Entries by Daphne Hanson

Normal age Cardiovascular changes

Normal age Cardiovascular changes Mr. Amar is a 73-year-old, Muslim man, who has just been admitted to your residential facility for long-term nursing care. Mr. Amar has been diagnosed with early dementia and he and his family have found it increasingly difficult to manage at home, as Mr. Amar has had numerous falls in the […]

National Patient Safety Goals

National Patient Safety Goals -Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Organizations The goal I- Identify patients correctly • Use at least two ways to identify patients. Goal 2 – Improve personal communication Goal 3 – Use security alarms • Before a procedure, label medications that are not marked. • Take special care with patients taking […]

History of Present illness questions

History of present illness questions. Nathan, a 2-year-old male is brought in by the mother with c/o a left earache, runny nose with green drainage, cough, and low-grade fever x 4 days. What focused history (HPI) questions would you ask the parent/child with regard to the CC of the earache? Use OLDCARTS. What specific questions […]

Pathophysiology Assessment Data

How to fill out a basic concept map for Fluid Overload Pathophysiology Assessment Data. No reference given. I just have to fill out a basic concept map for a condition, disorder, or disease process for fluid overload  

Control of Brain micrograph cortical layers

In the control brain micrograph below (Panels C and A), the left image shows different cortical layers in different colors. The right image shows “barrels” formed by thalamocortical axons in pink.   Describe your observations of panels D and B (with the same colors) below, from the reeler mutant brain. (Hint: when referring to a […]

The Role of nursing clinical practice

Present a situation related to the role of nursing (education, research, legislation, clinical practice, etc.) and you will identify and describe the ethical, legal, and social principles that should be integrated into the nursing profession related to the situation.

Thinking skills in psychopathology

Purpose:  Analyze and apply critical thinking skills  in the psychopathology of mental health patients and provide treatment and health promotion while applying evidence-based research. Scenario: Thinking skills in psychopathology. J.T.  is a 20-year-old who reports to you that he feels depressed and is experiencing a significant amount of stress about school, noting that he’ll “probably […]