Discipline: Nursing

Initial Post Instructions First, let’s differentiate all the detailed vocabulary about all these cells we learned this week. When looking under microscope what structural differences would you see between two types of cells. Now choose ONE cellular component (e.g. a part of a cell) that is found only in bacteria. Discuss what its role is. […]

  Nursing research is used to study a dilemma or a problem in nursing. Examine a problem you have seen in nursing. Provide an overview of the problem and discuss how addressing the problem through nursing research can improve patient outcomes. Provide rationale and support for your an  

 Go to the ANA home page and search for their Advocacy Policy. Read through the ANA Advocacy Policy’s web pages. Look at issues at a federal, state, or local level for which the ANA is advocating change or new policies. Which one are you most eager to see enacted? Why does it interest you? How will passage […]

Here’s a question I have for you this week. Compare and contrast the TAPS Health Assessment Tool and the CAPS Health Assessment Tool. Try creating a side-by-side chart so that at a quick glance you can identify the similarities and the differences. The differences are key as this is how to tell them apart.

 Your patient is a 42-year-old female that arrives in the ED with complaints of fever and not feeling well. She is currently undergoing chemotherapy for bladder cancer. She has an indwelling urinary catheter with scant amount of dark, foul smelling urine. She has a temperature of 102.2F, HR 136, BP 110/50 and RR 28. She […]

  PICOT is utilized by the health care community to identify and study a nursing practice problem. Consequently, PICOT examples that may provide insight into the use of the PICOT process may not be relevant to nursing practice as they are based on a medical practice problem. Define evidence-based practice. Describe the difference between a […]

Discussion(M3) Watch one of these films and  then discuss anyone of these “dying and death” representations as  presented in movies or plays such as: Bringing Out the Dead Angela’s Ashes Beaches Philadelphia Terms of Endearment Wit Evan Mayday’s Good Death Address the following questions if pertinent to the film you watched: What were the causes […]

Find a scholarly, peer-reviewed article no more than four years old that discusses an ethical health promotion-related issue.    –    Briefly summarize the presented issue. Describe your thoughts on the role health care professionals should play in resolving the ethical issue. Provide specific theories and refer to specific ethical codes to support your position.

What ethical issue have you recently encountered when teaching health promotion strategies to a patient? What ethical decision-making process did you use?

A nurse uses the World Health Organization’s definition of health to provide care. Which area will the nurse focus on while providing care? 1. Making sure the patients are disease free 2. Making sure to involve the whole person 3. Making sure care is strictly personal in nature 4. Making sure to focus only on […]