What is the role and duties of a Veterinary Assistant before surgery, during surgery and after surgery?

The pre surgery, surgery,and post surgery as a veterinary assistant

What is the role and duties of a Veterinary Assistant before surgery, during surgery and after surgery?

What other subjective data would you obtain? What other objective findings would you look for? What diagnostic exams do you want to order? Name 3 differential diagnoses based on this patient presenting symptoms.

DISCUSSION

Chief Complaint
(CC)
History of Present Illness (HPI) A 37-year-old European American female presents to your practice with “loose stools” for about three days. One event about every three hours
PMH No contributory
PSH Appendectomy at the age of 14
Drug Hx
No meds
Allergies Penicillin
Subjective Fever and chills, Lost appetite Flatulence No mucus or blood on stools
Objective Data
PE B/P 188/96; Pulse 89; RR 16; Temp 99.0; Ht 5,6; wt 110; BMI 17.8
General well-developed female in no acute distress appears slightly fatigued
HEENT Atraumatic, normocephalic, PERRLA, EOMI, arcus senilus bilaterally, conjunctiva and sclera clear, nares patent, nasopharynx clear, edentulous.
Neck Supple
Lungs CTA AP&L
Card S1S2 without rub or gallop
Abd positive bowel sounds (BS) in all four quadrants; no masses; no organomegaly noted; diffuse, mild, bilateral lower quadrant pain noted Mild diffuse tenderness.
GU Non-contributory
Ext no cyanosis, clubbing, or edema
Integument good skin turgor noted, moist mucous membranes
Neuro No obvious deformities, CN grossly intact II-XII

Answer the below questions. Note that all your responses should apply to your specific patient from your assigned case study.

  1. What other subjective data would you obtain?
  2. What other objective findings would you look for?
  3. What diagnostic exams do you want to order?
  4. Name 3 differential diagnoses based on this patient presenting symptoms.
  5. Give rationales for each differential diagnosis.

Using the lessons learned from these resources, write an essay describing your takeaways, lessons learned, and how visiting these sites has benefitted you.

Role of Nurses in Improving Palliative Care for Culturally Diverse Populations

Utilize your topic of interest identified in week 1(The Role of Nurses in Improving Palliative Care for Culturally Diverse Populations). Test your question with a few trusted peers. Then follow the steps below to perform and build a plan for your topic development.

The OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue (owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html) is an excellent site at which to hone your writing and research skills.

  1. Go to owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/professional_technical_writing/audience_analysis/index.html and complete an “Audience Analysis.”
  2. Go to owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/the_writing_process/writers_block/more_writers_block_strategies.html and identify your blocks to writing and try two of the suggested intervention strategies.
  3. Go to owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/conducting_research/evaluating_sources_of_information/index.html and evaluate the value of the next three sources of information you plan to use in your research.

Using the lessons learned from these resources, write an essay describing your takeaways, lessons learned, and how visiting these sites has benefitted you.

[This essay should be at least 400 words in length. Include your link. ]

In 200 words or less, compare and contrast poster and podium presentations. Briefly explain which you prefer, and why.

Poster and podium presentations

In 200 words or less, compare and contrast poster and podium presentations. Briefly explain which you prefer, and why.

Describe the “rule of nines.” How is it calculated and why is it important? What would the TBSA be if a female adult burned both of their arms and their right leg? Additionally, describe one of the types of injury to your classmates: Thermal, Chemical, Electrical, or Inhalation.

Adult Health IV

Describe the “rule of nines.” How is it calculated and why is it important? What would the TBSA be if a female adult burned both of their arms and their right leg? Additionally, describe one of the types of injury to your classmates: Thermal, Chemical, Electrical, or Inhalation.

Create a Business plan. A BP can be written for any business, but for this assignment, the BP must be related to health care.

Business Plan

The purpose of this course is to gain experience in writing a BP. The focus should be on the process of creating the plan, more than numbers in the plan. In the "real" world we would research financial data thoroughly to be accurate, but due to time constraints, for this course, it is acceptable to estimate revenue and expense items. For example in calculating labor costs we could spend time researching average RN salaries for a given location. Your estimation of what an RN would earn in your area, will be acceptable for this BP.

