NUR641E Week 2 | Nursing in Health Care - Grand canyon university
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Advanced Pathophysiology & Pharamacology for Nurse Educators Week 2 Assignment Content Lesson Presentation Create a 7-8 slide presentation with speaker notes about a selected disease process and drug class. The presentation should provide content specific information on the selected disease process and drug class for staff or students in a clinical environment.
Follow these steps:
Select a disease process and a drug class used to treat the disease process. Describe pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the drug related to the pathophysiology of the disease process. Describe the product, its intended use, side effects, adverse reactions, and safety issues. Identify ethnic, cultural, and genetic differences in patients that may affect the safety or efficacy of medications. How would you monitor the desired affect is achieved? Be sure to include three to five references. While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite
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Advanced Pathophysiology & Pharamacology for Nurse Educators Week 3 Assignment Acid-Base and Electrolyte Case Study A nurse is taking care of an 85-year-old woman in a hospital based skilled nursing facility. In report, the nurse is told the patient has not been breathing well for the past 2 days. She has been lethargic, her skin is warm and dry, and she has a decreased urine output. The following laboratory
findings were returned from the laboratory immediately after morning report:
Na: 147 Cl 110
K 4.0
Blood Gases:
pH 7.33
PCO2 48
HCO3 27
Po2 96
Urine:
Urine Specific Gravity 1.040
Address the following:
Identify each of the abnormal laboratory findings in the above results. Specify how they differ from a normal range and identify what condition each abnormality indicates. What specific electrolyte disturbance does the patient have? What clinical manifestations would the nurse expect to see with this electrolyte abnormality presented above? If the patient had an increase in her potassium level, what clinical manifestations would the nurse monitor for? What blood gas abnormality is seen in this patient? Discuss the rationale for your answer. What are the three major mechanisms of pH regulation? While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite
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Advanced Pathophysiology & Pharamacology for Nurse Educators Week 6 Assignment CLC - Staff Training This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment. This assignment requires completion of two parts: a presentation and an educational resource. Part I: Presentation Create a 15- to 20-slide PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes for a staff training meeting on the pathophysiology and pharmacologic agents for a select disease process. Each CLC will choose one disease process from the following