Nursing

Assignment: Patient Learning Discussion
Assignment: Patient Learning Discussion
Assignment: Patient Learning Discussion
Week 2 assignment SOAP Note and CORE Entries Each week, you are required to enter your patient encounters into eMedley. Your faculty will be checking to ensure you are seeing the right number and mix of patients for a good learning experience. You will also need to include a minimum of one complete SOAP note using this template. The SOAP note should be related to the content covered in this week, and the completed note should be submitted to the Submissions Area. When submitting your note, be sure to include the reference number from CORE. Submission Details: By the due date assigned, enter your patient encounters into CORE and complete at least one SOAP note in the template provided. Name your SOAP note document SU_NSG6420_W2_A3_LastName_FirstInitial.doc. Include the reference number from CORE in your document. Submit your document to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned. Week 4 assignment SOAP Note and CORE Entries Each week, you are required to enter your patient encounters into CORE. Your faculty will be checking to ensure you are seeing the right number and mix of patients for a good learning experience. You will also need to include a minimum of one complete SOAP note using this template. The SOAP note should be related to the content covered in this week, and the completed note should be submitted to the Submissions Area. When submitting your note, be sure to include the reference number from CORE. Submission Details: By due date assigned, enter your patient encounters into CORE and complete at least one SOAP note in the template provided. Name your SOAP note document SU_NSG6320_W4_A5_LastName_FirstInitial.doc. Include the reference number from CORE in your document. Submit your document to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned. Week 6 assignment SOAP Note and CORE Entries Each week, you are required to enter your patient encounters into CORE. Your faculty will be checking to ensure you are seeing the right number and mix of patients for a good learning experience. You will also need to include a minimum of one complete SOAP note using this template. The SOAP note should be related to the content covered in this week, and the completed note should be submitted to the Submissions Area. When submitting your note, be sure to include the reference number from CORE Submission Details: By the due date assigned, enter your patient encounters into CORE and complete at least one SOAP note in the template provided. Name your SOAP note document SU_NSG6320_W6_A4_LastName_FirstInitial.doc. Include the reference number from CORE in your document. Submit your document to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned. Week 8 assignment SOAP Note and CORE Entries Each week, you are required to enter your patient encounters into CORE. Your faculty will be checking to ensure you are seeing the right number and mix of patients for a good learning experience. You will also need to include a minimum of one complete SOAP note using this template. The SOAP note should be related to the content covered in this week, and the completed note should be submitted to the Submissions Area. When submitting your note, be sure to include the reference number from CORE. Submission Details: By the due date assigned, enter your patient encounters into CORE and complete at least one SOAP note in the template provided. Name your SOAP note document SU_NSG6320_W8_A4_LastName_FirstInitial.doc. Include the reference number from CORE in your document. Submit your document to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned. Week 10 assignment SOAP Note and CORE Entries Each week, you are required to enter your patient encounters into CORE. Your faculty will be checking to ensure you are seeing the right number and mix of patients for a good learning experience. You will also need to include a minimum of one complete SOAP note using this template. The SOAP note should be related to the content covered in this week, and the completed note should be submitted to the Submissions Area. When submitting your note, be sure to include the reference number from CORE. Submission Details: By the due date assigned, enter your patient encounters into eMedley and complete at least one SOAP note in the template provided. Name your SOAP note document SU_NSG6320_W10_A4_LastName_FirstInitial.doc. Include the reference number from CORE in your document. Submit your document to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.

Assignment: Discussion on Polypharmacy
Assignment: Discussion on Polypharmacy
Assignment: Discussion on Polypharmacy
Polypharmacy is a common concern, especially in the elderly. · Discuss three risk factors for polypharmacy. Explain the rationale for why each listed item is a risk factor. · Discuss three action steps you can take in your clinical practice to prevent polypharmacy. · In your clinical practice have you seen providers address polypharmacy? If so, how?
Polypharmacy is the concurrent use of multiple by a . Polypharmacy is most common in the , affecting about 40% of older adults living in their own homes. About 21% of adults with are also exposed to polypharmacy.Polypharmacy is not necessarily ill-advised, but in many instances can lead to negative outcomes or poor treatment effectiveness, often being or presenting . Therefore, consider it a situation that requires monitoring and review to validate whether all of the medications are still necessary. Concerns about polypharmacy include increased , , , and higher costs. Polypharmacy is often a decreased , including decreased and .
