Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance 

1. You are a nurse who frequently cares for post-surgical patients in your hospital unit. Most of the medical-surgical patients have IV fluids infusing during their admission. Due to the frequent use of IV fluids on your floor, understanding fluid balance and electrolyte function is primary to your nursing practice.  a. What conditions might lead to the development of hypovolemia? b. How would the amount of patient fluid loss be determined? c. Describe how hypovolemia and third-space fluid shifts correlate. d. Outline the major difference between hypovolemia and third-space fluid shift. e. Which conditions can result in third-space fluid shift? 

2. You are a nurse in a nonsurgical cardiac unit caring for a 92-year-old patient who has two sons, 15 grandchildren, and 49 great-grandchildren. She lives in assisted living and has a history of congestive heart failure (CHF). She consistently struggles with balancing her fluids and electrolytes and has an affinity for dill pickles and sauerkraut. While hospitalized, she remains on a fluid restriction—much to her chagrin, as she loves ice cream.  a. What within her history would indicate she was at risk for hypervolemia? b. How would dill pickles and sauerkraut impact her fluid volume?c. What body areas offer observational evidence of excessive interstitial extracellular fluid (ECF)? d. Why would your patient be on a strict fluid restriction while hospitalized? e. Outline nursing interventions used while a patient is on fluid restriction.

PLEASE follow the instructions. Answer each question in the order it appears and separately. This is the bibliography to guide you:

 1.Potter, P.A., &Perry, A. G. (2017). Fundamentals of Nursing: Concepts, Process, and Practice (9th ed.). St. Louis: MO:  Mosby. ISBN: 9780323327404.

In this assignment, you will create a presentation that reflects on your proposed problem of interest and explains the purpose of a literature review as it relates to this problem.

Step 1: Reflect on your proposed problem of interest.

Critically think about your research question or problem of interest.

Step 2: Consider the following questions:

• What is the purpose of conducting a literature review?
• What are the steps a nurse researcher would take to conduct a literature review?
• What would be the primary and secondary questions regarding the research question or problem of interest?
• Consider the importance of including sources with a variety of results when identifying sources pertaining to your proposed problem of interest.

Step 3: Consider who your audience might be if you were to deliver your presentation in person.

• What would you want them to know about this topic?
• What would you expect them to already know?

Step 4: Create a seven- to ten-slide presentation that summarizes the purpose of a literature review.

Explain the steps in conducting a literature review. In your presentation, describe how you would approach conducting a literature review pertaining to your problem of interest. Identify one primary question and one secondary question regarding the problem of interest.

Step 5: Review your presentation.

Ensure that you are using best practices for formatting slides.

• Include a title screen and summary screen.
• Avoid making slides too text heavy or dense with text. As a guideline, limit text on each slide to five bullet points of six words each.
• If using graphics, be sure that they are professional, reinforce your points, and are not used merely for decoration.
• Be sure to add what you would say if delivering the presentation to a live audience in the notes section of each slide.

Cite any sources in APA format.

QUESTION 1; A. Explain the role of health education in health promotion. B.How is the nursing process used in developing health education? C.Describe a contemporary issue, local or global, that a family may experience today. D.What steps would the nurse take to address these as part of a health education plan?

QUESTION 2: A. What characteristics would lead a provider to suspect domestic violence, child abuse, or elder abuse is taking place within a family? B.Discuss your facility’s procedure for reporting these types of abuse.

Signature Assignment Title: What Makes a Good Leader?

Signature Assignment Description/Directions:

Choose one or more leadership topic(s) from your textbook or from a scholarly source from a previous discussion or assignment from this course and write about its application to nursing practice. Provide definitions, history/background, and major concepts of chosen topic.  Describe the topic’s function in nursing practice by examining at least three different nursing roles (for example, bedside nurse, public health nurse, CNO, unit manager, etc.). Discuss how the leadership topic can be used in your own practice. Discuss your personal growth in regard to your chosen leadership topic. Evaluate personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to your career advancement.

Then, discuss the top three traits you feel makes a good nurse leader. Support your statements with examples from your practice experience and scholarly sources.

Assignment Expectations:

Length: 1700 words in length

Structure: Include a title page and reference page in APA format. These do not count towards the minimum word count for this assignment. Your essay must include an introduction and a conclusion.

References: Use appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. A minimum of three scholarly sources plus the textbook are required.