the cultural perspective of death

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watch the movie Coco (Disney) and write about the death themes in it. I’m not looking for symbolism but, if you can defend that position well then, go for it. Some points you may address below:

  • What are your thoughts on the cultural perspective?
  • How accurately does the movie depict Latinx (specifically, Mexican) beliefs surrounding death and the afterlife?
  • Are there other cultural beliefs that are similar?
  • How are they the same/different from your beliefs about death?

 

  • Do not put direct quotes in your discussion posts! Paraphrase, instead. That is, read the course material, think of a main idea/summarize it.
  • Provide citations in APA format.

Bipolar Disorder

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Prescribing For Children And Adolescents With Bipolar Disorder

To Prepare: The disease is Bipolar disorder

The Assignment (2 pages)

  • Recommend one FDA-approved drug, one off-label drug, and one nonpharmacological intervention for treating your assigned disorder in children and adolescents.
  • Explain the risk assessment you would use to inform your treatment decision making. What are the risks and benefits of the FDA-approved medicine? What are the risks and benefits of the off-label drug?
  • Explain whether clinical practice guidelines exist for this disorder and, if so, use them to justify your recommendations. If not, explain what information you would need to take into consideration.
  • Support your reasoning with at least three scholarly resources, one each on the FDA-approved drug, the off-label, and a non-medication intervention for the disorder. Attach the PDFs of your sources.

the clinical preventive service

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Advanced Primary Care Of Family Practicum

The following two weeks we will be discussing the clinical preventive service and our role on disease prevention.

A valuable website to review the screening prevention recommendations based on the latest evidence based practice :

https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Name/home

On your discussion this week answer the following questions:

1.) What is the U.S. Preventive Task Force (USPTF)?

2. ) Select a disease for example colon cancer and discuss the screening age recommendations and the screening tools recommended for early prevention?

socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds

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M.T. is a nurse practitioner in a busy OBGYN clinic. Her clients include women from various socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. M.T. spends her time educating women about interventions for a healthy pregnancy.

She promotes the physical, mental, and spiritual health of her clients throughout the childbearing years. Although she primarily works with the pregnant woman, her ultimate goal is to assist each family to have a healthy pregnancy and birth outcome and lay the foundation for satisfactory parenting and family life.

M.T. participates in community health fairs educating childbearing-age women about healthy lifestyles that can improve chances for a healthy pregnancy. Women should be made aware that certain preconception interventions may improve not only the outcomes of pregnancy but their overall health as well.

1-Design a plan that fits the needs for the health fair that M.T. is participating. List the recommendations and the rationales.

2-Describe the relationship between culture and growth and development. Assess whether all growth and development milestones should be applied to all children regardless of cultural background.

3-Design a teaching plan for parents regarding injury prevention during infancy. In your teaching plan you must include the home of an infant injury proof.

4-post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.

Cardiovascular And Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiologic Processes

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Cardiovascular And Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiologic Processes

Patho Week 4

 

Please do 1- to 2-page case study analysis.

In your Case Study Analysis related to the scenario provided, explain the cardiovascular and cardiopulmonary pathophysiologic processes that result in the patient presenting these symptoms, any racial/ethnic variables that may impact physiological functioning, and how these processes interact to affect the patient.

 

2 pages 5 citations APA style

 

Scenario 2: A 65-year-old patient is 8 days post op after a total knee replacement. Patient suddenly complains of shortness of breath, pleuritic chest pain, and palpitations. On arrival to the emergency department, an EKG revealed new onset atrial fibrillation and right ventricular strain pattern – T wave inversions in the right precordial leads (V1-4) ± the inferior leads (II, III, aVF)

Psychotropic Drug That Is Metabolized By CYP450

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For this assignment, you will choose one psychotropic drug that is metabolized by CYP450 enzymes and complete the following steps:

  • Create a brief PowerPoint presentation, hypothesizing the outcome of prescribing your chosen drug in the presence of its CYP450 inhibitor and inducer.
  • Answer the following questions:
  • What are examples of drugs that will inhibit and induce the psychotropic drug you chose to study? What will happen, e.g., side effects, symptoms in the patient if the psychotropic drug was prescribed along with either its (1) inhibitor or (2) inducer?
  • For which CYP450 enzyme/s is it a substrate?
  • What are the pharmacokinetic considerations when prescribing this medication (absorption, distribution, elimination)? Dietary considerations? Dosing times

personal genetic profile

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personal genetic profile

Class Assignment: Envision a time in the future when patients’ healthcare will be guided by their personal genetic profile (their human genome).

Discuss:

1. What will the future be like?

2. What will it look like?

I encourage you to go beyond what you think is realistic and imagine the most extreme or seemingly exaggerated possibilities.

