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CASE MYSTERY: THE PROFESSOR Nursing is a profession that offers a broad spectrum of choices for practice. Each nurse gathers tools for use in a chosen specialty as experience and knowledge is gained through practice. One of the most interesting tools gathered by professional nurses is the ability to be a detective of sorts. Working with a team of medical professionals, nurses contribute to the plan of care and treatment by providing outstanding assessment skills, evaluating interventions for…

blockers, such as metoprolol, are used to decrease the response of the sympathetic nervous system, reduce the heart rate, and reduce oxygen needs of the heart (Warise, 2015). Lastly, the client may receive antiplatelet agents, such as aspirin and clopidogrel, in order to inhibit or reduce platelet activity and accumulation, reduce thrombus formation, and help to reduce the possibility of another myocardial infarction from occurring (Warise,…

A man’s wife is dying of cancer and there is one medicine that can save her. This drug rare as it is only made by one chemist, and as a result, the price is exorbitant, ten times the actual cost of production. The man cannot afford to pay it and must either forgo the chance to save his wife’s life, or undertake desperate measures. Now, this scenario could be viewed as Heinz Dilemma, a story often told in order to gauge the levels of moral reasoning, but unfortunately, it could also serve as an…

Introduction Cardiomyopathy is the disease of the heart in which the muscles of the heart are affected to an extent that they become stiff or of an irregular size, the effect it has on the heart classifies the type of disorder it is. It can take up many forms, the most common of these are hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, restrictive cardiomyopathy and Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. As cardiomyopathy begins to become more severe, the overall health of the heart…

QUESTIONS 1. Discuss the pathophysiology of coronary artery atherosclerosis. Include discussion of risk factors associated with the development of this disease. (10 points) Coronary artery atherosclerosis is most commonly comprised of atherosclerotic fibrous fatty obstructions of the large epicardial vessels, which provide for blood flow and transport nutrients, oxygen, and elimination of metabolic waste products such as CO2, lactic acid, and hydrogen ions. Coronary artery atherosclerosis…