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NUR 513 Topic 1: Emerging Roles For Advanced Registered Nursing Specialties
Description Objectives: Describe the history of advanced registered nursing, including shifts in scope, role, and expectations. Discuss emerging roles for the advanced registered Discuss the Institute of Medicine’s recommendations for nursing education and the role of the advanced practice registered nurse in the evolving health care Study Materials Advanced Practice Nursing: Essential Knowledge for the…
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NUR 513 Topic 1: Emerging Roles For Advanced Registered Nursing Specialties
Description Objectives: Describe the history of advanced registered nursing, including shifts in scope, role, and expectations. Discuss emerging roles for the advanced registered Discuss the Institute of Medicine’s recommendations for nursing education and the role of the advanced practice registered nurse in the evolving health care
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NUR 513 Introduction To Advanced Registered Nursing Course
Course Description This course examines nursing theory and the role of ethics for advanced registered nurses within the Christian worldview and through a leadership perspective focused on improving health care outcomes. Students explore the moral/ethical responsibilities and legal and regulatory obligations of advanced registered nurses in health promotion and disease prevention. Students also review evidence-based…
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Construct a 5- to 6-page paper discussing each of the four traditional mood stabilizer medications: carbamazepine, lamotrigine, lithium, and valproate products. Support your answers with five (5) evidence-based, peer-reviewed scholarly literature.
Note: APA style format will apply. Your paper should include the following for each: Proposed mechanism of action Baseline assessment, laboratory considerations, and frequency of ongoing labs and assessments Note: Discuss the importance of assessment and labs. Special population considerations (birth assigned gender, age, other medical comorbidity considerations) FDA approval indications…
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Week 8 Assignment 1: Short Answer Assessment4 Question 4. An episode of major depression is defined as a period of time lasting at least 2 weeks
. List at least 5 symptoms required for the episode to occur. Be specific. a)Depressed mood most of the day. b)Diminished interest or pleasure in all or most activities. c)Significant unintentional weight loss or gain. d)Insomnia or sleeping too much. e)Agitation or psychomotor retardation noticed by others. f)Fatigue or loss of energy. g)Feelings of worthlessness…
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Assessing and Treating Clients with Bipolar I Disorder Walden University NURS 6030-5, Psychopharmacologic Approaches to Treatment of Psychopathology
The client return to the office in four weeks and reported that she was not lethargic by the end of first week of therapy, has a slight decrease in Young Mania Rating Scale(YMRC) from 22 to 19, but a decrease in sleep with an overall ‘feeling happy”. This is pointing in the right direction. There…
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Bipolar Disorder Therapy in a 26-Year-Old Female Patient Case Study
This case study describes a 26-year-old woman of Korean descent who was diagnosed with bipolar I disorder. Generally, bipolar disorder is a rather severe medical condition that is characterized by unusual shifts in concentration, activity levels, energy, and mood, as well as reduced ability to carry out everyday tasks (Carvalho et al., 2020). Particularly bipolar…
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Marcus, an 18-year-old high school senior, presents with symptoms of difficulty sleeping and feeling sad, which result in an initial diagnosis of depression. His mother later reports, however, that Marcus exhibits symptoms of irritability and risk-taking behaviors. (His little brother reported to his mother that they were driving over 90 miles an hour on the highway.) After further evaluation, Marcus’ psychiatric nurse practitioner diagnoses him with bipolar disorder.
Cases like this are not uncommon with bipolar disorder, as initial assessments rarely provide all the information needed. In your role, as a psychiatric nurse practitioner, you must develop strategies for properly assessing and diagnosing these patients because treatments for bipolar disorder are significantly different than treatments for depression or other mood disorders. This week,…
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Assignment: Assessing and Treating Clients with With Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder is a unique disorder that causes shifts in mood and energy, which results in depression and mania for clients. Proper diagnosis of this disorder is often a challenge for two reasons: 1) clients often present as depressive or manic, but may have both; and 2) many symptoms of bipolar disorder are similar to…
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Case Study: Bipolar Therapy for Client of Korean Descent/Ancestry: BACKGROUND INFORMATION The client is a 26-year-old woman of Korean descent who presents to her first appointment following a 21-day hospitalization for onset of acute mania. She was diagnosed with bipolar I disorder. Assessing and Treating Clients with With Bipolar Disorder Case study Assignment.
2. Write paper addressing all section listed based on the decision tree. Case Study: Bipolar Therapy for Client of Korean Descent/Ancestry: BACKGROUND INFORMATION The client is a 26-year-old woman of Korean descent who presents to her first appointment following a 21-day hospitalization for onset of acute mania. She was diagnosed with bipolar I disorder. Assessing…