Acting on Nurse’s Questionable Practice

Acting on Nurse’s Questionable Practice

Question 1: Using the Case: 8-2– Acting on Questionable Practice 

Does the Code of ethics for nurses with interpretive statements provide guidance for this situation? Explain?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDm9hEOn8zcQuestion 

Question 2: Discuss the role insulin and glucagon play in blood sugar regulation?

** Read Below & Answer Question 3**

Question 3: This week pick a scenario or situation that illustrates either a sympathetic or parasympathetic response. Explain what happens to the body during this situation and how the body will respond to return to homeostasis.

Question 4: In an effort to treat diseases through diet therapy, various groups get together to release evidence-based therapeutic diets. Many of these diets come from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics or the NIH. Two diets that are commonly implemented to combat diseases are the DASH and TLC diets. The DASH is the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, which addresses high blood pressure, and the Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes, or “TLC” diet, addresses high cholesterol.

Take a look at your own diet and see how you match up to one of these two diet plans. Track your diet for a day. What goals are you already meeting? Which ones are challenging for you? How do you think others would do in following these diets and what are some tools that might help them?

Harold is 46 and recently divorced. Since he and his wife separated, he noticed that he has been eating a lot of premade processed

foods and putting on some extra pounds, and his weight has climbed from 185 to 205 lbs (height is 5’11”) within the past 9 months. He’s been stressed with the divorce settlement and has started smoking again. Both of Harold’s parents had heart disease and he’s been on hypertension medications for 5 years. When he went to see his doctor, his blood pressure was143/85 mmHg and a lipid panel revealed that his total cholesterol is 260 mg/dL with an LDL level of 167 mg/dL and an HDL level of 35 mg/dL. He shared with his doctor that he used to exercise regularly, but had been physically inactive for over 6 months. When asked if he would like to start exercising again, Harold responded, “I definitely know I should, and I remember it used to make me feel so good! I was thinking of buying a new bike!”

What factors put Harold at risk for heart disease? Discuss which are modifiable and which are not.

What is Harold’s risk of developing heart disease? Please show your work for any calculations.

Discuss Harold’s cholesterol levels and ratio and compare them to recommendations.

What dietary changes would you recommend for Harold? Would you recommend any specific diet plans? Why or why not?

How would you assess Harold’s readiness to change, and what might be some meaningful goals for him to work towards?

Important information for writing discussion questions and participation

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Plagiarism is highly prohibited. Please ensure you are citing your sources correctly using APA 7th edition. All assignments including discussion posts should be formatted in APA with the appropriate spacing, font, margin, and indents. Any papers not well formatted would be returned back to you, hence, I advise you review APA formatting style. I have attached a sample paper in APA format and will also post sample discussion responses in subsequent announcements.

Your initial discussion post should be a minimum of 200 words and response posts should be a minimum of 150 words. Be advised that I grade based on quality and not necessarily the number of words you post. A minimum of TWO references should be used for your initial post. For your response post, you do not need references as personal experiences would count as response posts. If you however cite anything from the literature for your response post, it is required that you cite your reference. You should include a minimum of THREE references for papers in this course. Please note that references should be no more than 5 years old except recommended as a resource for the class. Furthermore, for each discussion board question, you need ONE initial substantive response and TWO substantive responses to either your classmates or your instructor for a total of THREE responses. There are TWO discussion questions each week, hence, you need a total minimum of SIX discussion posts for each week. I usually post a discussion question each week. You could also respond to these as it would count towards your required SIX discussion posts for the week.

I understand this is a lot of information to cover in 5 weeks, however, the Bible says in Philippians 4:13 that we can do all things through Christ that strengthens us. Even in times like this, we are encouraged by God’s word that we have that ability in us to succeed with His strength. I pray that each and every one of you receives strength for this course and life generally as we navigate through this pandemic that is shaking our world today. Relax and enjoy the course!

Hi Class,

Please read through the following information on writing a Discussion question response and participation posts.

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Important information on Writing a Discussion Question

• Your response needs to be a minimum of 150 words (not including your list of references)
• There needs to be at least TWO references with ONE being a peer reviewed professional journal article.
• Include in-text citations in your response
• Do not include quotes—instead summarize and paraphrase the information
• Follow APA-7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

Participation –replies to your classmates or instructor

• A minimum of 6 responses per week, on at least 3 days of the week.
• Each response needs at least ONE reference with citations—best if it is a peer reviewed journal article
• Each response needs to be at least 75 words in length (does not include your list of references)
• Responses need to be substantive by bringing information to the discussion or further enhance the discussion. Responses of “I agree” or “great post” does not count for the word count.
• Follow APA 7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

• Remember to use and follow APA-7th edition for all weekly assignments, discussion questions, and participation points.
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