Chapter 17 End of life care includes: palliative care- comprehensive care for patients whose disease is not responsive to cure; care also extends to patients’ families; management of psychological‚ social‚ and spiritual problems as well as control of pain and other physical symptoms; to improve pt and family’s quality of life hospice- care provided to terminally ill patient’s and their families; death has been accepted‚ bereavement for family; generally associated with palliative care that is
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Nurses role in the initial assessment and nursing management of a patient with Acute Myocardial Infarction For the purpose of this essay‚ the author will investigate the role of a registered nurse in the initial assessment and management of a patient with acute Myocardial Infarction (MI). This essay will further discuss the anatomy of the heart and how it functions; the pathophysiology and initial signs and symptoms of MI. To achieve this‚ the author has conducted literature review through using
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properly such as the kidneys or eyesight. (Hales‚ 2003‚ pg. 462) Diabetes is broken down into two groups: type 1 and type 2. Type 1 means a person has an insulin deficiency‚ whereas type 2 diabetes means a person is producing too much insulin. The imbalance can cause glucose to become too high in the blood and too low for the cells‚ which means whatever is not used is passed through the urine. This can cause the body to use stored fat as a source of energy that results in ketones being produced (acids)
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The Social Model of Health When discussing ‘models of health’‚ it is imperative that we understand the meaning of health‚ illness and disease as they vary between different groups within society : ‘Health’ is being able to function normally within usual everyday routine. ‘Disease’ is the subjective experience of loss of health‚ such as the reporting of symptoms. ‘Illness’ is an umbrella term used to refer to the experience of disease plus illness. The social model of health looks at how society
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ASSIGNMENT # 1 1. Adam Smith‚ 77 years of age‚ is a male patient who was admitted from a nursing home to the intensive care unit with septic shock secondary to urosepsis. The patient has a Foley catheter in place from the nursing home with cloudy greenish‚ yellow-colored urine with sediments. The nurse removes the catheter after obtaining a urine culture and replaces it with a condom catheter attached to a drainage bag since the patient has a history of urinary and bowel incontinence. The patient
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Jobi M. Troumbly Case study 17 Pages 85-89 1. Given the diagnosis of acute MI‚ what other lab results are you going to look at? CKMB‚ Troponin I‚ Myoglobin- which are all cardiac injury markers. ECGs done at an outside hospital or en route‚ noting the context in which notable ECGs were printed. 2. You find the following laboratory results in the patient’s chart. For each‚ interpret the result‚ and evaluate the meaning for C.B. a. Creatinine phosphokinase (CK) levels drawn on
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M1. Discuss the role of energy in the body The three systems in our body that work together are cardiovascular‚ respiratory and digestive systems which supply energy to the cells of the body. I will be describing their role of energy in the body system; also I am going to explain the physiology of the three named body systems in relation to energy metabolism. Respiratory System The respiratory system consists of tissues and organs in our body which are formed into groups. The system includes airways
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identified at the end of each task. Learning outcomes On completion of this unit a learner should: 1 Know the organisation of the human body 2 Understand the functioning of the body systems associated with energy metabolism 3 Understand how homeostatic mechanisms operate in the maintenance of an internal environment 4 Be able to interpret data obtained from monitoring routine activities with reference to the functioning of healthy body systems. Brief This unit introduces core knowledge of
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Anatomy and Physiology P5/M2 - Homeostasis Homeostasis is the need for an organism or a cell to regulate its internal environment (conditions within the fluid surrounding its body cells) by a system of feedback controls to stabilise health and functioning despite the outside changing conditions. This is important as this is what maintains and helps internal conditions (body temperature) to remain stable and constant. In humans homeostasis happens when the body regulates its body temperature in
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requires a receptor‚ a control centre‚ and an effector. A receptor is the structure that monitors internal conditions. Receptors sense changes in function and begin the body’s homeostatic response. These receptors are connected to a control centre that studies all the information sent to it by the receptors. In most homeostatic mechanisms‚ the control centre is the brain. When the brain receives information about a change in the body’s internal conditions‚ it sends out signals along nerves. These signals
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