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You are the RN working with an LPN who is caring for a 10-year-old who has severe abdominal, hip, and knee pain caused by a sickle cell crisis. Which action by the LPN requires you intervene immediately?      

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Which client behavior is directly related to causing someone to develop Buerger’s disease (thromboangiitis obliterans)?    

The nurse if caring for a client who has recently experienced a myocardial infarction. Which nursing action would help prevent cardiogenic shock?            

Clinical Scenario: Mick Alfons, a 72-year-old male with a history of aortic stenosis, presents to the clinic with complaints of increasing shortness of breath, fatigue, and chest pain on exertion. He has been experiencing these symptoms for the past few months, and they have progressively worsened. On examination, he has a systolic murmur heard best at the right second intercostal space, radiating to the carotids. His blood pressure is 150/90 mmHg, and his heart rate is 88 bpm. The nurse suspects that has [condition] related to [cue1] and [cue2]  

A client is newly diagnosed with peripheral atherosclerosis. Which information should the nurse identify as the priority education for this client?    

Which potential complication occurs specifically to a male client with sickle cell anemia during a sickle cell crisis?              

Final Project:  Review the Final Project Assignment requirements (below). Please indicate what type of project you intend to develop for the final Disability Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion Project List one or more possible ideas as to what you are thinking of creating/developing to fulfill this requirement.  You can change your mind; however, this is to try and get you thinking about the project now so that you have time to plan and fully develop the project prior to the end of the semester. Final Project Description: FINAL PROJECT:  Disability Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (D-JEDI) Project – 100 points total.  (Part I – Project:  85 points.  Part II – Peer Review:  15 points).  Part I:  (85 points).  Students are required to demonstrate disability awareness and understanding of disability as ‘diversity’, as well as the importance of using equitable, inclusive practices to provide equal access and opportunity for individuals with disabilities in schools, churches, organizations, businesses, and communities.  This project will be shared with your peers and your professor.  Key/essential topics and questions that should be addressed in the project include:   DISABILITY JUSTICE, EQUITY & INCLUSION (approximately 60% of the project) What evidence do you have to support these findings? What is disability justice, equity and inclusion?   Why does inclusion, equal access and opportunity for individuals with disabilities matter in your respective field of study? Identify a minimum of two issues within your respective field of study (i.e., journalism, psychology, business, theology) that continue to exclude, marginalize, disenfranchise and/or misrepresent disabled individuals/the disability community.   What, if any, advances in JEDI have occurred recently in your field?  What recommendations can you offer to help advance JEDI for the disabled in these areas?   DISABILITY IS DIVERSITY – DIVERSITY IS NATURAL (approximately 20% of the project) What is meant by ‘disability as diversity – diversity is natural’?  Why does this matter in your respective field of study? Why does this matter in the world today?    DISABILITY ETIQUETTE (approximately 20% of the project) You must address a minimum of 6 of the 8 disability categories below.  Choose six:   What is ‘disability etiquette’?  Why does this matter?  Develop suggestions and tips for interacting, communicating and working with individuals with various disabilities for professionals in your respective field (i.e., journalism, psychology, business, theology) Orthopedic Impairments/Mobility Disabilities (cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, spina bifida, polio, dwarfism, etc.) deaf/Deaf & Hard of hearing  Blindness & Visual Impairments Autism Intellectual Disabilities Mental Health Disabilities Health-Related Disabilities Cognitive Disabilities (learning disabilities, ADHD, TBI, etc.) You must include a minimum of 5 suggestions/tips for each category  Your project must glean information from a minimum of three different resources.  You may use Disability Etiquette:  Tips on Interacting with People with Disabilities as one of your resources.   The final PROJECT should be one of the following: (a) 10-15 minute digital story with audio content (see information about DIGITAL STORIES in Canvas) (b) 10-15 minute video film presentation (see information about VIDEO PRESENTATIONS in Canvas) (c) 5-10 page infographic (see information about INFOGRAPHICS in Canvas) (d) 5-10 page Instagram Story (see information about INSTAGRAM STORIES in Canvas) (e) a 10-12 minute podcast (f) 1,500-2,000 word blog with graphics and images (g) 12-20 slide training (Pp, NEARPOD, Screencastomatic) with audio content (h) a website (i) any other idea (just run it by me!) Part II:  Peer Review (15 points).  After completing your Project, you will review one of your peers’ submissions of this assignment, as assigned by your course professor.  Evaluate their submission and develop a 2-3 paragraph summary for your peers’ project that addresses the following:   Identify the strengths of their project and explain what was especially helpful to you about their submission.   What recommendations can you give to improve your partner’s project?  Are there any key points that should be added?  Are there recommendations to improve the visual display of information?

The nurse is providing education to a client with hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and peripheral arterial disease.  The nurse identifies that the client is at risk of ineffective peripheral tissue perfusion. Which teaching would be most appropriate for this client?  

A 62-year-old male patient is recovering from a left MCA hemorrhagic stroke that resulted in right upper extremity weakness. Which of the following movements would give the therapist at least 78% confidence that in 3 months he will regain functional use of the right upper extremity?