You are the registered nurse performing a health assessment on a newborn infant. From the functional health pattern portion of the assessment, you learn the mother is reluctant to breastfeed her baby. How do you respond? Explain the approach you will take to ensure adequate nutrition for the newborn, with or without breastfeeding. Provide rationale […]
Protection of human subject participants in nursing research – In Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt (2015) textbook Box 22.1 on page 516, select one (1) of the Fifteen Ethical Principles of the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights. Describe the importance of the selected principle to ethical research. In addition, describe how a researcher would ensure […]
Answer the following questions on Long Term Care: More than three-fourths of the elderly needing assistance is cared for by family members, many of whom also work outside the home. What implications does this have for employers? What types of employer policies might be appropriate regarding those engaged in providing long-term care for a family […]
Esther Jackson is a 56-year-old black female who is 1-day post-op following a left radical mastectomy. During morning rounds, the off-going nurse shares with you during bedside report that the patient has been experiencing increased discomfort in her back throughout the night and has required frequent help with repositioning. She states that the patient was […]