According to the textbook, nurses in various settings are adopting a research-based (or evidence-based) practice that incorporates research findings into their decisions and interaction with clients. How do you see this being applied in your workplace?  

 Textbook1. Understanding Nursing Research: Building an Evidence-Based Practice

Read Chapters 13 and 14 in Understanding Nursing Research: Building an Evidence-Based Practice.

http://evolve.elsevier.com.

http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/elsevier/2014/understanding-nursing-research_building-an-evidence-based-practice_ebook_6e.php

ALl  CASE DECISION INSTRUCTIONS

Grading Criteria for Clinical Case Decisions:

The highest potential points for each Clinical Case Decision Question are 15-points. Students are required to upload their response as a word document attachment to the assignment drop box.

Each uploaded response is worth a possible 15 points.

1.       Your comments should be substantiated and substantive. Postings require two citations from 1 scholarly journal and/or 1 outside text book Text books assigned to this course may be used for an additional citation only.   
2.       Each of the two references must be from a different reference source.
3.       To gain full credit for the assignment, the response must be a full page discussion, but no more than three (3) pages in length, which  includes the reference list.
4.       Students are required to use APA format, proper citations, and references.  Students using direct quotes from referenced sources in the body       of the paper must include quotations.
5.       Students will be assigned to a question.

Clinical Cases

There are five cases listed below; Begin with an assessment, students will decide if it should be treated as episodic with rationale.

You have been assigned two (2) cases to provide analysis. Students’ first initials of their last names will determine which questions they will provide an answer to for the clinical case assignments. (Students are encouraged to review each question and research the correct answers to increase their knowledge of the varied topics in the course).All cases should include the following:

a. Pathophysiology and pharmacology of the disease

b. Expected signs and symptoms of the disease.

c. Nursing Diagnosis with a plan of care.

d. All questions pertaining to the case are listed under each case. 

Clinical Decision Cases

Alpha-Numeric Student Clinical Case Assignments Legend (Assignment Selection By The Student Is By First Initial of the Student’s Last Name):

Question #C3 & C4:  please answer these  2 questions  for these cases in APA format. copy and paste C3 then the question do the same for C4  the book that we use is  UNDERSTANDING PATHOPHYSIOLOGY BY SUE  E HUETHER   KATHERYN L McCANCE 6TH EDITION   987654321

C3.   Carl is a 15-year-old admitted to the hospital following a closed head injury during a motor vehicle crash. He is diagnosed with syndrome of                    inappropriate anti-diuretic hormone (SIADH).

a. You would monitor him for what signs and symptoms?

C4.   Identify the intracellular and plasma buffer systems and discuss how they function.  

Neurological System Case Study – #1

Mrs. Smith is an 85 year female with a history of Hypertension, diabetes and osteoarthritis. Her daughter who cares for her reports that she became suddenly confused beginning last night. She knows her daughter but has been unable to remember her grandchildren’s names. She continuously asks her daughter “What are those kids doing in our house?” .Her mother was in and out of bed all night and slept very little. Her daughter does say that her mother seemed better this morning, but on the way to your office she became more confused again. Review of systems is significant for a dry cough for the past few days. She has not had a fever. Her appetite has been poor. Her exam is normal except for some fine crackles in her left lung base. Mrs. Smith’s daughter says” My dad had Alzheimer’s and now it looks like I am going to have to go through that with my mother”

1) What are the possibilities for change in Mrs. Smith’s current mental status?

2) What is your top differential diagnosis? Give 3 reasons why you chose that diagnosis.

3) How can you differentiate depression, dementia and delirium?

4) Explain to Mrs. Smith’s daughter what treatment is needed and what you think her prognosis is.

Do one page

Provide references.

Describe the effect of extremely low birth weight babies on the family and community. Consider short-term and long-term impacts, socioeconomic implications, the need for ongoing care, and comorbidities associated with prematurity. 

Explain how disparities relative to ethnic and cultural groups may contribute to low birth weight babies.

Identify one support service within your community to assist with preterm infants and their families and explain how the service adequately addresses the needs of the community, or a population in your community. Provide the link to the resource in your post.

Consider the following patient scenario:

A mother comes in with 9-month-old girl. The infant is 68.5cm in length (25th percentile per CDC growth chart), weighs 6.75kg (5th percentile per CDC growth chart), and has a head circumference of 43cm (25th percentile per CDC growth chart). 

Describe the developmental markers a nurse should assess for a 9-month-old female infant. Discuss the recommendations you would give the mother. Explain why these recommendations are based on evidence-based practice.

Homework is to be presented as a short (50-100-word) paragraph response for each question. The assignment is to be submitted as a Microsoft Word document electronically to the instructor.

1. Which dosage forms are most appropriate for administering drugs to pediatric patients? Adults?
2. What are the processes involved in disintegration and dissolution?
3. Give a definition of pharmacokinetics.
4. Examine the processes of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion, and explain why they occur in this order.
5. What determines the absorption ability of a drug?
6. Give a definition of the term pharmacodynamics.
7. Compare the different ways drugs can interact with the body, depending on their mechanism of action.
8. What relationship is there between drug response relationships, serum-concentration profile, and drug manufacturing?
9. How does an adverse effect of a drug occur? What are the causes of some drug-drug interactions?

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.