08 Oct Write up CMP, CBC, UA – include normal range and what abnormal findings indicate for both HIGH and LOW values. Chest Xray and CT scan- uses for these diagnostic tests.

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Adult Health Nursing Complete the below and turn in to your clinical instructor via the submission folder in Brightspace.  You can write Number 1 as an Excel or Word document.  Number 2 will be submitted as a Word document.     Please complete the following:   1.       ...

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08 Oct Choose a topic of your own interest and receive instructor approval. Ideally you will choose a topic in which you do not have great knowledge.

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Choose a topic of your own interest and receive instructor approval. Ideally you will choose a topic in which you do not have great knowledge. The final is a formally written paper. There will be a minimum of three references  within the past 5 years...

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08 Oct Two nursing students cheated on several assignments. Although the evidence is irrefutable, both students deny cheating.

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Two nursing students cheated on several assignments.  Although the evidence is irrefutable, both students deny cheating.  Discuss these students in terms of virtue ethics.  Do these students have integrity?  Do these students have the character to become good nurses? Should the instructor allow them another...

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08 Oct Combatting Moral Distress

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Combatting Moral Distress Moral resilience has been defined as “the capacity of an individual to sustain or restore their integrity in response to moral complexity, confusion, distress, or setbacks” (Rushton, 2016a, p. 112a). Moral resilience is an evolving concept and other definitions have focused on “the...

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08 Oct Examining an Ethical Dilemma

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Examining an Ethical Dilemma   Ethical dilemmas occur when there are conflicting moral claims.  The "rightness" or "wrongness" of decisions regarding ethical issues is often not clear.  Consider a situation where you encountered an ethical dilemma.  Describe factors that contributed to your uncertainty about which moral claim...

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08 Oct Introduction to Ethical Dilemma

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Introduction to Ethical Dilemma Final Paper Everyone should have an approved topic for your final paper on an ethical dilemma of your choosing.  This week’s assignment is to write the first, and most important, part of your paper.   This is the Introduction—Summary of What is Known about...

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08 Oct Tonya and Lydia are two senior nursing students assigned to work in the intensive care unit with a critically ill patient

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Nursing Students Face an Ethical Dilemma Tonya and Lydia are two senior nursing students assigned to work in the intensive care unit with a critically ill patient. The patient, Mr. Dunn, is an 87-year-old retired ironworker. He lives alone in an old two-story frame house. Mr....

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08 Oct Deborah is a nurse practitioner working in a privately owned primary care clinic. This clinic serves mostly Medicaid-eligible families.

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Ethics In Nursing Deborah is a nurse practitioner working in a privately owned primary care clinic. This clinic serves mostly Medicaid-eligible families. Although Medicaid pays generously for most diagnoses and procedures, it often denies payment for wellness services.    In order for the clinic to make a profit,...

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08 Oct Ethics In Nursing

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Ethics In Nursing Think of a time when you had a different opinion than another person.   Reflect on personal values evident in encounters/challenges with patients, friends, teachers, and others.   Note what they think and feel about these situations.   Trace how they developed each value and how their value(s) affected...

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08 Oct Concepts of Teaching & Learning Staff Education

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Concepts of Teaching & Learning   Staff Education   a. Create a lesson about cultural diversity in the workforce.   b. Explain how you would motivate your audience.   c. Discuss potential barriers to learning.   Topic 2   Patient Education   a. Create a lesson pertaining to caring for a patient with COPD who is from another culture.   b....

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