This assignment is to conduct and produce a research project. 

Choose a corporate job field that interests you. Maybe it’s marketing, maybe it’s information management, maybe it’s finance and accounting. It could be any of these, but it should be an area you’re considering as a career move. Choose three sub-fields in that area that interest you. If you’re an information systems person, maybe choose cyber-security, game design, and IT networks. Or, you could simply look into three disparate fields that people with degrees like yours go into: a psychology degree could lead you to market research, clinical psychology, or education. Now begin your research.
LOGISTICS
Dig into these areas to determine some of the following:
• Where are the jobs in each of these fields located physically? Are they all in California or all in the DC area or are they available pretty much everywhere?
• Which corporations or government bodies are hiring? Is this area dominated by one or two corporations or government entities or are there a plethora of companies you could join?
• Who are they hiring? What special skills or background does one need to get hired; are there demographic anomalies—i.e., almost all men or almost no African-Americans?
• What are the average starting salaries?
• Is there an advantage to being a veteran in any of these sub-fields? Are any of the big employers in these fields listed as being “best for vets?” 
The principal reason managers have staff members conduct research and write reports like this is to come up with a recommendation. So you’ll also need to make a recommendation in this report. The idea here is to determine (at least theoretically) which course of action would be best for you. So you’ll have to do the research, draft the report, and determine —based on the criteria YOU set— which of these sub-fields makes the most sense for you. You should have at least four criteria. They can be as personal and subjective as you want them to be. You might consider:
• Location: Is it close to home and family, or in a place you’ve always wanted to live? Or is it in a place you can’t imagine living or is too expensive?
• Which of these fields offers the highest starting salary? Are there performance bonuses or is the standard remuneration package set (like in a government job)?
• Are there benefits packages that attract you: for example do employers offer college debt repayment plans?
• Can you get a security clearance through the employer, or does your current clearance give you a leg up?
• Is there travel involved? Is this a good or a bad thing?
• What else matters to you? Prestige? Service to country?
With these questions, you can create a matrix to visually represent your decision making process. You can weight some criteria as more or less important than others and then grade the fields or jobs subjectively for each of these criteria to come up with a course of action recommendation.

CASE STUDY

Week 2: Respiratory Clinical Case

Patient Setting:

65 year old Caucasian female that was discharged from the hospital 10 weeks ago after a motor vehicle accident presents to the clinic today. States she is having severe wheezing, shortness of breath and coughing at least once daily. She can barely get her words out without taking breaks to catch her breath and states she has taken albuterol once today.

HPI

Frequent asthma attacks for the past 2 months (more than 4 times per week average), serious MVA 10 weeks ago; post traumatic seizure 2 weeks after the accident; anticonvulsant phenytoin started – no seizure activity since initiation of therapy.

PMH

History of periodic asthma attacks since early 20s; mild congestive heart failure diagnosed 3 years ago; placed on sodium restrictive diet and hydrochlorothiazide; last year placed on enalapril due to worsening CHF; symptoms well controlled the last year.

Past Surgical History

None

Family/Social History

Family: Father died age 59 of kidney failure secondary to HTN; Mother died age 62 of CHF

Social: Nonsmoker; no alcohol intake; caffeine use: 4 cups of coffee and 4 diet colas per day.

Medication History

Theophylline SR Capsules 300 mg PO BID

Albuterol inhaler, PRN

Phenytoin SR capsules 300 mg PO QHS

HTCZ 50 mg PO BID

Enalapril 5 mg PO BID

Allergies

NKDA

ROS

Positive for shortness of breath, coughing, wheezing and exercise intolerance. Denies headache, swelling in the extremities and seizures.

Physical exam

BP 171/94, HR 122, RR 31, T 96.7 F, Wt 145, Ht 5’ 3”

VS after Albuterol breathing treatment – BP 134/79, HR 80, RR 18

Gen: Pale, well developed female appearing anxious. HEENT: PERRLA, oral cavity without lesions, TM without signs of inflammation, no nystagmus noted. Cardio: Regular rate and rhythm normal S1 and S2. Chest: Bilateral expiratory wheezes. Abd: soft, non-tender, non-distended no masses. GU: Unremarkable. Rectal: Guaiac negative. EXT: +1 ankle edema, on right, no bruising, normal pulses. NEURO: A&O X3, cranial nerves intact.

Laboratory and Diagnostic Testing

Na – 134

K – 4.9

Cl – 100

BUN – 21

Cr – 1.2

Glu – 110

ALT – 24

AST – 27

Total Chol – 190

CBC – WNL

Theophylline – 6.2

Phenytoin – 17

Chest Xray – Blunting of the right and left costophrenic angles

Peak Flow – 75/min; after albuterol – 102/min

FEV1 – 1.8 L; FVC 3.0 L, FEV1/FVC 60%

Visit the South University Online Library and research for current scholarly evidence (no older than 5 years) to support your nursing actions. In addition, consider visiting government sites such as the CDC, WHO, AHRQ, and Healthy People 2020. Provide a detailed scientific rationale justifying the inclusion of this evidence in your plan.

Next determine the ICD-10 classification (diagnoses). The International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) is the official system used in the United States to classify and assign codes to health conditions and related information.