Case Study #2 Ambar Alvarez California State University – San Marcos NURS 312 Pharmacology and Pathophysiology Alham Abuatiq. PhD. MSN.RN July 30‚ 2017 Case Study# 2 1. Heart failure (HF) is a syndrome that involves dysfunction of the cardiac muscle‚ it occurs with “any of disorders that damage or overwork the heart muscle” (Karch‚ 2017 p.751). Some of the disorders that may lead to HF are: coronary artery disease‚ cardiomyopathy‚ hypertension‚ and valvular heart disease (Karch‚ 2017).
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Gestational Diabetes Alivia Danna October 5‚ 2011 HED 3390 Gestational Diabetes Gestational diabetes is a disease that affects pregnant women it’s a glucose intolerance that is started or diagnosed during pregnancy. Based on recently announced diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes‚ according to the American Diabetes Association‚ it is estimated that gestational diabetes affects 18% of pregnancies. Pregnancy hormones can block insulin therefore causing the glucose levels to increase
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What is diabetes? Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases where the body’s pancreas does not produce enough insulin or does not properly respond to insulin produced‚ resulting in high blood sugar levels over a prolonged period. There are several different types of diabetes‚ but the most common forms are type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Both impact glucose levels‚ and if left untreated‚ can cause many complications What is type 1 diabetes? Type 1 diabetes (T1D) can occur at any age‚ but is most commonly
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MGT427 Term Paper On Training Program of Chevron Bangladesh in Strategic Management Perspective Submitted to- Ariful Ghani BRAC Business School Submitted by- Nafisa Islam 12104128 Protyoi Sinha Raeq 12104091 Nuren Durdana 11204019 Satata Satez 11304014 Lamisa Manzoor 11304072 Protiti Khan 11304018 Date of submission- 5th April‚ 2015 Executive Summary This report concentrates heavily
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Diabetes neuropathy (DN) is a neurological disorder associated with Diabetes Mellitus (DM)‚ also known as Type-2 diabetes (Menz‚ Lord‚ St George‚ & Fitzpatrick‚ 2004). Diabetes neuropathy has many integral complications that circulate around the biomechanical impairments of the feet‚ especially in the elderly population with diabetes (Richardson‚ Thies‚ DeMott‚ & Ashton-Miller‚ 2005). DN has worrying health risks as it has harmful effects on stability‚ gait efficiency and function (Menz‚ Morris‚
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this essay will be discussing a patient with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and will also be discussing the nursing care that will be received by the patient following a hypoglycaemic attack. The patient being described is a fictitious seventy year old lady called Mabel Gordon; she lives in a flat in a city centre with her husband Bert. Mabel has had type 2 diabetes for years which has been poorly controlled by medication and diet. Mabel’s diabetes has now progressively worsened; she has been commenced
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In turn‚ these causes an improper amount of glucagon to be released. When the system is thrown out of balance‚ it can lead to dangerous levels of glucose in your blood. In people who have diabetes mellitus‚ tissues cannot take up glucose effectively‚ causing blood glucose levels to become very high‚ a condition called hyperglycemia. Because glucose cannot enter the cells of the satiety center of the brain without insulin‚ the satiety center
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BENEFITS OF ASSIGNING CASE MANAGERS The Benefits of Assigning Case Managers to Individuals with Diabetes Denise White Florida Atlantic University Teresa Barret‚ MSN‚ ARNP NUR3160 April 15‚ 2009 There are many illnesses and diseases causing people to have a poor quality of life. Diseases such as diabetes (type I and II)‚ are increasing in alarming numbers due to poor management by both healthcare teams and patients. According to Wikipedia (2009)‚ the role of case manager was implemented
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Running Head: DEALING WITH DIABETES UO7a1-Unit 7 Assignment DEALING WITH DIABETES BIO1000 Capella University November 24‚ 2013 DEALING WITH DIABETES Dear Friend‚ I sympathize with you newly discovered prognosis of type 2 diabetes. It is a process of deciding now‚ how to utilize your method of change in diet‚ exercise and properly medicating yourself. I took the initiative of preparing some information
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On Friday‚ September 30‚ 2016 at 0806 hours‚ this writer spoke with Ms. Sandra Reyes via phone. Ms. Sandra Reyes is the mother and reporting person for M-1 and M-2 (Jessica Reyes). Ms. Sandra Reyes is a Spanish speaking individual. This writer was assisted by Officer Roman for the translation and interpreting of the conversation along with Mr. Bryan Reyes‚ who is the brother of M-1 and M-2. Ms. Reyes‚ reports M-1 and M-2 often leave the home without permission. She also reports this is not the
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