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Engaging Patients in Shared Decision Making 1. Given the evidence of visiting hours and the evidence related to the individual and system-level implementation of evidence, what are the key issues related to implementing appropriate visitation policies? Key issues related to implementing the facilities visitation policies includes resource allocation, belief of healthcare providers ability to influence policy change within their facility, and possible consequences of implementing appropriat...

 IS THE PATIENT’S AIRWAY CLEAR?  IS THE PATIENT ABLE TO BREATHE?  IS THE PATIENT HEART RATE/BLOOD PRESSURE WITHIN RANGE? 1. IN THIS FRAMEWORK THE MOST IMPORTANT PATIENT IS THE ONE WHOSE AIRWAY IS BLOCKED. 2. THE SECOND WOULD BE THE PATIENT WHOSE BREATHING IS COMPROMISED AND CANNOT GET OXYGEN TO THE BODY. 3. THE THIRD WOULD BE THE PATIENT WHOSE BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART RATE ARE COMPROMISED. 4. THE LAST WOULD BE A PATIENT WHO IS NOT SAFE OR WHOSE SAFETY IS AT RISK. S = SAFETY. ...

Critical Thinking Questions 1. What is the role of patient-centered care and patient preferences in evidence-based practice? The role of patient-centered care and patient preferences is that they help us as nurses to guide our practice based on evidence and research and feedback. It provides our focus and our purpose and allows us to continue research for improvement in our field. It also improves patient engagement in their healthcare process and increases patient outcomes.

Case Study: Tom 1. How do you feel about expending limited resources on those who are not U.S. citizens and live in other countries when they cannot afford their care? Do you agree with Becky or the other nurses? Why? I agree with Becky. Although this is a controversial issue with any ethical principle’s determinants, no matter how much we might want to help those who are “medical tourists,” as is our nature as healthcare providers, we simply do not have the resources to do so! The ...

Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH) History of Present Problem: Brenda Jackson is a 22-year-old African American, G-1, now T-1 P -0 A- 0 L-1 who is Group B strep positive and was treated with four doses of penicillin G. She had a vaginal delivery over an intact perineum after 19 hours of labor at 39 weeks gestation. She has been clinically stable and is about to be transferred to the postpartum unit after a two-hour recovery period. Oxytocin 20 units in 1000 mL of Lactated Ringer’s is infusing a...

Nursing 6435 Week 9 Discussion An eighteen-month-old child, well-known to your practice, presents with a seven-day history of fever ranging from 101 to 104.7 degrees Fahrenheit. On the fourth day of the fever, the emergency department had performed the following tests:  A blood and urine culture  A complete blood count  A comprehensive metabolic panel The culture reports were found to be negative. Today, the vitals of the child are the following:  Temperature: 101.5 degrees ...

Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH) History of Present Problem: Brenda Jackson is a 22-year-old African American, G-1, now T-1 P -0 A- 0 L-1 who is Group B strep positive and was treated with four doses of penicillin G. She had a vaginal delivery over an intact perineum after 19 hours of labor at 39 © 2016 Keith Rischer/www.KeithRN.com Brenda Jackson, 22 years old weeks gestation. She has been clinically stable and is about to be transferred to the postpartum unit after a two-hour recovery perio...

Week 4 Discussion Peds This week, complete the Aquifer case titled Pediatrics 13: 6-year-old female with chronic cough. This case can be found under Aquifer Family Medicine. Apply information from the Aquifer case study to answer the following questions: 1. Do you recommend a limited or an involved use of antibiotics in treatment of these disease(s) and other unconfirmed bacterial illnesses and why? What are the standards regarding the use of antibiotics in pediatric population, and what...

Week 4 Discussion The evolution/transition of healthcare to an incentivized customer service industry has contributed to (at least) two public health crises. The increased need for positive facility and provider reviews have led to an opioid epidemic and the over-prescription of antibiotics directly contributes to the creation of resistant bacteria (Shallcross & Davies, 2014). I believe that as providers it is our responsibility to advocate for what’s best for our patients and our commun...

WEEK 4 DISCUSSION 2 Week 4 Discussion Do you recommend a limited or an involved use of antibiotics in treatment of these diseases and other unconfirmed bacterial illnesses and why? What are the standards regarding the use of antibiotics in pediatric population, and what assessment findings would warrant prescribing an antibiotic for Asthma symptoms?