Entries by Alex

Discussion: Diversity And Health Assessments

Discussion: Diversity And Health Assessments May 2012, Alice Randall wrote an article for The New York Times on the cultural factors that encouraged black women to maintain a weight above what is considered healthy. Randall explained—from her observations and her personal experience as a black woman—that many African-American communities and cultures consider women who are overweight to […]

Nursing Care of the Patient With Endocrine Disease

Nursing Care of the Patient With Endocrine Disease Jenrry is a56-year-old female who is scheduled for a routine primary care provider’s (PCP) visit to follow-up on her hypertension. She reports no signi-ficant complaints other than her vision being blurry; she states, “I need to go to the eye doctor to have my eyes checked.” At […]

Investigate Development Case: Self-Regulation

Investigate Development Case: Self-Regulation MAKE A DECISION: How would you describe Randy’s problems in his workplace and what is your recommendation in how to address these issues? Other than his temper, Randy is a good employee. As valuable as he is, it’s probably best to encourage Randy to seek counseling and limit his contact with […]

NURS 6052N Evidence Base

NURS 6052N Evidence Base In this Assignment, you will identify clinical areas of interest and inquiry and practice searching for research in support of maintaining or changing these practices. You will also analyze this research to compare research methodologies employed. To Prepare: Review the Resources and identify a clinical issue of interest that can form […]

Strategies for determining red flags

Strategies for determining red flags Case Study 1: A mother brings in her 16-month-old, Brittany, for treatment of an acute illness. During the history, the mother reports that her mother-in-law is concerned about the toddler’s development. Further questioning reveals the following: •Brittany was a term infant born vaginally with no intrapartum complications. Birth weight was […]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is an evidence-based practice intervention used to identify, reduce, and prevent problematic use, abuse, and dependence on substances such as tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs. The SBIRT model was incited by an Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendation that called for community-based screening […]

Structural And Strategic Family Therapy

Structural And Strategic Family Therapy Assignment 1: Structural Versus Strategic Family Therapies Students will: · Compare structural family therapy to strategic family therapy · Create structural family maps · Justify recommendations for family therapy To prepare: · Review this week’s Learning Resources and reflect on the insights they provide on structural and strategic family therapies. […]

Case Study Theory Pender

Case Study Theory Pender You as the advanced practice nurse are working in a community health center. Your next patient is Mrs. Richards,  a 39 year-old Caucasian female, presenting to the clinic with a history of Hypothyroidism, Depression, and recent history of Substance Abuse (Heroine Use). During the initial interview, it is revealed that her husband and two children were […]

Electronic Healthcare Resources

Electronic Healthcare Resources Research two to three electronic health care resources. These could be websites, mobile applications, or multimedia resources used by health care consumers for their medical needs. Based on your research, write a 350- to 700-word summary in which you: Describe the websites, applications, or multimedia resources. Describe how health care providers use […]