The Topic 1 Resource, “The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education,” represents the core competencies of professional nursing education and provides a framework that nursing programs use to prepare professional nurses. The RN-BSN...
A 76-year-old man is brought to the primary care office by his wife with concerns about his worsening memory. He is a retired lawyer who has recently been getting lost in the neighborhood where he has lived for 35 years. He was recently found wandering and has often...
A woman is admitted to the adult inpatient behavioral health unit after experiencing flashbacks to her rape that occurred when she was a 12-year-old girl while at her babysitter’s. She was raped by the babysitter’s 15-year-old son and three of his friends. Upon...
There are many approaches that one can take in developing a treatment plan. The approach described herein represents a continuation of the same process that began with the clinical assessment and case formulation approaches described in the previous chapters....
The musculoskeletal system is responsible for the structure of the body and the ability to have purposeful movements. Musculoskeletal injury and disease affect a large swath of the population and become increasingly prevalent in older adults. What are the short-term...
The school RN sees an 8-year-old male coming into the nursing office by his Phys Ed teaching with complaints of profuse sweating and confusion. The patient is currently afebrile. Objectives. ( More or less are possible) 1. Recognizing signs of hypoglycemia 2....
