be having with daily living. A more important and serious issue interlaced with narratives is the "personal issue of telling stories about illness…" (Frank‚ ch.1 pg.2) Narratives are the beginning to the process of healing. By definition‚ the term "healing" is best understood as a natural process by which the body repairs itself. Although rather simplistic sounding‚ healing ’s true definition or meaning is a much more complicated issue. When analyzing healing‚ it is imperative for an individual to
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death rate from alcoholism‚ tuberculosis‚ and diabetes than any other racial or ethnic group. Recent studies by Indian health experts‚ "show that diabetes among Indian youth ages 15-19 has increased 54% since 1996 and 40% of Indian children are overweight" (White 1). Even though diabetes rates vary considerably among the Native American population‚ deaths caused from diabetes are 230 percent greater than the United States population as a whole. Diabetes is an increasing crisis among the Native American
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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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0916-484-5004 DEGREE: Bachelor of Science in Nursing Las Piñas College College of Nursing March 29‚ 2001 Passed the Integrated Comprehensive Licensure Exam June 10‚ 2001 Passed the Midwifery Board Exam November 10‚ 2009 WORK EXPERIENCE: Las Piñas City Medical Center Las Piñas City‚ Philippines Staff Nurse (OB GYNE‚ MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WARD) August 22‚ 2001 – December 21‚ 2004 Clinical Instructor supervising: Nursing Midwifery Caregiving students in OB GYNE and Pediatric
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The diagnosis of diabetes has increased over the last couple of years and is affecting a wider range of individuals. The increase in obesity in this country could be a contributing factor to the increase in diabetes diagnosis. However‚ as research has set out to prove the connection between diabetes and genetics‚ others set out to find the correlation between diabetes control and lifestyle changes. Diabetes control takes more than medication alone‚ it needs a lifestyle that includes a healthy nutrition
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Patients with AIDS Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV causes the human immune system to be altered‚ causing the human body to be vulnerable to infections and diseases. AIDS is a growing virus in the human race affecting men‚ women‚ and children. Target Population In the past‚ white homosexual males and intravenous drug users were people who were known as targeted population for Aids
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disaster. Statistics show that the country with the most obese people is Nauru. The prevalence of obesity is 94.5%. The causes of obesity can be avoided and by doing so prevent obesity‚ a condition that is hard to reverse. Causes of diabetes The causes of diabetes can be divided into three. First of all‚ dietary causes; people especially the young eat high carbohydrate and fatty diet. This has especially been propagated by the easy accessibility and affordability of fast foods. Some traditional
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Deterioration Introduction The purpose of nurses in ensuring that the medication a patient is undergoing gives the best result is very important. The medication that the patient takes works effectively if the nurse can efficiently observe and identify worsening conditions of the patient and take necessary action that efficiently manages the conditions. It is well recorded that if a nurse does not take note of any change in a patient‚ it can vary the patient’s recovery path which alters the result of the medication
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Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 Etiology Genetic Autoimmune Disease Pancreas stops producing insulin -Insulin: hormone that enables people to get energy from food Beta cells destroyed by immune system -Beta cells: insulin-producing cells in pancreas Who is at risk? Children and Adults at any age Family history of Diabetes Genetics Geography: incidence increases the farther away from equator Normal Ranges of Blood Glucose 70-100 mg/dL Hyperglycemia Blood Glucose Level:
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ANA Largely understood‚ ethics consist of principles‚ which guide the behavior of entities‚ groups or professions (Wilkins 2007). Nurses as professionals make autonomous decisions on how they will care for patients. But they are still held accountable to their profession as a whole as regards these autonomous decisions. A nurse’s deportment has been vastly scrutinized from the start. The famous Florence Nightingale pledge in 1893 included the vow to “abstain from anything deleterious and mischievous…
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