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Instrument Assessment Tool in Bipolar 1 Depression
Instrument: Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) Article: Accuracy of Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) for screening to detect major depression: Individual participant data meta-analysis. Appropriateness for Dx: This tool screens patients to detect major depression and bipolar disorders (Levis et al., 2019). It is a well-validated DSM-IV criterion-based measure for assessing severity and monitoring treatment responses. Mental…
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Assessment and Management of patients with endocrine disorders
1a. What is the rationale for the labs ordered, based on the symptoms that the patient is exhibiting? Symptoms like hair loss, fatigue, and brittle nails and hair are common problems that affect a patient after surgery and radiation due to neck cancer. The doctor ordered the tests to confirm whether other symptoms like poor…
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Assessment of management of patients with allergic disorders
1a. What is the pathophysiology of an anaphylactic reaction? An anaphylactic reaction is an allergic reaction after a foreign material like food, medication, latex, and insect stings invade the body. Allergens cross with allergen-specific IgE antibodies that occupy the cell walls of mast cells. This action leads to degranulation of the cell body, causing the…
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Management of patients with vascular disorders and problems of peripheral circulation
1a. The patient returns to the unit after the right femoral-to-popliteal graft operation. What nursing care should the nurse provide? After femoral-to-popliteal graft operation, nurses should check for pulses to assess the blood flow to the limb. This pulse is taken under the surgical site. The nurse also checks whether there is any form of…
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Management of patients with complications from heart disease
1a. What first actions should the nurse take, and what are the rationales for these actions? Pulmonary edema is a condition caused by excess fluids in the air sacs causing the lungs to swell. The dysfunction of the left ventricle leads to the insufficient blood supply to the body. This condition is known as left…
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Adaptive Leadership Toolkit
Post 1 One of the leadership skills and behavior that I would recommend being stopped is the lack of confidence. Leadership is built on self-assurance. A leader must be an efficient problems responder, be highly proactive, be a stronger presenter, teach, encourage, and hold organization workers responsible, as well as many other aspects of leadership.…
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Management Of patients with structural, infectious and inflammatory cardiac disorders
1a. What risk factors predisposed Ms. Waters to develop infective endocarditis? The patient predisposes herself to the infection through the nose piercing. Piercings are one of the main causes of ineffective endocarditis. 1b. Explain the pathophysiology of infective endocarditis as it relates to this case Ineffective endocarditis is an infection that mainly affects and causes…
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Ethical Approaches for a Coffee Distributor
Ethics in business involve an organization’s duties and obligations to its stakeholders, for example, suppliers, customers, employees, and communities. Companies take measures to improve ethical compliance in business dealings. However, certifications, such as the “fair trade” help protect farmers from exploitation by companies, which might hinder the realization of some stakeholder goals. The fair trade-certification…
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Diversity in partnering and marriage
Polygamy is the practice of having many spouses. There are two forms of polygamy, polyandry where a woman marries more than one husbands and polygyny where a man marries more than one wife. Of the two polygyny is more common and “was accepted or even preferred in three/fourths of preindustrial traditional societies” (Coontz, 2006).…
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Management of patients with coronary vascular disease
1a. What first actions should the nurse take after the patient has arrived in the emergency department? The patient manifests signs and symptoms of a heart attack. The first action the nurse should take is to provide oxygen to the patient through prongs or a mask. Medication is administered to the patient through intravenous methods.…
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