Regardless of political affiliation, individuals often grow concerned when considering perceived competing interests of government and their impact on topics of interest to them. The realm of healthcare is no different. Some people feel that local, state, and federal policies and legislation can be either helped or hindered by interests other than the benefit to […]

New construction projects begin with a design phase, where architects blueprint the vision complete with design details. They work in collaboration with builders who use the designs to prepare the appropriate strategies, tools, and materials to bring the vision to reality. You are both architect and builder of your success. You have started to blueprint […]

In Module 4 Discussion, you considered how professional nurses could become involved in policy-making. A critical component of any policy design is the evaluation of the results. How comfortable are you with the thought of becoming involved with such matters? Some nurses may be hesitant to get involved with policy evaluation. The preference may be […]

a. Create an original case study based on a common chief complaint seen in clients in primary care settings. “Use the complaint muscle spasms”. b. Case study requirements: i. Include the chief complaint, demographics, previous medical history (PMHx), previous surgical history (PSHx), allergies, lifestyle, history of present illness (HPI). ii. Analyze associated risk factors/demographics that […]

Complete a management plan for the client that you created in primary care setting based on “muscle spasms”. Include the following: a. The treatment plan should be based on one of the three di4erentials you picked based on musculoskeletal. b. appropriate diagnostic tests and expected results c. medications and nonpharmacologic treatments d. suggested consults/referrals e. […]