You are seeing a 16-year-old patient previously diagnosed with mild persistent asthma for a routine follow-up visit. · She is currently taking beclomethasone dipropionate (Qvar) MDI 40mcg/inhalation one puff twice daily for asthma maintenance and using albuterol (ProAir HFA) MDI 90mcg/inhalation 2 puffs every 4 hours as needed for shortness of breath or wheezing. · […]

Create a 2-4 page report on an interview you have conducted with a health care professional colleague. You will identify an issue from the interview that could be improved with an interdisciplinary approach, and review best practices and evidence to address the issue. This is the first of three assessments that build on each other. […]

Systematic reviews are an umbrella term for a number of different review designs, all with specific goals (e.g., identify scope of available research or gaps, reduce bias, statistically combine and analyze results from multiple studies). They differ from basic literature review articles that qualitatively summarize the literature on a topic and do not necessarily have […]

How might you predict future events in your practice? Why is it important, as a future DNP-prepared nurse, to consider such future events? For a DNP-prepared nurse, future predictions might lead to better patient outcomes and care. Therefore, analyzing factors to predict or evaluate can assist in transforming nursing practice or healthcare delivery. The “statistical […]