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Special Considerations for Oncology and Organ Transplant Patients

Exploring special considerations when assessing, diagnosing, and treating oncology and organ transplant patients. Oncology and organ transplant patients need continuous, long-term care. Compared with healthier patient populations, they are more fragile and require more highly individualized care plans. For this Discussion, you explore special considerations when assessing, diagnosing, and treating these patients. To prepare: Reflect

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Health Promotion And Risk Reduction

Health Promotion And Risk Reduction

Cultural Diversity And Community Nursing /Environmental Health Discuss various theories of health promotion, including Pender’s Health Promotion Model, The Health Belief Model, the Transtheoretical Theory, and the Theory of Reasoned Action.  List and discuss health behaviors for health promotion and disease prevention. Apply and discuss the principles of transcultural nursing to community health nursing. Apply

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Newborn Nutrition Teaching Presentation

Newborn Nutrition Teaching Presentation

The risks and benefits of breastfeeding a newborn. Instructions Create a teaching tool to promote breastfeeding. The material created to educate new mothers on breastfeeding will influence the mother’s decision to breastfeed, including duration, based on the quality and content of the teaching. Assignment Requirements Your teaching tool will be trifold and must include this

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

The pathophysiology of the alterations Reflect on how patient factors such as genetics, gender, ethnicity, age, and behavior might impact the pathophysiology of the alterations you identified, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Review the “Mind maps—Dementia, Endocarditis, and Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)” media in the Week 2 Learning

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Digestive Disorders

The pathophysiological mechanisms of inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome Many patient symptoms can be tied to multiple disorders, which may lead to misdiagnosis. For instance, consider two digestive disorders of the gastrointestinal tract—inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome. These two digestive disorders are commonly confused because they present similar symptoms. As an

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