How do antihypertensive medications interact with determinants of cardiac output and peripheral resistance to reduce blood pressure? What are the most common complications of untreated or undertreated hypertension?

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Cardiovascular diseases

Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of adult morbidity and mortality, accounting for 31% of deaths worldwide. The most common vascular system disorder is hypertension, defined by the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association (AHA) as blood pressure >130/80 mm Hg.

How do antihypertensive medications interact with determinants of cardiac output and peripheral resistance to reduce blood pressure?

What are the most common complications of untreated or undertreated hypertension?

 

Describe how the theory of cultural marginality corresponds with caring in the human health experience. Provide an example from practice where you worked with a person who was living on the margins.

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Cultural marginality

Describe how the theory of cultural marginality corresponds with caring in the human health experience. Provide an example from practice where you worked with a person who was living on the margins.

 

Discuss four non-pharmacological treatments that you would recommend for ADHD. Use the clinical guidelines to support your response.

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Nursing question

After studying Module 4: Lecture Materials & Resources, discuss the following:

In a well written discussion post address the following:

  • Some commonly followed treatments for ADHD have not been scientifically substantiated, including restricted or modified diets, treatments for allergies, treatment for inner ear problems, treatments for yeast infections, megavitamins, chiropractic adjustment and bone alignment, eye training, special-colored glasses, and biofeedback.
  • Discuss four non-pharmacological treatments that you would recommend for ADHD. Use the clinical guidelines to support your response.

Submission Instructions:

  • Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted, and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.

 

Use the Excel DataSet from Exercise 1 to run a Pearson’s r to determine if there is a correlation between BMI(before) and Resting Pulse Rate in Excel.

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

Use the Excel Dataset from Exercise 1 to (a) run a Pearson’s r to determine if there is a correlation between BMI(before) and Resting Pulse Rate; and (b) a Spearman’s rho to determine if there is a relationship between BMI(groups) and Hypertension(groups). Perform both tests in Excel. Write up your results for both tests in an APA paper. This paper is limited to a title page, 1-2 pages of text, and a reference page

Use the Excel DataSet from Exercise 1 to run a Pearson’s r to determine if there is a correlation between BMI(before) and Resting Pulse Rate in Excel.

Use the Excel DataSet from Exercise 1 to run a Spearman’s rho to determine if there is a relationship between BMI(groups) and Hypertension(groups) in Excel.

Write up the results from both tests in an APA paper, limit this paper to a maximum of 4 pages including a Title page and a References page.

What do you see as one priority for every nurse in terms of current and future global health needs that embraces healthcare based on the readings and videos provided to you this week?

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The Need for All Nurses to Be Involved in Global Healthcare

Today we are only one airplane ride away from another country! Global health issues are literally part of our world now, and we are finding new health issues and diseases presenting in our country. For example, the United States was recently impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which crippled the United States along with the rest of the globe. In addition, many nurses leave their home countries to come to the United States to practice nursing for a variety of reasons. When nurses leave their home countries, often those countries then suffer from a nursing shortage and leave many needing nursing care without an adequate number of nurses to provide care. Share one example of how you see your role as a professional nurse contributing to global health. What do you see as one priority for every nurse in terms of current and future global health needs that embraces healthcare based on the readings and videos provided to you this week?

Video links for this assignment:

What is a tissue? What is the function of epithelial tissue? What is the function of connective tissue? What is the function of muscular tissue? What is the function of nervous tissue?

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Access Code (located on the lid of your lab kit): Click here to enter text.

Pre-Lab Questions:

  1. What is a tissue?
  2. What is the function of epithelial tissue?
  3. What is the function of connective tissue?
  4. What is the function of muscular tissue?
  5. What is the function of nervous tissue?
  6. Describe sebaceous glands, sweat glands, and hairs with regard to the function of the skin.
  7. What is the function of melanin?
  8. List the similarities and differences of the layers of the epidermis.

Experiment 1: Microscopic Slide Examination of Tissue

”Identify the following tissue slides: ”

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What is the relationship between levels of CD4 lymphocytes and the likelihood of clinical complications from AIDS? Why does the United States Public Health Service recommend monitoring CD4 counts every 3–6 months in patients infected with HIV?

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Pagana: Mosby’s Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests, 6th Edition

AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

  1. What is the relationship between levels of CD4 lymphocytes and the likelihood of clinical complications from AIDS?
  1. Why does the United States Public Health Service recommend monitoring CD4 counts every 3–6 months in patients infected with HIV?
  1. This is patient seems to be unaware of his diagnosis of HIV/AIDS. How would you approach to your patient to inform about his diagnosis?
  1. Is this a reportable disease in Florida? If yes. What is your responsibility as a provider?

 

Write a critical appraisal that demonstrates comprehension of two qualitative research studies.

