Patient AO is a 56yo African American male with a history of obesity and has recently gained 9 pounds. He has been recently diagnosed with hypertension and hyperlipidemia by his primary care provider. Drugs currently prescribed include the following: Atenolol      12.5 mg daily Doxazosin      8 mg daily Hydralazine      10 mg qid Sertraline      25 mg daily […]

Part ONE: This week's lesson and graded assignment are opportunities for you to evaluate your own competencies in order to better understand nursing informatics and enhance your knowledge and skills. Competency assessment is an on-going process. You might be quick to assume that your competencies will always increase. Be mindful of barriers and challenges as you reflect on this […]

  Part of the difficulties in social science research is that there has been a good deal of debate over what even constitutes good research methodology let alone what does that research tell us.  Although the academy has largely adopted a broad perspective on what constitutes valid research, you as a researcher need to understand […]

  Part 1 Identify the type of sampling design used in the following examples Thirty nursing faculty randomly sampled from a random selection of ten nursing schools. A sample of 250 members randomly selected from a roster of ANA members. Every 20th patient admitted to the ER in the month of June. The first 20 […]

or this Discussion, you select a topic that has both legal and ethical implications for PMHNP practice and then perform a literature review on the topic. Your goal will be to identify the most salient legal and ethical facets of the issue for PMHNP practice, and also how these facets differ in the care of […]