Topic: Inform

Child development theories, educational theories, ethical theories all provide information that support communication and patient care. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and Lewin’s theory of planned change reinforce a relationship between nursing and other disciplines. Non-nursing and nursing theories can work together to inform and guide nursing practice, education, and research.

Choose a theory from one of the following disciplines of behavioral, leadership, business, education, and or technology. Describe the theory and assess its value to professional nursing practice.

 

Mr. Russell is a 73-year-old Caucasian male who presents to your clinic with complaints palpitations and intermittent light-headedness for approximately 1 month. He is currently being treated for hypertension and is taking HCTZ 25mg daily. He also is complaining of heartburn and belching after eating a large meal.

Vital Signs: B/P 159/95 (right arm), B/P 162/96 (left arm), HR 88, Resp. 22, Weight 99 kilograms (previous weight at last appointment 2 months ago was 95kg

Physical Exam:

Constitutional: Alert & oriented, well-developed.

Neck: No carotid bruit or JVD.

Heart: Regular rate without murmur or gallop.

Lungs: Slight crackles in RLL but otherwise clear to auscultation.

Abdomen: Soft, non-tender with + BS.

Legs: Left leg with moderate 3+ edema on RLE and leg 2+ edema on LLE.

Labs: NA 143mEq/L, CL 99 mmol/L BUN 18mg/dL, Hbg 15, TC 234 mg/dL, LDL 137 mg/dL, HDL 35 mg/dL, triglycerides 241mg/dL,

1. What are your treatment goals for Mr. Russell today?
2. What is your pharmacologic plan and rationale? (cite with appropriate clinical practice guidelines or scholarly, peer-reviewed journals)
3. What are five key patient education points based on your plan?
4. How would your plan change if your patient is African American?

 

Ethical Principles

Discuss and analyze the situation according to the ethical principles that you have learned in this chapter. How would the use of a different priority of ethical principles affect possible outcomes?

• A high school student with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) wishes to attend class.
• A student has confided to a school worker that her father is sexually abusing her. She does not want her mother, who is a teacher at the school, to know and does not want the nurse or the counselor or principal to discuss this with anyone

  

Instructions for Answer to 2 Question

1- After Each DQ (question), write down references

2- 300 minimum words for every DQ, you can go up to 800 words but answer should be complete.

3- 2-3 Peer Reviewed/ scholarly references for each question

4- References should be within 4 years

5- I am in acute care nurse practitioner program.

6- The response to the DQ is expected to be a minimum of 300 words. A minimum of two peer reviewed/ scholarly  resources are expected. These need to be appropriate for a clinical professional to guide decisions about patient care. If a textbook is used for one of these responses, the other needs to be journal or professional-level website. The references need to be correctly formatted, as do the citations for those references.  “ Question words” don’t count towards 300 minimum count”

Write a critical appraisal that demonstrates comprehension of two qualitative research studies. Use the “Research Critique Guidelines – Part 1” document to organize your essay. Successful completion of this assignment requires that you provide rationale, include examples, and reference content from the studies in your responses.

Use the practice problem and two qualitative, peer-reviewed research article you identified in the Topic 1 assignment to complete this assignment.

In a 1,000–1,250 word essay, summarize two qualitative studies, explain the ways in which the findings might be used in nursing practice, and address ethical considerations associated with the conduct of the study.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

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