Vitamin deficiencies can result from various factors, such as inadequate dietary intake, malabsorption, and certain medical conditions. Discuss one condition that increases the risk of vitamin deficiencies. How can healthcare professionals identify at-risk patients and develop appropriate intervention strategies to prevent or address these deficiencies?
Category: Nursing
The Pathophysiology of Common Skin Infections in Children
Discuss the pathophysiology of common skin infections in children, such as impetigo, cellulitis, and fungal infections. How do microbial invasion, host immune responses and skin barrier integrity contribute to the development and progression of these infections?
Improving Inventory Management Through a Relational Database
Identify a task in your workplace that could be made more efficient through thedesign and implementation of a relational database (but which doesnt currently utilize a relational database). The identified problem or new opportunity could berelated to how data is stored, retrieved or both.Design a basic relational database to solve your identified workplace task.
Addressing Hypertension, Obesity, and Hyperlipidemia in Mrs. Lyons: Treatment Recommendations and Interventions
Mrs. Lyons is a 57-year-old African American female who recently developed headaches and had an elevated blood pressure reading at her work health fair. Her blood pressure was taken at the health fair, and the reading was 168/99. She has returned to the drugstore three times to take her blood pressure. The readings have been: 145/90, 150/89, 140/88. At the health fair, she was told her BMI is elevated. Her cholesterol levels were also done at the health fair, and the results were: total cholesterol level of 250, LDL 138, HDL 48, and Triglycerides 170. She has not been to see a primary care provider in over 5 years. At her last office visit, which was 5 years ago, her blood pressure was (135/95). Her LDL and triglycerides were also elevated at that time. The patient was supposed to monitor her blood pressure at home and trial diet and lifestyle changes. She was supposed to return for a follow-up with her blood pressure log and for a recheck of her labs. She, unfortunately, did not do this. Today in the clinic, her vital signs are: BP 146/92, HR 90, Temp 98.4, RR 12, O2 98%, Height 5’5, Weight 220 lbs, BMI 36.6 She is not currently taking any medications. She has NKDA. Family history: her brother and sister both have been diagnosed with hypertension and DM. Diagnoses for the patient are HTN, Obesity, and Hyperlipidemia.
Q1. Please briefly discuss the first-line treatment recommendations from JNC8, and the AHA/ACC for a patient with no other major comorbidities.
Q2. What are the recommended medications to start this specific patient on? Please provide the drug class, generic & trade name, and initial starting dose.
Q3. Please discuss the mechanism of action of each of the drugs you listed.
Q4. Please discuss the side effect profile of each medication you listed.
Q5. Are there any interactions between any of the medications you prescribed?
Q6. What other non-pharmacological interventions would be
Impact of Home Visits on Parent, Practitioner, and Child Relationships in Early Years Education
Do home visits make a difference to the parent, practitioner and child relationship in the early years
Balancing Act: Compassion, Effectiveness, and Efficiency in Health and Social Care Leadership
Write a critical assignment addressing the following question:Critically explore how important and realistic it is for health and social care leaders to balance compassion with effective and efficient service delivery.
Kaiser Permanente’s Strategic Plan for Addressing Nursing Shortages and Healthcare Needs
Analyze Kaiser Permanente’s readiness to meet the healthcare needs of citizens in the next decade. The issue is the nursing shortage which leads to unsafe work environments and for nurses to go out of ratio.Analyze your selected organization’s strategic plan to determine to what extent it addresses issues pertaining to network growth, nurse staffing, resource management, and patient satisfaction.
Enhancing Adult Learner Integration in Higher Education: A Director’s Perspective
Review the media scenario titled, Adult Learning Contexts: Open Courses. in the Grand City CommunityLinks to an external site. at the Grand City University, Office of Adult Education. Consider the experiences of an adult learner and assume the role of the Director. How would you advise the faculty member?Post your perspective of what it is like for adult learners to be integrated into a classroom with young learners. As the Director, indicate strategies you would recommend to the faculty member and justify them with the current literature. Describe what types of additional supports you might recommend to help support the students in the class and the faculty member.
Unveiling the Meaning Behind Healthcare Data: Moving Beyond Raw Data
Imagine that you have collected data from 100 patients. You have carefully compiled vitals, pain scores, and medications for each of the patients. However, what does all of this data mean? Is your work now done?
How do we make data meaningful? Why must we move beyond the raw data to ensure that data is purposeful? Descriptive analysis is the analysis of the data to develop meaning. Descriptive analysis provides meaning through showing, describing, and summarizing the data compiled to “reveal characteristics of the sample and to describe study variables” (Gray & Grove, 2020). This allows the researcher to present data in a more meaningful and simplified way.
Evolution of the Death Penalty in the United States at the Turn of the 20th Century
Why did the states abolish and reinstate the death penalty when the United States entered the 20th Century?