To prepare: Reflect on your experiences as a nurse and on the information provided in this week’s Learning Resources on diversity issues in health assessments. By Day 1 of this week, you will be assigned a case study by your Instructor. Note: Please see the “Course Announcements” section of the classroom for your case study […]

NURS-6512N-13 Post an explanation of the specific socioeconomic, spiritual, lifestyle, and other cultural factors associated with the patient you were assigned. Explain the issues that you would need to be sensitive to when interacting with the patient, and why. Provide at least five targeted questions you would ask the patient to build his or her […]

Discussion: Diversity and Health Assessments May 2012, Alice Randall wrote an article for The New York Times on the cultural factors that encouraged black women to maintain a weight above what is considered healthy. Randall explained—from her observations and her personal experience as a black woman—that many African-American communities and cultures consider women who are […]

NURS – 6512N Discussion: Diversity and Health Assessments Sample Discussion CASE STUDY 1 JC, an at-risk 86-year-old Asian male is physically and financially dependent on his daughter, a single mother who has little time or money for her father’s health needs. He has a hx of hypertension (HTN), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), b12 deficiency, and […]

Discussion: Diversity and Health Assessments Post an explanation of the specific socioeconomic, spiritual, lifestyle, and other cultural factors associated with the patient you were assigned. Explain the issues that you would need to be sensitive to when interacting with the patient, and why. Provide at least five targeted questions you would ask the patient to […]

Discussion: Decision Making When Treating Psychological Disorders Psychological disorders, such as depression, bipolar, and anxiety disorders can present several complications for patients of all ages. These disorders affect patients physically and emotionally, potentially impacting judgment, school and/or job performance, and relationships with family and friends. Since these disorders have many drastic effects on patients’ lives, […]

Decision Making When Treating Psychological Disorders Psychological disorder such as depression among seniors is a serious mental health issue that poses significant hurdles for healthcare providers and will continue to remain the case as life expectancy continues to expand and aging population increases (Blackburn, Wilkins-Ho, &Wiese, 2017). This post will shed light on geriatric depression […]

Week 8 Discussion; Generalized Anxiety Disorder Main Post: The patient is a 46-year-old white male who presents to the clinic, stating that he feels like he has a heart attack. He complained of shortness of breath, chest tightness, and a feeling of doom. EKG was done, and the results were normal. The patient later termed […]

Week 8 Initial Post The patient is a 46-year-old male who presented to the emergency room for shortness of breath, chest tightness, and the feeling of impending doom, which he thought was a heart attack. The patient has mild hypertension and is 15 lbs. overweight. The patient reports he has had these episodes in the […]

Study Bay Coursework Assignment Writing Help 1. Introduction Fotek (2012) noted that tooth decay, which is also called dental caries or dental cavities, is a source of infection, causing the loss of mineral salts and devastation of the hard tissues such as enamel, dentin and cementum. It is a result of the bacterial fermentation of […]