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NR 508 FINAL EXAM 2 – QUESTION AND ANSWERS1. A patient who has diabetes reports intense discomfort when needing to void. A urinalysis is normal. To treat this, the primary care NP should consider prescribing: oxybutynin chloride (Ditropan XL). This patient is describing urge incontinence, or overactive bladder, which occurs when the detrusor muscle is hyperactive, causing an intense urge to void before the bladder is full. Urge incontinence is associated with many conditions, including diab...

NR 508 MIDTERM EXAM WEEK 4 – QUESTION AND ANSWERS SET 2A primary care NP prescribes levothyroxine for a patient to treat thyroid deficiency. When teaching this patient about the medication, the NP should: tell the patient that changing brands of the medication should be avoided. Patients should be told not to change brands of the medication; there is potential variability in the bioequivalence between manufacturers. The medication should be taken at approximately the same time each day bef...

NR 508 MIDTERM EXAM – QUESTION AND ANSWERS SET 3A patient has three consecutive blood pressure readings of 140/95 mm Hg. The patient’s body mass index is 24. A fasting plasma glucose is 100 mg/dL. Creatinine clearance and cholesterol tests are normal. The primary care NP should order: a β-blocker. an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor. a thiazide diuretic. dietary and lifestyle changes. Question 2 2 / 2 pts An African-American patient is taking captopril (Capote...

NR 508 MIDTERM EXAM – QUESTION AND ANSWERS SET 1A patient who has primary hyperlipidemia and who takes atorvastatin (Lipitor) continues to have LDL cholesterol of 140 mg/dL after 3 months of therapy. The primary care NP increases the dose from 10 mg daily to 20 mg daily. The patient reports headache and dizziness a few weeks after the dose increase. The NP should: change the atorvastatin dose to 15 mg twice daily. change the patient’s medication to cholestyramine (Questran)....

NR 508 FINAL EXAM – QUESTION AND ANSWERS1. A patient who has diabetes reports intense discomfort when needing to void. A urinalysis is normal. To treat this, the primary care NP should consider prescribing: oxybutynin chloride (Ditropan XL). This patient is describing urge incontinence, or overactive bladder, which occurs when the detrusor muscle is hyperactive, causing an intense urge to void before the bladder is full. Urge incontinence is associated with many conditions, including diabet...

NR 599 CDC MILESTONE TRACKER

NR 599 WEEK 3 ASSIGNMENT

NR 599 WEEK 5 ASSIGNMENT This week we learned about the potential benefits and drawbacks to clinical decision support systems (CDSSs). Create a “Pros” versus “Cons” table with a column for “Pro” and a separate column for “Con”. Include at least 3 items for each column. Next to each item, provide a brief rationale as to why you included it on the respective list. Pros of CDSS Rationale Cons of CDSS Rationale Prevent medication errors or interactions Providers may be alerted when...

NR 599 Midterm STUDYGUIDE1. General principles of Nursing Informatics o Informatics: Turns data into information  Focuses on HIT & involves computer, cognitive and social sciences  Science of how to use data, information and knowledge to improve human health & delivery  NI: specialty integrating nursing science, computer science, information science and cognitive science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice.  Building blocks of...

NR 501 WEEK 4 DISCUSSIONWeek 4: Nature of Nursing Knowledge - Discussion Connection Between Theory and Advanced Clinical Practice (graded) While the focus of this course is nursing theory, some nurses say that theory has no role in clinical practice. What are your thoughts? Does nursing theory have a role in clinical practice? How would you use nursing theory to improve or evaluate the quality of clinical practice? Be sure to include an example that demonstrates your thoughts. Don’t forge...