11Focused Study Guide for Mood Disorders 1. List the signs & symptoms of anxiety & describe the nurse’s role in managing anxiety in clients. Panic Disorder -Episodes typically last 15 to 30 min Four or more of the following symptoms are present: * Palpitations * Shortness of breath * Choking or smothering sensation * Chest pain * Nausea * Feelings of depersonalization * Fear of dying or insanity * Chills or hot flashes | Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) excessiveWorry > 6 months
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airway is patent)‚ termination of seizure activity and patient stabilization. Once the child is stabilised‚ investigations into what may have caused the seizure may begin. Seizures are termed ‘idiopathic’ when no cause can be identified‚ and the child should be referred to a neurologist as an outpatient. Idiopathic seizures account for 70% of unprovoked seizures in children (Sharieff & Hendry‚ 2011). This essay will explore the current practice and guidelines of seizure management on an acute ward
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Case Presentation A 4 year old boy presents to the Pediatrician’s office with pain and swelling of multiple large joints. He first developed pain over his right elbow‚ then right knee and both shoulders. The pain progressed‚ became associated with low grade fever and his mother also noticed swelling of the affected joints. By the end of day 2‚ the boy refused to bear weight and had to be carried to the clinic. The patient has also been having multiple episodes of watery‚ non-bloody diarrhea for
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Hyperhidrosis is a disorder characterized by excessive sweating in amount greater than what is physiologically necessary to maintain homeostasis [1-5]. This condition may be primary (idiopathic) or secondary to an underlying disease or medication. Only primary hyperhidrosis (PHH) will be addressed in this work. Primary hyperhidrosis is a dermatological and neurological disorder caused by an abnormal activity of the eccrine sweat glands. A noteworthy portion of patients experiencing excessive sweating
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Vanessa Cuffee Interventions Case Study November 30‚ 2014 Amanda Williams “A Crisis Involving Chronic Back Pain” in Ch 9 Introduction Pain is a physiological response in living things. The human body‚ pain may be an underlying symptom of a disorder. Pain may arise from damage in the tissue and subsequent infiltration of immune cells to the damaged region. Similarly‚ pain may be due to injury in the nerves which play critical role as sensory system of the body (Bishop PM‚ 1950). The unpleasant
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Cranston As RADM Lyle Haggerty John Hawkes As Roger Chin Han As Sun Feng Jude Law As Alan Krumwiede Gwyneth Paltrow As Beth Emhoff The Theme of The Movie The film entitled “Contagion” started with the story of Beth Emhoff who dies from an idiopathic type of disease soon after her return from a business trip to Hong Kong. Unluckily her son also dies on the same day she was passed away‚ and the good thing is her husband seems immune from the said virus. From that day on‚ Doctors from the U.S
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Transmitted infection Priapism- Persistent erection Ureters = 2 tubes t 3’s‚ 2 kidneys(p3) *Hematuria = blood in urine* Urethra= 1 bladder‚ 1 external opening Cephalic- Head (p7) Caudal- tail Dextrocardia- heart on the wrong side Idiopathic- No known cause Subungual Hematoma (p8) -Blood underneath the fingernail Thrombus- Blood clot (stationary) (p11) Embolus - blood clot that migrates (emigrates) Myocardial infarction- heart attack Chapter 2 Amniocentesis (15wks) (p36)
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Glomerulonephritis and Glomerulosclerosis of Kidneys and Nursing Considerations Mark Greiner Liberty University Abstract Glomerulosclerosis or nephropathy is a major cause of chronic kidney disease that can lead to future total kidney failure. One of precursors is glomerulonephritis‚ this inflammation of the glomeruli has many possible causes. People with either type of uncontrolled diabetes mellitus are at higher risk. A clinical indicator of early glomerulosclerosis is a change in renal function
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Psychotherapeutic Treatments of Major Depressive Disorder Seham Saba National University Author Note This paper is being submitted to Eugene Furnace‚ MS in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Clinical Assessment II‚ PSY623B‚ on May 2nd‚ 2013. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Seham Saba‚ College of Letters and Sciences‚ National University San Bernardino Campus‚ 804 East Brier Drive‚ San Bernardino‚ CA 92408. E-mail: sehamsaba@hotmail.com Abstract This
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Patient Information: E.J. 15 year old. Caucasian. Female. S. CC: Dry‚ reddened hands/wrists HPI: Ellie’s mother reports that‚ about one month ago‚ she noticed that Ellie’s hands and wrists were very dry and reddened. She has been giving her lotion to apply but nothing seems to help and she has become concerned and thinks she might have eczema. Mother reports that she has tried to watch Ellie’s habits and hasn’t noticed anything super out of the ordinary. However‚ it is unknown as to her habits
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