For this weeks prevention content, we will be combining your patients preventative care needs with their available resources such as insurance coverage. Regardless of your role as a nurse in advanced practice, you will need to understand, at least the basics, of Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance.
Nurses in all capacities must be able to teach patients about their care, help patients to make informed decisions, reason within interdisciplinary teams, and professionally advocate. Prescribing nurses in advanced practice, such as FNPs and AGNPs, must make informed prescribing decisions and use the resources available to their patients in a responsible manner.
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After completing this weeks assigned reading content, please complete a professionally written discussion post incorporating the instructions provided below.
Last name starts with M thru R
Smithton Family Lives in Alabama
Sasha 50 year old female (wife of Kindra, adopted mother of Troy) Perimenopausal, Hypertension, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. Medications Losartan, ethinyl estradiol/levonorgestrel
Kindra 47 year old female (wife of Sasha, mother of Troy) Bipolar depression, hyperlipidemia, hypothyroid. Medications Seroquel, levothyroxine, rosuvastatin
Troy 11 year old male (Son) ADHD. Medications: Vyvanse
Questions:
- What preventative screenings do each of these people need?
- Is Medicaid available in their home state?
- Are they eligible for Medicare or Medicaid.
- What would be the out of pocket cost for each of the medications that they need? Please give the cost for either Medicare or Medicaid (or the state equivalent) and one private insurance.
- What would be the out of pocket cost for the preventative screenings or care that they need? Provide costs for either Medicare or Medicaid (or the state equivalent) and one private insurance.
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Please do not use any AI as my professor is usuing an AI detector and flagging our work!

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