Cholesterol: A Patient Conversation Name SC121 October 27‚ 2014 Hello Mr. Brown‚ My name is Jane and I am your PA today otherwise known as a Physician’s Assistant. The doctor had ordered some test for you and I am going to go over your results and explain to you what each of them mean. If you have any questions please feel free to stop me at any time. First we will start off with your Triglyceride level and it was 145 mg/dl. Your Triglycerides is fat in the blood and they are used to provide
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Social Science Vol. 7‚ No. 5‚ 2011‚ pp. 1-14 DOI:10.3968/J.css.1923669720110705.199 Using Nonverbal Communication in Politics UTILISATION DE LA COMMUNICATION NON-VERBALE DANS LA POLITIQUE Müge Demir1‚* the political leaders messages. “How are the non-verbal communication items used by political leaders” is the starting point and the question for this article. Because today nonverbal communication items are effective to create political image and has an important dimension in the international
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The Range of causes of dementia There are many diseases that result in dementia. The most common types of dementia are Alzheimer’s disease; vascular dementia; Pick’s disease; dementia with Lewy bodies (Fronto-Temporal); Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD); Huntington’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most common causes of dementia. The term ’dementia’ describes a set of symptoms‚ which can include memory loss‚ changes in mood and problems with communication and reasoning. These symptoms occur
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university education be free for everyone? In the modern world‚ education plays a great role in developing people’s knowledge. Higher education imparts special knowledge to students and helps them to hone their skill in their field of interest. Therefore‚ further education should be provided to university students free of cost. However‚ in developed countries with a large population and underdeveloped countries which are poor this idea will not be feasible. This essay will argue that higher
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The last six weeks have challenged my preconceived ideas about sociology and the role that it plays in society in the popular and social media‚ my values‚ behaviours and belief system. What I hope to highlight throughout this reflective essay is what I have learnt and how that has shaped my new thought process and reinforced old thought patterns. Week one I learnt about the Sociological imagination where to quote C Wright “The sociological imagination enables us to grasp the connection between
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possibly diagnose a patient by looking at these scribbles‚ now with much practice I am able to interpret
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losses; overall‚ pretty commonplace‚ small town lives. Here‚ hidden in the ordinary‚ Wilder begins to weave one of his themes and uses Mrs. Gibbs to advance it. She is raising two children‚ married to the town doctor‚ and just a regular housewife. Hers is a perfect life for Wilder to expand upon the theme of finding extraordinary in the ordinary. Mrs. Gibbs as a character strengthens the idea that even the most ordinary‚ run-of-the-mill lives can be special and meaningful to the people living them
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Communication with others using voice inflection The competency I wish to improve is communicating with others. This is mainly because I feel that I need to improve my voice inflection and words carefully to effectively express myself more clearly using combination of emotion‚ expression‚ language and posture. Communication is the exchange and flow of information and ideas from one person to another. Effective communication will only work if the receiver understands and hears clearly what
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Patient adherence plays a huge role in the health outcome/goal. There are many social and economical factors that affect adherence and there can be intentional or nonintentional nonadherence. I think that the information-motivation-strategy model can be successful it carried out correctly and to it’s fullest extent. Informing the patient about the benefits and uses of taking the medication is key to increase patient adherence. As a patient‚ I would not take a medication if I didn’t know the actual
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they do. In the ICU‚ alarms are never shut off or turned down; they are set specifically to the patients’ parameters. (Hebda & Czar‚ 2013‚ p. 14) stated that “Patient safety is a priority for the health systems‚ professionals‚ and consumers around the world.” In the scenario given regarding working in a sterile environment and having my cell phone ringing; I would be truthful and tell my patient that I am doing a sterile procedure and cannot touch the phone at this time. For example‚ there are
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