Case Study #1 L.D. is a 42 year old female patient who was admitted directly from the doctor’s office due to an infected wound on her left foot. The wound began when the patient was bit by her cat when she accidentally stepped on the cat’s tail. The wound is malodorous. The patient’s medical…
Chapter 11, Case 1 Lotus is a 36-year-old Asian American female who recently started a new executive position with an advertising firm. While she loves her new job and the field of advertising, she admits that the new schedule is grueling and that she often doesn’t get home until quite late. She has noticed that…
Chapter 13, Case 1 Reggie is a 42-year-old African American male recently referred for outpatient psychotherapy by his PCP. While he is in relatively good health, he admitted to his doctor that he has been drinking alcohol excessively again over the last three months. Reggie had a problem with alcohol when he was in his…
Strategies for Including Academic Activities and Accomplishments into My Professional Development Goals Developing an academic or professional portfolio is an excellent way to compile professional education, experience, and achievements through the cultivation of one’s own personal trademark. A portfolio is often essential in identifying expertise, documenting professional growth, and highlighting accomplishments that set you aside from everyone else (Williams & Jordan, 2007). A robust portfolio can be the defining factor in a competitive workforce, like healthcare, as it brings awareness to what makes…
DISCUSSION 3 Each person has his or her own personal history; that is, his or her collected experiences. Everything you have ever seen, heard, felt, learned, or experienced has lead to the development of this personal history. Factors that affect this history include your gender, race, age, ethnicity, culture, education, native language, and religion,…
NSTRUCTIONS: Data File and Data Dictionary This assignment must be completed individually and should not be discussed with other students or on the Discussion Board. For this assignment, you will be creating a Data File and Data Dictionary using Microsoft Excel. Instructions and examples for how to create a Data File and Data Dictionary…
Please follow this format for your paper and include these 9 sections. Remember to include Bold Headers listed below before each section. Deductions will be given if they do not appear. Do not number them in your paper! Introduction; The purpose of this assignment is to reflect on how this writer’s personal philosophy of nursing…
For this assignment, you will appraise a clinical practice guideline on a topic chosen by your faculty member. Ground yourself in the topic (again). Read/ Review the clinical practice guideline provided to you by your course faculty. The article you will appraise is available as a PDF in the Course Readings. The reference is…
Directions: Initial Post As a student nurse, one of your first assignments is with an elderly client. As you are helping with her care, you hear a discussion between this senior woman and her husband. She says that she does not want any more treatments and instead wants only comfort measures and to start…
Chapter 8, Case 2 Fiona is a 29-year-old woman who works in a medical factory making medical equipment. She lives with her husband and in-laws. Over the last week, she has been more isolative, saying strange things to her husband, and not sleeping due to unidentified fearfulness. The only stressor that her husband can identify…
