Course Objectives (COs): By the end of the course, the student should be able to:
1. Identify competent nursing care for clients with chronic conditions,
... [Show More] utilizing evidence-based practice guidelines (SLO 1,2,5).
2. Differentiate care needs of the elderly adult experiencing alterations in health (SLO 2,3,5).
3. Acknowledge legal and ethical issues in healthcare (SLO 3).
4. Prioritize nursing care for patients with chronic alterations in health (SLO 1.2.4.5).
5. Develop an individualized teaching plan for the client with the goal of improving and maintaining personal health (SLO 1,2,3,4).
6. Correctly calculate medication doses appropriate for the population (SLO 1,5).
THOROUGHLY ANSWER THE FOLLOWING COMPREHENSIVELY and submit 24 hours
BEFORE SIMULATION TIME (48 hours preferable). Incomplete tickets will be returned for redo, and must be in before the simulation.
**ANSWERS MUST BE paraphrased AND CITE PROFESSIONAL source (Author, year, page).
1. In your opinion, based on understanding (through research) Buddhism and health care, how might Mr. Thao’s religion and culture affect health care decisions?
For Mr. Thao, his religion and culture could affect healthcare decisions in a few ways. One way is pain management. As stated in the SBAR, he did not accept the pain medication that was given to him and this is because in Buddhism, they believe that suffering is just a normal part of life and do not want to take anything that could cloud their judgement (making them less aware) or reduce the suffering that they are feeling (“Buddhism on health and illness”, 2020). This is important as a nurse to understand because this can dramatically change the way that you go about pain management especially. They will except pain medications if they are in a lot of pain as long as these medications keep their mind in check and do not alter their state of mind, such as certain narcotics (“Buddhism on health and illness”, 2020). On another note these individuals are vegan or vegetarian which will need to be accommodated while they are being taken care of in the hospital (“Buddhism on health and illness”, 2020). Buddhism does not have
restrictions on accepting blood transfusion but only request that the blood they are getting was given freely (“Buddhism on health and illness”, 2020).
2. Create a CBC and BMP reflecting individual values (as “high”, “low”—no need for individual values) that demonstrate a fluid volume deficit
Example:
Lab Fluid Volume Deficit
Potassium (“high” or “low”)
Test Fluid volume deficit
WBC NORMAL
Neutrophils NORMAL
Eosinophils NORMAL
Basophils NORMAL
Monocytes NORMAL
Lymphocytes NORMAL
Platelets NORMAL
C-Reactive Protein NORMAL
Erythrocyte Sedimentation
Rate NORMAL
RBC HIGH
MPV NORMAL
Hemoglobin HIGH
Hematocrit HIGH
Sodium (Na++) HIGH
Potassium (K++) LOW
Chloride (Cl-) NORMAL
Calcium (Ca++) NORMAL
Glucose HIGH
BUN HIGH
Creatinine HIGH
Carbon Dioxide NORMAL
Magnesium (Mg++) NORMAL
Information above was found (Harding et. al, 2020, p.275).
3. List 3 possible causes of fluid volume deficit in the post-operative colon resection patient. For this patient one reason they may experience fluid volume deficit is due to NPO status (Noel-Morgan & Muir, 2018). This only allows the patient eat ice chips as tolerated which can reduce the amount of fluid intake (Noel-Morgan & Muir, 2018). Another reason for fluid [Show Less]