The following case studies are provided to give you experience in completing risk assessments.  These studies allow you to identify the process that one goes through in risk assessments.  (This implies, “This is what the case study tells me, this is what I need to know, this is what I would do with the information […]

comment1 Understanding the health care system at the local level is important when planning an EBP implementation because the health care systems may differ depending on the location. One must take into account the demographics, such as region, population, access to resources, etc. One must also take into account the socioeconomic status of the population […]

Assignment: Adaptive Response As an advanced practice nurse, you will examine patients presenting with a variety of disorders. You must, therefore, understand how the body normally functions so that you can identify when it is reacting to changes. Often, when changes occur in body systems, the body reacts with compensatory mechanisms. These compensatory mechanisms, such […]

Discussion #1   There are many different risk factors associated with myocardial infarction (MI) or heart attack. Risk factors that are uncontrollable are age, gender and heredity (American Heart Association, 2018). Risk factors that are modifiable are smoking, high cholesterol, blood pressure, obesity and sedentary lifestyle (American Heart Association, 2018). Other risk factors are diabetes, […]