1. CASE STUDY: ALICIA Alicia is a 28 year old female that has been referred for outpatient services after being admitted into an acute psychiatric ward for 5 days. Alicia complains of persistent numbness on the right side of her body‚ extending from her face down to her leg. Twice‚ Alicia was admitted into the hospital from the emergency room with a visible amount of paralysis on the right side of her face. After numerous tests‚ ruling out Bell’s Palsy and Parkinson’s disease‚ Alicia was sent
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Alzheimers Disease What is Alzheimers Disease? The most common form of dementing illness‚ Alzheimers Disease (AD) is a progressive‚ degenerative disease that attacks the brain‚ causing impaired memory‚ thinking and behavior. The person with AD may experience confusion‚ personality and behavior changes‚ impaired judgment‚ and difficulty finding words‚ finishing thoughts or following directions. It eventually leaves its victims incapable of caring for themselves. What happens to the brain in Alzheimers
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Running Head: GRAVES’ DISEASE Graves’ Disease Graves’ Disease Graves’ disease‚ also known as toxic diffuse goiter‚ is the most common cause (80%) of hyperthyroidism in the United States (Rakel & Bope‚ 2008). Hyperthyroidism is a hypermetabolic disorder that occurs when the thyroid gland makes more thyroid hormone than the body needs (Nettina‚ 2006). Over activity of the thyroid gland leads to high levels of thyroid
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contagious disease‚ it cannot be contracted by touching someone‚ or by sitting next to them. Mrs. Q. has gotten a test done for tuberculin‚ and it has come back positive. Since this is a very contagious disease‚ she has chosen to share the results of this test with her office manager because of the risks that she could cause for the other co-workers or customers. Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that affects mainly the lungs‚ but can still affect all areas of the body. If this disease‚ Mycobacterium
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Human Disease Several scientific terms are relatively easy to define‚ others tend to be more difficult; “health” and “disease” fall under the latter category. Many suggest that “disease” is merely a disorder of a system’s normal functions while “health” is the absence of disease. On the other hand‚ could a person whose bodily systems are functioning properly but who is unhappy or depressed be considered healthy? Can an alcoholic or drug-addict whose habit has not as yet caused any physical harm
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Huntington disease Name Institute Huntington Disease Introduction Shortage of information about Huntington disease (HD) and its non-clinical management inveigled me into a quest for journal articles about this comparatively rare illness. Having pored over scores of Journal of Clinical Nursing Issues‚ I stumbled across the article entitled “Exploring supportive care for individuals affected by Huntington disease and
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Case Study Joe Camel‚ in room 725‚ is an 68 year old Caucasian male who was seen in the Emergency Department at Frick Memorial Hospital the morning of September 9‚2013 by Dr. Black D.O. Mr. Camel was initially presented with shortness of breath‚ chest pain (angina) and persistent cough. He was alert and oriented and was able to answer all past history medical questions. Joe has been diagnosed through his family physician with Diabetes Mellitus‚ hypertension‚ and Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
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1. Diagnosis: Risk for injury r/t bleeding from uterine atony‚ retained placental fragments‚ lacerations‚ or hematoma. Short term goal: Patient will not experience any excessive bleeding & Patient will verbalize an understanding about warning signs of excessive bleeding Long term goal: Patient’s bleeding will be lighter in color and she will regain her prepregnant state without complications to hemorrhage. 1. Assess and teach pt to palpate uterus for height and firmness and location
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Introduction Tele-nursing is the use of telecommunications technology such as videos‚ computers and tele-monitoring technologies to provide nursing care and advice at a distance. This growing technology offers many advantages in the delivery of healthcare information‚ disease monitoring‚ health promotion and disease prevention services‚ as well as nursing diagnosis‚ treatment and education to patient at home from a centralized location. Tele-nursing can be instrumental in helping patients
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audience is nursing students. There is a lot of information that nurses don’t necessarily need to know. Martinreyes626. (2014‚ January 3). Oxygenation of the Respiratory System for Nursing [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92503sXnOLM The videos from this particular user are great for nursing students because this guy is a nursing student. Martin Reyes‚ the user who uploaded the video‚ apparently makes these videos‚ speaking about what he learned in nursing school
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