1. Describe a safe environment for the elderly.

2. State 3 nursing measures used to meet communication needs of the elderly.

3. Describe an exercise to maintain circulation, muscle tone and prevent disease deformities.

4. Discuss walking aids for the elderly.

1. Give examples of evidence-based tools used to prevent skin breakdown and maintain integrity, pressure ulcers which can prevent infection?

After doing a chest x-ray, your doctor says the results are inconclusive. So, you are put on a six-month course of isoniazid to be safe. About six months later, while sitting in your medical microbiology class during a lecture on tuberculosis, you suddenly realize why you had that positive reaction to the skin test six months earlier. It had nothing to do with being infected, but was because you were born in Norway and your family moved to the United States when you were four years old.

3. What is going on here? Discuss in detail. 4. A while later, you told a friend of yours who is HIV-positive about your TB scare. She said that her doctor doesn't typically use the TB skin test on her, even though people with HIV are more susceptible to TB. Why is the skin test not always a reliable TB test for those with HIV?

After doing a chest x-ray, your doctor says the results are inconclusive. So, you are put on a six-month course of isoniazid to be safe. About six months later, while sitting in your medical microbiology class during a lecture on tuberculosis, you suddenly realize why you had that positive reaction to the skin test six months earlier. It had nothing to do with being infected, but was because you were born in Norway and your family moved to the United States when you were four years old.

3. What is going on here? Discuss in detail. 4. A while later, you told a friend of yours who is HIV-positive about your TB scare. She said that her doctor doesn't typically use the TB skin test on her, even though people with HIV are more susceptible to TB. Why is the skin test not always a reliable TB test for those with HIV?

How is the cost of administrative medicine different in the U.S. than in Canada or any other country you chose? How much of the U.S. health care dollar is devoted to administrative medicine? What alternatives can you suggest to reign in the cost of administrative medicine

Case Study # 1

Jordan is a 9-year-old boy who is a direct admit for observation. He has had a history of vomiting and diarrhea for 48 hours.

Subjective Data

Has a history of nausea and vomiting for 24 hours.

Has not voided today.

Is unable to tolerate oral fluids.

Objective Data

Vital signs: temp, 37.8º C; pulse, 120 bpm; resp, 24 breaths/min; blood pressure, 110/60 mm Hg

Weight: 34 kg

Hyperactive bowel sounds to auscultation

Questions:

1. When should the discharge teaching begin for Jordan and his family?
2. What is the best way to approach Jordan regarding the intravenous (IV) line that has been ordered?
3. What would be good distractions for a child of Jordan’s age?

Case Study #2

Susan is a 4-year-old girl with a 7-day history of fever and lethargy. Susan’s physician has ordered laboratory work that includes a blood culture.

Subjective Data

Susan has had fever for 1 week.

Her mother has noticed a decreased activity level.

Susan states she is “afraid” of needles.

Objective Data

Weight: 26.1 kg

Vital signs: temp, 39.3º C; pulse, 110 bpm; resp, 40 breaths/min; blood pressure, 108/54 mm Hg; oxygen saturation (O₂ sat) 100%

No abnormal findings on physical examination

Questions:

1. When should Susan’s nurse explain the procedure to her?
2. To give Susan some control over this situation, what choices could be given to her?
3. What actions should the nurse take in this clinical situation? Prioritize the actions.

pls with the reference. Thanks

Age: 45 years

gender: male

diagnosis: HTN, NSTEMI, PCI

Rx

Tabnalapril 5 mg od

Atenolol 50 mg bid

Aspirin 75 mg od

Amlodipine 5 mg od

Clopidogrel 75 mg

Atorvastatin 10 mg od

GTN spry every 8 hrs

what the interactions in this case and what the alternative if there ?

if GTN spray not available, what you will recommended?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of electronic health records and manual records. Create a table that outlines the advantages and disadvantages of both. Identify a minimum of three advantages and disadvantages of each. (20 points)

Create an in depth informational table comparing and contrasting the different types of autism along the spectrum, including symptoms, social behaviors, treatments/therapies.

A personal care worker is asked by a client about what she can expect now that she has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The PCW’s father had died of Parkinson’s so she felt well qualified to tell her all about the disease and what she could expect. She told her each of the stages that her father had gone through. The client seemed very overwhelmed but the PCW was happy that she had been able to explain things clearly for her.

p) Work health and safety is important regardless of the work sector. List three important work health and safety responsibilities of an employee in the aged care sector.

s) What is the legislation you must adhere to in your state or territory in regards to anti-discrimination?

t) Provide three ways in which clients in aged care may experience discriminatioN.

HIV

1. What is the difference between HIV and AIDS? 2. How do you know if someone has AIDS? 3. What are the drugs used for HIV? Discussion should include side effects and Teaching 4. IS there a HIV prevention medication? If so what is it?

Why is protein deficiency associated with increased susceptibility to infections?