Vaccines are common procedures within pediatrics and internal medicine. Consider flu or pneumonia season! As our readings and videos have identified, medical coders need to accurately interpret a patient’s medical record to know exactly what the toxoid was that was administered to the patient, as well as code for the administration of the vaccine. Review […]

Content coding is one way to identify the themes or patterns found in the narrative text of qualitative research studies. The qualitative research assignment for Week 8 requires you to content code the narrative pet peeves of 10 nursing and social work students taking courses in a “brick and mortar” university. These students were asked […]

Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to familiarize you with the process of coding and analyzing qualitative data. Instructions: 1. Read through the entire document and complete the code book using the instructions provided. 2. Submit the final code book along with a summary of the major themes or most common pet peeves noted […]

A 13 year old boy is accompanied by his parents into the community mental health clinic for the evaluation of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Both parents are impatient, demanding and requesting for you to start their child on a CNS stimulant medication. Based on this scenario, respond to the following prompts: 1. Which neurotransmitter(s) […]