Entries by Nursing Homework Desk

Quadruple AIm

  Healthcare organizations continually seek to optimize healthcare performance. For years, this approach was a three-pronged one known as the Triple Aim, with efforts focused on improved population health, enhanced patient experience, and lower healthcare costs. More recently, this approach has evolved to a Quadruple Aim by including a focus on improving the work life […]

Nutrition & Hydration

Nutrition & Hydration/Persistent Vegetative State (PVS) After studying the course materials located on  Module 7: Lecture Materials & Resources  page, answer the following: 1. Cure / care: compare and contrast. 2. Basic care: Nutrition, hydration, shelter, human interaction. · Are we morally obliged to this? Why? Example 3. Swallow test, describe; when is it indicated? […]

Discussion Post-Prevention of Shock

  Your patient is a 42-year-old female that arrives in the ED with complaints of fever and not feeling well. She is currently undergoing chemotherapy for bladder cancer. She has an indwelling urinary catheter with scant amount of dark, foul smelling urine. She has a temperature of 102.2F, HR 136, BP 110/50 and RR 28. […]

Genetics

Discuss what is happening on a cellular level with the disease process. Be careful to realize that patients have co-morbidities and you may need to discuss the other diseases impact on the pathophysiology and care of the patient.  Three (3) resources after 2008 are required along with APA format.  Jane and Jackie, 30 year old […]

Module 1: Indigenous Religions Overview

   Module 1: Indigenous Religions Overview    Explain how economic factors have influenced the development of indigenous religious traditions. Include at least one specific example in your response. Replace this text with your response to the item in 1–2 paragraphs. Explain why oral traditions are a common influence on indigenous religious traditions. In your response, […]

Discussion questions

1. Because the patient’s reported hallucinations are not persecutory, as a clinician, what medications would you start with? 2. What treatments (pharmacological and non-pharmacological) are most effective for patients with extensive trauma history? 3. What symptoms could be co-occurring in relation to PTSD vs schizophrenia for this patient?