Explain your diagnosis for the patient, including your rationale for the diagnosis. Describe an appropriate drug therapy plan based on the patient’s history, diagnosis, and drugs currently prescribed.

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Nursing Question

Gastrointestinal (GI) and hepatobiliary disorders affect the structure and function of the GI tract. Many of these disorders often have similar symptoms, such as abdominal pain, cramping, constipation, nausea, bloating, and fatigue. Since multiple disorders can be tied to the same symptoms, it is important for advanced practice nurses to carefully evaluate patients and prescribe a treatment that targets the cause rather than the symptom.

Once the underlying cause is identified, an appropriate drug therapy plan can be recommended based on medical history and individual patient factors. In this Assignment, you examine a case study of a patient who presents with symptoms of a possible GI/hepatobiliary disorder, and you design an appropriate drug therapy plan.

To Prepare:

  • Review the case study assigned by your Instructor for this Assignment
  • Reflect on the patient’s symptoms, medical history, and drugs currently prescribed.
  • Think about a possible diagnosis for the patient. Consider whether the patient has a disorder related to the gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary system or whether the symptoms are the result of a disorder from another system or other factors, such as pregnancy, drugs, or a psychological disorder.
  • Consider an appropriate drug therapy plan based on the patient’s history, diagnosis, and drugs currently prescribed.
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  • Write a 1-page paper that addresses the following:
    • Explain your diagnosis for the patient, including your rationale for the diagnosis.
    • Describe an appropriate drug therapy plan based on the patient’s history, diagnosis, and drugs currently prescribed.
    • Justify why you would recommend this drug therapy plan for this patient. Be specific and provide examples.
  • CASE STUDY
  • DC is a 46-year-old female who presents with a 24-hour history of RUQ pain. She states the pain started about 1 hour after a large dinner she had with her family. She has had nausea and on instance of vomiting before presentation.
     
    PMH: Vitals:
    HTN Temp: 98.8oF
    Type II DM Wt: 202 lbs
    Gout Ht: 5’8”
    DVT – Caused by oral BCPs BP: 136/82
    HR: 82 bpm
     
    Current Medications: Notable Labs:
    Lisinopril 10 mg daily WBC: 13,000/mm3
    HCTZ 25 mg daily Total bilirubin: 0.8 mg/dL
    Allopurinol 100 mg daily Direct bilirubin: 0.6 mg/dL
    Multivitamin daily Alk Phos: 100 U/L
    AST: 45 U/L
    ALT: 30 U/L

    Allergies:

    • Latex
    • Codeine
    • Amoxicillin

    PE:

    • Eyes: EOMI
    • HENT: Normal
    • GI:bNondistended, minimal tenderness
    • Skin: Warm and dry
    • Neuro: Alert and Oriented
    • Psych: Appropriate mood

Prepare a single poster presentation, using Prezi or similar product. The poster will describe your scholarly project as if it was complete and you were submitting your poster presentation to a professional audience.

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Presentation graphics

Complete a poster presentation activity by following these instructions:

Prepare a single poster presentation, using Prezi or similar product. The poster will describe your scholarly project as if it was complete and you were submitting your poster presentation to a professional audience.

Develop your poster based on your review of literature, table of evidence, and abstract.
In your poster, provide SAMPLE results using tables and/or figures to illustrate findings you might anticipate. Clearly mark the Table or Figure as a Sample. Refer to the document – Critical Appraisal of the Evidence: Part III as a guide.

Use APA formatting for your source citations and references.

Choose 3 sites or applications (one must be a support group) and explain what the critical components are that you used to evaluate them.

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Week 3 Discussion

Patients are becoming technologically savvy. The use of the Smartphone has made accessing information as simple as tapping on a downloaded application. For this discussion, please select a disease or condition and research online support groups and websites or applications you would recommend for patient education. Consider the information provided by USA.gov related to evaluating health information on the Internet  

  • (https://ods.od.nih.gov/Health_Information/How_To_Evaluate_Health_Information_on_the_Int)

Respond to each of the following prompts:
1. Choose 3 sites or applications (one must be a support group) and explain what the critical components are that you used to evaluate them.
2. Explain from a nursing perspective the benefits of each site and also what improvements are needed.
3. How do these sites or applications (one of which is a support group) support diverse and hard-to-reach populations?