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Rough Draft Qualitative Research Critique and Ethical Considerations

In this assignment, you will write a critical appraisal that demonstrates comprehension of two qualitative research studies.

For this assignment, use the nursing practice problem and two qualitative peer-reviewed research articles you identified in Topic 1 (or two new articles based on instructor feedback in Topic 1). In a 1,000-1,250-word essay, summarize two qualitative studies.

Use the ”Research Critique Guidelines – Part I” document to organize your essay.

You are required to cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years, appropriate for the assignment criteria, and relevant to nursing practice.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

What are the nonverbal cues from each of the participants? Which of the three displayed upward communication? Was it effectively handled? Why or why not?

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CASE STUDY

Scenario:
Eric is the nursing supervisor in charge of the hospital operations during the 3 to 11 pm shift. Joyce is the charge nurse in the emergency department, and Diane is the charge nurse in the intensive care unit. The three meet one evening to discuss problems with moving patients out of the ED and into beds in the ICU. As they discuss the issues, Eric sits behind his desk, folds his hands, crosses his legs, and begins glancing at a paper on his desk. Joyce sits across from Eric, with her legs and arms crossed. She looks directly at Eric. Diane pulls a chair from the wall, placing it near the corner of the desk, forming a triangle with the other two participants. She sits down, leans forward, and smiles.

1. What are the nonverbal cues from each of the participants?

2. Identify the verbal and nonverbal facilitative and obstructive messages from each of the participants in this case.
The three nurses agree on a process to facilitate the transition from ED to ICU. Eric makes a summary report of the meeting and submits it to the director of nursing with an appointment to meet the following week. Joyce holds a meeting of the ED personnel the next day and informs them of changes made to the process. She creates a memo describing changes to the ICU transfer process and posts it in the department classroom. She requests all staff to read and initial the memo, noting that they have read and understood the changes. Diane also informs her staff by holding mandatory meetings at various times throughout the next week. She schedules in-services for all staff and requires them to relate the pertinent information back to her to determine staff understanding of their roles in the procedural change.

3. Which of the three displayed upward communication? Was it effectively handled? Why or why not?

4. Joyce and Diane both took initiative in distributing the information to the necessary people. What were the positive aspects to their methods of handling the situation? What were the negatives?

Assignment:
Part 1: PowerPoint Content
Slide 1: Title, include your name, section number, add an image to represent each of the people involved in the scenario (3 people=3 images or 1 image with 3 people)
Slide 2: Define in your own words Verbal and Nonverbal Communication
Slide 3: Address how each of the three participants used verbal and nonverbal communication effectively
Slide 4: Define in your own words Upward Communication
Slide 5: Which of the three participants created the memo? And how was the memo effective or not effective? Why?
Slide 6: What would you have added to enhance the memo?
Slide 7: References: Minimum of one (2) peer-reviewed reference. WEBSITES are NOT considered peer-reviewed.

Pat 2: You will also be providing a Voiceover for the PowerPoint presentation.

Who were the guideline developers? Were the developers of the guideline representative of key stakeholders in this specialty (inter-disciplinary)? Who funded the guideline development? Were any of the guideline developers funded researchers of the reviewed studies?

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Evidence Based Practice Guideline: Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Utilize the National Guideline Clearinghouse databace to locate an Evidence-Based Practice Guideline, related to your topic identified in Module 1. Perform a rapid critical appraisal of the Evidence-Based Guideline by answering the following questions in APA format. This critical appraisal should be written in complete sentences (not just a numbered list) using APA format. Explain responses to yes/no questions in detail.

Must include title page, intro paragraph, body with headings for each topic below, conclusion and references page.

Use the below headings in order to properly organize the paper to make sure you address all the questions are offered below in bold font. Each heading should answer the questions in one paragraph.

Developers and Funding: Who were the guideline developers? Were the developers of the guideline representative of key stakeholders in this specialty (inter-disciplinary)? Who funded the guideline development? Were any of the guideline developers funded researchers of the reviewed studies?

Strategy: Did the team have a valid development strategy? Was an explicit (how decisions were made), sensible, and impartial process used to identify, select, and combine evidence?

Review/Peer Review: Testing/Intent of Use Did its developers carry out comprehensive, reproducible literature review within the past 12 months of its publication/revision? Were all important options and outcomes considered? Has the guideline been subjected to peer review and testing? Is the intent of use provided (i.e. national, regional, local)?

Recommendations: Is each recommendation in the guideline tagged by the level/strength of evidence upon which it is based and linked to the scientific evidence? Do the guidelines make explicit recommendations (reflecting value judgments about the outcomes)? Are the recommendations clinically relevant? Are the recommendations practical/feasible? Are resources (people and equipment) available? Are the recommendations a major variation from current practice? Can the outcomes be measured through standard care? Will the recommendations help me in caring for my patients?