Differentiate between cystitis and pyelonephritis. Consider history, possible presenting symptoms, and urinalysis results,.

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  • Assignment Objectives: Identify and select appropriate interventions including diagnostic tests and nursing interventions. Analyze physiological and psychological responses to illness and treatment modalities

Purpose: Examine case studies related to renal and urologic systems and fluid and electrolytes. Answer the assigned questions. This assignment should help refine your clinical/critical thinking skills.

Assignment Description: Answer the questions in the grading criteria related to each of the patients provided. Your answer must follow APA 6th edition format. Submit the answer in the assignment area of your course. This assignment is worth 50 points.

Patient 1 – A 52 year old female patient with a long-standing history of COPD and heart failure is being seen for recent onset of headache, muscle cramps, bilateral lower extremity edema, and nervousness. She also reports a 5-day history of watery diarrhea. Her medications include diuretics and long-acting and short-acting beta-2 agonists. The results of a Basic Metabolic Profile (BMP) reveal abnormally low serum sodium, potassium, and chloride levels. Her anion gap is normal.

  1. Describe the relationship of sodium and potassium in the ICF and ECF.
  2. Identify the acid-base imbalances for which this patient is at risk and why she is at risk for them.
  3. Define “anion gap” and the significance of the anion gap being normal in this patient.

Patient 2-You are asked to see a 20 year old woman who has white blood cells present in her urinalysis results. How would you determine whether she has cystitis or pyelonephritis?

  1. Differentiate between cystitis and pyelonephritis. Consider history, possible presenting symptoms, and urinalysis results,.
  2. Provide specific patient education for this patient regarding possible treatments and behaviors to prevent this condition in the future.

Identify any Healthy People 2020 indicators pertinent to the topic and tie it into your own practice

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Complete a literature review on any course related topic. Include background information such as cause, incidence, mortality, morbidly and genetic component. Then identify any Healthy People 2020 indicators pertinent to the topic and tie it into your own practice: how will you use the research findings. Include at least 6-10 articles from nursing or health care related professional peer reviewed journals. The journals should also be within the last 5 years unless the article is one that is the “gold standard” for that area.

Following from the awesome literature review you wrote for me, our next assignment is to build on this with a quality improvement proposal.

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Following from the awesome literature review you wrote for me, our next assignment is to build on this with a quality improvement proposal. The assignment instructions are:

You need to reflect on your clinical experience to date and identify an issue of interest to research such as, wound care, nursing care procedures etc. (This essay will be based on compassion fatigue) You are then required to develop a quality improvement proposal on this topic of interest. The content of the proposal will include: the background and significance of the project; statement of the problem; significance or importance of the problem; the premise of the project /or clinical

question; assumptions and definitions; review of related literature; outline of the

project procedure; use of appropriate improvement approach etc

Explain how your hypothetical project will impact the nursing career.

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Students this project will allow you to formulate and hypothetically develop your own research project. The purpose of this project is for the student to complete an abstract submission to a specific nursing journal. The assignment must be strictly following APA guidelines, points will be deducted if otherwise (See Rubric).

An abstract is a concise summary of a larger project (a thesis, research report, performance, service project, etc.) that concisely describes the content and scope of the project and identifies the project’s objective, its methodology and its findings, conclusions, or intended results.

Abstract Outline:

-Title of Project

-Problem Statement: what is the problem that needs fixing?

-Purpose of the Project

-Research Question(s)

-Hypothesis

-Methodology (Qualitative vs. Quantitative)

-Steps in implementing your project

-Results (Pretend results)

-Conclusion

Follow the following guidelines:

1-Student will think about a problem in their nursing career that needs fixing (Example, Increase number of falls in delirious patients in ICU).

2- Student will select a nursing journal (not medical journal, ex ANA) and review the abstract submission guidelines for that specific journal.

3- Paper: The paper will consist on three sections

1-Introduction: in which the student will reveal the selected journal and reasoning for selecting such journal. And a brief section on the submitting criteria for the journal (DO NOT PLAGARIZE).

2-Research steps: The student will follow the journal’s abstract guidelines and complete the abstract outline steps based on the hypothetically selected problem as above. If the selected journal does not require the steps highlighted, and then follow the highlighted steps.

3-Explain how your hypothetical project will impact the nursing career.

4-Follow APA format, meaning Title page, Abstract, Body and Reference page.