As a DNP-prepared nurse, you will have a significant voice in your healthcare setting to advocate for evidence-based practice (EBP). Understanding how evidence can inform better nursing care and improve patient outcomes is fundamental to successful advocacy. Blogs help facilitate a meaningful and more informal classroom...
Select a patient for whom you conducted psychotherapy for a mood disorder during the last 4 weeks. Create a Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation Note on this patient using the template provided · Subjective: What details did the patient provide regarding their chief complaint and symptomology...
How might nurse leaders leverage data for performance management? Support your statements with evidence from the literature...
A 62-year-old male, former smoker with a 40-pack-year history, presents to the clinic with worsening shortness of breath over the past year. He reports a chronic productive cough, fatigue, and occasional wheezing. He finds it difficult to walk up a flight of stairs without stopping...
HM is a 42 year-year-old female seeking evaluation for feelings of fullness, bloating and acid reflux with symptoms worse at night. HM eats fast food once a day and consumes 2 cups of coffee a day. She drinks alcohol socially on weekends. PMH includes asthma,...
AT is a 63-year-old female that presents to the clinic today with early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease. What would you prescribe? Consider her labs and provide an updated drug therapy plan. Include complete medication orders. How would you monitor drug therapy? Labs: TSH 3.9 mU/L, vitamin D...
KH is a 48-year-old male diagnosed with type II diabetes 1 year ago. He has controlled his blood glucose through dietary changes. He has hypertension and is currently on lisinopril 10 mg po daily. He has no known allergies. His lab work today includes: fasting...
JG is a 37-year-old male presenting with wheezing and shortness of breath. During his visit today, he reports having to use his albuterol 3 days per week over the past month. He reports being awakened by a cough six nights during the last month. His...
This week we will apply pharmacology concepts to the gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary systems. Symptoms of various gastrointestinal (GI) and hepatobiliary disorders often overlap, making diagnosis and treatment challenging. For example, symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, constipation, and diarrhea are non-specific and could also be the result...
Be sure you have reviewed the NOHS ethical standards of responsibility to public and society (NOHS Standards 11 to 17). Select a specific client population that is culturally diverse (e.g., immigrants, refugees, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, ethnic minorities, etc.). For this group, address the...