The definition of polypharmacy is still debated. Definitions have ranged from two medications at a time to 18, or to more medications than clinically necessary. Five or more concurrent regular medications appears to be the most common definition. Despite the uncertainty around a definition, experts generally agree on the magnitude, potential for harm and potential for reduction in medication regimens for older people.
Whether or not the advantages of polypharmacy (over monotherapy) outweigh the disadvantages or risks depends upon the particular combination and diagnosis involved in any given case. The use of multiple drugs, even in fairly straightforward illnesses, is not an indicator of poor treatment and is not necessarily . Moreover, it is well accepted in that it is impossible to accurately predict the side effects or clinical effects of a combination of drugs without studying that particular combination of drugs in test subjects. Knowledge of the pharmacologic profiles of the individual drugs in question does not assure accurate prediction of the side effects of combinations of those drugs; and effects also vary among individuals because of -specific . Therefore, deciding whether and how to reduce a list of medications () is often not simple and requires the experience and judgment of a practicing physician. However, such thoughtful and wise review is an ideal that too often does not happen, owing to problems such as poorly handled (poor continuity of care, usually because of ), overworked physicians, and .
Polypharmacy continues to grow in importance because of . Many countries are experiencing a fast growth of the older population, 65 years and older.This growth is a result of the generation getting older and an increased as a result of ongoing improvement in health care services worldwide

Least Priority Incase of Emergency
Least Priority Incase of Emergency
Week 11 assignment
Assignment: Practicum – Week 11 SOAP Note
Select a geriatric patient that you examined during the last 3 weeks. The patient you select should be currently taking at least five prescription and/or over-the-counter drugs. With this patient in mind, address the following in a SOAP Note:
Subjective: What was the patient’s subjective complaint? What details did the patient provide regarding his or her personal and medical history? Include a list of prescription and over-the-counter drugs the patient is currently taking. Compare this list to the Beers Criteria and consider alternative drugs if appropriate.
Objective: What observations did you make during the physical assessment? What functional assessments were used?
Assessment: What were your differential diagnoses? Provide a minimum of three possible diagnoses. List them from top priority to least priority.
Plan: What was your plan for diagnostics and primary diagnosis? What was your plan for treatment and management including alternative therapies? What is your care plan for patient? How would you offer caregiver support?
Reflection notes: What would you do differently in a similar patient evaluation? How might you improve your assessment, diagnosis, and/or plan through interprofessional collaboration?
Please refer to the Learning Resources in Week 3 for guidance on writing SOAP Notes.
By Day 7 of Week 11
This Assignment is due.
Submission and Grading Information
To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:
Please save your Assignment using the following naming convention: “WK11AssgnPX+lastname+first initial”.
Click the Week 11 Assignment – Part X link.
Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK11AssgnPX+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open. If you are submitting multiple files, repeat until all files are attached.
Click on the Submit button to complete your submission

Assignment: Intravenous Administration.
Assignment: Intravenous Administration.
Assignment: Intravenous Administration.
A patient has been prescribed several drugs and fluids to be given intravenously. Before the nurse starts the intravenous administration, a priority assessment of the patient will be to note the • Question 2 A nurse is caring for a postsurgical patient who has small tortuous veins and had a difficult IV insertion. The patient is now receiving IV medications on a regular basis. What is the best nursing intervention to minimize the adverse effects of this drug therapy? • Question 3 A nurse who is responsible for administering medications should understand that the goals of the MedWatch program are to (Select all that apply.) • Question 4 In response to a patient’s nausea, the nurse has mixed a dose of an antiemetic with 50 mL of sterile normal saline and will administer the dose by IV piggyback. What is the rationale for the use of IV piggyback? • Question 5 A home health nurse notes that there have been changes to a patient’s oral drug regimen. The nurse will closely monitor the new drug regimen to • Question 6 A patient who has been admitted to the hospital for a mastectomy has stated that she has experienced adverse drug effects at various times during her life. Which of the following strategies should the nurse prioritize in order to minimize the potential of adverse drug effects during the patient’s stay in the hospital? • Question 7 An older adult patient with a history of Alzheimer’s disease and numerous chronic health problems has been prescribed several medications during his current admission to hospital and recent declines in the patient’s cognition have impaired his ability to swallow pills. Which of the following medications may the nurse crush before administering them to this patient? • Question 8 A mother brings her 4-year-old child, who is vomiting and has a temperature of 103°F into the emergency department (ED). The ED physician orders acetaminophen (Tylenol) for the fever.
