N290 Revised Fall 2009 NORTH IDAHO COLLEGE Associate Degree Nursing Program Nursing Interventions III PSYCHIATRIC CASE STUDY Part I STUDENT _____________ Date of Clinical _____________ UNIT_____________ Patient: Sam (not his real name) A. Demographic Data Male X Female Age __38__ Height __6’1‖ Weight _250 Ethnicity _ Caucasian ____ Religion: _not known_____________________ Occupation: Grocery Stocking Clerk _______________________________ Code Status: __full____________Date
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Case Study Patients name: John Nash Diagnosis and Assessment Axis I: Undifferentiated Type Using the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM IV-TR) John Nash has been given the primary diagnosis of being undifferentiated. Plus abnormalities of the brain structure and function‚ disorganized speech and behavior‚ delusions‚ and hallucinations. Nash often has panic attacks‚ withdrawal from social activities‚ and loss of attention to personal hygiene and grooming‚ and
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This movie was based on the life of John Nash a mathematician and professor of Princeton University. Who also won a Nobel Prize in Economics in 1994. He also suffered from Paranoid Schizophrenia‚through his anguish‚ we gain knowledge of a life with mental illness and how affects every component of his life and those close to himThe movie starts with his early years at Princeton University but he is not very popular around his peers‚ except for his roommate and friend "Charles". In the part where
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mind‚ but an even greater gift is to discover a beautiful heart.” - John Forbes Nash Jr. Those wise words that John Nash spoke a few years back still resonate today. The story starts at Princeton University‚ where John Nash is the recipient of a scholarship. (The Carnegie Prize for mathematics.) Then we are introduced to his roommate Charles‚ a literature student‚ he greets John and they instantly hit it off and become friends. John also meets an interesting group of men. They also are math and science
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Beautiful Mind"‚the main character John Nash is a brilliant Mathematician who suffers over many of years with a serious psychotic disorder called schizophrenia. John has many hallucinations and delusions throughout much of his adult life. These hallucinations include two sided conversations with imaginary people‚ that in his mind are really there‚ yet nobody else can see them. The type of schizophrenia John has falls in to a paranoid schizophrenic category. John specifically believes Charles Herman
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Food item 1 – Cranberry cheesecake. EGGS CHEMICAL- Eggs are a self- contained food that provides many nutrients such as protein. They are low in saturated fats‚ and provide vitamin b12. PHYSICAL AND SENSORY- Egg whites are clear liquid with a slimy texture and egg yolks is a dense yellow color and is slightly more viscous. FUNCTIONAL: Eggs are a protein that provides many nutrients. When eggs are put into the cheesecake mixture‚ they add richness to the texture and help hold the structure of
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A beautiful mind is a great way to describe John Nash because he was a brilliant person who suffered and fought through Schizophrenia. Nash was born on June 13‚ 1928‚ in Bluefield‚ West Virginia. His father was an electrical engineer for the Appalachian Electric Power Company. His mother‚ name was Virginia Martin and she had been a schoolteacher before she married. Nash had a younger sister‚ Martha‚ born November 16‚ 1930. Nash attended kindergarten and public school. Nash’s parents worked hard
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Patient’s Name: Allison A. Type of Case: Bilateral Vocal Nodules Age: 7 years of age Referral: Referred by the client’s ENT Dr. Ambrosia. Reason for Referral: Client demonstrates an excessive amount of hoarseness in her voice and many occasions of losing her voice secondary to a diagnosis of vocal nodules. History of the Problem: Appears vocal abnormalities were first noticed when the child was in the first grade and continued into second grade. Teachers observed hoarseness and a loss of voice at
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I have done case studies for numerous years but I found the case of John Nash the most intriguing. John Nash was mildly arrogant‚ charming‚ and an extremely gifted mathematician. He would scribble mathematical formulas and discoveries on windows in his dorm room‚ and overall he had impeccable intelligence. He developed a groundbreaking economic theory‚ to his impressive rise to the cover of Forbes magazine and an MIT professorship‚ and on through to his eventual dismissal due to schizophrenic delusions
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Introduction The patient M. is a 26 year old married female who was brought to the ER by her husband after increased anxiety and depression worsened after a “spiritual attack” that lasted for over four days. While in the ER the patient admitted to hearing multiple distant male and female voices all around her head and outside of her head. She states not being able to make out the message but interprets them to be negative in nature. She told the ER Doc she felt people were trying to
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