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UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL (GI) ENDOSCOPY
Definition? Upper GI endoscopy is a procedure in which a doctor uses an endoscope—a flexible tube with a camera to see the lining of your upper GI tract. A gastroenterologist, surgeon, or other trained health care professional performs the procedure, most often while you receive light sedation to help you relax. Another name is EGD or esophagogastroduodenoscopy.…
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CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM DRUGS-1
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM DRUGS A-adrenoceptor antagonists (blockers) EXAMPLES Doxazosin, prazosin, tamsulosin, alfuzosin MECHANISM OF ACTION Inhibits a1-adrenoceptors in arterioles, thereby reducing the tone of vascular smooth muscle and reducing total peripheral resistance. Inhibition of a1-adrenoceptors in periurethral prostatic stroma results in relaxation of the internal urethral sphincter and some relief of obstructive urinary symptoms in males.…
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CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DRUGS-1
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DRUGS-1 5-HT1 agonists (triptans) 5-HT3 antagonists Antihistamine anti-emetics Antipsychotics – atypical Antipsychotics – typical Benzodiazepines Carbamazepine Dopamine antagonist anti-emetics Drugs for dementia Gabapentin and pregabalin, 1. 5-HT1 agonists (triptans) EXAMPLES Sumatriptan, zolmitriptan MECHANISM OF ACTION Selective activation of 5-HT1 receptors that are predominantly located in cranial blood vessel walls. 5-HT1 receptors mediate…
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Question Designing a Care Mapp Purpose of Assignment Assist students with the coordination of care for clients with musculoskeletal disorders. Enhance understanding of the nursing process in coordinating care for a client. Course Competency Explain components of multidimensional nursing care for clients with musculoskeletal disorders. Select appropriate nursing interventions when providing multidimensional care to clients experiencing alterations in mobility. Instructions After reviewing the medical conditions presented in the textbook, including osteoporosis, osteomyelitis, disorders of the feet, plantar fasciitis, carpal tunnel disorder, rotator cuff injury, or other musculoskeletal disorders, develop a care map using the template directly after these instructions. For this assignment, include the following: assessment and data collection (including disease process, common labwork/diagnostics, subjective, objective, and health history data), three NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses, one SMART goal for each nursing diagnosis, and two nursing interventions with rationale for each SMART goal for a client with a musculoskeletal disorder.
Designing a Care Map Assessment and Data Collection Three NANDA-I Approved Nursing Diagnosis One Smart Goal for EACH Nursing Diagnosis Two Nursing Interventions with Rationale for EACH Nursing Diagnosis Disease Process: Rheumatoid Arthritis Common Lab work/Diagnostics: i. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) test ii. Joint ultrasound scan, iii. Rheumatoid factor test iv. Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide (CCP)…
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Case Study – Concept Map and Plan of Care for Mrs Y, an 84-year-old Client
Concept Map Nursing Plan of Care Prioritized Nursing Diagnoses Goal Nursing Interventions Risk for infection Patients maintain freedom from infection. 1. Provide appropriate wound care to the patients. This may hasten the healing process and prevent reinfection (Rodrigues et al., 2019). 2. Help the patients clean their environment to eliminate environmental pathogens that may increase…
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Criticizing, Evaluating, and Describing Works of Art
A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (1882) by Edouard Manet This Edouard Manet sculpture was displayed at the Paris Salon in 1882. It exemplifies a bar of Folies-Bergere, illustrating the scene at the Folies-Bergere nightclub (Harland et al., 2014). From a critical view, there is a vital issue that the customer and the barmaid were involved…
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Describe any facilitation and negotiation strategies employed in your group collaboration to reach a consensus on project decisions that will also be useful in your professional life.
I have learned a number of useful facilitation and negotiation strategies for achieving group consensus during my group collaboration that are very useful throughout my professional and personal life. The first strategy is being open-minded and welcoming disagreements in opinions on the task at hand. This strategy goes hand in hand with active listening as…
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Discuss the health sector best practices you drew from your research to help determine the decision-making and negotiation approaches defined in your group presentation.
The major best practice that guides decision-making and negotiation approaches is involving all stakeholders or their representatives throughout the decision-making. The hospital merger was found to affect all stakeholders and shareholders. Although each was affected in unique ways, I learned that the involvement of all stakeholders improves the merger process and is a factor for…
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NR534 Week 5: Organizational Culture and Climate on Group Process and Team Building – B Stakeholders Represented in the Group
As the unit director of the emergency department, you are part of an ad hoc interdisciplinary committee tasked with addressing a rise in system-wide medication errors. The stakeholders represented in this group would likely include: Nursing Staff: Nurses who administer medications and are directly involved in patient care. Pharmacists: Responsible for dispensing medications and ensuring…