At any given time‚ 10 percent of the adult population has neck pain and it is the second leading cause of lost time from work behind low back pain‚ with less than 1 percent developing neurologic deficits and requiring surgical intervention. Most of the patients do recover with conservative therapy regardless of the underlying etiology of pain. Patients clinically present for a number of contributing factors and despite the cause‚ end up recovering well with conservative therapy. The development
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effectively filter wastes from the blood. Chronic Kidney Disease‚ or CKD‚ can lead to many severe health problems. Because the kidneys filter the blood‚ CKD can cause the body to retain fluid that can lead to swelling‚ high blood pressure‚ or fluid in the lungs (National Chronic Kidney Disease Fact Sheet 2014‚ 2014). CKD can also cause potassium levels to rise to dangerous levels which inhibit the beating of the heart which can lead to death (National Chronic Kidney Disease Fact Sheet 2014‚ 2014). The
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services over the past few years due to growing number of chronic conditions [1]. A chronic condition (e.g. chronic headache‚ diabetes etc) can be any long term illness or condition that impacts one’s quality of life functionally and socially. It is estimated that chronic headaches affect 4% to 5% of the general population [2]. The focus of my research is to help patients use computing technologies who are living with chronic headache. Chronic headache patients have frequent headaches at an average
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and with other loved ones in their final years. Now‚ add in a crippling chronic mind-altering pain that loved ones must face. It makes them cantankerous and melancholy‚ no current pain management techniques work. To smoke‚ or not to smoke? This is a question that many people in pain must ask themselves. With the fairly recent legalization and decriminalization of marijuana in many different states‚ a new alternative pain relief is in the hands of the many. With years of propaganda and fear tactics
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analysis critiqueRunning Head: CONCEPT ANALYSIS CRITIQUE Concept Analysis Critique of Christensen’s Homophobia in Nursing Using Walker and Avant’s Framework NUR 701-90 Nursing Theory The Sage Colleges Lori Ciafardoni-Hawkes RN‚ MSN/MEd November 17‚ 2010 Concept Analysis Critique of Christensen’s Homophobia in Nursing Using Walker and Avant’s Framework Introduction Concept analysis is discussed by Walker and Avant (2005) as a way to describe phenomena in nursing practice‚ as it “allows
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Chronic Disease Risk Assessment Diabetes is a lifelong disease in which they are high levels of sugar in the blood. The body does not produce enough insulin and a person with diabetes has high blood sugar. Type one diabetes requires a person to inject insulin. Some symptoms of diabetes are blurred vision excess thirst fatigue frequent urination. There are two types of diabetes type one and type two. It is a major risk factor for heart attack and stroke‚ and the second leading cause of blindness
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Associate Level Material Chronic Disease Risk Assessment The Life Resource Center (LRC) is a valuable free tool available to University of Phoenix students. Taking some time to explore its website to discover some of the many topics‚ resources‚ and tools available is a great way to find information to enhance and support health and wellness. Complete the following assignment: Take one of the health risk assessments located on the LRC website. After completing the assessment‚ write
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is a term used to describe the interconnected maze of nerves that carry the painful stimulus to all the different areas of the brain such as the central cortex‚ thalamus and limbic system that are involved in perceiving‚ reacting to and regulating pain. (Keefe‚ Abernethy & Campbell 2005‚ Melzack 2005‚ 2001‚ 1999‚ Moseley 2003) Essentially three different areas of information feed into the neuromatrix. 1. Sensory information from our physical body (skin‚ muscle‚ organs etc). 2. Cognitive
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Low back pain is a very common health problem worldwide and a major cause of disability - affecting performance at work and general well-being. The lifetime prevalence of low back pain is estimated at 60-85%‚ while the annual prevalence in the general population is ranging from 15-45%.1 The 2010 Global Burden of Disease Study estimated that low back pain is among the top 10 diseases and injuries that account for the highest number of Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) worldwide.2 There are many
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Lean Six Sigma: The Pursuit of a Perfect Emergency Department Brandon D’Aloiso (bdd31@pitt.edu)‚ Seth Young (say19@pitt.edu) Abstract— This paper will focus on the use of the Lean Six Sigma principles in an emergency room setting. The current level of efficiency of emergency rooms will be examined and we will discuss the ways in which Lean Six Sigma principles can be implemented. Ways to lower infection rates and still keep wait times down will also be explored. Six Sigma methodologies are
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