Select the mental function that is most affected in mild cognitive impairment.

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Question 1

Select the mental function that is most affected in mild cognitive impairment.

Selected

Answer: D. Recent memory

 Question 2

Select the most frequent cause of infant and childhood intellectual disability that is

attributed to a specific gene. Selected

Answer: C. Down syndrome

 Question 3

Select the neurotransmitter that is most associated with the occurrence of ADHD.

Selected

Answer: B. Dopamine

 Question 4

Select the drug of choice to treat psychosis in delirious patients. Selected

Answer:

D. Haloperidol

 Question 5

Select the characteristic that is greater in childhood than adult onset schizophrenia. Selected

Answer: B. Social withdrawal

 Question 6

Select the personality disorder in which patients are continually in crisis and exhibit

unpredictable behavior. Selected

Answer: C. Borderline

 Question 7

 

Advanced practice nurse role description and application of project management concepts

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These are discussion threads 2 paragraphs each. My practice is medical/surgical/observation unit. Below is the questions and where to get the information. Scholarly article 6-8 years old. Thank you.

Discussion 1 In one of the reading assignments this week you reviewed advance nurse practitioner (APN) roles and the application of project management concepts, one of the major elements of NI, but new to most nurses. Does this have an application to your practice? Why or why not?

 

 

Sipes, C. (2016). Project management for the advanced practice nurse, Springer.

•   Chapter 1: Basic Project Management for Advance Practice Nurses and Health Care Professionals; Examples of APN Projects/Roles. pp. 4-11

•   Chapter 1: Basic Project Management for Advance Practice Nurses and Health Care Professionals; Project Management: Why do we need it? Pp. 12

•   Chapter 2: Advanced practice nurse role description and application of project management concepts; Chapter 2, pp 16-24

Website Exploration:

Visit the following site http://www.fiercehealthit.com/ (explore healthcare technology news on CPOE, EMRs, E-prescribing, HIE, PHRs, HIT stimulus, and other health IT news)

Discussion 2 A new concept for some organizations is to allow nurses to bring in their own devices known as bring your own devices (BYOD) to use at work. What are some of the security issues you might encounter if this were allowed? How would you address these issues?

 

 

Explain the influence of lifestyles, socioeconomic status, and disease management.

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For the next newsletter, you have been asked to write about the effect of a specific communicable disease on your community.

Identify a communicable disease to research.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper summarizing your research. Include the following information:

  • Describe the disease and discuss efforts to control it.
  • Identify the environmental factors related to this disease.
  • Explain the influence of lifestyles, socioeconomic status, and disease management.
    • Identify gaps and how you might connect to other resources to meet needs that are not locally available.
    • Include recommendations to expand the community’s programs if there are gaps.
  • Describe what the public health department is doing to reduce the threat of the disease.
  • Include data findings, evidence-based intervention, and a plan to ensure quality health.

Include at least 3 APA formatted references.

How does the theory demonstrate evidence of the utilization of social, behavioral, or bioscience theories?

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Module 4 DQ 2

Babbie discusses operationalization choices and offers four research questions and ways to address them.  Choose two of the questions and discuss how the applications mentioned are good choices or how they may not bring about the expected results.

Select one of the grand or middle-range nursing theories. How does the theory demonstrate evidence of the utilization of social, behavioral, or bioscience theories?