Assignment: Intravenous Administration.
The best form of Tylenol to give the child, considering her presentation, would be • Question 9 The nurse is caring for a patient receiving an aminoglycoside (antibiotic) that can be nephrotoxic. Which of the following will alert the nurse that the patient may be experiencing nephrotoxicity? • Question 10 For which of the following patients would a nasogastric tube most likely be considered to aid in the administration of medications? • Question 11 A patient has a blood serum drug level of 50 units/mL. The drug’s half-life is 1 hour. If concentrations above 25 units/mL are toxic and no more of the drug is given, how long will it take for the blood level to reach the nontoxic range? . • Question 12 The nurse’s assessment of a community-dwelling adult suggests that the client may have drug allergies that have not been previously documented. What statement by the client would confirm this? • Question 13 A nurse is caring for a patient who has had part of her small intestine removed due to cancer. She has also now developed hypertension and has been prescribed a new medication to decrease her blood pressure. While planning the patient’s care, the nurse should consider a possible alteration in which of the following aspects of pharmacokinetics? • Question 14 In light of her recent high blood pressure readings, a patient has been started on a thiazide diuretic and metoprolol (Lopressor), which is a beta-adrenergic blocker. What is the most likely rationale for using two medications to address the patient’s hypertension? • Question 15 A patient who has ongoing pain issues has been prescribed meperidine (Demerol) IM. How should the nurse best administer this medication? • Question 16 A 56-year-old female patient has been admitted to the hospital with chronic muscle spasms and has been prescribed a new medication to treat the spasms. She has a poorly documented allergy to eggs, synthetic clothes, and perfumes. What is the priority action of the nurse to ensure that prescribed medication does not experience an allergic reaction? • Question 17 In order to promote therapeutic drug effects, the nurse should always encourage patients to • Question 18 In which of the following patients would a nurse expect to experience alterations in drug metabolism? • Question 19 An unconscious patient has been brought to the hospital, and the physician has prescribed a life-saving drug to be administered parenterally. Which of the following methods would be the most appropriate for the nurse to use when administering the medication? • Question 20 A nurse is instructing a patient concerning a newly prescribed drug. Which of the following should be included to help improve patient compliance and safety? • Question 21 The culture and sensitivity testing of a patient’s wound exudate indicates that a specific antibiotic is necessary for treatment. The United States Pharmacopeia–National Formulary indicates that the drug in question is 96% protein bound. What are the implications of this fact? • Question 22 5 ml = _______________tsp • Question 23 During a clinic visit, a patient complains of having frequent muscle cramps in her legs. The nurse’s assessment reveals that the patient has been taking over-the-counter laxatives for the past 7 years. The nurse informed the patient that prolonged use of laxatives • Question 24 A nurse is caring for a patient who has recently moved from Vermont to south Florida. The patient has been on the same antihypertensive drug for 6 years and has had stable blood pressures and no adverse effects. Since her move, however, she reports “dizzy spells and weakness” and feels that the drug is no longer effective. The nurse suspects that the change in the effectiveness of the drug is related to • Question 25 A nurse has been administering a drug to a patient intramuscularly (IM). The physician discontinued the IM dose and wrote an order for the drug to be given orally. The nurse notices that the oral dosage is considerably higher than the parenteral dose and understands that this due to • Question 26 A community health nurse is performing a home visit to an elderly client who receives twice-weekly wound care. The client has mentioned that she has been having difficulty sleeping, a problem that she has not previously experienced. Which of the following measures should the nurse suggest? • Question 27 A nurse is caring for a 78-year-old patient with renal insufficiency and chronic heart failure who is receiving rapid infusions of high-dose furosemide. It will be a priority for the nurse to monitor for • Question 28 A 70-year-old woman is starting on an acidic drug. The nurse is aware that food and nutrient intake can affect drug excretion by changing the urinary pH. About which of the following will the nurse question the patient concerning her diet? • Question 29 A nurse is conducting an assessment of a patient who has recently had several changes made to her drug regimen. What assessment question most directly addresses the safety implications of the patient’s drug regimen? • Question 30 A 70-year-old woman with a history of atrial fibrillation has been admitted with a lower gastrointestinal bleed. During the nurse’s admission assessment, the nurse realizes that the patient has been taking ginkgo biloba supplements in addition to her prescribed warfarin, a combination that has resulted in bleeding. What nursing diagnosis should the nurse identify when planning this patient’s care? • Question 31 A nurse is caring for a 92-year-old patient who is taking multiple drugs and displaying increased cognitive impairment and memory loss. The initial action of the nurse would be to • Question 32 A nurse is caring for a 70-year-old patient who is taking desmopressin (DDAVP). The patient has a history of cardiovascular disease. The nurse will prioritize the assessment of which of the following? • Question 33 A nurse is administering drugs to a 70-year-old patient who has a reduced plasma albumin level. When assessing the patient for therapeutic outcomes of drug therapy, the nurse will also be careful to observe for • Question 34 A 79-year-old woman who takes several medications for a variety of chronic health problems has been prescribed an oral antiplatelet aggregator that is to be taken once daily.
