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This piece of legislation makes business associates subject to all of the HIPAA privacy requirements, including...

This piece of legislation makes business associates subject to all of the HIPAA privacy requirements, including governmental sanctions and penalties.

A. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

B. Affordable Care Act

C. 2013 HIPPA Omnibus Rule

D. Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act

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Focusing on motivational interviewing strategy as a nurse, think of an example from your professional nursing...

Focusing on motivational interviewing strategy as a nurse, think of an example from your professional nursing practice and answer the below questions:

1. How might you apply the motivational interviewing approach or strategy to demonstrate culturally competent communication in the creation of caring environments with the interprofessional team?

2. What barriers might you encounter and how might you overcome them?

3. As a professional nurse, give a practical example (scenario) of how you applied the motivational interview strategy on a patient in your nursing practice over the years.

4. Evaluate Culturally competent communication skills and techniques in the creation of caring environments with the interprofessional - motivational interview

5. Explain how the holistic nursing journey affect how you provide care for self

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HGB: 16 HCT: 50 WBC: 8 BUN: 55 CREAT: 2.2 Na: 148 K: 3.2 Glucose: 223...

HGB: 16 HCT: 50 WBC: 8 BUN: 55 CREAT: 2.2 Na: 148 K: 3.2 Glucose: 223 Pre-Albumin: 14 Albumin: 2.8 Total protein: 4.7 INR: 3.2 Theo level: 18

The patient continues to have severe watery diarrhea, particularly after eating. The physician makes him NPO, has a PICC line inserted, and starts him on TPN.

How long can most people tolerate being NPO, with IV fluids, before needing TPN?

Why is that length of time not appropriate for this patient?

What nutrients is he in particular need of?

What complications does his deficiency of those nutrients place him at risk for?

Should he continue to receive his regular IV fluids? Why or why not? 16. What fluid imbalance is he at high risk for and why?

Should his FSBS schedule be adjusted in light of the TPN? Why or why not?

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Review your state's mandated, reporter statute, Provide details about this in your post. If faced with...

Review your state's mandated, reporter statute, Provide details about this in your post. If faced with a mandated reporter issue, what are the steps in reporting the issue? Create a mandated reporter scenario and post it. Respond to one of your peer's scenarios using the guidelines for submission/reporting in your state. Be sure to include a reference to your state's website related to mandated reporting. Do for state Illinois

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1. what two types of bacteria are use for blood culture? 2. Whoat color top is...

1. what two types of bacteria are use for blood culture?

2. Whoat color top is use for blood culture?

3. what are the additives in blood culture tubes ?

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You are the nurse working the evening shift on a general post-operative surgical unit. You assess...

You are the nurse working the evening shift on a general post-operative surgical unit. You assess your patient, on admission to your unit after surgery. She tells you she was admitted from the ED this morning complaining of 1 day of severe nausea and vomiting. She had her appendix removed a few hours later and has been in the recovery unit for 3 hours. The aide got her up to the chair so she could eat her tray that just arrived from dietary. She is on a general diet. She is awake and alert x 3 but c/o the room spinning. She is still complaining of severe nausea and pain 8/10. Her VS are 98.6, 120, 24, 84/70 98% 10/10 pain. She has no IV fluids hanging. She has an order for Morphine sulfate 2mg IV push for pain and Ondansetron 4 mg IV push for nausea. She also has a prn antihypertensive medication ordered for a systolic BP over 160.

1. What is the priority issue of concern?

2. What are other areas of concern with the pt's assessment?

3. Why are these other areas not your first priority?

4. What do you think has to be done to help this patient?

5. What action would you take first? Calling for help is always a good choice but what do you do when help is coming. Cite evidence to support your suggested intervention.

6. What would be your suggested treatment for your second priority? Cite evidence to support your suggested intervention. (This may be a collaborative intervention i.e. a recommendation to a physician.)

7. What would be your suggested treatment for your third priority?

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Researchers now believe that most medical errors cannot be prevented by perfecting the technical work of...

Researchers now believe that most medical errors cannot be prevented by perfecting the technical work of individual doctors, nurses, or pharmacists. Improving patient safety often involves the coordinated efforts of multiple members of the health care team, who may adopt strategies from outside health care.”

“The report reviews several practices whose evidence came from the domains of commercial aviation, nuclear safety, and aerospace, and the disciplines of human factors, engineering and organizational theory. Such practices include root cause analysis, computerized physician order entry and decision support, auto-mated medication dispensing systems, bar coding technology, aviation-style preoperative checklists, promoting a ‘culture of safety,’ crew resource management, the use of simulators in training, and integrating human factors theory into the design of medical devices and alarms.

” Discuss this concept of utilizing standard business quality initiatives and the logic of adopting them to use in healthcare. Using the practice of Root cause analysis, research, summarize, and include how you might apply this concept in your healthcare facility

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Appraise the evolving role of holistic nursing in the contemporary health care system. 1. Evaluate the...

Appraise the evolving role of holistic nursing in the contemporary health care system.

1. Evaluate the Evolving role as a holistic nurse

2. Explain how the holistic nursing journey affects the way nurses provide care for self

3. Evaluate how Culturally competent communication skills and techniques in the creation of caring environments with the interprofessional team

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Watch the documentary on “Daughters of Mother India”. Based on the documentary, answer the following questions...

Watch the documentary on “Daughters of Mother India”. Based on the documentary, answer the following questions using your own thoughts. Be sure to give thorough explanations for your answers and reasoning. You must write at least 5 or more sentences for each question. Please write your answers in the spaces provided after each question.

  1. Write a brief summary on the documentary. What was it about? Who are the main characters? What important events took place? What is the message being sent?


