Week 12/2 2025

Topic 12 DQ 2 Jan 27-31, 2022 Define and summarize one of the following. Support your answer with two or three peer-reviewed resources. Pulmonary function tests, including discussion of how tests are ordered, why specific tests are ordered, and how the test results are interpreted. Thoracentesis, including discussion of the indications, lab tests needed prior to the procedure, and lab tests that can be ordered based on the resulting pleural fluid. Explain exudative versus transudative fluid with respect to pleural fluid. Describe a VATS procedure. Explain what atypical pneumonias are and how they are treated. Explain “amiodarone lung.” Discuss various sources that may serve as etiologies for asbestos exposure. Keep in mind that many patients are elderly, and some of their exposures no longer exist as a result of OSHA but can still create lung disease. Explain what chemical, pharmaceutical, or environmental exposures can be harmful to the pulmonary system historically and currently. Differentiate hemothorax and pneumothorax (including spontaneous and traumatic). Explain pneumonitis: how it occurs, presents, including imaging findings, is treated. Explain how COPD can result in a pneumothorax. Discuss indications for bronchoscopy and how the patient must be prepared for this procedure, including coagulation studies, readiness for sedation, and airway invasion. Explain the process of liberating a patient from a ventilator. Explain at what point a ventilator patient must be converted from an endotracheal tube to a tracheostomy tube.

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GI & Musculoskeletal 2025

This Discussion has 2 parts: GI Make a comprehensive list of relevant information to gather when assessing abdominal pain. How do you assess for masses in the abdomen and how you would document such findings? Describe your findings on a previous patient that you have encountered where you have palpated a mass in the abdomen . Musculoskeletal Define, Compare, and Contrast the following conditions: Osteoarthritis Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Professional Capstone And Practicum Reflective Journal 2025

Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal WEEK 8 :  Health policy Students are required to submit weekly reflective narratives throughout the course that will culminate in a final, course-long reflective journal due in Topic 10. The narratives help students integrate leadership and inquiry into current practice. This reflection journal also allows students to outline what they have discovered about their professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses, and additional resources that could be introduced in a given situation to influence optimal outcomes. Each week students should also explain how they met a course competency or course objective(s).In each week’s entry, students should reflect on the personal knowledge and skills gained throughout the course. Journal entries should address one or more of the areas stated below. In the Topic 10 graded submission, each of the areas below should be addressed as part of the summary submission. WEEK 8 : Health policy : Using 200-300 words APA format with at least two references. Sources must be published within the last 5 years. There should be a mix between research and your reflections. Add critical thinking in the posts along with research. Apply the material in a substantial way

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Nursing Diagnosis 2025

Kacie Benson, a 19 year-old woman, is a client on your unit as a result of a skiing accident. She is unconscious and may or may not regain consciousness. She is on complete bedrest. She requires frequent repositioning to maintain correct body alignment and attention to her ROM. She responds to painful stimuli with slight non-purposeful withdrawal. No spontaneous movements are noted. The recent lower extremity ultrasound showed no evidence of venous thrombosis and she continues on low molecular weight heparin injections. Her fluid and electrolyte balance is being maintained by a tube feeding at 60 mL per hour continuously. She is incontinent of stool and has an indwelling Foley catheter. Her heels are reddened, but otherwise her skin is intact. Use at least two scholarly sources to support your nursing diagnoses. Be sure to cite your sources in-text and on a reference page using APA format.

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