This essay will focus on a case study of a patient with Schizophrenia‚ whom I cared for during my recent clinical specialist placement in a medium secure unit. The patient personal and psychiatric history would be given. The patient current psychological‚ sociological and physiological needs will be looked at by using published therapeutic approaches. In this case study a demonstration of how the therapeutic approaches chosen provide or guidance of the nursing care provided in the assessment of needs
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The purpose of this introduction is to discuss my answers to the case study questions about identifying and addressing unsafe conditions associated with health internet technology (health IT). Health IT allows health care workers to better maintain patient care through a computerized system. It keeps patients medical records electronic and allows nurses to keep track of medication administration. Issues can arise with the health IT system that affects patient safety. The two types of health internet
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individual. Maintaining a reasonable balance among all three components is important for developing good mental health. The study of psychological disorders has shown that they do not just happen out of the blue. They are usually caused by certain experiences in our childhood‚ which result in a conflict between the conscious and unconscious mind. Such is the case of Jessica in case study 1‚
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CASE FOUR – TANGLEWOOD MEASUREMENT AND VALIDATION 1. Assess the practical and statistical significance of a proposed set of hiring tools‚ and recommendations regarding how adopting these new hiring methods might benefit stores. Tanglewood has decided to use the following new approaches to hiring; Retail market Knowledge Exam‚ Marshfield Customer Service Bio data Questionnaire and Essay‚ Marshfield Applicant Exam and a Personality Exam. A critical review of each of these has certain strengthens
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While it takes many aspects such as different facilities and departments to build a solid case plan for an individual‚ our current system needs to see an upgrade if more cases are going to be seen as a success. In one study on the transition from foster care to adulthood‚ “Between 31% and 46% of our study participants had been homeless at least once by age 26 years” (Dwarsky‚ 2013). A high percentage of youth leaving the foster care system with
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The first case study focuses in on the cognitive neuropsychological method in demonstrating the functionality of the brain’s ability to recall and identify sonic information‚ following the onset of Alzheimer’s. This design recognizes the distinction between the speech and language centres of the brain and its musical storage/abilities with dementia (Lola L. Cuddy and Jacalyn Duffin‚ 2005). It was hypothesized that the client’s ability to maintain positive recall of familiar tunes‚ and react to the
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regard to illness and medication. The treatment of more established schizophrenia has significant differences compared to first episode psychosis. Treatment options and medications can differ as can dosages of antipsychotic medication. The aim of this essay is to discuss the differences between treatment of first episode psychosis and more established schizophrenia. The average age for onset of schizophrenia
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Title: Case study Jose R Tapanes International Institute for health Care Professionals Case 1 Answers 1- malignant hyperthermia is a medical condition with a genetic pattern‚ due to a subclnical myopathy causing severe reaction to a dose of anesthetics. It is associated with mutations in two genes: RYR1‚ which encodes the skeletal muscle isoform of the calcium-release channel of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (ryanodine receptor type 1 [RYR-1])‚ and CACNA1S‚ which encodes the alpha subunit of
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After reading through the three case studies‚ discuss what you think about the judge’s decisions in each case. Do people have the right to refuse medical treatments for themselves and their family based on their desire to rely only on their faith for healing‚ rather than using modern medicine? What about the right to refuse proven medical treatment for a treatment plan that is not FDA approved or no treatment at all? In the situation with that 14 year old boy refusing a blood transfusion‚ I believe
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1) A) Why were artificial sweeteners introduced and when was the first product made with them sold? B) Are there any studies to find out if the gut floras are affected by aspartame since it was first researched as an inhibitor for a gastrointestinal secretory hormone medication? C) Were there any studies done on the artificial sweeteners that are now in almost all pre-made foods before they were introduced on the market‚ if so what were they? D) Who first introduced artificial sweeteners for human
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