1. Identify key changes during the toddler period and determine it's key physiologic basis.
2. Identify the immediate care and assessment to a newly delivered baby.
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Does our public health infrastructure need improvement or enhancements (more money)?
2. What is the risk of not investing in public health infrastructure?
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2. The incidence of Atrial fibrillation increase with age and is the leading contributing factor for which medical condition?
- Hypertension
- Diabetes mellitus type 1
- Cerebrovascular accident stroke
- Atherosclerosis
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- An older adult suffers sleep disturbances and
pain. What are the benefits of sleep and what are three effective
and acceptable interventions for older adults in that
case?
2-- A 78 year-old male is losing bowel and bladder
control. What are three effective and acceptable interventions, for
each system, for this older adult?
3-- Skin integrity and sensory alterations are, at
times, closely interrelated for the older adult. Discuss three
effective interventions that may be implemented for an older adult
with limited
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After reading the chapter in your textbook, focus on documentation and informatics. Think about the principles of reporting and documentation. Identify and briefly discuss three challenges a nurse has in ensuring accurate and confidential documentation. Then discuss what actions a nurse can take to overcome these challenges including how informatics might make a difference.
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A nine months old baby Lucil is brought to the clinic for a regular check up. Baby's weight is 8 kgs. Length is 100 cm. Body temperature is T36.5 , Cardiac Rate is 120 beats/min and RR is 30. Baby Lucil is a full breastfed infant.
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you will develop teaching plans for the following individuals, integrating the three domains of learning, considering learning needs, and readiness. Use the teaching plan template to formulate your response.
A 75 year old, male, being discharged to an assisted living facility after a recent hospitalization for pneumonia.
Use the steps of the nursing process to formulate a teaching plan with your group for your assigned topic. Post your completed teaching plan to the Teaching and Learning Discussion Forum.
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Assessment (assessment of needs, prior knowledge) Ex: Assess knowledge of group, assess motivation to learn… |
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Diagnosis (what is priority in the teaching plan) Ex: Knowledge deficit related to disease process as evidenced by continuing to choose foods with high carbohydrates… |
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Planning (Set learning goals) Ex: “The group will return demonstrate use of a glucometer (psychomotor domain)… |
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Implementation (How to carry out the teaching plan) Ex: In a classroom, the nurses will describe diabetes, demonstrate glucometer use, hold discussion related to diagnosis… |
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Evaluation (Have our goals been met) Ex: By the end of the class, the group would have met all goals… |
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Ms Scott arrives in the ED by car. She reports having been at the park with her spouse and children when she suddenly started having severe shortness of breath….
1. You need to quickly gather information. What questions do you ask?
2. What assessments do you want to make?
Ms Scott tells you that she has no previously known allergies. On her arm you note a small area that looks like a sting or bite. She quickly remembers that she was stung by a bee in the park and had forgotten because of her concern over her difficulty breathing. Your assessment reveals swelling of the lips/tongue, RR 28 and shallow, 02 sat 88%. Her lung sounds reveal wheezes throughout and you hear a faint, high pitched wheeze coming from her upper airway.
3. What do you need to do first?
4. What orders would you like? Why?
The ED healthcare provider comes in to quickly assess and orders:
5. What is the reasoning for these orders?
After a dose of epinephrine, Solu-Medrol, and a bronchodilator, Ms. Scott begins to improve. Later that day, they decide to discharge her to home with a prescription for an epi pen.
6. What do you absolutely need to teach her before she leaves?
7. What other things would you like to teach her?
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2-- A 78 year-old male is losing bowel and bladder control. What are three effective and acceptable interventions, for each system, for this older adult?
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3-- Skin integrity and sensory alterations are, at times, closely interrelated for the older adult. Discuss three effective interventions that may be implemented for an older adult with limited physical functions?
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