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Assessment of the Older Adult. Advanced physical assessment of special populations require in-depth consideration specific to the health development and changes that occur in these populations. The nurse practitioner will conduct well visit clinical assessments, manage health screening and also assess complaints toward development of a diagnosis from patient records, a subjective history and the…
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Assessment of the Pediatric and the Pregnant Patient. Advanced physical assessment of special populations require in-depth consideration specific to the health development and changes that occur in these populations. The nurse practitioner will conduct well visit clinical assessments, manage health screening and also assess complaints toward development of a diagnosis from patient records, a subjective…
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Musculoskeletal; Peripheral Vascular Related Exams and Diagnostic Labs. Advanced physical assessment is used to evaluate complaints of the musculoskeletal and peripheral vascular systems. This may lead to a diagnosis from patient records, a subjective history and the physical exam using clinical reasoning. Additionally these complaints may require diagnostic labs to be performed for an accurate…
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Directions: Create an initial post of at least three paragraphs discussing how you would develop a plan for nurses to intervene when observing unjust, incompetent, or illegal behavior among health care professionals. Relate your plan to moral courage, how you would alleviate moral distress in the situation and incorporate Provision 5 of the Code of…
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Advanced physical assessment is used to address complaints generating from the abdominal area and genitourinary system. This may lead to a diagnosis from patient records, a subjective history and the physical exam using clinical reasoning. Additionally these complaints may require diagnostic labs to be performed for an accurate diagnosis. Complete one of the three scenarios.…
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Cough, Chest and Thorax Exam and Diagnostics Advanced physical assessment is used to evaluate complaints from the chest and thorax areas. This may lead to a diagnosis from patient records, a subjective history and the physical exam using clinical reasoning. Additionally these complaints may require diagnostic labs to be performed for an accurate diagnosis. Complete…
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HEENT Exam and Diagnostics Advanced physical assessment is used to evaluate complaints from the Head Ears Eyes Nose and Throat. This may lead to a final diagnosis from patient records, a subjective history and the physical exam using clinical reasoning. Conversely some HEENT concerns may require the addition of diagnostic labs to be performed for…
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Healthcare organizations implement ethical codes of conduct to guide professional practice, enhance quality of care, and protect professionals. In addition, government agencies and other organizations provide guidelines and standards to facilitate quality improvement programs in healthcare organizations. Besides providing guidelines for behavior, this also supports high-reliability organizations in the health sector. For this assignment, you…
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You are a nursing supervisor at a private, critical access hospital offering a variety of clinical care and hospital services to the community. As part of this role, you conduct weekly patient satisfaction phone calls and create patient satisfaction improvement plans for the weekly leadership meetings for any patient concerns. You just completed a disheartening…
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View the grading rubric for this deliverable by selecting the “This item is graded with a rubric” link, which is located in the Details & Information pane. Scenario You started a new position as a clinical nurse educator in a medical-surgical unit. The nurse manager has noticed nurses on the medical-surgical unit find delegation challenging…