Facial Droop

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Facial Droop

22 year old African American female looks in the mirror and notices the left side of her mouth is slanted when she smiles. She notes she has had some headache off and on a few days. Her taste has decreased as well when she started brushing her teeth.

– provide evidence from the literature to support diagnostic tests that would be appropriate for your case.

– list 5 different possible conditions for the patient’s differential diagnosis and justify why you selected each.

-Give a purpose statement.

How life works.

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To understand how life works, you need to watch it in action, says bioimaging scientist Gokul Upadhyayula. Taking us down to the cellular level, he shares the work behind cutting-edge microscopes that capture and record, in three dimensions, the complex behaviors of living organisms — from infecting cancer cells to crawling immune cells — and what they’re revealing about the dynamics of biology. Watch life unfold before your eyes with the incredible visuals in this talk.

Mental Health Inpatient Unit.

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As an Enrolled Nurse describe your role in the admission process for a consumer in an Adult Mental Health Inpatient Unit.

  • Please outline the communication skills used to develop a rapport with the consumer.
  • Also list the forms used in this admission process.

Male client admitted with anemia

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ASSIGIT Assigned Patient List: A-101: 75 y.o. male client admitted with anemia is undergoing transfusion of 1 unit of PRBCs. He is experiencing a dry cough during his blood transfusion. Priority nursing action: Reference: What is going on? What other symptoms might you see? Delegated task: I with cesarian section complications is receiving

Potential child maltreatment

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what would be some possible clinical manifestations of potential child maltreatment ?

Differential diagnosis threaded discussion

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Differential diagnosis threaded discussion

the 68 years old and has smoked one and a half packs of cigarettes every day since he was fifteen. How many “pack-years” should be reported? What would you expect to find in his respiratory assessment? How would this affect your oxygenation goals for this patient? (differential diagnosis threaded discussion)

BREAKING A TABLET

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WHEN BREAKING A TABLET, WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO DO SO BEFORE GIVEN THE MEDICATION TO YOUR PATIENT?

A.- BREAK IT UP IN 3 PIECES

B.- BREAK IT UP IN THE SCORE LINE

C.- BREAK IT UP WITH ANOTHER NURSE

D.- NONE OF THE ABOVE

 

3. WHAT ARE THE 6 RIGHTS IN ORDER BEFORE GIVING ANY MEDICATION TO A PATIENT?

 

A.- R-PATIENT, R-TIME, R-ROUTE, R-DRUG, R-DOSE, IQ-DOCUMENTATION

B. R-DRUG, R-DOSE, R-ROUTE, IQ-TIME, R-PATIENT, R-DOCUMENTATION

C.- R-DOSE, R-ROUTE, R-PATIENT, R-DRUG, R-TIME, R-DOCUMENTATION

D.- R-DRUG, R-DOSE, R-PATIENT, R-TIME, R-ROUTE, R-DOCUMENTATION

 

4. WHEN GIVING A MEDICATION TO A PATIENT IN A LIQUID FORM, HOW DO YOU MEASURE IT?

 

A.- YOU SHOULD USE A MEDICATION CUP ONLY

B.- YOU SHOULD USE DROPPER ONLY

C.- YOU SHOULD USE BOTH A MEDICATION CUP AND A DROPPER

D.- YOU SHOULD CONSULT WITH ANOTHER NURSE ONLY

 

5. HOW DO YOU CHECK FOR A MEDICATION LABEL, BEFORE GIVING ANY MEDICATION TO A PATIENT?

A.-WHEN YOU OBTAIN THE MEDICATION ONLY

B.-WHEN YOU OBTAIN THE MEDICATION & WHEN YOU OPEN IT

C.-WHEN YOU GET THE MED, THEN OPEN IT AND JUST BEFORE GIVING THE MED

D.-WHEN YOU CALL THE DOCTOR FIRST AND THEN CALL THE NURSE

 

6. AFTER GIVING A MEDICATION TO A PATIENT, WHAT MUST YOU OBSERVE BEFORE LEAVING THE PATIENT?

A.- STAY WITH PATIENT FOR ONLY 5 MINUTES TO SEE IF ANY REACTION TO THE MEDICATION

B.- STAY WITH PATIENT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND CHECK V/S

C.- STAY WITH PATIENT AND CHECK FOR V/S ONLY

D.- STAY AND SEE IF PATIENT VOMITS OUT THE MEDICATION

 

7. WHAT THINGS MUST YOU DOCUMENT ON THE PATIENT’S CHART AFTER YOU GIVE A MEDICATION?

A.- DOCUMENT THE DOSE, ROUTE GIVEN AND TIME GIVEN-

B.-DOCUMENT THE DRUG NAME, DOSE GIVEN AND TIME GIVEN

C.-DOCUMENT THE DRUG NAME, DOSE GIVEN, ROUTE GIVEN, TIME GIVEN AND SIGNATURE OF PERSON GIVING THE MED

D.- DOCUMENT THE DOSE GIVEN, DRUG GIVEN, SIGNATURE OF PERSON GIVING THE MED

 