Discuss how advances in genetic testing and profiling will play a major role in shaping how technology is used as a healthcare tool in the future.

This will be graded as a Discussion Forum without the student reply.

300 words. No APA Format.

Medication Reconciliation

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a.  Explain the medication reconciliation process

b.  Analyze the client scenario for any omissions, additions, or duplications of medications and discuss the implications to the client.

c.  Analyze the client scenario for potential risks associated with the client’s current condition and currently prescribed home medications

d.  Identify potential drug interaction and prioritize the drug interactions that are most concerning to you.

e.  Identify actions that the nurse should implement and provide a reason for each action.

1.  Mr. H. is being admitted with a broken hip due to falling at home and will be having surgery the next morning.  Past medical history includes hypertension and Type 2 diabetes. Allergies: Penicillin.  The home medication list is provided to the nurse and includes the following medications:

a.  Metoprolol 25 mg PO daily

b.  Atenolol 50 mg PO daily

c.  Garlic 1000 mg PO daily

d.  Metformin 500 mg PO twice daily

e.  Aspirin 81 mg PO daily

2.  The admitting orders include the following medication orders:

a.  Continue all home medications except metformin

b.  Insulin subcutaneous based on sliding scale B

i.  Blood sugar <150= 0 units

ii.  Blood sugar 151-175= 2 units

iii.  Blood sugar 176-200=3 units

iv.  Blood sugar 201-225=4 units

v.  Blood sugar 226-250=5 units

vi.  Blood sugar 251-300= 6 unites

vii.  Blood sugar > 300= notify healthcare provider

c.  Enoxaparin 40 mg subcutaneous daily, first dose tomorrow following surgery

d.  Piperacillin/tazobactam 3 gram/0.375 gram IV every 6 hours, first dose 30 minutes prior to surgery

Shelter for battered women

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Power Point Presentation

Topic: Shelter for battered women.

Research the institution to see first hand what services they provide.

Brief overview of the institution including history, when established, and the population it services.

Describe the vulnerable population you encountered while visiting the facility.

Why is the above population considered vulnerable?

What is this institution doing to assist the population in becoming less vulnerable?

List at least 3 suggestions your group has to improve the quality of life for these vulnerable individuals and how can you can apply them to nursing practice.

Reference slide that includes references in APA format.

Resources

https://www.bhnv.org/

Assessing And Diagnosing Patients With Mood Disorders

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Accurately diagnosing depressive disorders can be challenging given their periodic and, at times, cyclic nature. Some of these disorders occur in response to stressors and, depending on the cultural history of the client, may affect their decision to seek treatment. Bipolar disorders can also be difficult to properly diagnose. While clients with a bipolar or related disorder will likely have to contend with the disorder indefinitely, many find that the use of medication and evidence-based treatments have favorable outcomes.

To Prepare:

  • Review this week’s Learning Resources. Consider the insights they provide about assessing and diagnosing mood disorders.
  • Download the Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation Template, which you will use to complete this Assignment. Also review the Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation Exemplar to see an example of a completed evaluation document.
  • By Day 1 of this week, select a specific video case study to use for this Assignment from the Video Case Selections choices in the Learning Resources. View your assigned video case and review the additional data for the case in the “Case History Reports” document, keeping the requirements of the evaluation template in mind.
  • Consider what history would be necessary to collect from this patient.
  • Consider what interview questions you would need to ask this patient.
  • Identify at least three possible differential diagnoses for the patient.

Psychiatric Evaluation

Complete and submit your Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation, including your differential diagnosis and critical-thinking process to formulate a primary diagnosis. Incorporate the following into your responses in the template:

  • Subjective: What details did the patient provide regarding their chief complaint and symptomology to derive your differential diagnosis? What is the duration and severity of their symptoms? How are their symptoms impacting their functioning in life?
  • Objective: What observations did you make during the psychiatric assessment?
  • Assessment: Discuss the patient’s mental status examination results. What were your differential diagnoses? Provide a minimum of three possible diagnoses with supporting evidence, listed in order from highest priority to lowest priority. Compare the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for each differential diagnosis and explain what DSM-5 criteria rules out the differential diagnosis to find an accurate diagnosis. Explain the critical-thinking process that led you to the primary diagnosis you selected. Include pertinent positives and pertinent negatives for the specific patient case.
  • Reflection notes: What would you do differently with this client if you could conduct the session over? Also include in your reflection a discussion related to legal/ethical considerations (demonstrate critical thinking beyond confidentiality and consent for treatment!), health promotion and disease prevention taking into consideration patient factors (such as age, ethnic group, etc.), PMH, and other risk factors (e.g., socioeconomic, cultural background, etc.).