ASSESSING AND TREATING PATIENTS WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER Bipolar disorder is a unique disorder that causes shifts in mood and energy, which results in depression and mania for patients. Proper diagnosis of this disorder is often a challenge for two reasons: 1) patients often present as depressive or manic but may have both; and 2) many […]
General information: All health professionals need to be able to communicate and justify their work to a non-specialist audience, which may comprise those involved in policy-making decisions as well as the general public. As you will be aware, the health sciences are often poorly represented by the media. There are plentiful examples of reporting that […]
ASSIGNMENT 1: Written Assessment based on a surgical case study Weighting: 50% Length and/or format: 2000 words +/- 10% Purpose: This is a written essay based on a surgical case study. Students will appraise an individual’s holistic health care needs and subsequent interventions and management to assist with the application of theory into practice. An […]
AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY All topics and their key points listed below must be discussed in your essay Topic 1: Reproduction (10 marks total) A simple pregnancy test using Elastigirl’s urine helped to confirm her pregnancy. Which hormone is detected by a typical home pregnancy test? Assignment help – Discuss the role of this hormone in […]
ASSIGNMENT 2: Oral presentation You will be assigned an organ or structure associated with content covered in Weeks 1-5 of semester by the end of Week 2. Your task is to make a 5-minute video presentation (with audio, written text, and pictures/diagrams) answering the question “Can I live without a [insert your topic here]?” Further […]
WGU Professional Presence and Influence D024 Readings American Nurse. (2012, May 11). Doing the right thing: Pathways to moral courage. https://www.americannursetoday.com/doing-the-right-thing-pathways-to-moral-courage/ American Nurse. (2019, July 17). Understanding moral disagreement. Understanding moral disagreement Edmonson, C. (2015). Strengthening moral courage among nurse leaders. The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 20(2). Sherman, R. (2018, September 17). Building […]
Case Study: Infection in the Elderly As people age, their immune systems gradually weaken, making them more susceptible to infections (Aspinall & Del Giudice, 2019). This case study examines 72-year-old Frank, who presented to his general practitioner (GP) with signs and symptoms of infection following a gardening injury. By exploring Frank’s scenario through the lens […]
