Clinical Pathway: Malignant Hyperthermia Courtney Daniel RODP Program Austin Peay State University Clinical Pathway: Malignant Hyperthermia I. Introduction Case Study Mr. F‚ a healthy 34-year-old man‚ is admitted to a local hospital for a routine cholecystectomy. A preoperative assessment by the nurse anesthetist reveals no complications with prior surgeries and a familial history of anesthetic complications‚ but Mr. F is unsure of what the complications were called. During
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Muscular Dystrophy‚ Affects and Diagnosis Muscular dystrophy or MD is a broad medical term used to refer to a number of muscle diseases that weaken the musculoskeletal system and hampers movement according to Yeole‚ Gurunani‚ Dhole and Yogesh (2014). Emery (2002) states these disorders produce muscle wasting and weakness of variable distribution and severity. Muscular dystrophies are caused by genetic mutations that have a progressive degenerative effect on an individual’s muscles stated Punnoose
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Throughout my high school years I dealt with depression. At the start of my sophomore year‚ I was diagnosed with clinical depression‚ a type of depression that is linked with fatigue. While in social settings‚ internally there was an urge to lay down and rest‚ while on the outside I was perky and all smiles! I was without goals and always off with friends to distract myself; feelings did not phase me because I was used to shutting them out. My mother decided after a while that I needed help to get
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Clinical supervision according to Machado & Botnarescue (2011‚ p. 56)‚ “was initially promoted to improve instructional practices by providing supervisors with a structured and cooperative approach”. I am struggling as to what to say to Ms. Jones based upon her performance. Since my evaluations are short and sweet with little needing improving‚ I find it hard to be on the other end of an evaluation. First‚ I would sit down and provide Ms. Jones with the checklist that we were given and go down
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Clinical depression DESCRIPTION Depression is one of the commonest psychiatric disorders. Depression ranges in seriousness from mild‚ temporary episodes of sadness to severe‚ persistent depression. Patients of depression often present with vague somatic symptoms or aches and pains in general clinical practice‚ for which no physical cause is found on assessment. Clinical depression is the more severe form of depression‚ also known as major depression or major depressive disorder. It isn’t the same
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Clinical Assessment What other information would you like to learn during the interview with the family? What questions would you ask? 1. Why doesn ’t the child want to go to preschool? Are other children bullying her‚ is there a teacher that ’s doing something inappropriate‚ etc? 2. A better description of the changes in her sleep and eating patterns. Too much‚ not enough‚ etc. 3. What is she throwing temper tantrums over? Bathing‚ getting ready for bed‚ sitting down to a meal
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Caring for Populations: Assessment and Diagnosis Krystle Gonzales Chamberlain Community Health Nursing 443 Prof Schoenberg November 20‚ 2014 Introduction A community health nurse must be effective in targeting the population as a whole. The nurse will determine the needs for the community by using the data compiled from a windshield survey. As stated in the text‚ “A population focus also involves a scientific approach to community health nursing: an assessment of the community or population
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Additional Concerns Other issues that need to be addressed with the clinical setting would be physical and mental health issues. Many displaced homemakers may enter career counseling with undiagnosed mood disorders‚ such as depression or anxiety. Ronzio (2012) also stated that most career counselors will encounter women with a history of domestic violence or abuse. The psychological wounds of this abuse can diminish the client’s self-efficacy‚ beliefs in positive outcomes for career‚ and beliefs
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people both children and adults. It can be very severe or it can be mild‚ but it will always need to be monitored. Asthma is mainly about the muscles in the airways constricting making it difficult to breathe. A person with asthma may say it is hard for them to catch their breath. In this essay I am going to summarize what asthma is‚ the symptoms of asthma‚ the diagnosis‚ and the treatment for this disease. I want to inform people who have asthma or know anybody that has asthma to be aware what to do
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In randomized clinical trials‚ it is difficult to decide whether there is an ethical reason for offering an option that could potentially cause more harm than benefits. Doctors must decide whether to recommend an experimental option to a patient. There is a question of ethics that arises whether one could make the decision without sufficient evidence on each choice. Consequentialism is an ethical approach that reasons an action’s morality is contingent upon the outcome of the action. Decisions involving
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