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Unit 8 : NU 102 topic 1Case Study:
R.G. is a 78-year-old patient who was just transferred from a nursing home earlier today. R.G. is hard-of-hearing, yet does not wear hearing aids (“They got lost at the nursing home”). The patient is admitted for shortness of breath, possible pneumonia, and urosepsis. It is the start of your shift. You walk in the room to find the patient slumped down in the bed, his oxygen tubing is off, the bed linens are skewed, and the patient is minimally responsive. You attempt to rouse him to assess him and give him his pre-breakfast medications. The patient then proceeds to attempt to get out of bed, is combative, and does not respond to the nurse’s questioning. The patient continues to call out “help me” even though you are there in the room with him. The patient has had an episode of fecal incontinence.
·      Identify the priority assessment(s).
·      What do you believe will be the assessment findings?
·      What is the priority problem? What may be the issue?
·      What could be two possible nursing diagnoses?
·      What are two possible short term goals to be set for this patient?
·      What interactions should the nurse provide?
·      Does the nurse call for assistance or attempt to handle the situation by herself?
·      What critical thinking attitudes would the nurse be using when caring for this patient?
Unit 8:Topic 2:Â Evidence-Based Practice
For this Discussion topic, select a common nursing practice or skill, conduct a literature search, and apply the six steps to determine if the skill, task, or procedure is based on evidence-based practice.
Develop a PICO (Patient population of interest, Intervention of interest being studied, Comparison of interest, Outcome of the study) or PICOT question (T is the time required for the study).
For example, look at dressing changes; can you find out in the literature why the process has gone from doing most dressing changes as sterile procedures to now most are considered “clean” procedures”
Unit 8: Pharm 107
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Topic 1: Neurological and Neuromuscular Medications
Compare and contrast the different medications used to treat neurological and neuromuscular disorders discussed in your assigned textbook readings.
Pick three different disorders and discuss the pathophysiology of the disease and then common medications used to treat/cure the disorder. Include the nursing interventions important to the administration of these medications and the patient teaching that the nurse should include when administering these medications.
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