Assignment: Acute Complications of Diabetes

Assignment: Acute Complications of Diabetes

Module 07 Written Assignment – Acute Complications of Diabetes

Fill out the Table comparing the Acute Complications of Diabetes.

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Comparison of Acute Complications of Diabetes:

Hypoglycemia

Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Nonketotic syndrome

Clinical Manifestations

Diagnostic Data

Interventions

Patient Teaching

Module 07 Course Project-Paper Submission

Your paper for the course project should be a 2-3 page APA paper (not including title page and the reference page) that describes the clinical problem and the following:

Reason for choosing this topic

The PICOT question

Possible integration of the evidenced that you found in clinical practice

Methods to evaluate the effectiveness of implementation

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Module 08 Written Assignment – Otitis Media

An 8-year-old girl comes to your ambulatory care clinic with complaints of left ear pain for the past 3 days. She had respiratory infection a week ago. On physical examination, the tympanic membrane is bulging.

Answer the following questions:

What else should you ask the client?

What teaching would you reinforce to prevent the recurrence of otitis media?

What expected outcomes would be specific to this situation?

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Module 09 Written Assignment – Seizures

An older client was recently discharged from the hospital for evaluation of seizure activity. His history reveals that he has late-stage Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, hypertension, and type II diabetes mellitus, which is controlled by diet. He lives at home, where his wife and daughter take care of him. His discharge medications include phenytoin (Dilantin), 100 mg BID; hydrochlorothiazide (HydroDIURIL), 50 mg QD; levodopa (Sinemet), 25/100 TID; and haloperidol (Haldol), 1 mg before bed. The client has been referred for home care nursing follow-up.

Questions:

On the initial home visit by the nurse, what assessments should be made?

The wife and daughter need teaching about his antiepileptic medication. What teaching should be included?

During the initial home visit, the client experiences a generalized seizure. What action should the nurse take?

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Module 10 Written Assignment – Exemplars

Fill out the Alteration in Metabolism Exemplar Table.

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Alterations in Metabolism

Obesity

Hyperthyroid

Hypothyroid

Pathophysiology

Risk Factors

Assessment Findings (including Labs)

Possible Nursing Diagnosis

Interventions (including Medications)

Module 10 Course Project – Staff Development PowerPoint Due

Your staff development PPT presentation will include the information from your written paper in 10-12 slides (including a title and reference slide in APA format). Make sure to include speaker notes at the bottom of your slide to explain the content of your slide.

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Module 2 quiz

Question 1 A client’s urinalysis results show a protein level of 1.8 mg/dL. Which action by the nurse is best?

Question 2 Which question best assists the nurse in assessing a client with acute diarrhea?

Question 3 Which client statement indicates a good understanding regarding antibiotic therapy for recurrent urinary tract infections?

Question 4 A client with severe bacterial cystitis is prescribed cefadroxil (Duricef) and phenazopyridine (Pyridium). What statement by the client indicates an accurate understanding of these medications?

Question 5 A client just experienced an episode of reflux with regurgitation. What assessment by the nurse is the priority?

Question 6 The nurse is caring for a client who has just returned from abdominal surgery. When auscultating the client’s abdomen, the nurse does not hear any bowel sounds. Which is the nurse’s best action?

Question 7 A client scheduled for intravenous urography informs the nurse of the following allergies. Which one does the nurse report to the health care provider immediately?

Question 8 The female client’s urinalysis shows all the following results. Which does the nurse document as abnormal?

Question 9 The nurse is caring for a client with an umbilical hernia who reports increased abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. The nurse notes high-pitched bowel sounds. Which conclusion does the nurse draw from these assessment findings?

Question 10 The client is scheduled for a colonoscopy. Which statement indicates that the client needs additional teaching about the procedure?

Module 5 quiz

Question 1

A client is taking triamterene-hydrochlorothiazide (Dyazide) and furosemide (Lasix). What assessment finding requires action by the nurse?

Question 2

The nurse is teaching a client with pneumonia ways to clear secretions. Which intervention is the most effective?

Question 3

The nurse is caring for a client with newly diagnosed hypertension. What statement by the client indicates adequate understanding of his or her diet restrictions?

Question 4

What information about nutrition does the nurse teach a client with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)? (Select all that apply.)

Question 5

A client with systolic dysfunction has an ejection fraction of 38%. The nurse assesses for which physiologic change?

Question 6

The nurse is assessing a client who reports claudication after walking a distance of one block. The nurse notes a painful ulcer on the fourth toe of the client’s right foot. What condition do these findings correlate with?

Question 7

The nurse is caring for four clients with asthma. Which client does the nurse assess first?

Question 8

The nurse is assisting the hospitalized client with his food selections for breakfast. The client is on a low-cholesterol diet. What recommendations are most appropriate for this client?

Question 9

Which statement indicates that the client understands teaching about the use of long-acting beta2 agonist medications?

Question 10

The nurse is assessing clients on a cardiac unit. Which client does the nurse assess most carefully for developing left-sided heart failure?

Module 8 quiz

Question 1

When the nurse is caring for a patient whose HIV status in unknown, which of these patient exposures is most likely to require postexposure prophylaxis?

Question 2

Which information will the nurse include when teaching range-of-motion exercises to a patient with an exacerbation of rheumatoid arthritis?

Question 3

The nurse obtains the following information about a patient before administration of metformin (Glucophage). Which finding indicates a need to contact the health care provider before giving the metformin?

Question 4

A patient is admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and has a serum potassium level of 2.9 mEq/L. Which action prescribed by the health care provider should the nurse take first?

Question 5

A patient hospitalized with an acute exacerbation of ulcerative colitis is having 14 to 16 bloody stools a day and crampy abdominal pain associated with the diarrhea. The nurse will plan to

Question 6

Which nursing action will the nurse include in the plan of care when admitting a patient with an exacerbation of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)?

Question 7

A pregnant woman with a history of early chronic HIV infection is seen at the clinic. Which information will the nurse include when teaching the patient?

Question 8

Which of these laboratory values, noted by the nurse when reviewing the chart of a hospitalized diabetic patient, indicates the need for rapid assessment of the patient?

Question 9

A 24-year-old woman who uses injectable illegal drugs asks the nurse about preventing AIDS. The nurse informs the patient that the best way to reduce the risk of HIV infection from drug use is to

Question 10

Prednisone (Deltasone) is prescribed for a patient with an acute exacerbation of rheumatoid arthritis. Which laboratory result will the nurse monitor to determine whether the medication has been effective?

Assignment: Acute Complications of Diabetes