Entries by Daphne Hanson

The Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution

War conflicts impact human beings, daily, in various facets of their lives. That impact varies depending on who the human being is. As we have studied, throughout the centuries, women have struggled to gain a fair and equitable space in the world. During the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution, they began to position themselves within […]

Caucasian woman who has newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis

Maggie is a 28-year-old Caucasian woman who has newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis. She complains of painful, stiff hands and feet, feeling tired all the time, and reports an intermittent low-grade fever. She asks the doctor if she is going to be “crippled.” How might the doctor explain the pathophysiology of rheumatoid arthritis? Susan was bitten […]

Apply the PDCA principles to improve/solve a problem

With your understanding of the PDCA Cycle, for this week’s assignment, apply the PDCA principles to improve/solve a problem or process that you’ve experienced in your (family, work, or school) life recently. Create a PDCA diagram, summarize the problem/process, and then describe/summarize each of the 4 steps as it applies to the problem/process that you’ve […]

What are the barriers to adopting more healthy practices

Reflect on your own habits: What are the barriers to adopting more healthy practices? What might persuade you to change? If you’ve already made some health-conscious decisions or changes in your life, what were these, and what influenced them? Building on your own experience, what kinds of strategies do you think would be most effective […]

Attend to a grandparent who passed out and fell

You are providing medical services at a baseball tournament in mid-July, and you are called into the stands to attend to a grandparent who passed out and fell. You arrive to find the patient alert, sitting upright, and pale. The patient is a 68-year-old woman who was attending the tournament with her daughter to watch […]