A 70- year-old woman admitted to the hospital with COPD that lives alone in a retirement community who recently lost her best friend of 40years. Her husband also died last year‚ they were married for thirty-five years. Her family lives one hour away. I think first in assessing her you would look for obvious physical signs of grief‚ loss‚ and even depression or anxiety. “Physical symptoms common of an acute grief response would be tearfulness‚ crying‚ loss of appetite‚ feelings of hollowness in the
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Ongoing public education about the roles of hospices helps to increase our awareness. There have been many programs on television‚ which have increased public attention to the needs of the dying and the bereaved. Numerous books‚ magazine articles and public lectures have also helped to make people more sensitive to the needs of the fatally ill. For the elderly and terminally ill there are a variety of agencies that work together with the goal of giving humane and expert care‚ and meeting the patients’
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Running Head: Unit 5 Project Unit 5 Project Olivia Lafond Kaplan University Medical Terminology 04 Professor Terry Bond May 17‚ 2012 Unit 5 Project The purpose of this paper is to show the understanding of medical terminology and abbreviations that has been acquired so far from the units that have been studied. It also helps determine what areas one might need to work on after completing this project. Section 1: Supply the Prefix | Definition | Example | Prefix | 1. within
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Atherosclerotic heart disease‚ chest pain‚ and shortness of breath. He received coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery to repair 4 blood vessels. This patient has a history of coronary artery disease‚ hypertension‚ chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)‚ hyperlipidemia‚ and a partial colectomy due to cataracts. My preceptor and I took care of Mr. C the day he received the CABG surgery. The patient returned to the CICU very drowsy and restless. As a few hours went by we noticed he was having multiple
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dystrophy ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) & Spinal cord injury Conditions that affect the areas of the brain that control breathing: Stroke & Drug/alcohol overdose Conditions that affect the flow of air in and out of the lungs: COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) & Cystic fibrosis Conditions that affect gas exchange in the alveoli (air sacs): ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome) & Pneumonia – airways fill with fluid and pus. Some questions to think of or how
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RANGER COLLEGE Semester one Re-Entrance Exam Part 1 Questions pertaining to Gerontology: 1. The nurse cautions that the most frequent response to elder abuse by the abused older adult is a. anger c. notification of authorities b. physical retaliation d. nothing at all 2. The nurse would anticipate that a person with a hemorrhagic CVA to the left hemisphere would exhibit a. language disturbances c. inappropriate affect b. poor impulse control d. confabulation 3. The nurse
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Introduction Insert text for Introduction here … Methods Tissue preparation: Tracheal segments were isolated from male Wistar rats aged 6‐8 weeks from the Animal Resources Centre‚ Murdoch‚ and W.A. Tissues suspended in baths containing Krebs solution maintained at 37oC and bubbled with 5% CO2 in O2 throughout the experiments. Preparations were then equilibrated for 45 min to 500 mg of tension with Kerbs solution replaced after 15 min. The viability of each tissue was evaluated by examining
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can be done on its own or as part of a CBC 4) Abnormal Hgb count a) Anemia‚ especially iron deficiency anemia‚ hyperthyroidism‚ cirrhosis of the liver‚ severe hemorrhaging‚ as well as leukemia and Hodgkin’s disease result in a decreased Hgb. b) COPD and Congestive heart failure can show an increase in Hgb levels. 5) The hematocrit (Hct) is a reliable method of measuring the percentage of formed elements to plasma in the blood. a) In adult females the normal Hct range is 37 – 47% formed elements
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Sepsis; pathophysiology‚ etiology and treatment Abstract To define the disease known as sepsis‚ briefly discuss its pathophysiology‚ etiology‚ signs‚ symptoms‚ and treatments. Outline protocols for sepsis screening‚ early directed goal therapy‚ and to establish the nurse’s role in the process. Sepsis is a complex disease‚ or response to a disease process that can lead to patient mortality rates up to 60%. Gram negative infectious organisms invade the blood stream‚ and activate a systemic
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pathology LEARNING OBJECTIVES-BPT Cell death and Cellular adaptations At the end of the lesson on cell death and cellular adaptations‚ the student should be able to: 1) Define cellular adaptations 2) Enumerate the types of cellular adaptations 3) Define hypertrophy and hyperplasia with examples 4) Classify types of atrophy 5) Enumerate the common causes of atrophy 6) Define metaplasia 7) List the various types of metaplasia with examples 8) List the causes of cell injury 9) Name the
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