Reflecting on a Difficult Clinical Encounter – Suicidal Ideation This semester, I encountered a 17-year-old patient who had been admitted after a suicide attempt. He presented with a flat affect, minimal eye contact, and had superficial cuts on his wrists. During the assessment, he disclosed feeling like a burden and expressed deep hopelessness. As I […]

Suppose you want to conduct survey on jail inmates and are worried about low participation rates. You decide you want to encourage elible participants to complete a survey by offering an incentive. What type of incentive do you think would be inappropriate to offer inmates? Why? What type of incentive would be appropriate and why? […]

As you establish your goals and objectives for this course, you are committing to an organized plan that will frame your practicum experience in a clinical setting, including planned activities, assessment, and achievement of defined outcomes. In particular, they must address the categories of clinical reasoning, quality in your clinical specialty, and interpersonal collaborative practice.  […]

In my current role as a healthcare provider, Health Information Technology (HIT) plays an essential part in my daily practice. I interact with electronic health records (EHRs) constantly to document patient encounters, review lab results, track medications, and coordinate care across interdisciplinary teams. HIT enhances communication, increases efficiency, and provides access to real-time data, which […]

The Discussion Board posting process is a vital part of online learning that fosters critical thinking, collaboration, and active engagement with course material. It typically begins with reviewing the assigned readings, lectures, or resources for the week to develop a clear understanding of the topic. From there, the student crafts an initial post that not […]

For this project, you will develop a PowerPoint where you will share The Role of Nutrition and Chronic Diseases. You may choose one chronic disease learned in this course. Your work MUST be original. Use the outline developed in the previous module to guide your project. As part of your project, you will also present it […]