How would you apply the principles of the Triple Aim initiative to improve quality, safety and satisfaction in the acute care or long-term care setting?

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Quality of Healthcare

Reflect upon the patient experience, patient safety, and healthcare cost as well as Joint Commission’s role in quality healthcare.

Write a paper that addresses the following questions:

How would you apply the principles of the Triple Aim initiative to improve quality, safety and satisfaction in the acute care or long-term care setting?
Reflect on your current or future role in healthcare. How you would you, in the role of director of nursing or healthcare administrator contribute to improving cost effective quality care, patient satisfaction, and patient safety?
What practices would you apply to minimize medical errors among front-line nursing staff?

Explain the rationale for applying the NPSG in nursing practice. Discuss some of the benefits and/or challenges of implementing the NPSG in a health care organization? How does appropriate application of the elements of performance in the NPSG reduce negative patient outcomes?

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Quality of Healthcare

The Joint Commission determines the highest priority patient safety issues and how best to address them, including as a National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG). Access the Joint Commission website for the most current NPSGs. Select one or more NPSGs and address the following:

Explain the rationale for applying the NPSG in nursing practice. Discuss some of the benefits and/or challenges of implementing the NPSG in a health care organization? How does appropriate application of the elements of performance in the NPSG reduce negative patient outcomes?

write 2-3 Full Page Paper (excluding title page and references page) about a contemporary topic that affects nursing or nursing students.

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Reflection Paper #2

Students will write 2-3 Full Page Paper (excluding title page and references page) about a contemporary topic that affects nursing or nursing students.

Suggested Topics

  1. Climate change as a health care priority
  2. Social determinants of health
  3. What can nurses do to positively influence healthcare policies?
  4. Access to health care in medically underserved communities
  5. Dress code or not for professional nurses
  6. Evaluating the legitimacy of heatlcare information on social media
  7. Nursing as represented in the media
  8. Is healthcare a right or a privilege?
  9. Preparing for the next pandemic. Are we ready?
  10. Reflection about the book chosen by the Mercy College IPE committee this semester
  11. Other topics with prior approval by professor

How do nurses promote safety and caring in the nursing profession and why is it important?

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Clinical Journalism #2- APA format Safety and Caring

How do nurses promote safety and caring in the nursing profession and why is it important? (Minimum of 2 pages.)

Describe and discuss the medical management, communication/teaching for patients and families, cultural considerations, and provide three relevant priority nursing interventions with rationales.

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Neurologic Alterations

With this assignment, you will learn about and discuss various neurological alterations. For this paper, you will need to describe and discuss the medical management, communication/teaching for patients and families, cultural considerations, and provide three relevant priority nursing interventions with rationales for the following conditions:

  • Increased intracranial pressure
  • Skull fractures
  • Spinal cord injury
  • Cerebrovascular disease
  • Status epilepticus.

This paper is a minimum of 4 pages with no more than 10 pages, not including the title and reference page (6-12 total) and APA formatted, with a minimum of 2 scholarly sources. However, to earn exemplary in the decision making and clinical reasoning category 3 or more scholarly sources are required. Sources need to be less than 5 years old.

Reflect on ethical dilemmas uncovered during scenario watching or debriefing. Describe an “Aha” moment experienced during the simulation. What are some of the aspects of the client’s care you didn’t feel prepared for?

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Real Life RN Maternal Newborn 3.0 – Preeclampsia

Discussion/Debrief – minimum 500 words on the following:

  • Reflect on ethical dilemmas uncovered during scenario watching or debriefing.
  • Describe an “Aha” moment experienced during the simulation.
  • What are some of the aspects of the client’s care you didn’t feel prepared for?
  • Do you have any other suggestions on what you would like to implement for the patient’s care?

What was the purpose or focus of The Belmont Report? What changes occurred because of its implementation? Give a few examples. Do you agree with these changes and recommendations? Why or why not?

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Soap note

In at least 300 words answer the following questions:

Read the Belmont Report-

  • What was the purpose or focus of The Belmont Report?
  • What changes occurred because of its implementation? Give a few examples.
  • Do you agree with these changes and recommendations? Why or why not?

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