brought by the ambulance to the ER. The triage nurse performed the general assessment on the patient and came up with the following information: Personal History: 65 years old‚ married with two children. Medical history: Diabetes Mellitus‚ Anemia‚ Hemiplegia A. Diabetes Mellitus- a disorder in which blood sugar levels are abnormally high because your body is not producing enough insulin to meet its need. The production of insulin is made by the pancreas and helps lower blood glucose. The most common
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COLLEGE OF NURSING Silliman University Dumaguete City Resource Unit On CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT [pic] [pic][pic] Submitted to: Mr. Dominique Ablir Submitted by: Charles Kevin Ramos Rogelli Anne Real August 22‚ 2011 COLLEGE OF NURSING Silliman University Dumaguete City Vision: A leading Christian institution committed to total human development for the well-being of society and environment. Mission: 1. Infuse into the
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CVA Patients Profile Patient name: ABC Age: 32 yrs. Old Sex: Male Date of Admission: February 07‚ 2013 Admitting diagnosis: CVA prob. Thromboembolic Infarct GCS: 11 (Lethargic) V/S taken as follows: BP= 110/80 mmHg RR= 24 CPM PR= 82 BPM Temperature= 38.0 ͦC Patient’s History * Past medical history of Bell’s Palsy * Mild Stoke Introduction Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or Stroke‚ is the rapid loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the
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Signature Assignment The terms mentioned in John Doe’s medical history are Diabetes Mellitus‚ Anemia‚ and Hemiplegia. The origin of the word diabetes mellitus is English and Latin. Diabetes is English‚ and mellitus is Latin meaning “sweet”‚ “diabetes sweet”. Diabetes mellitus is the most common form of diabetes and is a severe chronic disease caused by insufficient production of insulin resulting in abnormal metabolism of glucose in the blood. The two main types of Diabetes mellitus are insulin
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you were given the following criteria about Mr. Doe: 1-Personal History: 65 years old‚ married with two children. 2-Medical history: Diabetes Mellitus‚ Hypertension‚ Renal Stones‚ Anemia‚ Acne‚ Prostatic Hyperplasia‚ Muscular Dystrophy‚ Hemiplegia‚ Coronary Artery Disease‚ G.E.R.D. and ED. The triage Nurse asked the patient to wait for his turn‚ until Dr. Johnson examines him. A-Define the terms mentioned in #2. (PLO: 1) B-What are the normal values for the following: 1. Blood
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with the symptoms. Hemiplegia of the upper extremity is the major cause responsible for the restriction of activities of daily living. There are many ways to treat hemiplegia‚ but today we will mainly concentrate on modified constraint induced movement therapy (m-cimt) and mirror therapy (mt). we will see the effectiveness of m-cimt and mirror therapy
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Alternating hypertonia and hypotonia Rigidity- stiff Tremor- hands‚ arms Ataxia- balance issues -Less than 3% have it C. Classification according to limb involvement Monoplegia- One arm and one leg Hemiplegia- 1/2 of the body Double hemiplegia- 4 limbs‚ A+ L-‚ more on one side Triplegia- 3 limbs‚ L+ Paraplegia- Legs only Quadriplegia- 4 limbs equally Diplegia- 4 limbs‚ L+ IV. Handling and positioning A. Rotation -never lift anyone more than 1/3 of your
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used with Motor Function Classification System‚ it gives a description of where and to what extent a child is affected. There are several different classifications‚ monoplegia/monoparesis‚ diplegia/diparesis‚ hemiplegia/hemiparesis‚ paraplegia/paraparesis‚ triplegia/triparesis‚ double hemiplegia/double hemiparesis‚ tetraplegia/tetraparesis‚ quadriplegia/quadriparesis and lastly pentaplegia/pentaparesis. (Stern n.d.) Another classification is the classification based on motor function. Motor function
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abnormality patterns. Spastic cerebral palsy‚ the most common type‚ affects different parts of the body but is characterized as an increase in muscle tone and stiff and tensile muscle. Spastic cerebral palsy can be further distinguished into spastic hemiplegia
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University of Belize Faculty of Nursing and Allied Health NURS 3051- Nursing Care of Infants and Children Congenital Defects Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA) Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA) is one of a group of diseases collectively termed hemaglobinopathies‚ in which normal adult hemoglobin is partially or completely replaced by abnormal sickle hemoglobin(HgbS). Sickle Cell Anemia includes all of those hereditary disorder‚ the clinical‚ hematologic‚ and pathologic features of which are related to the
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