ASSESSMENT & CARE PLAN CLIENT CASE STUDY #2 Student: Fall 2010 Client Initials: VC Age: 82 Gender: Female Date Admitted to Nursing Home: 12/14/07 Assessment Date: 12/3/10 1. HEALTH HISTORY Brief description of health history and reason in nursing home: VC has a history of malignant neoplasm of her large intestine which lead to her colostomy status. She also has a history of fracture and fall. She was admitted to the nursing facility secondary to her alzheimer’s diagnosis
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Diabetes is a condition in which the amount of glucose (sugar) in the blood is too high because the body cannot use it properly. The hormone insulin is needed to allow glucose to pass into the body cells to provide energy. Glucose comes from the digestion of starchy foods such as bread‚ rice‚ potatoes‚ chapattis‚ yams and plantain‚ from sugar and other sweet foods. Glucose is also stored and released from the liver. Type 2 diabetes develops when the body can still make some insulin‚ but not enough
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What is Type 2 Diabetes? Type 2 Diabetes is a lifelong disease in which there is a high level of sugar (glucose) in the blood. It is the most common form of diabetes. Obesity is common in patients with type 2 diabetes. Statistics show that four out of five victims of type 2 diabetes are overweight of obese. Type 2 diabetes is a condition in which ones pancreas makes enough insulin‚ but the body cannot use the insulin correctly. This is called insulin resistance. Insulin resistance occurs in
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After a week of this I was rushed to the hospital after I saw the doctor. While I was in the hospital I wasn’t allowed to eat for 24 hours‚ I was starving. On the second day in the hospital I left the intensive care unit and went home‚ but for the next 2 weeks I had to go back to the hospital for training every other day. Now I have to test my blood glucose by pricking my finger to get some blood and than I insert it into a small machine 5-10 times a day and inject myself
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Diabetes Diabetes is chronic health condition that causes high blood sugar level and other negative health effects. The condition occur when the body cells do not respond properly to insulin or when insulin production is inadequate. It is important to note that insulin is an enzyme that regulates the level of blood sugar in an individual’s body. There are two types of diabetes depending on the source of insulin deficiency. Type 1 diabetes occurs when the immune system attacks and destroys the cells
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A fascination in the health and more importantly how these individuals are given collective and intensive care within the framework of health and social care motivated my interest to be an adult’s nurse. Adult nursing is a career that needs patience and empathy‚ and which could be especially rewarding in terms of the help I could give. It would give me the opportunity to study something that involves both academic and practical study‚ which I feel would suit me best. I feel that I am a responsible
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June 18‚ 2009‚ a beautiful‚ summer‚ rainy night‚ the clock reads one after midnight and instead of waking up in my bed‚ I woke up in a hospital bed‚ wearing a hospital gown‚ and nurses huddled over me injecting needles into my bare skin. A million questions rise in the back of my mind with fear in my eyes. The last thing I remembered was eating a chocolate bar in my living room. I hear my brother across the room shouting‚ “Dad‚ she’s awake!” My father rushed over to me with joy in his eyes‚ “Hi sweetie
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examples of client centered care in this clinical. Paramedics were transporting an injured young man. The family was sitting in the waiting room‚ waiting for his arrival. This client died on route to the hospital and the family has no idea that this happened. The ambulance brought this client in and he was a mess. We cleaned him up so he looks presentable to the family. The nurse did not want to give the family a horrific last memory of this client. The physician spoke to the family that this client did
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workers‚plantation life in Hawaii in the 1800’s was extremely hard.Living conditions were terrible‚disgusting and unsanitary‚too small for the amount of people fit in the barracks;Working conditions were hard;painful and the salary was way too low‚and the race discrimination and gender difference were unfair‚while the worst jobs were given to the Asians‚and the best jobs were given to the whites and Portuguese. Living conditions were disgusting‚unsanitary‚too small‚and terrible.Most were miserable under
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Summative Assignment – Diabetes Part 1: - Diabetes is a disease in which the body’s cells have an inability to absorb glucose due to either the pancreas not being able to generate insulin or the cells not reacting to the reduced amount of insulin being produced‚ these are diagnosed as type 1 and type 2 respectively. Carol is the case study being used‚ she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 7 and she is also 6 weeks pregnant. As type one diabetes is an autoimmune disease the immune
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