbles about all the laboratory tests but agrees to follow through.
What is potential S/S of bleeding that should be taught to K.N.? (Select all that apply.)
a. Black, tarry stool
b. Stool that is pale in color
c. Paresthesia lower extremities
d. Bruising
CASE STUDY PROGRESS You know that sometimes the only needed action is to stop the warfarin several days before the surgery. Other times, the provider initiates "bridging therapy," or stops the warfarin and provides anti coagulation protection by initiating low-molecular-weight heparin. After reviewing all his anticoagulation information, the provider decides that K.N. will need to stop the warfarin 1 week before the surgery and in its place be started on enoxaparin therapy.
Which nursing interventions are appropriate when administering enoxaparin? Select all that apply.
a. Monitor activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) levels.
b. Administer via intramuscular (IM) injection into the deltoid muscle.
c. The preferred site of injection is the lateral abdominal fatty tissue.
d. Massage the area after the injection has been given.
e. Inject two inches from belly button.

D.J., a 67-year-old woman, is taken to the emergency department by her daughter. D.J. reports, “I’m feeling queasy, and I’m very anxious.” She is hyperventilating and visibly sweating. Laboratory tests and a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) have been ordered by the physician. She is on continuous ECG monitoring, and oxygen has been started. Baseline vital signs include the following: blood pressure (BP) of 175/105 mm Hg, pulse rate of 120 beats/minute, and respiratory rate of 34 breaths/minute. D.J’s diagnostic studies are completed, and the results include the following: Elevated cardiac-specific troponin I level Cholesterol level of 8.03 mmol/L Question 3 What should be included in this assessment after the diagnostic studies are completed?

1. Supposed you have a patient who has been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. She asked you not to tell the truth to her immediate family specially her daughter who is currently having her review for a licensure examination. She said that she will feel sad if she sees her child suffering from the news of her health condition. Applying the principles of deontology, what will be your decision or course of action?

Describe how you will apply your acquired knowledge out of psychology class to your patients when you start working in your medical field of your choice?
My medical field of choice is Associates of Applied Science Medical Assistant.

High and low symptoms: potassium, calcium, phosphate, magnesium, sodium ?

Define: primary & secondary infection. [3 marks] Provide a specific example to illustrate this. [2 marks]

What developments exist which indicate that marketing is bec
oming more of a primary function in healthcare organizations?

Barbara Carper introduced ways of knowing in 1978 and the description involves intuitive, empirical, ethical, and esthetic knowing. All revolving around learned knowledge and gut feelings.

Discussion questions

Examine your own intuitive process and describe your ways of knowing. Give examples of intuitive moments

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