Create a Business plan. A BP can be written for any business, but for this assignment, the BP must be related to health care. BPs can be organized in many ways, but for this course the BP will be organized as follows:

Business Plan Sections
1: Business Description
2: Marketing Plan
3: Organizational Operations Plan and Time Line
4: Capital Startup Budget and Amortization Schedule & Cash Flow Projections
5: Income Projections &Break-Even Analysis and Projected End of Year One Balance Sheet
6: Executive Summary and Evaluation

Select the role you wish as a client and take turns switching roles. After the conversation, document the interactions using the form provided and following the guidelines instructions for each column.

Course Competency

Describe the foundations of mental health nursing.

Transferable Skill

Communication: Displaying capability in writing, reading, and oral communication; understanding of non-verbal language.

Instructions

It will be carried out with two students working together. This is a “role play exercise,” in which one student is the student nurse, and the other will role play as a client In this assignment the nursing student will be demonstrating the therapeutic nurse-client relationship and analyzing the therapeutic and nontherapeutic techniques used. You will take turns in the roles.

This is not about always having therapeutic responses. It is about learning from practice and review. It is expected that you will think of other ways to respond or interact with the client that may be more therapeutic after the interaction is terminated. After the conversation is over, you will complete in IPR form.

The client roles are:

Mr. hones is a 69-year-old retired engineer. He was admitted to the in-patient psychiatric unit the previous day. His daughter had called the police when he locked himself in his bathroom and refused to come out. She thought he was suicidal. He was brought to the hospital by the police and was admitted on involuntary status. He has been reticent since admission but told his daughter he had no reason to live since his wife died.

  • Diagnosis: Major Depressive Disorder
  • Nursing Diagnosis: Risk for suicide.

Mrs. Alvarez is a 34-year-old female who has lived in this country for the past 10 yrs. She is a stay at home mom with three small children. Her husband works two jobs to support the family. Lately, she has been extremely anxious and fears that her children will become ill or injured. This seems to be an unrealistic concern, but she has been unable to sleep well and has lost 15 lbs. in the past month. She is a voluntary admission and states she knows she needs help.

  • Diagnosis: Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Nursing Diagnosis: Ineffective coping

You will select the role you wish as a client and take turns switching roles. After the conversation, you will document the interactions using the form provided and following the guidelines instructions for each column.

Describe how you will be involved with the decision-making process using the DECIDE model. Include an example from a clinical situation you experienced in the healthcare setting.

NUR 2832 Discussion : Nurse leader and manager decision

Directions:

Nurse Leader and Manager Decisions

Nurse leaders and managers and are responsible for making decisions in the healthcare setting.

First Post

Describe how you will be involved with the decision-making process using the DECIDE model. Include an example from a clinical situation you experienced in the healthcare setting.

Describe the characteristics of performance-driven team. Describe the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and explain why it is important in understanding the types of motivation when it comes to team performance.

Driven team

Describe the characteristics of performance-driven team. Describe the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and explain why it is important in understanding the types of motivation when it comes to team performance.

Identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for improvement related to the clinical issue identified. Analyze the SWOT data to provide the foundation for an action plan for quality improvement.

Nursing Quality Improvement Project Continuation

Goal:

  • To assess a clinical issue that is the focus of the Quality Improvement Project.
  • Create a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis for the project.

Content Requirements:

  1. Identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for improvement related to the clinical issue identified.
  2. Analyze the SWOT data to provide the foundation for an action plan for quality improvement.

Submission Instructions:

  • The paper is to be clear and concise, and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.
  • The paper is to be 2 – 3 pages in length, excluding the title, abstract and references page.
  • Incorporate a minimum of 3 current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work.
  • Journal articles and books should be referenced according to current APA style (the library has a copy of the APA Manual).
  • Your paper should be formatted per current APA and references should be current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions)