Endocrine and musculoskeletal conditions, especially when left untreated, can have a significant impact on women’s health. Many of these conditions present unique challenges for women, making risk assessments and routine screenings an important part of primary care. As an advanced practice nurse, you must identify signs and symptoms of these conditions and educate at-risk patients so they can also monitor ...
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Perceptions of Discriminatory Treatment
Ask a probing question, substantiated with additional background information, and evidence. One of the articles that were used in the second half of the the Portfolio Project was, Perceptions of discriminatory treatment by staff as predictors of drug treatment completion: Utility of a mixed methods approach. In this article a mixed method approach was used to acquire the needed data ...
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Read the following case study and submit a 1- to 2-page essay in a Microsoft Word document using APA 6th edition in response to the questions. Case Study: Ann is a seventy-seven-year-old grandmother. She has one daughter and three grandchildren. Two years ago, she was diagnosed with moderately advanced Alzheimer’s disease, which causes her to have periods of confusion, frustration, ...
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no.1 Menopause is the point in time when a woman’s menstrual periods stop. Menopause happens because the ovaries stop producing the hormones estrogen and progesterone. Menopause affects every woman differently. Some women have no symptoms, but some women have changes in several areas of their lives. It’s not always possible to tell if these changes are related to aging, menopause, ...
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The American Cancer Society estimates that by the end of 2012, more than 226,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and more than 241,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer (American Cancer Society, 2012a; American Cancer Society 2012b). With such prevalence of women’s and men’s cancers, patient education and preventive services are essential. In clinical settings, advanced practice ...
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The Associate Degree in Nursing program at Excelsior College is designed for individuals with significant clinical health care experience. This means that all students have provided some aspect of health care for patients. Transitioning to the role of the Professional Nurse requires development of a new framework in your approach to patient care. The process of role transition requires you ...
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Provide an overview of the Meaningful Use program and an analysis of the implications for nurses, nursing, national health policy, patient outcomes, and population health associated with the collection and use of Meaningful Use core criteria. Recommend additional core criteria not presently identified for Meaningful Use collection in Stages 1 or 2 (lists of criteria may be found at cms.gov) ...
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Write a 2-3 page (not including title and reference) paper in 6th edition APA format. Investigate different agencies in your community. Identify 3 gaps or overlaps in services provided to vulnerable groups in your own community. How could you deal with these gaps and overlaps to help clients receive needed services? What should be done to improve the system? My ...
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It is important to take note that the writer will be written a synopsis of the company, and the company must be from the U.S Project Success or Failure Success or failure in any endeavor is usually determined by numerous factors—some foreseeable and controllable, others not. It’s generally agreed that a good plan, executed well, often results in success. But ...
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As an advanced practice nurse at a community health clinic, you often treat female (and sometimes male patients) with hormone deficiencies. One of your patients requests that you prescribe supplemental hormones. This poses the questions: How will you determine what kind of treatment to suggest? What patient factors should you consider? Are supplemental hormones the best option for the patient, ...
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