euthanasia? Euthanasia is the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma. Assisted suicide occurs when a physician prescribes a lethal dose of drugs or injection to their patient. There are four types of euthanasia; a withdrawal of care‚ lethal methods used by a doctor to end a patient’s life‚ doctor assists a patient in their death‚ or the doctor kills the suffering patient without permission (Sheridan). This brings us to Dr. Nitschke’s
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Duramorph (morphine) Classifications: Opioid Route: intrathecally or epiduarally. Larger doses increase the side effects without increase the length of time the drug works. Nurses don’t give this?? OB use: For pain 24 hours after birth/most commonly used with C sections. Side Effects: pruritus‚ nausea and vomiting‚ and urinary retention Nursing implications: works in 30-60 minutes. Contraindications: allergy/hypersensitivity to morphine. Maternal Side effects: most common: confusion‚ sedation
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by the vaccine bind to the nicotine and alter its effect on the brain. • Because not enough nicotine enters the brain‚ no pleasure is derived from the cigarette and it is unlikely for the smoker to relapse. • NicVAX is administered through an injection in the arm‚ so that the 3’-aminomethylnicotine molecule found in the vaccine forces an immune response where ‘nicotine antibodies’ are created. • These antibodies bind to the nicotine and make it too big to cross the blood/brain barrier‚ preventing
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Nursing Care Plan Problem: Impaired Ventilation | Assessment |Nursing Diagnosis |Planning |Intervention |Rationale |Evaluation | |Subjective: |Impaired spontaneous ventilation |Within 8hrs of nursing |Independent: | |
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GSD/EST/OBA/11 METHODS OF BIRTH CONTROL INTRODUCTION 1. A sexually active woman that is fertile and capable of becoming pregnant needs to ask herself‚ “Do I want to become pregnant now?" if her answer is "No”‚ she must use at least a method of birth control. This is because over the years‚ events have shown that uncontrolled births have negative social economic impact on the population. Amongst the effects of uncontrolled births are unwanted children‚ overpopulation‚ increased maternal mortality
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Contents Page Preface’ - 1 Drugs and Drug Related Problems Drug Laws 1. Alcohol 2 15 19 2. Solvents 3. Cannabis 4. Tobacco 5. Caffeine 25 29 34 38 41 6. Amphetamines 7. Cocaine 8. LSD 9. Magic Mushrooms 47 51 53 55 10. Sedatives and Minor Tranquillisers 11. Heroin and other Opiates 59 PREFACE This Third Edition is an extensive revision and updatin of the two earlier versions. New materiakinc~udes information on drugs such as Ice‚ Ecstasy and Buprenorphine
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stopped temporarily by nicotine. In addition‚ withdrawal symptoms occur if one stops smoking‚ which is a major factor in people continuing to smoke. Withdrawal symptoms include physiological distress (such as irritability‚ anxiety‚ and anger)‚ difficulty concentrating (continually thinking about cigarettes)‚ and excessive eating (smokers weigh on average seven pounds less than non-smokers). Smokers with a history of depression have more severe withdrawal symptoms and are also less likely to quit smoking
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strong desire to take the drug‚ difficulties in controlling its use‚ persisting in its use despite harmful consequences‚ a higher priority given to drug use than to other activities and obligations‚ increased tolerance‚ and sometimes a physical withdrawal state.” DSM-IV uses seven criteria requires three to describe dependence. ICD-10 requires three of six criteria . DSM-IV Diagnostic Criteria for Substance Dependence A maladaptive pattern of substance use‚ leading to clinically significant impairment
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Most people when thirsty or parched will go into their kitchen and grab a glass of water from their faucet to quench their thirst. Without any awareness‚ of how much different it was fifty years ago in order to get water through their faucet. Water before 1974 wasn’t the most sanitary water to drink. In 1974 however‚ the Safe Drinking Water Act came into law. The water before the act was passed‚ carried different types of bacterial diseases‚ which were harmful to humans. According to EPA‚ “The
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So how will you know if you are on the right dose of hCG? How should you feel exactly? These are good questions‚ especially if this is your first time trying the hCG Diet because you’re not quite sure what to expect (kind of like wondering what it’s like to give birth to a baby when you’re pregnant for the first time!) Why does the dosing of hCG matter? DOSE MATTERS. Should I print up some shirts for us hCGers? I can’t reiterate the importance of this enough. Reasons having the right dose for your
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