Assignment: Intravenous Administration.
The nurse has encouraged the woman to take the pill at the same time of day that she takes some of her other medications. What is the most likely rationale for the nurse’s advice? • Question 35 An 80-year-old man has been prescribed oxycodone for severe, noncancer, chronic pain. He tells the nurse that he has difficulty swallowing and asks if he can crush the tablet before swallowing. The nurse will advise the patient that • Question 36 A 77-year-old man with a long history of absence seizures has been treated with ethosuximide for many years. The man is now in the process of moving to a long-term care facility and a nurse is creating a plan of care. The nurse understands the potential adverse effects of this drug and would consequently prioritize which of the following nursing diagnoses? • Question 37 A nurse is caring for a 73-year-old man who is receiving drug therapy. He is beginning to exhibit signs of decline in his renal system, yet his current serum creatinine level is normal. The nurse will base the patient’s plan of care on the understanding that there is • Question 38 An older adult who lives in a long-term care facility has recently begun taking losartan (Cozaar) for the treatment of hypertension. The nurse who provides care for this resident should recognize that this change in the resident’s medication regimen make create a risk for • Question 39 A 72-year-old man is taking Adderall XR for the treatment of narcolepsy. He is currently having problems with not being able to swallow large tablets or capsules. The man also wears dentures, which makes it even more difficult for him to swallow medication. He is in the clinic to talk to the nurse about his problem. The nurse will instruct him to • Question 40 An elderly man has been admitted to a residential care facility and the nurse has conducted a medication reconciliation. The man has taken numerous drugs in the past, including a course of bicalutamide (Casodex) several years earlier. The nurse recognizes this drug as being an antiandrogen and is consequently justified in presuming that the man has a history of what disease?

Assignment: Future Workflow Processes
Assignment: Future Workflow Processes
Assignment: Future Workflow Processes
Week 1 Identifying Gaps Paper Write a three- to four-page paper that describes a minimum of two gaps that you have identified in current and future workflow processes in your organization. Propose possible solutions for the gaps identified. Follow APA format and provide a minimum of five scholarly resources. Examples of scholarly sources include professional journal articles and books obtained from library databases, national guidelines, and informatics organizations, published within the last five years.
Technological innovation is rapidly shaping the way we live and work. Workflow automation is one such innovation, now at the heart of how many operate.
Although the concept of workflow has been , it started to tap into its automation capabilities in the 1980s.
can add business value in many ways. It decreases the need for paper-based processes, improves work quality and compliance and decreases the time in which a process is completed.
Moreover, workflow automation software has already reached the cloud, making it easier for people to collaborate within different cloud-based applications, .
Going forward, what does the future of workflow automation look like?
Workflow Will Function Through the Entire Hierarchy of Business Processes
Before we understand how workflow automation will evolve and benefit businesses in the future, we should look at how fundamental business processes are structured.
Nintex Senior VP of Technology Strategy Ryan Duguid explains this structure in the shape of a pyramid.
1. The Top of the Pyramid: Strategic Processes
The top of the business process pyramid carries the highly complex industry-specific strategic processes – the few high-level processes that stem from the essential purpose of a business.
For example, if you work within a business that carries out credit or loan approvals, then the actual process of approving a loan is your businesses’ strategic process. It usually involves moving around large amounts of money and has an enterprise-wide impact.
2. The Middle of the Pyramid: Operational Processes
These are the processes carried out within the various departments of a business. If there are only a few strategic processes in a business, then there are a lot more operational processes.
Cnsider the loan or bank approval business again – the operational departments in this business include the HR department, IT department, customer service department, and .
