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Please respond to the following questions based upon these course objectives:

• Distinguish between normal and abnormal physical and psychosocial changes associated with patients in the adult population aged 50 years and older.
• Identify syndromes and disease states commonly managed by advanced practice nurses in the older adult population.
• Critique existing protocols and best practices that address differential diagnosis, pharmacotherapeutic intervention, and resources to manage and evaluate acute and chronic illness in the older adult population.
• Plan and implement therapeutic interventions to return the older adult patient to a stable state and/or optimize the patients health.
• Examine state and federal resources influencing healthcare for the older adult population.
• Effectively manage communication central to shared decision-making with other health care professionals and patients, demonstrating awareness of gender and cultural differences.

Please answer the following questions with supporting examples and full explanations.

1. For each of the learning objectives, provide an analysis of how the course supported each objective.
2. Explain how the material learned in this course, based upon the objectives, will be applicable to certification success and professional application.

Provide evidence (citations and references) to support your statements and opinions.

Initial Response

Instructions:

The American Geriatrics Society (2003) defines transitional care as a set of actions designed to ensure the coordination and continuity of health care as patients transfer between different locations or different levels of care within the same location (Cited in Boltz, et. al., 2012). It also encompasses both the sending and the receiving aspects of the transfer and is based on a comprehensive plan of care and includes logistical arrangements, education of the patient and family, and coordination among the health professionals involved in the transition (Coleman & Boult, 2003 cited in Boltz, et. al., 2012). Finally, it involves a broad range of services and environments designed to promote the safe and timely passage of patients between levels of health care and across care settings (Naylor & Keating, 2008 cited in Boltz, et. al., 2012). Therefore, transitional care is an essential component of managing very ill geriatric clients. You will be expected to provide this care.

• Select five research articles that address transitional care of the geriatric client and briefly describe at least three strategies you will use in your practice to minimize the negative effects associated with transitional care.

Responses need to address all components of the question, demonstrate critical thinking and analysis, and include peer reviewed journal evidence to support the students position.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Initial Response

Instructions:

Caring for an elderly family member can be overwhelming for families. If the stress of caregiving is left unchecked, it can take a toll on the caregivers health, relationships, and state of mindeventually leading to burnout. Families may often be faced with a serious decision concerning the care of their loved ones.

• Discuss strategies that are proven to help families deal with caregiver stress and burnout.
• How can you assist them in making decisions about the care of their loved ones?
• Include a discussion on handling advance directives with families.
• Document your discussion with at least five evidence-based references on the topics.

Responses need to address all components of the question, demonstrate critical thinking and analysis, and include peer reviewed journal evidence to support the students position.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Hello class, beginning with week 3, your initial discussion response will be a little different from the previous weeks. There are a few headings you need to be sure to include. You will identify the pertinent positives and negatives. These will be the specific findings from the history and your exam that help you rule in or rule out a diagnosis. For example, if a patient has a complaint of chest pain, but has no N/V, pain radiating in the arm or jaw, diaphoresis, etc. – these would all be pertinent negatives. If the patient reported these symptoms, they would be pertinent positives. For the Missing Information section, you would want to include any other information you need from the case to help make your diagnosis, but was not included. This might be things like smoking history, any OTC meds, any recent falls, etc. that are relative to the case. To ensure you are covering each part of the requirement, I am listing the different sections you will need to include in your initial response. You do not need to include all information as you would a soap note, just the headings below. I hope you find this informational helpful. Reach out with any questions.

Instructions:

It has been projected that the older population will grow from 40.3 million in 2010 to 72.1 million in 2030. This population is unique because they grew up in a time (1960-1970s) where the stance on alcohol and drugs were different. We are left with learning how to identify and manage this unique situation (Kuerbis, Sacco, Blazer & Moore, 2014).

Reference: Kuerbis, A., Sacco, P., Blazer, D.G., & Moore, A.A. (2014).

Links to an external site.

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 30(2): 629-654. doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2014.04.008

Initial Post Requirements:

Please critically evaluate the subjective and objective information provided to you in the attached file below, and use the SOAP template as a reference.

1? The first part of the discussion board is to identify all pertinent positive and, negative information and list missing information. Then create a differential diagnosis list with at least 3 possibly actual diagnosis based on your findings. Here are the headings you should use:

• Pertinent positives
• Pertinent negatives
• Missing information
• Differential diagnoses

2? The second part is to create a plan utilizing clinical practice guidelines for the priority diagnosis. Here are the headings you should use:

• Diagnostics
• Therapeutics
• Educational
• Consultation/Referrals

Be sure to utilize the template, in-text citations and provide full reference citation at the end of the discussion.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Hello class, beginning with week 3, your initial discussion response will be a little different from the previous weeks. There are a few headings you need to be sure to include. You will identify the pertinent positives and negatives. These will be the specific findings from the history and your exam that help you rule in or rule out a diagnosis. For example, if a patient has a complaint of chest pain, but has no N/V, pain radiating in the arm or jaw, diaphoresis, etc. – these would all be pertinent negatives. If the patient reported these symptoms, they would be pertinent positives. For the Missing Information section, you would want to include any other information you need from the case to help make your diagnosis, but was not included. This might be things like smoking history, any OTC meds, any recent falls, etc. that are relative to the case. To ensure you are covering each part of the requirement, I am listing the different sections you will need to include in your initial response. You do not need to include all information as you would a soap note, just the headings below. I hope you find this informational helpful. Reach out with any questions.

Instructions:

The geriatric population has a higher prevalence for endocrine/metabolic disorders like osteoporosis, diabetes and hypothyroidism. As this population grows in numbers and their physiologic reserve diminished, how might be care for this vulnerable population.

Initial Post Requirements:

Please critically evaluate the subjective and objective information provided to you in the attached file below, and use the SOAP template as a reference.

1? The first part of the discussion board is to identify all pertinent positive and, negative information and list missing information. Then create a differential diagnosis list with at least 3 possibly actual diagnosis based on your findings. Here are the headings you should use:

• Pertinent positives
• Pertinent negatives
• Missing information
• Differential diagnoses

2? The second part is to create a plan utilizing clinical practice guidelines for the priority diagnosis. Here are the headings you should use:

• Diagnostics
• Therapeutics
• Educational
• Consultation/Referrals

Be sure to utilize the template, in-text citations and provide full reference citation at the end of the discussion.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.