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NURS 6630 N Assignment: Short Answer Assessment

NURS 6630 N Assignment: Short Answer Assessment NURS 6630 N Assignment: Short Answer Assessment As a psychiatric nurse practitioner, before you can recommend potential pharmacotherapeutics to address a patient’s condition or disorder, you must understand the basic function and structure of the neuron and central nervous system. For this Assignment, you will review and apply […]

NRS433 Research Critiques and Picot Statement Final Draft

NRS433 Research Critiques and Picot Statement Final Draft Prepare this assignment as a 1,500-1,750 word paper using the instructor feedback from the previous course assignments and the guidelines below. PICOT Question Revise the PICOT question you wrote in the Topic 1 assignment using the feedback you received from your instructor. The final PICOT question will […]

NURS 6630N Week 1: Introduction to Neuroanatomy

NURS 6630N Week 1: Introduction to Neuroanatomy NURS 6630N Week 1: Introduction to Neuroanatomy The human brain is organized into the cerebral cortex, brainstem, subcortical structures, and the cerebellum. These anatomical structures are made of inter-connected elements that create distributed and highly inter-connected circuits. It is in these circuits where cognition, behavior, and affect are […]

NURS 6630N Week 2: Neurotransmitters and Receptor Theory Essays

NURS 6630N Week 2: Neurotransmitters and Receptor Theory Essays NURS 6630N Week 2: Neurotransmitters and Receptor Theory Essays Receptors and neurotransmitters are like a lock-and-key system. Just as it takes the right key to open a specific lock, it takes the right neurotransmitter to bind to a specific receptor. Not surprisingly, as it concerns psychopharmacology, […]

NURS 6630N Assignment: Assessing and Treating Patients With Bipolar Disorder

NURS 6630N Assignment: Assessing and Treating Patients With Bipolar Disorder NURS 6630N Assignment: Assessing and Treating Patients With Bipolar Disorder Permalink:  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) […]

Assignment: Assessing and Treating Patients With Anxiety Disorders

Assignment: Assessing and Treating Patients With Anxiety Disorders Assignment: Assessing and Treating Patients With Anxiety Disorders Common symptoms of anxiety disorders include chest pains, shortness of breath, and other physical symptoms that may be mistaken for a heart attack or other physical ailment. These manifestations often prompt patients to seek care from their primary care […]

Case: An elderly widow who just lost her spouse.

Case: An elderly widow who just lost her spouse. Case: An elderly widow who just lost her spouse. Permalink:  ‎ Subjective: A patient presents to your primary care office today with chief complaint of insomnia. Patient is 75 YO with PMH of DM, HTN, and MDD. Her husband of 41 years passed away 10 months ago. Since then, she […]

Assignment: Middle-Aged White Male With Anxiety

Assignment: Middle-Aged White Male With Anxiety Assignment: Middle-Aged White Male With Anxiety Permalink:  BACKGROUND INFORMATION The client is a 46-year-old white male who works as a welder at a local steel fabrication factory. He presents today after being referred by his PCP after a trip to the emergency room in which he felt he was […]

Pakistani Female With Delusional Thought Processes

Pakistani Female With Delusional Thought Processes Pakistani Female With Delusional Thought Processes Permalink:  BACKGROUND The client is a 34-year-old Pakistani female who moved to the United States in her late teens/early 20s. She is currently in an “arranged” marriage (her husband was selected for her when she was 9 years old). She presents following a […]

N512 Respiratory Disease Across the Life Span Assignment 2

N512 Respiratory Disease Across the Life Span Assignment 2 N512 Respiratory Disease Across the Life Span Assignment 2 Permalink:  Assignment 2 Emil Mowry is a 62 y.o., single, Latino rancher who did not complete high school. He remembers rolling his first cigarette when he was 11 years old. He does not remember ever wanting to […]