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    explain the assumed causes of schizophrenia: Genetic and Dopamine Hypothesis. Research by Mikaywa et al has found that there must be a genetic explanation of schizophrenia due to the fact that concordance rates for environmental causes are not 100%. Also Mikaywa noticed that schizophrenia runs in the family‚ meaning there must be something other than environmental causes‚ causing the disorder. What Mikaywa studied was DNA from human families who were affected by schizophrenia and found that those with

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    Date: | 4/3/13 | Student Name: Kimberly L Schultze | Clinical Rotation Area: | Starke Hospital/IU | Cultural/Ethnic Background/Needs: None | Religion: | Did not state | Primary Language: | English | Educational Needs: | Cognitive Impaired | Discharge Planning/Self-Care Needs: Discharged to hospice. Self-care deficit. | Admission Date: | 3/31/13 | Time: 0500 | | Admitted From: (Home‚ ECF or ?) | Nursing Home | Admission DX: | Aspiration related pneumonia | Chief Complaint (“patient’s own

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    Disturbed sleep pattern should be prioritized third‚ because lack of adequate rest can cause fatigue‚ further discomfort‚ and decreased ability to function and perform ADL’s which is important to a client’s self-esteem and independence. Nursing Care Plan Nursing Diagnosis: Acute Pain related to vaso-occlusive

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    Chapter 12 was interesting to read. The amount of information I gained on Schozophrenia was large. I was however shocked by the amount of drugs available to treat this problem. I think that this is great for anyone suffering from the disease because what works for some may not work for the next. I work in a hospital and often times we run into the case where the person will have a reaction to a medication and need to switch. We often time see the side effect of the medications and then are

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    Describe and evaluate one or more biological explanations of schizophrenia Research has shown that schizophrenia is heredity and can runs in families. This suggests that genes play a significant role. The closer the genetic relationship the more likely the people are to share the disorder. Evidence from family studies by Gottesman showed that when bothparent are schizophrenic then there is a 46% chance of the child getting it‚ however‚ if only one parent had it‚ it dropped to 17%. This suggests

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    Discuss some of the issues surrounding the classification and diagnosis of schizophrenia   Classification systems are needed for the purpose of treatment and research. It can also be comforting to and individual and their family to be able to identify what their problem is and give it a name. Any classification system relies on the symptoms an individual display. However‚ symptoms tend to cluster together‚ so most classification systems of mental disorder focus on syndromes (i.e. clusters of symptoms

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    Future of Health Care in America Shayna Garber Marylhurst University Abstract The one issue that all Americans agree on is we need to reform our health care system in some way; the part we don’t agree on is how to reform it. There will be no reform that will make every citizen happy‚ in truth I feel that either way we go‚ half of the country will be happy and half of the country will be disappointed. As a country we need to fix how the older citizens are treated‚ how our under privileged

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    assessment which is the nursing model used by the Louth/Meath services. The nurse also carries out an admission checklist. When the patient has been admitted and the nurse has gathered all the relevant information they will then incorporate the care plan. I familiarised myself with the documents‚ I will admit I felt a little apprehensive; I was worried I might say the wrong thing or ask the wrong question. As John had a previous history‚ I had been informed that he suffers severe paranoid delusions

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    for schizophrenia to run in families. This suggests that genes and biological factors play a role in the explanation of schizophrenia.. The closer the genetic relationship the more likely the people are to share the disorder. Evidence from family studies by Gottesman showed that when both parent are schizophrenic then there is a 46% chance of the child getting it‚ however‚ if only one parent had it‚ it dropped to 16% and dropped to a further 1% when the sibling of the child had schizophrenia. This

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