Introduction Type II Diabetes is a rapidly growing disease in our country. Unfortunately‚ many of us know at least one person who battles through this metabolic disease. I chose the article titled The sugar disease-understanding type 2 diabetes mellitus written by Georgina Casey to review and learn from. This article was found in the Continuing Professional Development +Nurses Journal published in March 2011. My grandmother has battled with this disease for many years and it has slowly progressed
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BUSN300-1005B-10 Unit 2 Individual Project 2: Expected U.S. Unemployment Rate: A look into the future January 18‚ 2011 Professor Lynn Moore Introduction The economy is in a real crisis regarding the rapid decline of employment across the nation. The United States unemployment rate at the end of 2010 was reported at 9.4 percent‚ however‚ despite the high percentage of unemployment nationwide there may be a light at the end of this very dark tunnel. The national unemployment rate between November
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COMMUNITY COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF NURSING CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL Subjective Data (Basic Conditioning Factors) Student: Date of Care: 10/03/09 Patient’s Initials: P. V. Age: 37 Room #: 3114 Bed 1 Allergies: Food: NKA Gender: F Medications: NKA Environmental: NKA Admitting Diagnosis: Pancreatitis Developmental Stage (Erickson and Havinghurst): (List Developmental stage and tasks‚ assess each task) 1. Selecting a mate: Although patient
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Indiana Nursing Program – Region 6 Nursing Care Plan and Evaluation Student: __ Instructor: _Date: _1-28-2010_____ Instructions: 1. The nursing care plan evaluation is based upon the application of criteria appropriate for the student’s skill set. 2. All nursing care plans must be typed (Times New Roman‚ 12 point font). The nursing care plan form is available on Blackboard™ in each clinical course. 3. The grading rubric must be attached – last page of nursing care plan. 4. All
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Data Base and Nursing Care Plan Student Name: Date: Pathophysiology (Include Normal Physiology‚ identify the Physiological Alteration‚ identify sings and symptoms). M.P. is a 56 year old African American male‚ with a history of progressive multiple sclerosis with multiple contractures‚ chronic decubitus ulcers‚ chronic indwelling urinary catheter and known osteomyelitis (infection of the bone). Mr. P. was admitted on October 25th with sepsis‚ a systemic response to infection.
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Outcomes of Foster Care Angela Nagle COM 150 May 16‚ 2010 Michelle Vanderhoof Growing up many children think that it is normal how they are living‚ whether it is good or bad. On the bad side it could be from getting abused to not always having enough food to eat; or sleeping on the floors to sleeping in the family car. When social services finds out about something like this‚ they do their best to better the situation. One situation they try is placing children in protective custody‚ also
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Diabetes mellitus is a disorder of carbohydrate metabolism caused probably by both hereditary and environmental factors. There is an inadequate secretion and utilisation of insulin. This is manifested by polydipsia‚ polyuria and polyphagia. The word diabetes mellitus is derived from the Greek word meaning “a siphon” because people with diabetes passed out water like a siphon. Diabetes mellitus is a term used to differentiate it from another condition called diabetes insipidus. Mellitus means sweet
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Approximately two and a half years ago I was diagnosed with type one diabetes. That day single handedly changed my entire life. To this day I am not completely set on there this was a progression or a setback in my life. When I look at that day‚ It just astonishes me on how everything happened so fast. Everything about my life was changed in some way. While I told you my procedures‚ and how my diabetes works‚ I have yet to tell you of my diagnosis. All the signs to diagnose me ere present‚ but
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The living and working conditions in Australia‚ at the start of the century depended very much on which social class a person belonged to because the society followed ‘laissez-faire’ policies‚ that is‚ the government interfered little in economic affairs and left people to look after themselves. Therefore‚ between the rich and the poor there were enormous differences in living conditions such as education‚ health and hygiene and in particular leisure. For average Australians work was very laborious
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LP3.1 Assignment: Compare & Contrast Essay – Draft Diabetes: Type 1 vs. Type 2 Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood sugar‚ either because the body does not produce enough insulin‚ or because cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced. It is caused by very low insulin levels in one’s body‚ resistance to insulin‚ no insulin production or a combination of factors. Insulin is a hormone which is normally produced by the pancreas that works in
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