A 41-year-old male presents to the doctor’s office you work at complaining of a sore throat and headache. Upon examination, he is diagnosed with a virus that is currently prevalent in the area he works. He is told to rest and drink liquids until the virus has run its course. He becomes irate and tells you he wants an antibiotic.

1. How could you explain to him why he does not need an antibiotic?
2. What are some alternatives you could consider for a patient who demands an antibiotic?

Instructions: It is a discussion post so 1 page to 1 1/2 pg is good enough. Apa format. Must have 3 references.

Please see the attachment for the instructions

Peer Response Instructions

· Please respond to at least 
one peer this week. Your response should be thoughtful, respectful, and substantially add value to the discussion. In your response to a peer, explain how you have grown as a BSN nurse in this session.

Kiersten Echols

Oct 23, 2023 at 1:00 AM

  For this discussion board, I chose to appraise the role and responsibilities of the nurse and members of an interdisciplinary team across multiple healthcare settings in recognition, assessment, and interventions for the management of acute and chronic diseases. The role of the nurse is vital to patient care of acute and chronic diseases in many different ways. The nurse's role in all patient care is to educate the patient, advocate for adequate and ethical care, and be a middleman between the patient and the rest of the patient's care team. The nurses are the ones at the bedside assessing the patient and getting to know them. They then take this vital information to the other members of the care team like case management, specialists, or surgeons to provide adequate and holistic care. Without this information from the bedside, the patient wouldn't be able to be taken care of. The other members are vital to the patient's care by providing specific services that the nurse cannot like surgical intervention or certain medication. This class has shown me through each week's case study how important the interdisciplinary team is to the patient's holistic care of acute and chronic conditions. Going further in my practice I will make it a point to advocate for consulting the appropriate teams for adequate and quality care.  

 In dealing with cultural differences/potential conflict in nursing/healthcare, what assessments and strategies would you incorporate to gain compliance from your culturally diverse client(s). Provide examples of the culture(s) discussed, as well as, your evidenced-based strategies.

• Sections of the assignment must include:
  Introduction
  Focus points covered in the discussion posts
  Any arguments and rationales for your stance
  Conclusion or Summary
• The components of your APA Assignment includes the following:
  The assignment must be completed on a word document.
  Your APA Assignment must include a title page (Refer to Purdue OWL).
  All in-text citations must be used when paraphrasing or quoting a previous author.
  All references must reflect the in-text citations used.
  All reference sources must be within the past 5 years unless it is the works of a nurse theorist or a significant reference material.
  The length of the assignment must be 750-1000 words. Please pay attention to spelling and grammar. Points are deducted for repeat offenders.
  Upon completion of the assignment, you must submit it via Turnitin.com and please note that your plagiarism score should be no more than 20%. If you score higher, please make adjustments.

Respond at least 2 times each . The goal is for the discussion forum to function as robust clinical conferences on the patients. Provide a response to 1 of the 3 discussion prompts that your colleagues provided in their video presentations. You may also provide additional information, alternative points of view, research to support treatment, or patient education strategies you might use with the relevant patient.