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Assignment: Part 1: Nursing and Aging

Mental Health Disorders:

Many older adults are prescribed psychotropic medications.

1. What are the side effects of these medications and how do they impact the normal aging older adult?

2. List and discuss two of these medications and their side effects.

Delirium and Dementia:

3. Describe what should be included in an assessment of the older patient for common causes of delirium in older adults.

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Part 2: Nursing and Aging 2

Mental Health Disorders:

Many older adults are prescribed psychotropic medications.

1. What are the side effects of these medications and how do they impact the normal aging older adult?

2. List and discuss two of these medications and their side effects.

Delirium and Dementia:

3. Describe what should be included in an assessment of the older patient for common causes of delirium in older adults.

Part 3: Physiology 1

Topic : osteoporosis

1. Define the disease

2. describe the risk factors

3. pathophysiology

4. clinical manifestations

5. evaluation,

6. prevention

7. treatment.

Part 4: Physiology 2

Topic: celiac disease

1. Describe the pathophysiology of celiac disease

2. clinical manifestations

3. evaluation

4. treatment.

4. What are the differences between non-celiac gluten sensitivity and celiac disease?

Part 5: Pharmacology 1

Topic: estrogen therapy

Hormone therapies offer many benefits and risks, but they may sometimes have side effects.

Discuss:

1. Benefits

2. Risks

3. Side effects

Part 6: Pharmacology 2

1. Discuss the current trend in the use of antibiotics for treatment of ailments such as sinusitis, bronchitis, and pharyngitis, the practice implications

2. Discuss possible health outcomes from their use.

Part 7: Financing Health care

1. What is the difference between a protocol, standard of care delivery, and policy at the practice, state, and federal level?

2. What are the perceptions of the health care delivery system from the perspectives of:

a. patients

b. providers

c. payers

d. policy makers?

3. Discuss at least one perception from one of the populations listed: patient, provider, payer, and policy maker.