3. The Bottom of the Pyramid: Manual Processes
These are the large number of smaller processes carried within the operation departments of a business.
For example, the loan approval business might have an employee solely in charge of entering data into a database and updating client information after every approval. This is a manual process.
Currently, workflow automation software lives mostly in the middle of the pyramid, making operational processes faster and easier to complete. The software pushes up on the strategic processes from the middle, so businesses can focus on their primary strategic problems without needing to worry about how work is flowing operationally.
But what about the thousands of little manual tasks that need addressing in the bottom of the pyramid?
This is where we see the future of workflow automation software heading in the years to come.
Although workflow effectively automates operational processes, it needs to become more technically accessible on an employee level and easier to use within an individual’s level of work. Currently, a lot of interesting automation and collaboration tools like Trello and Asana exist to increase an individual’s productivity. In the future, workflow automation software will enter this realm as well.

Assignment: Challenges that Healthcare Organizations are Facing
Assignment: Challenges that Healthcare Organizations are Facing
Week 5 discussion
DQ1 Visit the following website http://www.nuemd.com/icd-10/codes and search for “diseases” (for example, infection). Discuss what word you searched for and what was returned. Were there challenges you noticed with the specificity of your search keyword? What did you learn and how would you approach a different search or guide a colleague in future searches?
DQ2 Examine the need to switch to ICD-10; explore challenges that healthcare organizations are facing in doing so. What have they done to overcome those challenges? Provide suggestions for future institutions that desire to switch to ICD-10.
Week 1 discussion
DQ1 After reviewing the two-system merger case presented with this week’s assignment, discuss the effects of mergers on integration of information utilizing the material in this week’s readings. Include security, privacy, legal implications, and the effects on interoperability.
DQ2 Discuss the interoperability of an electronic health record (EHR) in your current or past workplace. Provide examples from this week’s readings about the functions, significance, and factors that affect the use and implementation of the (EHR).
Week 1 MS Access (or OpenOffice Base for MAC users): Relational Database
PC Users:
Install Microsoft Access if you don’t already have it (available through your student Microsoft 365 account).
Complete the related MS Access training tutorials located in the Assignment Resources below.
Create a simple relational database using information provided in a data set.
You may use one of the student files for chapter 3 provided in the Doc Sharing blog (Access files end in .mdb), a data set from https://www.data.gov/ or a data set you already have of your own.
Submit a screenshot of your completed database along with your relational database file for grading.
Mac Users:
Download and install OpenOffice Base from the following link: http://www.openoffice.org/product/base.html
View the OpenOffice Base videos located in the Assignment Resources below.
Create a simple relational database using information provided in a data set.
You can find a data set from https://www.data.gov/ or use a data set you already have of your own.
Submit a screenshot of your completed database along with your relational database file for grading.
Week 2 MS Access (or OpenOffice Base for MAC Users): Relational Database Query
PC Users:
Complete the related MS Access query training tutorials located in the Assignment Resources below.
Using the relational database created during the first week, run a query to receive meaningful data output (e.g., running a query to filter patients with a specific diagnosis).
Submit a screenshot and your query results for grading.
Mac Users:
Watch the OpenOffice Base Creating Queries video located in the Assignment Resources below.
Using the relational database created during the first week, run a query to receive meaningful data output (e.g., running a query to filter patients with a specific diagnosis).
Submit a screenshot and your query results for grading.
Week 3 Big Data Use Paper
Research a health-related business that collects big data and explain the following in a two-page paper in APA format:
Give a brief overview of big data.
How do the topics learned in this class relate to big data in health care?
In the use case of the business you researched, what kind of data is collected and what are the advantages of collecting this type of data?
Include 2–3 scholarly resources in APA format. Examples of scholarly sources include professional journal articles and books obtained from library databases, national guidelines, and informatics organizations, published within the last five years.
Week 4 XML Overview Paper and Sample XML Document
Discuss the following in a two-page paper in APA format:
What is XML?
Why use XML?
Create a simple XML document for one of the following:
Patient demographics
Patient allergies
Patient vital signs
Patient serum hemoglobin result
Include 2–3 scholarly resources in APA format. Examples of scholarly sources include professional journal articles and books obtained from library databases, national guidelines, and informatics organizations, published within the last five years.
Week 5 Data Mining Software Exercise
This assignment gives you the opportunity to demonstrate your ability to use data mining software.
