dull poorly localized pain Somatic pain; sharp pain‚ well localized Referred pain; pain experience at a distance from disease process Fetor hepaticus; sweet fecal odor caused by hepatic failure Feculent breath; foul fecal odor caused by severe bowel obstruction Severe halitosis; foul breath odor can be caused by poor dental hygience or neoplasms or esophagus and stomach Jaundice; yellowish discoloration of skin caused by high bilirubin level associated with liver disease‚ biliary obstruction
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be temporary. It may happen only when you are having a bowel movement. Over time‚ the prolapse gets worse. It will start to happen more often and cause uncomfortable symptoms. Eventually the prolapse may happen when walking or simply standing. CAUSES The cause of weak muscles that can lead to rectal prolapse is not completely understood. RISK FACTORS You may be more likely to have rectal prolapse if you: • Are
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Family Health Assessment sonia Health Promotion (Course# NRS429) Dawn Peters May 14‚ 2011 The purpose of family assessment is to promote health and control or prevent control diseases affecting the families. During the assessment‚ the nurse will be able to evaluate the overall health status of the family‚ interpersonal relationship between individual members‚ and any chronological diseases in the family. Identifying the risk factors existing in the family will help the nurse
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he Freudian psycho-sexual stages is the developmental stages a human being faces from childhood to adulthood. Freud believes that the gateway to adulthood is the genital stage of development whereby lasting and meaningful relationships are formed. Freud viewed infants as sexual beings whose sex drive is low. He explains on how this sex drive is channel these ages from the first year of the child to adolescence that is 13years to 18years
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bloating. The cramping and bloating was essentially the primary concern of the patient and was the result of the constipation. Additionally‚ I agree that the SMART outcome should involve the goal of the patient having a bowel movement by the end of the nurse’s shift‚ because having a bowel movement would essentially help resolve the primary concern of the abdominal discomfort. As a part of the pharmacologic treatment intervention‚ I did agree to providing an alternative medication other than Percocet
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Spina bifida is the most common neural tube defect in the United States.1 It is estimated that between 1500 and 2000 children are born with spina bifida each year in the United States‚ with the current number of spina bifida cases totaling 166‚000.1 There are four types of spina bifida: occulta‚ closed neural tube defects‚ meningocele‚ and myelomeningocele.1 Spina bifida occulta is where one more vertebras are malformed and covered by skin.1 In individuals with a closed neural tube defects‚ the spinal
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you any past medical surgeries by scar on the body ‚ bruises or even current issues like CSMT checks to an effected area and edema edema‚ in the body and listening to bowel sounds can alert you to another issue in the body for example absent or hyperactive bowel issues could also mean a bowel blockage or even normal of absent bowel sounds after a surgery that. Listening to a patient lung sounds can catch pneumonia early and listening to the lungs can even help determine a health issue like what a
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PSYCHIATRIC NURSING MAJOR PLAN OF CARE ASSIGNMENT Guidelines: 1. This assignment is much like a Case Study and is intended to be a comprehensive learning experience that synthesizes essential psychiatric and medical/surgical nursing theory. Your finished product will demonstrate mastery of principles needed for nurses working with mentally impaired patients. 2. It is similar to other Major Plans of Care with face sheet‚ lab sheets‚ TACTIS‚ assessment forms‚ and etc.‚ but will be different in that
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Health History and Examination Health Assessment of the Head‚ Neck‚ Eyes‚ Ears‚ Nose‚ Mouth‚ Throat‚ Neurological System‚ and the 12 Cranial Nerves Skin‚ Hair‚ Nails‚ Breasts‚ Peripheral Vascular System‚ Lymphatics‚ Thorax‚ Heart‚ Lungs‚ Musculoskeletal‚ Gastrointestinal‚ and Genitourinary Systems Save this form on your computer as a Microsoft Word document. You can expand or shrink each area as you need to include relevant data for your client. Student Name: Lisa Greenspon | Date: July
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dysplasia (IED) Tufting enteropathy is a congenital disease that causes the villi in the gut to atrophy and deteriorate causing chronic diarrhea within the first few days of birth. Signs and symptoms: -Persistent diarrhea‚ despite any bowel rest – bowel actions usually range from 8-10 times per day – can be confused for looking like urine -Electrolyte imbalances and dehydration -Failure to thrive -Vomiting -An endoscopy/biopsy can reveal villi atrophy‚ which is where the villi in the digestive
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