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    I chose to watch the Ted Talk on “My Stroke of Insight” by Jill Bolte Taylor. I found this video interesting. Ms. Taylor had a hemorrhage that caused her to have a brain of an infant. To further explain‚ Ms. Taylor lost all of her knowledge including her speech‚ cognitive skills and so on. I thought it was amazing how someone could be a grown adult‚ but then have brain trauma and it is like they are a baby again. Then to see Ms. Taylor standing and talking to the audience amazes me. How does someone

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    Mobility in Stroke Rehabilitation The purpose of this assignment is to identify the nursing role in the mobility rehabilitation of a patient who had a lacunar ischaemic stroke affecting the right corona radiata.The nursing care and the interdisciplinary management of the impairment will be critically evaluated as well as the patient progress during the stay in the hospital. The patient that will be discussed in this assignment was given the pseudonym of Martha. Martha is a 76 year old female

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    Stroke: A Case Study

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    A stroke is when the flow of oxygen-rich blood to a portion of the brain is blocked. Without oxygen‚ brain cells start to die after a few minutes. Sudden bleeding in the brain also can cause a stroke if it damages brain cells (What is a Stroke‚ 2016). Strokes or Cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) are the fourth leading cause of death in America‚ accounting for five percent of deaths killing over 128‚000 people per year (Kochanek‚ 2016). Over 20‚000 more women than men suffer from CVA (Alan‚ 2013) and

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    worth less than others •Voluntary euthanasia is the start of a slippery slope that leads to involuntary euthanasia and the killing of people who are thought undesirable •Euthanasia might not be in a person’s best interests •Euthanasia affects other people’s rights‚ not just those of the patient Practical arguments •Proper palliative care makes euthanasia unnecessary •There’s no way of properly regulating euthanasia •Allowing euthanasia will lead to less good care for the terminally ill •Allowing

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    Stroke treatment‚ Alzheimer Most common cause of stroke-thrombus by atherosclerosis Embolus-2nd most common Hemorrhage-90yr old+‚ cerebral artery problem ER care • Thrombus and Embolus-anticoagulant • Hemorrhage-heparin • Know the cause and prioritizing the intervention • Airway-Hemiplegia Pt easily gets tongue obstruction • Turn the head to the side • 10-30* HOB for better venous return • O2 • IV • VS • Assessment-Neuro‚ pupil‚ Glasgow coma scale‚ Ask Pt Q ex) Raise your hand

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    Four Types Of Stroke

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    STROKE By: Courtney Evans WHAT IS A STROKE?  A stroke occurs when blood supply to part of the brain is interrupted or severely reduced‚ depriving brain tissue of oxygen and food. AREAS AFFECTED  Depending on the type of stroke‚ different areas of the brain will be affected‚ but generally speaking if the frontal lobe is affected ones motor skills‚ higher processing‚ speech‚ and planning will be affected. If the parietal lobe is affected ones association areas and attention areas will be affected

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    of Paediatric Stroke The treatment of ischemic stroke is involve both initial treatment of acute stroke to preserve neurological function and continuous treatment to prevent recurrent stroke which occurs in 10% and 25% of children with stroke. Efforts to prevent a first stroke are also important for children with high risk conditions such as congenital heart disease. For all type of perinatal stroke‚ supportive treatment is a must. The supportive measures for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) should include

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    speech difficulty. The emergency room physician‚ who also specialized in neurology‚ immediately suspected that the patient suffered from a stroke. Stroke occurs when the blood flow to a certain part of the brain is blocked‚ which causes the blood vessels to burst or leak within the brain. This leak of blood in the brain causes nerve cells to die (“What is Stroke?” 1). To confirm his doubts and diagnoses‚ the physician ordered the background information and medical history of the patient. According

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    To what extent is it true that people are either ‘left brained’ or ‘right brained’? The term ‘left-brained’ or ‘right-brained’ is commonly used to refer to certain personality types. It is assumed that people who use the right side of their brains are more creative‚ thoughtful and subjective‚ while those who use the left side are more logical‚ detail-oriented and analytical (Novotney‚ 2013). In order to acknowledge these differences this essay will highlight what is meant by lateralisation of the

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    Let’s face it‚ in the eyes of the modern day motocross racer‚ 2 strokes are a thing of the past. But don’t let anyone fool you into thinking that a camshaft equipped bike is superior to the modern day 2 stroke though. The 4 stroke equipped dirt bikes have the upper hand thanks to race rules regarding engine displacement. To help make them competitive they literally doubled the displacement for what is allowed for a 2 stroke. As the 4 stroke evolved and progressed over a few short years it was clear they

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