Type 1 Diabetes: Causes: Autoimmune Response Type 1 diabetes is usually a progressive autoimmune disease‚ in which the beta cells that produce insulin are slowly destroyed by the body’s own immune system. It is unknown what first starts this cascade of immune events‚ but evidence suggests that both a genetic predisposition and environmental factors‚ such as a viral infection‚ are involved. Islets of Langerhans contain beta cells and are located within the pancreas. Beta cells produce
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Danielle Rudolph Position Paper #1 A nurse is someone who has the knowledge and capability to take care of those in need. Nurses manage‚ maintain‚ or recover health and quality of life. This means providing care in not only a vital/physical manner‚ but in ways such as comfort‚ confidentiality‚ teaching‚ and advocacy. Nurses strive to achieve the best quality of life for their patients regardless of their ailments‚ culture‚ religion‚ ethnicity‚ age and so on. Nurses are capable of assessing‚ planning
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Case of Water Diabetes #5-11 5. Diabetes Mellitus differs from Diabetes Insipidus because Diabetes Mellitus results from the body not being able to produce insulin while Diabetes Insipidis is a condition in which the kidneys are unable to conserve water. Diabetes Insipidus and Diabetes Mellitus are unrelated‚ although they can have similar signs and symptoms‚ like excessive thirst‚ both non-curable‚ and excessive urination. Differences between the two are: 6. Diabetes Insipidus refers
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Essay - narrative It is impossible to teach someone‚ that does not want to learn. Many kids fail school for not wanting to learn‚ even if they have a great education. They do not appreciate the great education they have. This kids don’t have a motivation and they reject all the information that is given to them. Well‚ my cousin is one of this kids and some years ago my aunt asked me to help him. I tried everything to help him many times‚ but nothing worked. Until one day I found the way he
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The teaching-coaching function of the domains of nursing practice is a very important aspect that nurses must practice to be effective. We learn many things from textbooks‚ clinical environments and job placements; but I think some of the most valuable lessons and skills that I have learned were from my fellow nurses and other healthcare providers while on the job. I work with adolescents on a daily basis that are cognitively impaired that need to be taught many life skills. The competencies that
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Health model programs are used to help people with type 2 diabetes. The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) teaches people with diabetes to learn to eat healthy (Kramer‚ Kriska‚ Venditti‚ Miller‚ Brooks‚ Burke‚ Siminerio‚ Solano‚ Orchard‚ 2009). The Group Organized Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) Diabetes Prevention Program (GO-YDPP)‚ is a modification of the DPP that involves one hour of training two times a week (Ackermann‚ and Marrero‚ 2007). The DPP is a program developed
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Essay on form criticism Form criticism is a method of biblical criticism that classifies units of scripture by literary pattern. It is used in order to discover the origin and history of a text or its creators. The stories about Jesus and the events of his life were not written down straight away‚ in fact the accounts that we have for the gospels are considered by most scholars to have been written some decades after the events‚ although they may well have been based on earlier writings going
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Q 1: Diabetes is the worldwide fastest increasing chronic disease. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians have very high levels of diabetes. According to Australian Indigenous health info net (2016)‚ ATSI Australians have three times more likely to have diabetes compared to non-Indigenous Australians. Specifically‚ the number affect from diabetes in ATSI females are twice than non-Indigenous females. Diabetes can cause several serious health issues such as cardiovascular disease and
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The Board of Registered Nursing defines the nurse practitioners as “registered nurses who are prepared by advanced education to provide primary care including medical procedures that may be required for a specialty area “(BRN‚ 2012). Additionally‚ nurse practitioners must ”possess additional preparation and skills in physical diagnosis‚ psycho-social assessment‚ and management of health illness needs in primary health care and who have been prepared in a program conforming to board standards” (BRN
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I was diagnosed with diabetes since 2005. I was in a great deal of denial. The doctor place me on insulin. I never took the medicine so my diabetes worsen of the years. Now that it has worsen I currently take metformin and an injection of insulin every day of my life. About three months ago I had a life altering experience. My diabetes is now under control and I am now trying to conceive children from my husband. So now that I inject myself every day I will tell you the steps of how to properly inject
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