Re: Patients Like Me: An Online Community of Patients Patients Like Me is an online community that allows patients to share information with other patients who suffer from similar diseases. The widespread request for a General Platform is under consideration because it can potentially reel in profit in term of knowledge for the online community and greater cash flow for the company. Background PLM is a community with over 80‚000 members who share information with and learn from other patients with
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Patient John Doe was brought by the ambulance to the ER. The triage nurse performed the general assessment on the patient and came up with the following information: Personal History: 65 years old‚ married with two children. Medical history: Diabetes Mellitus‚ Anemia‚ Hemiplegia A. Diabetes Mellitus- a disorder in which blood sugar levels are abnormally high because your body is not producing enough insulin to meet its need. The production of insulin is made by the pancreas and helps lower blood
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Impact Restraints have on Children in Residential In-Patient Treatment 1. Introduction There have been many concerns regarding the use of physical restraint among children in residential and psychiatric in-patient treatment facilities. Many have debated the use of physical restraints among children as being dangerous‚ causing trauma or re-traumatizing a child‚ unethical‚ and taking away the legal rights of children. They have argued that the potential dangers within the practice of
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Assessing Needs Many older patients are prescribed multiple drugs‚ take over-the-counter medications‚ and are often prescribed additional drugs to treat the side effects of the medications that they are already taking. The increase in the number of medications often leads to polypharmacy‚ which is defined as the prescription‚ administration‚ or use of more medications than are clinically indicated in a given patient. One widely used ADL tool is the Barthel Index : measure functional levels of self-care
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adversities or challenges are faced which Erikson refer to as conflicts (Svetina‚ 2014). The ability to overcome or resolve these conflicts produces a psychosocial strength and a shift in the developmental process. In contrast‚ if a conflict is not successfully resolved‚ Erikson theorised that future developmental stages are impact. The psychosocial developmental areas hold both negative and positive aspects as an individual seeks to find an equilibrium. Trust versus mistrust The first five stages
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Lithium levels‚ Drug screens‚ Pregnancy test‚ etc.) Date/Test Result Interpretation Nursing Implications 06/21/17 Drug Test Negative The patient does not have levels of drug in her system. The patient does not have concentrations of drug in the urine sample below the designed cut- off levels. A negative drug test result does not always mean there are no drugs present in the person being tested‚ it means there are not
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Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development Principals of Sociology Kristina Yvonne Bernal-Marichalar November 4‚ 2013 Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development looks at a person’s progress personality wise from birth to death. Erikson’s theory breaks down the development of personality by explaining eight different stages. As we go on through life our personality is consistently changing according to what stage we are in and what we are trying to accomplish
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Scenario I A business professional wants to use Microsoft® Excel® to organize data for the monthly expense report. He has never used Microsoft® Excel® and is inquiring about the functions that would support him with this task. General Approach Make sure I understand what the user intends to do and what version of Excel the customer is using. Challenges to situation The challenge in this situation is that the user wants to use a program that is new to him. I will have to explain to the user the
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QUESTIONS FOR STUDY JOURNAL: Module 3 DiMAGGIO I know it’s not a fun read‚ but in terms of what it demonstrates in the literature‚ it’s HUGE. What on earth are teachers doing? Teachers give students who have cultural capital more attention and special assistance‚ see them as more intelligent or talented than students who lack cultural capital‚ and just communicate with them better overall. All of these actions can affect the grades that students receive. What does it it say? Controlling
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Another model that YAP focuses on is “the client first model”‚ which is that they want all of their clients and families of clients to play an active role in the program they are involved with. This model is seen in the first initial meeting with Aryanna which was at J&S Pizzeria. During this this meeting my Aryanna was willing to tell me about her past. She described herself as 17 year-old with autism who also has a 2 year-old son. Having a child is very difficult for her because it forced her
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