Reaction Paper: Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction Pam Thibeaux Liberty University Abstract In his book Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction written by Dr. Mark Laaser he gives us a glimpse into the life of those addicted to sex. Mark Laaser set out to increase understanding of sexual addiction as a disease. He leads us to discover how sexual addiction takes over the life of the sexually addicted person and causes devastation from a Christian world view. In his book Dr. Laaser
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Ma Antoinette B. Rios Weekly Assignments: Week 2: Movie Review MY LEFT FOOT… March 15‚ 2013 True to life story of Christy Brown‚ who was born June 5‚ 1932 in Crumlin‚ Ireland diagnosed and suffered cerebral palsy‚ condemned by people and assumed to be confined in the convalescent for fear that the family‚ would not be able to care for him. Instead Christy’s parents took and cared for him at home‚ not only accepted him as normal boy but as part of the family. Inspired by this‚ He grew up
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certified wound and ostomy nurse. While she also takes care of wounds and ostomies‚ she also makes rounds for the anthesiologists on their PCA pumps and starts PICC lines. The most interesting thing I saw was a man who had a large abdominal wound and was being treated with a wound vac. He had acquired this wound as a result of and abscess caused by the mesh that was used to repair his abdominal hernia. Initially‚ when she saw him in the morning‚ she had decided to try and dress the wound using a dressing
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literature 12 March 2014 Within the Community (MP1) Jan Johnson‚ author of Healing the Soul Wound (2010) suggests that to heal historical amnesia and identity crisis’ cross racial alliances with all races should be achieved‚ and the races that are traumatized by the happenings in the past‚ due European colonization will reconcile through Johnson’s suggested healing process; forgiveness‚ compassion‚ and empathy. However‚ her idea of cross racial kinship is not realistic‚ considering how there is historical
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Wound care (Pressure Ulcer) Descriptions During community placement‚ my mentor and I visited M (patient)‚ a 75years old lady‚ who was presented with a Pressure Ulcer‚ on the heel of her right leg. On arrival‚ my mentor asked me to manage M’s wound. However‚ I have observed and participate in carrying out this skill (wound care) with my mentor on several occasions. I explained the procedure to M and gained her consent to carry out the procedure. The preparation and application of aseptic technique
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DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS INTRODUCTION Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a very serious complication of diabetes mellitus‚ a metabolic disorder that is characterized by hyperglycemia‚ metabolic acidosis‚ and increased body ketone concentrations. The most common causes of DKA are infection and poor compliance with medication regimens. Other causes include undiagnosed diabetes‚ alcohol abuse‚ and a multitude of medical conditions such as cerebrovascular accident (CVA)‚ complicated pregnancy‚ myocardial
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After her father (Robert Arevalo) suffers from a severe stroke‚ Seth (Vilma Santos) decides to bring him to Manang Elsa (Daria Ramirez)‚ a faith healer. Elsa‚ who apparently has the ability to heal people from illnesses‚ performs the "healing" and prescribes herbal medicine. As Seth and her father prepare to leave‚ a man‚ who is next in line to see Elsa‚ collapses and loses consciousness and so the people immediately brings him inside. Seth and her father head anyway. The following day‚ Seth is
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(DAG) and ceramides impair insulin metabolic signaling and prompt diabetic cardiomyopathy. In this regard‚ the increased DAG in cardiomyocytes impairs glucose metabolism through activation of protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms [24]. Ceramides are a family of bioactive waxy lipid molecules composed of sphingosine and a fatty acid [24]. Ceramide directly activates the atypical PKCs to phosphorylate and inhibit the insulin metabolic Akt/PKB signaling and thus inhibit GLUT4 translocation and insulin-stimulated
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Diabetic Ketoacidosis Maryam M Yadegari University of Calgary-Qatar UNIV 205 Ms Jackie Dumont 7 April 2012 There are two types of diabetes‚ diabetes mellitus and diabetes incipidus. The term ketoacidosis can happen in both but more often in type one. Diabetic ketoacidosis is a state or condition in which happens to patients with type one diabetes‚ those who are dependent to insulin therapy. It can occur in type two diabetes‚ but the situation may
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Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a progressive kidney disease and is characterized clinically by the increased blood pressure‚ occurrence of albuminuria and a gradual loss of kidney function (1). The morphological changes associated with early phase DN comprise diffuse thickening of the glomerular capillary basement membrane together with the nodular glomerulosclerosis (2). Although the pathophysiology of DN is mainly occur due to hyperglycemia‚ it is believed to involve a combination of genetic and
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