This 29 years old patient’s main complaint is low back pain. Alex’s low back problem initiated 4 years ago and it has been bothering him since then. Low back pain is pain‚ muscle tension‚ or stiffness localised below the costal margin and above the inferior gluteal folds‚ with or without leg pain and is defined as chronic when it persists for 12 weeks or more (Chou‚ 2011). Low back pain should be considered a symptom that is rarely attributable to a specific disease or pathologic lesion (Seller
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Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) better known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a chronic disorder that causes extreme fatigue and has a large effect on one’s life. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome affects children and adults across the world. It causes constant tiredness and fatigue that lasts for six months or longer that isn’t due to current illnesses or underlying medical conditions. CFS is a disorder that causes extreme exhaustion and fatigue. It doesn’t improve with sleep and sometimes physical
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Introduction. The purpose of this assignment is to identify and explore one of Jacqueline Fawcett ’s (1984) metapardigm concepts of nursing that she identifies as being concepts central to nursing and explore how this is expressed in Judith Christensen ’s (1990) Nursing Partnership Model. The following discussion seeks to analyse the metaparadigm concept of ’person ’ according to Christensen (1990). To facilitate this‚ it is important to discover what is meant by metaparadigm and to further explore
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Chronic Migraine Headaches Primary Goal: To inform the audience of the importance behind the education of Chronic Migraine Headaches‚ as it pertains to the Symptoms‚ Diagnosis and current available Treatments. Thesis Statement: I am a current sufferer of Chronic Migraine Headaches that are due to a Number of things whether they are in a controlled setting or a non controlled setting. I was Recently diagnosed with a brain aneurysm that has prevented me from completing some of my
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Research Paper When an injury or pain come around‚ and it’s something serious most people my brush it off and wait for it to heal itself or pass‚ because they don’t want to pay for treatment or they have have “time”. But in reality brushing it off rarely works‚ when/if this ever happens then you need to go to physical therapy. Without it your problem may never heal properly and will end in permanent damage. Some people would be unconvinced that physical therapy doesn’t work‚ therefore this paper
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Spartans Didn’t Paint on Abs Zander Hayes HY 105 300 is a film about the Battle of Thermopylae. Dictated by a Spartan soldier‚ Dilios‚ the film begins by telling the story of King Leonidas’ childhood. The story skips ahead to his kingship‚ where messengers from the Persian godking Xerxes threaten the Spartans and demand their surrender. Leonidas refuses‚ and attempts to take the Spartan army to meet Xerxes’ forces. However‚ the senate den
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CONCEPT ANALYSIS Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults: Concept Analysis Abstract Aim. This study is to analyse the concept of safeguarding the vulnerable adults and the role of registered nurse. Background. Registered nurse has major responsibilities in caring and safeguarding the vulnerable adult population. Reduction of health inequalities among vulnerable adults are top international healthcare priorities. Vulnerable adults are among most vulnerable of the populations‚ many people associate vulnerability
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The shoulder pain and disability index (SPADI) is defined as “a self-administered questionnaire consisting of items grouped into pain and disability subscales”. (2) The questionnaire is designed to calculate current shoulder pain and disability in an outpatient setting. The SPADI has progressed to being able to test mixed diagnoses such as Subacromial impingement syndrome‚ adhesive capsulitis and joint replacement surgery. There are two version’s used to score a patient’s pain and disability. In
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COST CLASSIFICATION CONCEPT OF COST: DEFINITION: A SACRIFICE OR GIVING UP OF RESOURCES FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE FREQUENTLY MEASURED BY THE MONETARY UNITS (RUPEES‚ DOLLARS) THAT MUST BE PAID FOR GOODS AND SERVICES . ➢ EMPHASIS ON COST INFORMATION: MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION TO COSTS BECAUSE COST HAVE A VITAL ROLE TO PLAY IN PLANNING ‚ EVALUATING AND DECISION MAKING. FOR EXAMPLE IN PLANNING THE ROUTE AND FLIGHT SCHEDULES THE MANAGER OF AN AIR LINE MUST CONSIDER
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Aim I am going to compare and contrast 3 pain assessment tools‚ which would be appropriate for use in our clinical area‚ using current literature‚ benchmarks and practice guidelines. If pain is what the person tell he is (McCaffery M‚ Pasero‚ 1999) therefore pain assessment tools should be based on the patient’s own perception of their pain and its severity. But sometimes it ’s difficult to express the pain that we feel into words. Pain assessment tools have two main categories: multi-dimensional
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