8. WHAT ARE SOME COMMON MEDICAL ERRORS THAT occUR?

A.- WRONG DRUG, WRONG DOSE AND WRONG DOCTOR

B.- WRONG DRUG, WRONG TIME, WRONG ROUTE

C,- WRONG PATIENT, WRONG DRUG, WRONG DOSE, WRONG ROUTE, WRONG TIME

D.- WRONG DRUG, WRONG TIME, WRONG DOSE, WRONG PATIENT

 

9. WHEN GIVING A MEDICATION BEFORE ANY MEAL, AT WHAT TIME SHOULD THAT MEDICATION BE GIVEN TO THE PATIENT?

A.- 5 MINUTES BEFORE THE MEAL

B.- 20 MINUTES BEFORE ANY MEAL

C.- 30 MINUTES TO 1 HOUR BEFORE THE MEAL

D.- 1 TO 2 HOURS BEFORE THE MEAL

 

10. WHAT DOES THE ABBREVIATION pc MEANS WITH REGARDS TO GIVING A PATIENT A MEAL?

A.- IT MEANS TO GIVE THE MEAL BEFORE

B.- T MEANS TO GIVE THE MEAL AFTER

C.- IT MEANS TO HOLD THE MEAL UNTIL A DOCTOR IS NOTIFIED

D.- IT MEANS TO NOT GIVE ANY MEAL AT ALL

 

11. WHAT ROUTE OF ADMINISTRATION IS PARENTAL DRUGS GIVEN?

A.- BY MOUTH ONLY

B.- BY IV ONLY

C.- BY INJECTION ONLY

D.- BY FEEDING TUBE ONLY

 

12. BEFORE GIVING ANY MEDICATION TO ANY PATIENT, WHAT MUST A NURSE CHECK FOR?

A.- CHECK THE PATIENT’S DOB

B.- CHECK THE PATIENT’S IDENTIFICATION BAND ON THEIR WRIST

C.- CHECK THE PATIENT’S DOB AND HIS ROOM NO.

D.- CHECK THE PATIENT’S DOB AND IDENTIFICATION BAND ON THEIR WRIST

 

13. WHAT DOES PRN MEAN IN MEDICAL TERM?

A.- EVERY 5 MINUTES TO THE PATIENT

B.- EVERY 25 MINUTES TO THE PATIENT

C.- AS THE OCCASION ARISES

D.- AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

 

14. BEFORE GIVING ANY MEDICATION TO ANY PATIENT, WHAT MUST A NURSE CHECK FOR?

A.- CHECK THE PATIENT’S DOB

B.- CHECK THE PATIENT’S IDENTIFICATION BAND ON THEIR WRIST

C.- CHECK THE PATIENT’S DOB AND HIS ROOM NO.

D.- CHECK THE PATIENT’S DOB AND IDENTIFICATION BAND ON THEIR WRIST

 

15. WHAT DOES THE ABBREVIATION PO MEAN IN MEDICAL TERMS?

A.- GIVEN PER INTERVENOUS ONLY

B.- GIVEN BY INTERMUSCLUAR ONLY

C.- GIVEN BY MOUTH ONLY

D.- GIVEN BY FEEDING TUBE ONLY

Drug and substance abuse

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Why is drug and substance abuse important for sociologists to study

Risk for Social withdrawal.

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Social withdrawal is important to watch for. What are some signs that you would watch for in a person who you feel is at risk for Social withdrawal and what are some ways you feel you could help someone prevent this with a loved one?

Go to SPENT and click on “Accept the Challenge

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  1. Go to SPENT and click on “Accept the Challenge”. First, “Find a Job” and then make decisions about how to spend your money. Your balance is at the top left-hand side of the page. How many days did you last? What decisions do you wish you would have done differently? Why?
  2. Think about how race, culture, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, ability/disability, or socioeconomic status may change the way people get jobs or spend money, particularly in light of prejudice/discrimination in society. Pick one status in that list and discuss this in detail. Use the “Income and Poverty in the United States 2018” report to identify rates of poverty across different groups to inform your discussion. If the group you’ve identified doesn’t have data in the report, why do you think it’s missing?
  3. What are resources in each the city that you identified in question #1 that is available for individuals in poverty? Identify at least ONE organization, and give their website and mission here. Address how they specifically help individuals in poverty, particularly in your city (Google your zip code and “poverty resource” to start). Give specific details about the help they provide and how a person might access those resources.

 

https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2019/demo/p60-266.pdf

https://development.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/development/

SPENT: https://playspent.org/