Tag: Education

A female patient is diabetic and is also a candidate for thyroid therapy because of her hypothyroid disorder.What nursing interventions would be appropriate?

A female patient is diabetic and is also a candidate for thyroid therapy because of her hypothyroid disorder. Examples of medications she night take include levothyroxine sodium, liothyronine, and liotix.
a. In planning proper care, what complications of using these drugs simultaneously would the nurse consider?
b. What nursing interventions would be appropriate?

What basic instruction is necessary in relation to OTC medications?

An elderly male is admitted with a recurrence of gastric ulcers. His wife tells you that he has been taking cimetidine as an over the counter (OTC) preparation. She tells you that he no longer complains of the gnawing pain in his stomach, but has become increasingly confused within the past 3 days. During the nurses’ initial assessment the nurse notes that the patient is oriented to person and time, but not place. He is being placed on omeprazole and antacids during this visit. In preparation for patient education answer the following questions:
a. What would be an appropriate nursing diagnosis for this couple?
b. What basic instruction is necessary in relation to OTC medications?
c. What does this patient need to know about the timing of his medications

Sherry Turkle’s Call to Reclaim Conversation – The Atlantic.

Sherry Turkle’s Call to Reclaim Conversation – The Atlantic.

What is your reaction? Do you think, as human beings, we are losing our ability to engage in meaningful conversation? Is the future generation, in fact, at risk? Or do you think Turkle’s claims are inflated?

The Abolition of Man. A reading of Lewis’s work in response to the Dissaperance of Moral Knolwedge

The Abolition of Man by C.S.Lewis. And The Disappearance of Moral Knowledge by Dallas Willard.
Main issues to be discussed and investigated: -The Disappearance of Moral knowledge, with a special focus on Emotivism. -How Lewis’s work “The Abolition of Man” is responding to the Disappearance.
-The Poison of Subjectivism. An essay by Lewis. It is relevant to the argument he is making in Abolition.

How does tolterodine help decrease urinary tract spasms?

Ms. James is in the clinic for her annual checkup andexpresses a concern about how frequently she has to urinate.
Careful questioning determines that she has to get up two to
three times at night to urinate and has started wearing pads
to protect against sudden leaking. Urine tests are negative for
bacteria. The physician has diagnosed urinary spasms and
has ordered tolterodine (Detrol LA). Ms. James asks if that is
the drug that is advertised on the TV.
a. How does tolterodine help decrease urinary tract
spasms?
b. What are common adverse effects that Ms. James
should be told she might experience?