Download the program RapidMiner (available for Windows or MAC IOS 10.8+) from: https://rapidminer.com/ and register using your WCU student email. (After the 15-day free trial, you can register for a free education license if you’d like. You’ll receive an email from RapidMiner with instructions.)
When you open the program for the first time, tutorials will automatically come up on the left side of the platform’s screen. If you lose this window, click on the file folder icon a the top and choose the Learn option to get it back.
Complete each tutorial within the program and take a screenshot of the results as you finish each one. (list of tutorials provided below)
After you finish the tutorials, submit your screenshots for grading.
Basics
Operators and Processes
Modeling
Accessing Data
Filtering and Sorting
Merging and Grouping
Creating and Removing Columns
Changing Types and Roles
More Modeling
Data Handling
Handle Missing Values
Normalization and Outlier Detection
Pivoting and Renaming
Macros and Sampling
Looping, Branching, and Appending
Writing Data
Modeling, Scoring and Validation
Modeling
Scoring
Test Splits and Validation
Cross Validation
Visual Model Comparison
RapidMiner Server
RapidMiner Radoop
See Assignment Resources below for further RapidMiner support videos.
Week 6 EHR Data Mining Challenges Paper
Discuss the challenges faced by EHR data mining in a two-page paper in APA format. Make sure to include the following:
What is the potential of healthcare data mining?
How can it benefit or improve patient outcomes?
Include 2–3 scholarly resources in APA format. Examples of scholarly sources include professional journal articles and books obtained from library databases, national guidelines, and informatics organizations, published within the last five years.
Week 7 Demonstration of Use of Data Visualization Software
Download a free version of Tableau Desktop for Students (available for Windows PC and MAC OS) at:
https://www.tableau.com/academic/students#product-video Click for more options
View the links listed in the Assignment Resources listed below to learn about Tableau.
Choose a health-related data set from one of the links in the Assignment Resources below.
Follow all eight of the Tableau tutorial steps at the following link to create a meaningful data story from your inputted data set.
http://onlinehelp.tableau.com/current/guides/get-started-tutorial/en-us/get-started-tutorial-home.html
Share your final work in Tableau Public and submit the link along with the link to the data set you used (upload both with the file to Blackboard).
Week 8 Final Data Project
Write a four- to five-page paper that demonstrates comprehension of data mining and data visualization.
Complete the following using a data set from https://www.healthdata.gov/ Click for more options
Clean and prepare the data.
Use any data mining model to extract meaningful data.
Create two data visualizations in Tableau that show data in a meaningful way without information overload.
Explain your data set and describe your data mining model and data visualization technique (two-page maximum).
Submit your data files, links to your visualizations, and your written assignment.
Include the URL of the data set that you downloaded.
Examples of scholarly sources include professional journal articles and books obtained from library databases, national guidelines, and informatics organizations, published within the last five years.
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Study: Interoperability Paper
Study: Interoperability Paper
Week 7 XML Document
Create an XML document that contains a patient’s name, date of birth, address, phone number, name of contact person, one allergy, an adverse reaction, the severity, and the onset date (assume any calendar date).
Utilize the course and a minimum of two outside scholarly resources.
Examples of scholarly sources include professional journal articles and books obtained from library databases, national guidelines, and informatics organizations, published within the last five years.
Section 2
Week 5 LOINC and Interoperability Paper
In a one-page paper, discuss the background, functions, and format of LOINC. Include the fields included in the database, and the ways LOINC affects interoperability.
Include a minimum of two scholarly sources in addition to the course resources.
Examples of scholarly sources include professional journal articles and books obtained from library databases, national guidelines, and informatics organizations, published within the last five years. Compose your paper in APA format. A title page is not necessary, but you do need to include a reference page.
Week 5 LOINC and Interoperability Paper
In a one-page paper, discuss the background, functions, and format of LOINC. Include the fields included in the database, and the ways LOINC affects interoperability.
Include a minimum of two scholarly sources in addition to the course resources.
Examples of scholarly sources include professional journal articles and books obtained from library databases, national guidelines, and informatics organizations, published within the last five years. Compose your paper in APA format. A title page is not necessary, but you do need to include a reference page.
Week 5 LOINC and Interoperability Paper
In a one-page paper, discuss the background, functions, and format of LOINC. Include the fields included in the database, and the ways LOINC affects interoperability.
Include a minimum of two scholarly sources in addition to the course resources.
