This week’s discussion will focus on applying one guideline to two patients.  Please include at least three scholarly sources within your initial post.    Focus on Prostate Cancer Guidelines Ivan is a 59-year-old Caucasian male in your office today for his annual exam. He has been reading about prostate cancer and the need to have some lab work done. His wife really wants him to […]

                                                       As an advanced practice nurse, you will examine patients presenting with a variety of disorders. You must, therefore, understand how the body normally functions so that you can identify when it is reacting to changes. Often, when changes occur in body systems, the body reacts with compensatory mechanisms. These compensatory mechanisms, such as adaptive responses, might be signs and symptoms of alterations or underlying […]

Organizational Behavior and Business Influences and Advanced Practice Nursing Case Study- Part One You are a family nurse practitioner (FNP) employed as a contract (1099 independent contractor) in a busy primary care practice for 2 years. The providers in the group include one physician, who is also the owner of the practice, and two other nurse practitioners, who are staff employees (W2 employees). The owner […]

   Overview: Synthesis Paper You have been reflecting on changes you have undergone since beginning this program in each of your Journal entries in this course. Now you will synthesize those reflections, plus any other insights into a paper articulating your RN to BSN educational journey. You will use your module Journal entries as well as examples from other RN BSN courses to construct the […]

 Assignment: Practicum – Week 2 Journal Entry · Develop diagnoses for clients receiving psychotherapy* · Analyze legal and ethical implications of counseling clients with psychiatric disorders* Select a client whom you observed or counseled this week. Then, address the following in your Practicum Journal: · Describe the client (without violating HIPAA regulations) and identify any pertinent history or medical information, including prescribed medications. · Using […]

  Research the range of contemporary issues teenagers face today. In a 500-750-word paper, choose one issue (besides teen pregnancy) and discuss its effect on adolescent behavior and overall well-being. Include the following in your submission: Describe the contemporary issue and explain what external stressors are associated with this issue. Outline assessment strategies to screen for this issue and external stressors during an assessment for […]

   The purpose of this assignment is to assess leadership styles, traits, and practices as a nursing professional, establish the importance of effective interprofessional communication as a leader in nursing, and to explore the role of servant leadership in nursing practice. PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes. Add an additional slide for references at the end of your presentation.    1.  Create a slide that summarizes […]

  Instructions: Each of us has a unique perspective on the world around us and on ourselves.  Likewise, each of us has something about our ‘physical’ selves that we are not completely satisfied with which could limit our perspective or hinder the power of our own first-person narrative.   Often, we will try to hide that part of our physical selves which means our narrative is […]

Thoughts  The immune system acts as a defense mechanism to keep us healthy. The immune system reacts when exposed to antigens to fight off pathogens. There are times when our immune system in unable to fight these off causing us to be sick or have some sort of reaction. Hypersensitivity reactions is just another way to say allergic reaction (Randall, 2018). This is when our […]

                             Discussion: Financing of Health Care With coinciding concerns about health care costs and the imperative to improve quality of care, health care providers and others face difficult decisions in the effort to achieve an appropriate balance. Such decisions often are addressed in the policy arena. How do policymakers evaluate which health care services should be financed through government programs? How do ethics-related questions and […]