Complications of asthma can be sudden. Consider the case of Bradley Wilson, a young boy who had several medical conditions. He appeared in good health when he went to school, returned home, and ate dinner. However, when he later went outside to play, he came back inside wheezing. An ambulance took him to the hospital […]

With the prevalence of dementia, delirium, and depression in the growing geriatric population, you will likely care for elderly patients with these disorders. While many symptoms of dementia, delirium, and depression are similar, it is important that you are able to identify those that are different and properly diagnose patients. A diagnosis of one of […]

In primary care settings, patients often present with abdominal pain. Although this is frequently a sign of a gastrointestinal (GI) disorder, abdominal pain could also be the result of other systemic disorders, making this type of pain difficult to assess. While abdominal pain is most common, many other GI symptoms also overlap multiple disorders, further […]

It is important that nurses develop cultural competence for their nursing practices. 1. How will you use the five constructs toward cultural competence (awareness, knowledge, encounters, skill, and desire) to develop your cultural competence?  (answer in at least 10 sentences) 2. Give one example from your life in which you have had a cultural encounter […]

Respond in 400 words or more and apa format give references. You could also reference this book Health care information systems by karen wager Assume you are working with an implementation team in installing a new nursing documentation system for a home health agency. Historically, all of the agency’s nursing documentation was recorded in paper […]

Fair and adequate compensation is critical for attracting the most qualified employees and retaining and motivating staff. When determining compensation, consideration should be given to fair and equitable compensation among all workers in the same company (internal equity) and fair and equitable compensation relative to the external market (external equity). Consider the following scenario: You […]

From moment to moment, a nurse leader’s day involves communication—with patients, families, colleagues, supervisors, and so on. Think of a particular day you spent working in a health care environment, and consider three or four distinct points in time. For each point of time, consider the following: With whom did you interact? Which forms of […]

Write a 1,250- to 1,750-word paper in which you explain your position on national health care spending in the United States. Include information on the following: The level of current national health care expenditures Whether the spending is too much or not enough Where the nation should add or cut, and why How the public’s […]

Review the Health Care Economics Issues HMO Simulation. Select either Constructit or E-editor to analyze for your paper. Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you present a profile of the chosen company, including the demographics of the employees, the health care risk factors or potential areas of high utilization, and the premiums the […]

Resource:Health Care Reform Projects Prepare a Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation in which you summarize health care reform material. Assume you are making a presentation to the board of directors concerning your investigation into the economic issue you submitted. Have a minimum of 10 to 15 slides with extensive speaker notes, augmenting and expanding on the information […]