Examples of scholarly sources include professional journal articles and books obtained from library databases, national guidelines, and informatics organizations, published within the last five years. Compose your paper in APA format. A title page is not necessary, but you do need to include a reference page.

Discussion: Thyroid Gland Assignment.
Discussion: Thyroid Gland Assignment.
Discussion: Thyroid Gland Assignment.
Week 2 project Tympanic Membrane and Thyroid Gland Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research the tympanic membrane and the thyroid gland. Based on your findings, create a 5- to 6-page Microsoft Word document that includes: Information about a minimum of two health assessment histories. The possible findings for the tympanic membrane. Information on how to examine the thyroid gland using both the anterior and posterior methods. A concise note in the subjective, objective, assessment, and plan (SOAP) format with each patient’s encountered findings. For a review of SOAP notes: SOAP Documentaion Information about laboratory tests that may be used for screening clients and the expected normal levels for each test. Support your responses with examples. On a separate references page, cite all sources using APA format. Use this APA Citation Helper as a convenient reference for properly citing resources. This handout will provide you the details of formatting your essay using APA style. You may create your essay in this APA-formatted template. Submission Details: Name your document SU_NSG3012_W2_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc. Submit your document to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.The thyroid gland manufactures hormones that regulate your body’s metabolism. Several different disorders can arise when your thyroid produces too much hormone (hyperthyroidism) or not enough (hypothyroidism). Four common disorders of the thyroid are Hashimoto’s disease, Graves’ disease, goiter, and thyroid nodules.
The thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland located at the base of your just below the . It’s part of an intricate network of glands called the endocrine system. The endocrine system is responsible for coordinating many of your body’s activities. The thyroid gland manufactures hormones that regulate your body’s .
Several different disorders can arise when your thyroid produces too much hormone (hyperthyroidism) or not enough (hypothyroidism).
Four common disorders of the are Hashimoto’s disease, Graves’ disease, goiter, and thyroid nodules.
Hyperthyroidism
In , the thyroid gland is overactive. It produces too much of its hormone. Hyperthyroidism affects about . It’s less common in men.
Graves’ disease is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism, affecting about of people with an overactive thyroid. Nodules on the thyroid — a condition called toxic nodular goiter or multinodular — can also cause the gland to overproduce its hormones.
Excessive thyroid hormone production leads to symptoms such as:

Assessing: Disorders in Geriatric Patients
Assessing: Disorders in Geriatric Patients
Week 7 assignment 2
Assignment: Practicum – Week 5 Journal Entry
Reflect on atypical presentations of disorders in geriatric patients in your practicum setting. Many disorders manifest themselves in a way that would be considered an atypical presentation—most likely different from the way a textbook would describe the disorder’s possible presentations. Consider geriatric patients that you have observed with atypical presentations of disorders. Describe a patient case including how the patient was diagnosed and strategies that were used to overcome the atypical presentation. If you did not have an opportunity to evaluate a patient with this background during the last 5 weeks, you can select a related case study or reflect on previous clinical experiences.
By Day 7 of Week 7
This Assignment is due. You will submit this Week 5 Journal Entry along with the Week 6 and the Week 7 SOAP Note by Day 7 of Week 7.
Assignment 2: Practicum – Week 6 Journal Entry
Reflect on geriatric patients from your practicum site that you may have assessed for dementia, delirium, or depression. Explain the impact of these types of disorders on frail elders. Then, describe a patient case including the care plan for assessment, diagnoses, treatment, management, and patient education. Explain whether the patient’s care plan was effective. Include how you might proceed differently in the future. If you did not have an opportunity to evaluate a patient with this background during the last 6 weeks, you can select a related case study or reflect on previous clinical experiences.
By Day 7 of Week 7
This Assignment is due. You will submit this Week 6 Journal Entry along with the Week 5 Journal Entry and the Week 7 SOAP Note by Day 7 of Week 7.
Week 8 assignment
Assignment 1: Application – Diagnosing and Treating Skin Wounds
Skin wounds are sometimes challenging for health care providers to diagnose and treat as many have similar presentations. For advanced practice nurses, being able to identify various types of skin wounds, including whether a wound is a colonization or an infection, is critical because it impacts recommended patient care. In your role, you must be able to evaluate skin wounds, determine the diagnosis, and develop an appropriate treatment and management plan according to current evidence-based guidelines.
To prepare:
Review Chapter 46 of the Resnick text, as well as the Burr article in this week’s Learning Resources.
