Worksheet: Stem Cell Research

Assignment Overview

Stem cell research is a controversial topic in the United States and the world. For this assignment, you will conduct research on stem cell research and determine and defend your position on the issue.

This assignment is intended for you to apply research and critical thinking skills to support an argument on a controversial issue and communicate effectively that position in writing.

Assignment Details:

Perform the following tasks:

• Complete the reading assignment and the interactive lesson before attempting this assignment.
• Complete the following:
  • Perform a search on the Internet or the online library (LIRN) for the terms “stem cell and research” or “stem cell and controversy.”
  • Based on your search, write an essay (approximately 100 to 150 words in length) in the space provided in the Assignment Worksheet section on the next page that gives three reasons to either:
    • Defend/support stem cell research.
    • Oppose it stem cell research.
• Submit the Week 2 Assignment.
• Include the proper file naming convention: PSY278_wk2_assn_jsmith_mmddyyyy.

Rubric: See Written Assignment Rubric for grading details.

Grading:

Assignment Worksheet:

[Write your essay here…]

This week, we are going to discuss individual rights by doing the following:

1. Select an individual healthcare related right from Chapter 6 of our e-text such as EMTALA, Women in Labor Act, Roe v. Wade, access to health insurance (the ACA), access to reproductive rights such as birth control and abortion. I selected Women In Labor Act
2. Describe the right briefly and then discuss if there are any attempts to curtail (reduce) or eliminate (erase) these rights. You can use the cases described in the e-text in this chapter or cases you find in Westlaw or on the World Wide Web. Describe any opposition to the efforts to reduce or eliminate these currently available individual rights to health care services and access.

Scenario 1: You are playing soccer and your team has just finished their third game of the day. The day has been very hot with temperatures in the 90s with no cloud coverage. Suddenly, one of your teammates collapses. They seem to not be fully awake and do not respond to questions you ask them. Their breathing is rapid and shallow, and they are unable to get up from the ground. Their skin is very red and hot to the touch but without any moisture. You want to help your teammate. (1) What are the initial steps you should take in this emergency? (2) Describe in detail how you would decide what your plan of care would be.

Scenario Continued There is an indoor facility close to the field and you have water and ice available to you. There are no higher trained medical personnel currently at this event. (1) What steps would you take to care for your teammate? Describe the steps in detail. (2) When would you know to stop caring for your teammate?

Scenario 2: While at a family cookout, your 10-year-old cousin walks to the dessert table to grab a cookie. They walk over to you and starts to eat the cookie, and you notice that the cookie has nuts in it. A couple minutes later your cousin starts to complain of a really bad stomach cramp and some nausea. You want to help. (1) What are the initial steps you would take in this situation? (2) How would you determine what your care would be?

Scenario Continued: As you are caring for your cousin, they begins to have difficulty breathing and their lips and tongue are starting to swell. They have a medical bracelet that says they has severe allergies to tree nuts. (1) What steps would you take to give care to your cousin? Describe them in detail. (2) How would you know when to stop caring for your cousin?

A middle aged female patient was referred to her primary physician for a lipid evaluation by her dermatologist after she developed a papular rash over her trunk and arms. The rash consisted of multiple, red, raised lesions with yellow centers. She has no previous history of such a rash and no family history of lipid disorders or CHD. She is on a standard estrogen replacement therapy as she is postmenopausal, otherwise she is healthy. Lab work for her lipid evaluation is as follows:

Serum was noted as grossly lipemic

Questions:

1. What is the rash? What is the cause of her rash?

2. Is her oral estrogen contributing to her condition?

3. Is her glucose level contributing to her condition?

4. What treatment(s) are warranted, and what is her most *acute* risk?

1. What is the calculated LDL level as calculated using the Friedewald calculation?

2. Which patient, if any, should have his or her LDL measured, rather than calculated? Explain your answer.

3. How many known CHD risk factors does each patient have?

4. Based on what is known, are these patients recommended for lipid therapy (diet or drug?) and, if so, on what basis?

Case scenario:

