As dental assistants, a large part of our job entails patient education. At times, it can be very challenging to try to inspire our patients to work a little
harder on their dental home care routine, which includes nutritional factors.
Discuss what you feel would be some good ways to motivate your patient in
regards to making a change with their oral hygiene strategy. Consider whether
we need to adapt our approach on a case by case basis and if so, discuss how
you would identify each patient's motivators.

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An african american young adult is admitted to the emergency department in sickle cell crisis with a report of 10/10 pain. the patient is known to several of the nurses and physicians in the department who have labeled the patient as a “drug seeker”. initial discussion post: identify one (1) intervention that can be taken by the rn to reduce the stigma and improve management of acute and chronic pain associated with sickle cell disease. does the intervention apply only to the patient? does it apply only to the interprofessional team? does it apply to both the patient and the members of the interprofessional team? explain and support your answer.

Anurse is monitoring the laboratory values of a client who is receiving heparin. which of the following values should the nurse report to the provider? a. platelets 300,000/mm3 b. hematocrit 45% c. pt 11 seconds d. aptt 50 seconds