Inpatient Catheter Associated Urinary Week 6 Disc

FIRST ASSIGNMENT

PICOT: In hospitalized geriatric patients
(P), does incorporating educational strategies into the patient’s plan of care
and use of medicated urinary catheter (I), compared to use of a medicated
urinary catheter alone (C), decrease incidence of inpatient catheter associated
urinary tract infections (CAUTI’s) (O) over a three-month period (T).

On the discussion board, using a minimum of two articles that are supporting your PICOT question, submit one paragraph synthesizing the research into clear, concise statements without separately reviewing each of the studies in the paragraph—but by paraphrasing and synthesizing the work that was done.

All references and in-text citations should be in APA format. References must have a DOI or weblink showing where it was gotten from. References must be between 2014-2019. Please use proper grammer, avoid run-on, and incomplete sentences. Be mindful of punctuation.

SECOND ASSIGNMENT

This week’s content discussed common psychiatric disorders in the Adult and Older Adult client. Often times a secondary diagnosis is masked due to their psychiatric disorder. Review the following case study and answer the following questions.

Mr. White is a 72-year-old man, with a history of hypertension, COPD and moderate dementia, who presents with 4 days of increased confusion, nighttime restlessness, visual hallucinations, and urinary incontinence. His physical exam is unremarkable except for tachypnea, a mildly enlarged prostate, inattentiveness, and a worsening of his MMSE score from a baseline of 18 to 12 today.

Mr. White’s presentation is most consistent with an acute delirium (acute change in cognition, perceptual derangement, waxing and waning consciousness, and inattention).

1. What is the most likely diagnosis to frequently cause acute delirium in patients with dementia?
2. What additional testing should you consider if any?
3. What are treatment options to consider with this patient?

*To get you started on the second assignment, the answer to the first question is urinary tract infection. So take that and elaborate more on that diagnosis for the answer to to the first question*

All references and in-text citations should be in APA format. References must have a DOI or weblink showing where it was gotten from. References must be between 2014-2019. Please use proper grammer, avoid run-on, and incomplete sentences. Be mindful of punctuation.