After an Ohio Medina County judge ruled that Andy and Anna Hershberger, the parents of a 10-year-old girl, had the right to choose what was medically best for her, an appeals court reversed the decision and sided with a hospital that is fighting to resume her chemotherapy after her parents terminated the treatment. The Hershbergers […]

Quantitative and Qualitative Research Critique Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is regarded as an abrupt and an unanticipated experience that results in shock and one in which a child’s life is threatened, or integrity of the body is placed at risk. PSTD events are characterized by feelings of terror and helplessness. Traumatic events in children or […]

It is not uncommon to experience a night or two of disrupted sleep when there is something major going on in your life. However, sleep/wake disorders are much more than an occasional night of disrupted sleep. A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that between 50 and 70 million American […]

Scenario for Week 7 Case: You are a PMHNP working in a large intercity hospital. You receive a call from the answering service informing you that a “stat” consult has been ordered by one of the hospitalists in the ICU. Upon arriving in the ICU, you learn that your consult is a 14 year old […]

This week’s graded topics relate to the following Course Outcome (CO). CO6: Utilize a systems-based and collaborative approach to address factors that influence the health of a community and population health problems. (PO2) Textbook: Nies, M. A., & McEwen, M. (2019). Community/Public health nursing: Promoting the health of populations (7th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Saunders/Elsevier. Chapter 14: […]