Marijuana is a street drug that is a dry‚ green mix of stems‚ seeds‚ and leaves of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. It is generally smoked as cigarettes or in a pipe. The main active chemical in marijuana is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol‚ also known as THC. Smoking marijuana creates a euphoric feeling that is known as a high. After it is absorbed into the user’s bloodstream through the lungs‚ certain protein receptors in the brain attach to THC to create this feeling. There are many beneficial aspects
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Aging is something that continuously happens throughout life‚ which produces a lot of changes throughout the body. With that being said‚ many changes throughout the body affect the respiratory system. As individuals age‚ bones of the body become thin‚ weak‚ and change shape. The ribcage is affected by this change and can alter a person’s breathing as it becomes unable to expand and contract the way it used to. Muscles in the body also become weak. If the muscle that supports breathing‚ called the
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GRADED ASSIGNMENTS Data Assessment and Care Plan Nursing Care Plan Instructions: Prepare a plan of care for your patient. The plan of care must include a complete DATA ASSESSMENT with all pertinent data and interpretation of data completed. Based on the data‚ formulate an individualized care plan using (1) priority NANDA diagnosis and (2) secondary NANDA diagnoses. Each diagnosis requires at least (5) interventions‚ (5) rationales and (5) outcomes
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1. Describe the anatomic location of the pancreas relative to the other organs in the upper portion of the abdominal cavity. - The pancreas is about 6 inches long and sits across the back of the abdomen‚ behind the stomach and liver‚ leveled with the top of the small intestine and it also borders the liver‚ spleen and kidneys. The head of the pancreas is on the right side of the abdomen and is connected to the duodenum (the first section of the small intestine) through a small tube called the pancreatic
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Concussions: Most Common Type of Traumatic Brain Injury How many teens and adults have ever experienced physical contact during a sport or in their daily lives? Slight dizziness‚ severe headache‚ and even loss of balance are simple signs all people need to be aware of. A concussion is one of the most common types of a traumatic brain injury today. Individuals who suffer from this type of injury can have life long effects‚ consequences‚ and health risks that can be debilitating. Thus‚ concussions
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Chapter 33: Nursing Management: Hypertension Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which action will the nurse in the hypertension clinic take in order to obtain an accurate baseline blood pressure (BP) for a new patient? a. Deflate the BP cuff at a rate of 5 to 10 mm Hg per second. b. Have the patient sit in a chair with the feet flat on the floor. c. Assist the patient to the supine position for BP measurements. d. Obtain two BP readings in the dominant arm and average the results. ANS: B The patient
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Geriatric Teaching Plan Bryant and Stratton College Nursing 222 Geriatrics Geriatric Teaching Plan Mr. R.D. is an eighty-year-old male. He currently resides at the Manor Care Rehabilitation/Nursing Center. Mr. D was admitted on January 5‚ 2010 for pneumonia. Mr. D has other medical history problems‚ which include leukocytosis‚ headache‚ hypertension‚ depressions‚ postural insufficiencies‚ arteriosclerotic heart disease and dementia Parkinson’s. Mr. D does not currently have any food or drug
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Clavicle Fracture A clavicle fracture is also known as a broken collarbone. The collarbone is located between the ribcage (sternum) and the shoulder blade (scapula); this connects the arm to the body. (Orthoinfo) The clavicle is a long bon and most breaks occur in the middle. On very rare occasions‚ it will break where it attaches at the ribcage of shoulder blade. (Orthoinfo) Although it lies above several important nerves and blood vessels‚ injuries are rare to these nerves and blood vessels even
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Jaundice is defined as the yellow staining of the skin and sclerae that is caused by high levels in blood of the chemical bilirubin. The color of the skin and sclerae varies depending on how high or low the blood of the chemical bilirubin is. When the level is highly elevated‚ the skin or sclerae is yellowish; when the level is high the skin or sclerae is brown. Jaundice occurs when there is too much bilirubin being produced for the liver to remove from the blood. Jaundice also occurs when there
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1. Why are drugs classified in the categories they are? The term drug class generally refers to the area affected by a drug or its effect on the body (BIO-316V Module 2 Lecture‚ 2012). Many drugs can fit into more than one category‚ but they are usually classified by their therapeutic action. A drug’s therapeutic category refers to its purpose—the diseases or conditions it treats (Drug Classifications‚ 2013). Drugs can also be classified by the chemical type of the active ingredient. 2. Give
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