PSY F370 Drugs and Behavior Fall 2013 November 9‚ 2013 Opioid Replacement Therapy Medications used for opiate addiction work as agonists‚ antagonists or utilize a combination of both actions. By definition‚ agonists cause a chemical action by binding to cell receptors and mimicking the action of naturally occurring substances such as neurochemicals. Antagonists also attach to cell receptor sites but instead of causing an action‚ they block the receptor from being stimulated by a target substance
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George is an adult male who has chronic renal failure as well as the co-morbidities of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD) and diabetes. As George is indigenous and lives on social assistance‚ these determinants have likely contributed to the development of his co-morbidities and chronic renal failure. Additionally‚ George has been on dialysis three times a week for 15 years but has lately been missing his dialysis appointments and calling the clinic the next day calling to be dialyzed
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WHO‚ (2015) added that‚ nurse should obtain an informed consent from the patient or his family (signed consent) before blood transfusion. Informed consent is very important for both patient and nurse but the need for consent must not prevent or delay urgent transfusion‚ patients transfused when it is not possible to obtain prior consent and provided with information retrospectively. For the same reason‚ patients who have given consent for possible transfusion during surgery should be informed if
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Should I Study Nursing Overseas? Introduction Critical thinking is an essential process in daily life since it allows people to participate in deliberative and self-determining thinking. According to Joe Lau (n.d.)‚ it is used to qualify our thinking procedure by understanding and identifying the vague concepts‚ evaluating and discussing the related debate. In this assignment‚ I would like to illustrate and evaluate the critical thinking skill I have applied in my daily life with a decision-making
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This assignment will present a nursing care study of a patient on a cardiac ward. The patient will be referred to as Ann to maintain confidentiality (NMC‚ 2008). Ann’s consent was gained prior to starting this care study. The care study will be developed using the Nursing process and the Roper‚ Logan and Tierney model. These will both be outlined. The assignment will focus on the assessment process and one problem identified during the assessment and the nursing care which followed this. I was placed
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Alicia V.‚ based on her symptoms‚ is diagnosed with PCOS. This is based on the findings that she is experiencing weight gain‚ unwanted hair growth‚ acne‚ a normal external genitalia‚ cervix‚ and vagina‚ and amenorrhea. Alicia has secondary amenorrhea because she has high levels of prolactin‚ which suppress GnRH and FSH. This is demonstrated by her low FSH levels. Alicia has hirsutism as insulin producing cells are overactive and create too much insulin. This increase in insulin causes her ovaries
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1. The normal fasting glucose level is From 70 to 99 mg/dL . The fasting blood glucose level‚ which is measured after a fast of 8 hours‚ is the most commonly used indication of overall glucose homeostasis‚ largely because disturbing events such as food intake are avoided. It is often the first test done to check for prediabetes (From 100 to 125 mg/dL ) and diabetes (126 mg/dL and above). 2. CB’s fasting blood sugar is 141mg/dl and cholesterol is 225 mg/dl which is higher than the normal range
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I found your post about the lean methodology intriguing and informative. It helped me to have a better understanding of a clinic use for this type of approach to quality improvement in nursing care. Working for the state government means that budgets are tight and there is no room to be wasteful with resources. Richardson et al. (2014) identify certain principles of the Lean process that can be transposed into the healthcare setting. The principles of waste elimination‚ consistent workflow‚ staff
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Internet have already taken a major role. But‚ internet replacement books? Internet is a global network and prevalent in every family‚ company. Internet help us search information‚ get in touch with people through email and chatting on internet. The book is a document providing information‚ knowledge of many issues in society when people read. Now‚ books very many and diverse genres. So internet replacement books. I think internet not replacement books. Because‚ indispensable books in life of people
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Heart valve replacements are more common than most people think. In the United States it is said that over 99‚000 heart valve surgeries are performed yearly. The majority of the valve replacement surgeries are to replace or repair the mitral or aortic valve‚ since the left side of the heart works harder than the right. There are several types of valve disease‚ the two most common are valvular stenosis and valvular insufficiency. Valvular stenosis occurs when the opening of the valve is smaller
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