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Which assessment data would make the nurse suspect that the client has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?

While principle ethics asks the question, “what should I do?”,  virtue ethics asks the question,

A nurse is caring for a client in the emergency department. History and Physical 1100: Client presents to emergency department and states, “I have a terrible headache.” Client reports having a headache for the past three days and the pain is getting worse..  Client reports feeling “feverish” and sensitive to lights.  Client has taken   ibuprofen  for pain and ineffective. Client denies confusion or dizziness, although family members question their confusion yesterday. Past medical history is unremarkable. Nurses’ Notes 1100: Nurse to perform assessment on client. Client is squinting eyes to light and nystagmus noted. Rates headache pain as “8” on 0-10 pain scale. Client has nuchal rigidity. Heart regular rhythm and tachycardiac. Lungs sounds are clear to auscultation in all lobes. Client is alert and oriented to person, place and time. 1145: Nurse enters client’s room.  Client actively seizing in bed with tonic-clonic characteristics. Placed client on their side. Lorazepam administered, and seizure activity ceased after approximately 1 minute. Provider notified. 1150: Client is lethargic following seizure. Nystagmus noted. Client is tachycardiac. Disoriented to person, place and time. Diagnostics 1130: CT scan: no acute intracranial abnormality, no mass 1230: Lumbar puncture Vital Signs 1100: Temperature 38.3 °C (100.9 °F) Respiratory Rate 19/min Heart Rate 111/min Blood Pressure 129/78 mm Hg 1200: Temperature 38.4 °C (101.1 °F) Respiratory Rate 22/min Heart Rate 115/min Blood Pressure 151/95mm Hg Medication Administration Record 1145: Lorazepam 4 mg IV push What potential condition is the client most likely experiencing [condition]? The nurse should monitor [monitor1] and [monitor2]?

The primary difference between counselors and other mental health professionals is

An infant is being treated for talipes equinovarus (clubfoot).  Which statement by the infant’s mother indicates the mother understands the cast process?

To be effective when counseling clients with physical disabilities, counselors should

A client has surgery for the creation of burr holes after sustaining head trauma from a fall and is at risk for developing meningitis. The nurse assesses for meningeal irritation by having the client lying supine with the leg flexed at the knee and hip. The client is assessed for pain and the ability to straighten the extremity. What is this assessment?

A 12-year-old is admitted to the hospital with a suspected diagnosis of Reye’s Syndrome.  What would be the priority nursing intervention in planning for this client?

A nurse is caring for a client who sustained a femur fracture in an automobile accident and is placed into skeletal traction. The nurse may remove the weights from the traction device if which of the following occurs?

Choose TWO of the following prompts to write on. Provide a FULL well developed essay for both! (At least three paragraphs each). Make sure to make consistent reference to our course concepts from the readings. Name thinkers if you can. Avoid just discussing your own opinion without reference to our concepts.  Remember write on only TWO! 1) How has your perspective on Health Care changed as a result of our readings? Why? Justify your position using the readings. 2) Discuss both sides of a case you have studied. Apply what you learned about legal ethics to the case. 3) Discuss sexism and its implications for men, women, and others making reference to the readings we have studied. 4) How might our own country be understood as both a capitalism and a socialism. Apply our readings to your analysis. 5) How are knowledge and morality related. Discuss the problems of epistemology and apply our readings. 6) What are the best arguments for giving AI rights and treating them as persons? 7) Consider both the arguments for and against belief in God. Provide both sides of the argument objectively using our readings.