Do you feel that the Delhi Police Headquarters are doing a good job of preventing further rape and sexual abuse cases from occurring now? Why or why not?

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Researchers mention in their CBPR (Community Based Participatory Research) study that is a quasi-experimental design that...

Researchers mention in their CBPR (Community Based Participatory Research) study that is a quasi-experimental design that the community need for basic information about HIV and STDs superseded the strategy for using navigators as community advocates. What are some other potential limitations that could be drawn about the use of the soccer league navigators being used as community advocates.

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1.describe how the organisation reviews and updates the support recipients current goals and needs. 2. explain...

1.describe how the organisation reviews and updates the support recipients current goals and needs.
2. explain how the workplace systems protect and store the information of the support recipients .how have you stored information according to the organisation policy and protocols?

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Which of the following should be monitored regularly for a patient who is taking a luteinizing...

Which of the following should be monitored regularly for a patient who is taking a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist?

A. Bone mineral Density.

B. Echocardiogram.

C. Nuclear medicine bone scan.

D. Positron emission Tomography.

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3. Activity: Develop a plan of care for a 55 year old male patient who has...

3. Activity: Develop a plan of care for a 55 year old male patient who has prostate cancer.

a. Assessment, (1) Nursing diagnosis, Plan (2 short term and 2 long term goals), Implementation, Evaluation.

b. Create a list of dietary recommendations (4) for men that could possibly decrease their risk for development of prostate cancer.

c. You are the nurse caring for a 34-year old male who has just been diagnosed with testicular cancer. Your patient has been married for 3 years, and has a 1-year old daughter. The patient states to you, "I am afraid I am going to die, but I cannot miss work to have surgery. My wife is not employed, and stays home with our daughter." Instruct students to devise a list of 5 appropriate nursing responses to this statement that will address the patient's concerns of dying, and supporting his family.

d. Discuss Finasteride (Proscar) and assess its safety profile. Create a list of 3 nursing interventions that would support delivering this medication safely to a patient.

e. Provide 3 teaching points for a patient who is being discharged after TURP.


Notes:

Be sure to include citation.
Review ADPIE. Make sure 2 short term and 2 long term goals are included which are SMART. Review SMART.
Address all components of the question(s) to receive full credit.

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Use your knowledge of Medical Terminology to best answer the questions: What is the medical specialty...

  1. Use your knowledge of Medical Terminology to best answer the questions:
  1. What is the medical specialty that studies the characteristics and uses of radioactive substances in diagnosis of disease?      
  2. What is a Myelogram?      
  3. What is the medical term for an x-ray of a joint?      
  4. In which x-ray view is the patient upright with the back to the x-ray machine and the film to the chest?      
  5. What is the meaning of adduction?      
  6. In which procedure is a transducer used?      
  7. Technique using a radioactive substance and a computer to create three-dimensional images is called a     . (note the acronym AND list what it stands for)
  1. Matching terms with meanings (re-type the terms to match with meanings below)
  1. Match the following terms with their meanings below:

computed tomography (CT)

gamma rays

ionization

contrast studies

half-life

magnetic resonance (MR)

gamma camera

interventional radiology

nuclear medicine

positron emission tomography (PET)

radioimmunoassay

radioisotope

radiopaque

radiopharmaceutical

scan

scintigraphy

tagging

ventilation-perfusion studies

  1. Therapeutic procedures performed by a radiologist      
  2. Transformation of electrically neutral substances into electrically charged particles      
  3. Diagnostic x-ray procedure whereby a cross-sectional and other images of a specific body segment are produced      
  4. Materials are injected to obtain contrast with surrounding tissue when shown on x-ray film      
  5. Radioactive substance is given intravenously, and a cross-sectional image is created of cellular metabolism based on local concentration of the radioactive substance      
  6. Magnetic field and radio waves produce images of the body in three planes (coronal, sagittal, and axial)      
  7. Test that combines radioactive chemicals and antibodies to detect minute quantities of substances in a patient’s blood      
  8. Image of an area, organ, or tissue obtained from ultrasound, radioactive tracer studies, computed tomography, or magnetic resonance imaging      
  9. Obstructing the passage of x-rays      
  10. Diagnostic nuclear medicine test using radiopharmaceuticals and gamma cameras to create images      

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give meanings for the following abbreviations, and provide an explanation/ definition below (what do the letters...

  1. give meanings for the following abbreviations, and provide an explanation/ definition below (what do the letters stand for AND fully define)
  1. AP       
  2. Ba       
  3. CXR      
  4. Decub       
  5. KUB       
  6. LAT      
  7. RFA      
  8. T-spine      
  9. UGI      
  10. V/Q scan      
  1. Name the medical term from its definition and word parts given:
  1. Radioactive drug administered for diagnostic purposes: radio      
  2. Transformation of stable substances into charged particles:      ization
  3. A physician who specializes in diagnostic radiology: radi     
  1. Diagnostic Test Matching:
  1. Match the part of the body (a-f) that is imaged with the  diagnostic test listed below:

Body part:

  • Lymphatic system
  • Spinal cord
  • Uterus and fallopian tubes
  • Blood vessels
  • Esophagus, stomach, and small intestine Lower gastrointestinal tract
  • Renal pelvis of kidney and urinary tract Bile vessels (ducts)

Diagnostic Test: (type the full name of the body part for each test)

  1. myelography

     

  1. pyelography

     

  1. angiography

     

  1. lymphoscintigraphy

     

  1. upper GI series

     

  1. cholangiography

     

  1. barium enema

     

  1. hysterosalpingography

     

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