Week 7

 What are the main pathogens that cause pneumonia? How would the treatment for pneumonia in a 23 year-old otherwise healthy patient possibly differ from a 66 year-old diabetic COPD patient. Would you order the same antibiotics for both patients? How would you determine if a your patient needs to be hospitalized for pneumonia?  Length: A…

Neurological

  List the risk factors for cerebrovascular accidents and why? What cultures are at higher risk and why? Describe the 0 to 4+ scale for scoring deep tendon reflexes. What would you expect to find in a patient with diabetic peripheral neuropathy? Share any experience you have encountered and elaborate. Submission Instructions: Your initial post…

Knowledge Check

ONE PARAGRAPH FOR EACH QUESTION WITH 2 SUPPORTING PEER REVIEWED REFERENCES! Be sure to provide 2 APA citations of the supporting evidence- based peer reviewed articles you selected to support your thinking. Make sure to ANSWER EACH QUESTION ACCURATELY. (Please review attachments) Please do not plagiarize nor reword another persons assignment that has been previously…

Peer Review

  Choose two peers to review their video. Make sure they are peers from two different groups. Peer Reviews Each student must respond to two peers’ posts by Sunday at 11:59 PM ET, providing a short explanation with an evidence-based rationale to the statement.  The student may use the required course materials or another scholarly…

Profit

Private, nongovernmental healthcare organizations may be either for profit (FP) or not for profit (NFP). Discuss the difference between not-for-profit and for-profit organizations. What happens if an NFP organization makes a profit? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each type of organization? Describe two specific examples of how risk management has influenced nursing documentation….

Week 2

Instructions: Search online for a nursing research article on a nursing topic that interests you. Write a 2 page paper addressing the following:  1. Explain the Nursing Theory represented by the journal article. 2. Determine if the theory was a grand, middle-range, or situation-specific nursing theory. Discuss.  2. Summarize the findings of the article. Paper…

Discussion board and two answer to classmate post

 Compare and examine the consequences of an unethical behaviors in a nursing Master’s program and in the nursing practice by providing one example for each.   The discussion must address the topic. Rationale must be provided 350 words in your initial post.  Minimum of two scholarly references in APA format within the last five years published…

Nursing Research

Search online for a nursing research article on a nursing topic that interests you. Write a 2 page paper addressing the following:  1. Explain the Nursing Theory represented by the journal article. 2. Determine if the theory was a grand, middle-range, or situation-specific nursing theory. Discuss.  2. Summarize the findings of the article. Paper must…