Writing Homework Help
RUF Alzheimers Unit Susan’s Case Study
Initial Post
While working as a registered nurse on the Alzheimer’s Unit, you find Susan, a resident, wandering in the hallway.
- View these videos of the client history and the encounter in the hallway
- Neurocognitive Disorder, Case 1: Susan, Case 1, Susan, Core Video: Alzheimer’s Dementia, Introduction to Case
- Neurocognitive Disorder, Case 1: Susan, Case 1, Susan, Core Video: Alzheimer’s Dementia
- Develop a list of cues you identified from hearing the history and viewing the assessment
- Cluster these clues based on an analysis of relevancy to the clinical situation and areas of concern
- Identify at least two types of additional information you want to collect based on the multiple modes of inquiry, including a brief description of why this additional information is necessary
- Empirical Inquiry
- Ethical Inquiry
- Aesthetic Inquiry
- Sociopolitical Inquiry
- Generate four hypotheses relevant to the clinical situation and cue analysis
- Prioritize the four hypotheses
- Support the order of prioritization with rationales and evidence
Responses to Classmates
- Review response by classmates and identify at least two sets of hypotheses organized into a different order of priority than what you recommended.
- Discuss why or why not you agree with these difference choices for priority ranking of hypotheses.
- Support your recommendations with rationales and evidence