RUNNING HEAD: Teen Drug Addiction; a Chronic Disease Teen Drug Addiction: a Chronic Illness Drug addiction is a chronic disease‚ associated with mental illnesses‚ and similar to other chronic diseases such as type II diabetes‚ cancer and cardiovascular disease. No one chooses to be a drug addict or to develop heart disease. In my paper‚ I am going to research some issues of teenage substance abuse and examine some of the biological factors that cause drug abuse and addiction
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Care Plan for Pain: Chronic| Student Name:|Samantha Lewis|Current Date: 4/19/12|| Patient:|SL|Age: |33|Sex:|F|Dates Care Given: 4/19/2012|| Admission Diagnosis/History: Chronic Pancreatitis| 1)PE 2) Hysterectomy 3)C Section | Nursing Diagnosis: Pain: Chronic | | ASSESSMENT| Objective Data|Subjective Data| · Increased blood pressure|· Pt holding lower left abdomen| · Increased heart rate|· Pt eyes closed| · Increased respirations|· Furrowed brow| · |· |
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individual illness‚ everything must be treated with the same intensity of care. The difference between acute care and chronic care is the duration of times needed for treatment and the approach taken by the medical professionals. The goals of recovery are typically very similar‚ while the maintenance of the conditions can vary greatly. In both of these scenarios there can be a large impact on the patient’s life or lifestyle that must be compensated for along with the treatment for the illness and education
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Models of Care The purpose of this essay is to provide a review of the models which are Chronic Care Model and Patient-Centered Medical Home Model. Also to provide how both achieve quality and safety and add as much information on how both models benefit in providing care to the patients. In comparison and contrast between Chronic Care Model and Patient-Centered Medical Home Model‚ it is pertinent to know that Chronic is a condition which “requires ongoing adjustments by the affected person and
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1. What is mental illness? Mental Illness is conditions that affect your overall behavior‚thinking and mood. 2. What are some of the common treatments used today for mental illness? Common treatments are medicine‚ therapy‚ and a support group. 3. In your own words‚ write a brief description for each of the following conditions (use the back of the page if necessary): a. Anxiety Disorders- This condition is when the person would worry more than the average person. b
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman in her short story‚ “The Yellow Wallpaper” highlights how an illness can worsen without proper care and attention. The speaker is introduced as a married woman spending the summer in an abandoned mansion because John‚ her husband‚ felt like the mansion would help her recover from her illness: a “temporary nervous depression - a slight hysterical tendency.” Specifically‚ John suggests that his wife stay in the nursery because its “air and sunshine galore” would help her recover;
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Chronic Disease Risk Assessment Diabetes is a chronic lifelong disease where there are high traces of sugar in the blood. A diabetic individuals pancreas secrets an insufficient amount of insulin or does not use the insulin efficiently. Insulin is a hormone made in the pancreas that enables the body to use glucose for energy. Diabetes is caused by too little insulin‚ resistance to insulin or both. Diabetes is the most common disorder of the human hormone system; there are three forms of diabetes
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color in you urine and pain when urinating. Risk factors There are some things that you can do to prevent bladder cancer. Although the exact cause of bladder cancer is not known. Risk factors include smoking‚ age‚ gender‚ race‚ chemicals‚ and chronic bladder problems like bladder stones‚ using cyclophosphamide‚ and pioglitazone hydrochloride‚ personal history like if you have had bladder cancer before‚ fluid intake‚ schistosomiasis‚ and arsenic. Those are just to name some of the risk factors
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Working Through a Food-Borne Illness Alvine Discharge Diseases Alvine Discharge Diseases (1) What key activities and important facts tie each of the individual cases together? Some key facts that tie both cases together are that typhoid was spread by some form of contaminated food by a person (milk‚ food‚ water‚ seafood). In the case of Typhoid Mary‚ it was spread by her handling the food improperly. She was a carrier‚ and thus when she did not use good sanitary food preparation skills
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7 solutions to naturally cure chronic constipation</stro Chronic constipation is having three or less bowel movements in a seven day period. To have one bowel movement each day is considered to be more than acceptable. Where bowel movements are concerned more is better than less. Chinese medicine believes two to three movements a day are acceptable as long as they aren’t diarrhea. The main sign of constipation is finding it difficult to expel wastes. Without a satisfactory amount of bowel movements
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