Maria, a 55 year-old patient, was recently diagnosed with bronchial asthma. Her mother and three brothers also have asthma. In the past year, Maria has had three asthmatic attacks that were treated with prednisone and an albuterol inhaler. At a clinic visit today, prednisone is prescribed for 4 weeks and the order is written as follows:

Day 1: 1 tablet four times a day

Day 2: 1 tablet three times a day

Day 3: 1 tablet two times a day

Day 4: 1 tablet in the morning

Day 5: ½ tablet in the morning

To minimize the frequency of Maria’s asthmatic attacks, the doctor prescribes aminophylline 1200 mg/day in divided doses. The albuterol inhalation is to be taken as needed. Nursing interventions include patient history of asthmatic attacks and physical assessment.

5. When taking the patient’s history, what should the nurse include concerning asthmatic attacks? What physical assessment would suggest an asthmatic attack?

6. What type of drug is aminophylline? Why should the nurse asks Maria if she smokes?

7. What are the side effects, adverse reaction, and drug interactions related to aminophylline?

8. What nonpharmacologic measures can the nurse suggest that may decrease the frequency of asthmatic attacks?

9. Which are appropriate rescue medications used for acute asthmatic attack? Which drugs are used as preventive medications?

How could you incorporate the updated information on colorectal cancer screening into your client health promotion teaching?

what safety precautions need to be initiated for the baby

Screening for early detection of lung cancer is a new concept. How do you feel about performing this screening for clients who are current or former smokers?

What would you advise a man over 50 who is reluctant to be screened for prostate cancer?

possible nursing diagnosis for newborns from the first 2 hours of age

The Patient Bill of Rights is a list of what patients have as rights when it comes to being under the medical field and knowing what personal medical information will be exposed to healthcare workers. It is the rights of the patient when the patient gives out medical information and to keep that information safe. The patient must sign an informed consent that is a document signed by them that is accepting the medical or surgical intervention. The nurse’s role when it comes to consent is, “to have safe, considerate and respectful care, provided in a manner consistent with your beliefs”, (National Institutes of Health, 2019). Yes, the nurse can provide the consent, but the patient’s beliefs override what the nurse thinks that patient should do with their medical information. The patient is aware of what situations need to be done but they are wise enough to make their own decisions. The nurse has told them the pros and cons to inform the patient about the informed consent and the patient makes their decisions based on that.

Please read the passages and give a response for the thought

If the patient refuses to sign, that is it. The nurse may add more information of why it is necessary to have an informed consent to inform the patient but never to persuade the patient. “To refuse to participate in research, to refuse treatment to the extent permitted by law, and to be informed of the medical consequences of these actions, including possible dismissal from the study and discharge from the Clinical Center. If discharge would jeopardize your health, you have the right to remain under Clinical Center care until discharge or transfer is medically advisable”, (National Institutes of Health, 2019). This alone provides that the patient is not to be forced to sign any informed consent if the patient chooses not to and if it needs to be sign then the nurse needs to let the patient’s primary care provider know. The nurse can only do so much in their scope of practice and all they can do is ask the patient for their signature based on the evidence provided for the informed consent. The only ways to manage the issue is either informing the patient of why the informed consent is right in front of them without persuading. Or contacting higher up management and/or the primary care provider to let them know that the informed consent is not going to be signed. It is never right to force the informed consent on a patient and that is what the patient chooses to do regardless on what the nurse believes the patient should do.

Patient presents to the clinic with a four-month history of generalized joint pain, stiffness, and swelling, especially in her hands. She states that these symptoms have made it difficult to grasp objects and has made caring for her 6 and 4-year-old children problematic. Physical exam remarkable for bilateral ulnar deviation of her hands as well as soft, boggy proximal interphalangeal joints. The metatarsals of both of her feet also exhibited swelling and warmth. .why patients with rheumatoid arthritis exhibit these symptoms and how does it differ from osteoarthritis?