Consider how to properly diagnose skin wounds in frail elders, including how to distinguish between a colonization and infection.
Select a type of skin wound, such as bumps, bruises, shingles, herpes, bullous pemphigoid, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, etc. Research the guidelines for treatment of the skin wound you selected. Reflect on how you would treat and/or dress this wound.
Think about factors that might contribute to the development of the skin wound you selected. Consider strategies for the prevention and improvement of this type of wound.
To complete:
Write a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following:
Explain how to properly diagnose skin wounds in frail elders, including how to distinguish between a colonization and infection.
Describe the type of skin wound you selected.
Explain how you would treat and/or dress this wound based on guidelines for treatment.
Explain factors that might contribute to the development of the skin wound you selected. Include strategies for the prevention and improvement of this type of wound.
By Day 7
This Assignment is due.
Note: The School of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, and references. The Sample Paper provided at the Walden Writing Center provides an example of those required elements (available at http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/templates). All papers submitted must use this formatting.
Submission and Grading Information
To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:
Please save your Assignment using the following naming convention: “WK8Assgn1+lastname+first initial”.
Click the Week 8 Assignment 1 link.
Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK8Assgn1+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open. If you are submitting multiple files, repeat until all files are attached.
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Assignment: Discussion Physical Assessment
Assignment: Discussion Physical Assessment
Assignment: Discussion Physical Assessment
Week 1 discussion. Physical Assessment Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research the various aspects of physical assessment. Based on your research and understanding, respond to one of the following: You are admitting a 27-year-old woman to your unit for work-up of weight loss. While conducting an admission interview, you learn that she has recently lost her job and has a strong family history of depression and suicide. How would you construct your interview? What measures would you take with the information you have gathered? Why? You are admitting a 12-year-old child to your unit. The mother states that the child has a history of unexplained blackout episodes, headaches, sleep disturbances, and is presently exhibiting tremors. What is the most likely cause of these symptoms? What actions would you take during the interview process? Explain. A young 33-year-old man is admitted to your unit with a chief complaint of “tiredness and morning headaches” even after sleeping. How you would perform a comprehensive analysis of symptoms? What are the possible causes of the symptoms? What examinations would be crucial to determine the cause of his problems? Why? Citations should conform to APA guidelines. You may use this APA Citation Helper as a convenient reference for properly citing resources or connect to the APA Style website through the APA icon below. Week 2 discussion Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research the causes, symptoms, recommended tests, possible treatments, and expectations for the following: Head and neck Oropharynx Eye and the visual system Based on your research and understanding, read and respond to one of the following scenarios: A 50-year-old woman is admitted with chief complaints of headache and decreased range of motion in her neck. She also complains of vertigo, hearing loss in one ear, profuse sweating, and uncontrollable eye movements. Her past medical history indicates that she was in a motor vehicle accident three days before her admission. What specific diagnostic examinations would you recommend? Why? What conditions should be ruled out? Why? How would you distinguish between these conditions? What are the possible causes of these symptoms? While interviewing and examining a 17-year-old male, you discover a white patch on his buccal mucosa and slanting palpebral fissures in his eyes. He also states during the interview that he plays baseball and is hoping to earn an athletic scholarship to college. What do you suspect? What kind of client teaching is appropriate in this situation? Discuss appropriate educational materials for health promotion and disease prevention When would slanting palpebral fissures be normal? While performing a retinal examination on this patient, you discover that the margins of the optic disc become blurred and indistinct. What further testing would be required? Why? What is the foremost cause of this clinical finding? Citations should conform to APA guidelines. You may use this APA Citation Helper as a convenient reference for properly citing resources or connect to the APA Style website through the APA icon below. Week 3 discussion Breathing, Heart, and Lungs An anxious patient is having rapid and shallow breathing. After a few moments, he complains of a tingling sensation. What could be the causes of this tingling sensation? What are the various patterns of respiration and their significance? Ethnicity and culture influence risk factors for heart disease. Do you agree? Why or why not? What is the technique of percussion and palpation of the chest wall for tenderness, symmetry, bulges, fremitus, and thoracic expansion? Explain. Would you anticipate hearing hyper-resonance on a patient with a history of tobacco use? Why or why not? What are the mechanics of breathing with reference to lung borders and the anatomical structure of the lungs and diaphragm? Citations should conform to APA guidelines. You may use this APA Citation Helper as a convenient reference for properly citing resources or connect to the APA Style website through the APA icon below.