A. Annette takes medication for her Parkinson’s disease. What is a characteristic that the medication must have to cross the blood brain barrier freely? In order to cross the BBB freely‚ Annette’s medication must be fat soluble. B. Which part of the brain is responsible for controlling the initiation and termination of movement? The basal ganglia of the primary motor area of the brain are primarily responsible for controlling the initiation and termination of movement. C. What other symptom
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Running Head: CELIAC DISEASE Celiac Disease Introduction Celicac disease (CD) is defined as an immune mediated malabsorption disorder caused by the ingestion of gluten and related proteins‚ occurring in genetically predisposed individuals‚ and characterized by a variable combination of elevated titers of celiac-specific autoantibodies‚ an inflammatory enteropathy with variable degrees of severity‚ and a wide range of gastrointestinal and/or systemic complaints”
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Tara is a 32yo‚ G3 P2002‚ who is currently 22 weeks 2 days. She follows in the High Risk Obstetrical Clinic secondary to a history of chronic HTN. She also has a history of preeclampsia in both her prior pregnancies. She reports that her high BP developed in her 1st pregnancy. Around 2 years later she had a stroke that she reportedly thinks was related to uncontrolled HTN. There has been some question in her history about a thrombophilia specifically factor V Leiden‚ although we do have a negative
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Mary and Jason‚ As you both know I’m working at RLC tonight and I just had a question/suggestion on charting‚ like we do on the floor. I like to believe that if the CNA’s could chart on CPSI (ADL) things wouldn’t get overlooked like Incontinency. Like resident in room 216-2 is incontinent during the night but not on days‚ the other aids and some nurses had no idea that this was a thing. It would help reduce fall risks by having the aid chart safety every time they go in a room. To assure that
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Patient X’s doctor has been trying to convince him to practice better lifestyle habits to for several years to help combat his hypertension (on antihypertensive medication for 3 years)‚ diabetes (6 years) and growing waistline. A recent routine check-up revealed a deterioration of his lipid profile (TC 260‚ TG 310‚ HDL 29‚ LDL 170) and fasting glucose of 172. Patient X is 55 years old‚ weighs 245 lbs and he is 5’10 . 1) Hypertension: Weight control to lower the risks associated with hypertension
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Do assessment on Susan’s living environment and avoid any physical barriers‚ especially on the floor. Rationale: It is necessary to keep the living environment safe and tidy to Susan away from walking obstacles such as furnitures and household utensils‚ which will increase the risk of falling to Susan and resulting in hip dislocation due to flexing hip. Susan must not lean forward and downward over 90 degrees and avoid high risk position. Rationale: According to “the 90-degree rule”‚ patient who
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Intervention Plan The most important goal for Emilia is for her to continue her sobriety. It is important for her not use drugs for her biological‚ psychological‚ social‚ and spiritual aspects of her life. The first goal Emilia and I would agree upon is going to ninety twelve step meetings like AA or NA consecutively for at least ninety days. This is an excellent way to tackle the behaviors and compulsion influencing her addiction. This social resource also gives Emilia an opportunity to establish
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You are working in the internal medicine clinic of a large teaching hospital. Today your first patient is 70-year-old J.M‚ a man who has been coming to the clinic for several years for management of CAD and HTN. A cardiac catheterization done a year ago showed 50% stenosis of the circumflex coronary artery. He has had episodes of dizziness for the past 6 months and orthostatic hypotension‚ shoulder discomfort‚ and decreased exercise tolerance for the past 2 months. On his last clinic visit 3 weeks
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Intro 350 In this assignment‚ I selected a case study (refer to appendix) in which I will be linking my Sam to the legal‚ ethical‚ professional and personal factors that are raised in the scenario. My essay will relate back to my Sam throughout while linking to relevant legislations and guidance stated by the nursing and midwifery council. In my chosen scenario‚ this issues of consent and mental capacity and a potential safeguarding concern are raised. I have decided to use the issue of consent
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and types of care provided between patients being treated by NP’s and MD’s. No differences were found. They did find that the patients seen by NP’s were more satisfied with their care and the length of time the practitioner spent with them. (Horrocks‚ S. et al‚ 2002 & Laurent‚M. et al‚ 2008). Through a verbal interview process‚ this student sought the opinion of a local pediatrician who has worked in a practice with APN’s who were phased out of a HMO system. Two questions were asked: 1) Do you feel NP’s have a role in the provision of
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