What additional signs/symptoms would alert you that this infant may need to be transferred to the ER? Additional symptoms that would alert the clinician the infant should be taken to the emergency room include: abnormal respiratory pattern, tachycardia, little or no urine output, irritability, lethargy, sunken eyes, sunken fontanelles, decreased tears, dry mucous membranes, skin tenting, delayed capillary refill, cool, pale skin, and weak pulse. […]

What are 5 questions you would ask the mother next? 1. How high was the temperature and how was it taken (eg, rectal, temporal, axillary, or not taken at all, just by touch)? 2. Any home meds given for fever or is the patient taking any medication OTC or prescribed? 3. How much is the patient feeding and wetting diapers daily? 4. Any recent exposure […]

This week, a 13-year-old female year came into the clinic with her mother and had a chief complaint of “left knee pain”. During the health history, the patient states she has had posterior knee pain x 2 weeks. No injury or trauma. Pain increases with flexion and standing. Patient denies redness, swelling, numbness or tingling to left leg and foot. Upon physical examination, the patient […]

I had this week very interesting pediatric case. A patient brought by parents. The patient was 9 years old presented with c/o of rashes on the upper and lower back, front side upper and lower stomach. The patient had a medical history of acute kidney injury. Denies any fever, vomiting, diarrhea. Per mother, patient rashes started 3 days ago with a small patch on the […]

Allison Blythe Top of Form Leadership is very important to focus on when making changes within a work environment. Without establishing strong leadership, the staff won’t have clear expectations. Leaders set values, beliefs, and a mission statement for the organization. In my opinion, a single person cannot accomplish the mission on his or her own; therefore, creating a solid and effective team to enforce ideas […]

Write a short discussion: Scope and Standards of Nursing Practice According the text book The American Nurses Association’s Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice (3rd ed.) discusses integrating the art and science of nursing. Describe how science and art are synthesized in the practice of nursing. The course outcomes to meet include: -Examine the roles and responsibilities of the professional nurse related to promoting health and […]

July 2014 | Volume 21 | Number 6 © RCN PUBLISHING / NURSE RESEARCHER34 Nurse Researcher Introduction THIS PAPER aims to help the researcher to understand the nature of theoretical and conceptual frameworks and how they can be used to help give direction to a study, or be identified as an outcome. The use of theoretical and conceptual frameworks is part of research, but is […]

Mrs. Davies is a 70-year-old white woman who presented to the emergency department because of a 4-day history of increased shortness of breath and generalized weakness. Mrs. Davies stated that she has been able to do her daily chores at home independently, but for the last few days it was getting difficult for her to get around and that she needed to take frequent breaks […]

I want to take this opportunity to discuss our new granted privilege to prescribe controlled substance. There are five classes of substance considered under the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, 2019). The privilege for Nurse Practitioners(NPs) to prescribe controlled substance was legally approved in Florida, the last state to grant such a privilege for […]

Part One: You should research your answer and cite at least one scholarly source when appropriate, and always use quality writing. The discussion board is never a place to use text language or emoticons. You will also be asked to respond to your classmates. This is designed to enhance the academic discussion around the topic. It is all right to disagree with something posted by another, […]