Entries by Daphne Hanson

Overweight and health-related risks

A 5-year-old girl of normal weight with obese parents. How would you manage the child’s overweight and health-related risks by assessing her obese parents? Include the following: An explanation of the health issues and risks that are relevant to the child you were assigned Describe additional information you would need in order to further assess […]

The molecular mechanisms

Obstructive Uropathy & APSGN   The 5 General Topics of Disease Summary 1. Etiology & risk factors 2. Pathogenesis: The molecular mechanism of the disease process (How the disease process evolves) 3. Clinical Picture: Signs& Symptoms, Sequelae, and Complications 4. Diagnosis: Labs & tests (as well as screening tests and follow-up tests whenever applicable) 5. […]

Global Burden of Disease

Review the Summary WHO: Global Health Estimates (GHE) (portion at the end of this lesson’s readings. This summary has 15 key results listed from the Global Burden of Disease Study of 2010. Choose one of these findings that is of particular interest to you or you find applicable to your literature review topic. After you […]

Nursing protocol regarding patient care

Assignment: For this assignment, you are given a real-world scenario as follows: The Medical Director has assigned the Director of Nursing (DON) for the local health department to develop a plan to handle an emergency plan with the local long-term care facility (LTCF). She will serve on a team with the health department emergency preparedness […]

Impact of psychiatric-mental health problems

I need suggestions for a treatment plan for a 10-year-old boy with Autism spectrum disorder. Since age 5 he has been on three medications: Vyvanse 80mg PO Qam, Adderall 10mg PO Q afternoon, and Trazodone 50mg PO Qhs. Now he has new complaints of generalized anxiety, insomnia, and fears that he will die. He is […]

Eating disorders

After viewing the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SRmccgFIs8, Share your initial impressions Describe what information in the video surprised you. Detail any eating disorders you were not aware of prior to viewing this video. Share a personal story about someone you know that has an eating disorder. What is the eating disorder? What were the symptoms and treatment? How […]

Plyometric training for performance enhancement

Provide an explanation of plyometric training for performance enhancement, including the goal of plyometrics, the mechanisms involved, and training variables to consider. Identify and properly explain how to perform one (1) upper-body and one (1) lower-body plyometric exercise.

Approaches of nursing leaders and managers to issues in practice

Instructions In this assignment, you will be writing a 1,000-1,250 word paper describing the differing approaches of nursing leaders and managers to issues in practice. To complete this assignment, do the following: Select an issue from the following list: bullying, unit closers and restructuring, floating, nurse turnover, nurse staffing ratios, use of contract employees (i.e., […]

Respiratory tract infections

A 32-year-old white female presents to Urgent Care with complaints of blurry vision and “fuzzy thinking” which has been present for the last several weeks. She works as an executive for an insurance company and puts her symptoms down to the stress of preparing the quarterly report. Today, she noticed that her symptoms were worse […]

The coup-contrecoup mechanism of injury

A 22-year-old male was an unrestrained front seat passenger of a car traveling at 50 miles per hour. The driver swerved to avoid hitting a deer that darted in front of the car and hit a tree. EMS on the scene noted a stellate fracture of the windshield on the passenger side. The patient was […]