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Part A
Tiffany, a 21-year-old college student, is having trouble sleeping, cries frequently, and has recurrent thoughts of suicide. An antidepressant is prescribed. Like many such drugs, this antidepressant has anticholinergic side effects.

1. What side effects might Tiffany experience in the first week of treatment?
   

Part B
Maria, a 9-year-old girl, told the clinic physician that her “ear lump hurt” and she kept “getting dizzy and falling down.” As she told her story, she pointed to her mastoid process. An otoscopic examination of the external acoustic meatus revealed a red, swollen eardrum, and her throat was inflamed. Her condition was described as mastoiditis with secondary labyrinthitis.

1. Describe the most likely route of infection and the infected structures in Maria’s case.
2. Explain the cause of her dizziness and falling.

 M5D1 Compare PHRs

Instructions: This discussion will be completed in two parts and will give you an opportunity to reflect upon this week’s content and to interact with your classmates.

• Part 1 – Post your initial response to the discussion questions by Thursday at 11:59 pm
• Part 2 – Post substantive feedback to two (2) classmates by Sunday at 11:59 pm

Part 1 Initial Post: Contribute a substantive initial posting that demonstrates critical thinking and understanding of the subject matter presented. Imagine you are a patient with a complex medical history looking to start using a PHR. Use the internet to research the various personal health records (PHRs) available from both free and subscription services. In your initial discussion response, provide a comparison of at least two PHR’s, describing the differences in available features, ease of use, costs, and support. Identify the systems you would choose to adopt, and and discuss factors that impacted your decision. To help you work through this discussion prompt, consider these 12 questions AHIMA suggests individuals ask themselves when deciding which PHR is right for them:   Helping Consumers Select PHRs_ Questions and Considerations for Navigating an Emerging Market.pdf

 A variety of models for making decisions are available. Three of these models are paternalistic, informative, and shared decision making.

• Discuss the pros and cons of each of these models and the problems that are best suited for the various methods.
• Determine which method has the strongest possibility of resulting in permanent change.
•  Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.  

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A variety of models for making decisions are available. Three of these models are paternalistic, informative, and shared decision making.

• Discuss the pros and cons of each of these models and the problems that are best suited for the various methods.
• Determine which method has the strongest possibility of resulting in permanent change.
•  Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.  

 Based on your assigned readings and lecture materials this week, engage with your peers and me by initiating a thread or responding to another peer’s thread or one of my threads. You should post a minimum of three times.

• Is there something you are learning this week that you are excited about?
• Can you apply any of the concepts this week to the career you are interested in pursuing?
• Do you have any questions about the concepts you are learning this week?
• There is no minimum or maximum word count. You will be graded on the relevance of your post to the topic and the application of the concepts.
• When responding to your peers, you should extend, refute/correct, or add additional nuance to their posts. 
• All replies must be constructive and follow proper netiquette. Click here to go to the Academic Continuity Guide for Students and read the Course Communication Guidelines (Netiquette)Links to an external site..

Based on your assigned readings and lecture materials this week, engage with your peers and me by initiating a thread or responding to another peer’s thread or one of my threads. You should post a minimum of three times.

• Is there something you are learning this week that you are excited about?
• Can you apply any of the concepts this week to the career you are interested in pursuing?
• Do you have any questions about the concepts you are learning this week?

• There is no minimum or maximum word count. You will be graded on the relevance of your post to the topic and the application of the concepts.
• When responding to your peers, you should extend, refute/correct, or add additional nuance to their posts. 
• All replies must be constructive and follow proper netiquette. Click here to go to the Academic Continuity Guide for Students and read the Course Communication Guidelines (Netiquette)Links to an external site..

Use the uploaded files for the work with all instructions included. SECTION A & B.($25 each) multiply by 7.

• Review practice agreements in your state. FLORIDA
• Identify whether your state requires physician collaboration or supervision for nurse practitioners, and if so, what those requirements are.
• Research the following:
  • How do you get certified and licensed as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) in your state?
  • What is the certification application process in your state?
  • What is your state’s Board of Nursing website?
  • How does your state define the scope of practice of a nurse practitioner?
  • What is included in your state practice agreement?
  • How do you get a DEA license?
  • Does your state have a prescription monitoring program (PMP)?
  • How does your state describe a nurse practitioner’s controlled-substance prescriptive authority, and what nurse practitioner drug schedules are nurse practitioners authorized to prescribe