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NURS 6541 Week 7: Evaluation and Management of Gastrointestinal Conditions Consider aspects of daily life that we focus on most, and certainly high on the list, if not at the very top of the chart, is food. Our first concern may be how to have adequate food or nourishing food or food that just tastes…
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This 100-question exam will include topics covered in Weeks 1–6. It is designed to test your knowledge in preparation for your Family Nurse Practitioner certification exam and also simulates the conditions you will experience in that testing environment. No outside resources, including books, notes, websites, or any other type of resource, are to be used…
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NURS 6541 Knowledge Check: Module 2: EENT, Respiratory and Cardiovascular, and Dermatology Module 2 comes to a close this week, and to gauge your understanding of the key topics in this module, you have your second Knowledge Check of 20 questions to answer. Recall your experience with the Module 1 Knowledge Check in Week 3…
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NURS 6541 Week 6: Evaluation and Management of Dermatological Conditions Whoever first coined the phrase, it’s only skin deep, meaning something of not great importance or consequence, either lived a charmed life of no dermatological disorders, or had a high tolerance for discomfort. From infancy to adolescence, skin rashes and eruptions can wreak havoc for…
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NURS 6541 Week 4: Evaluation and Management of EENT Conditions It is the first thing you observe as you meet a young patient—the child’s face: eyes, ears, nose, mouth. So, as this course on primary care shifts from a focus on a child’s whole-body growth and development to specific body structures and systems, it is…
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NURS 6541 Module 2: EENT, Respiratory and Cardiovascular, and Dermatological Conditions Think of all the common sayings that use parts of the body to convey strong emotions, even though, taken literally, they make little sense. For example, “I’m all ears!”, meaning you’re very eager to hear what somebody has to say. But everyone has only…
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Throughout the course you will have 4 Knowledge Check assessments, one in each module. These exercises are situated to provide you with formative practice, help you gauge your understanding of each module, and prepare for the Midterm in Week 6 and the Final Exam in Week 11. Looking ahead, each Knowledge Check also helps to…
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NURS 6541 Week 4 Assignment: i-Human Case Study: Evaluation and Management of EENT Conditions Welcome to another i-Human Case Study. Take a moment to imagine a child and family you might meet. Based on the Learning Resources for this week, consider eye, ear, nose, and throat (EENT) conditions you may identify frequently as a Family…
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NURS 6541 Week 5: Evaluation and Management of Respiratory and Cardiovascular Conditions Respiratory disorders are a natural next focus from EENT, given the nostrils and epiglottis are part of the upper respiratory tract. And a stuffy or runny nose, and a scratchy or sore throat are among the symptoms of familiar upper respiratory conditions like…
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NURS 6541 Week 2 Assignment: i-Human Case Study: Evaluation and Management of Growth and Development Issues Imagine this is your first day or perhaps your 500th day as a Family Nurse Practitioner. You enter the examination room where a young child—infant, toddler, preschooler—and one or more family members, who may be a parent, grandparent, or…