Slide 1 Title Page (Elizabeth) Slide 2 Introduction clinical description and definition of the disease. (Elizabeth) Slide 3 Pathophysiology and history of the disease or illness. (Elizabeth) Slide 4 An explanation of the impact of this disease/condition on adults to the health care system and nursing practice. Slide 5 A description of the impact of this disease or illness during childhood. Slide 6 A description of the impact of this disease in adults. Explain why adults live into adulthood
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Chapter 51 and 52- Understanding the Sensory System- Med Surgical- EYES External eye structures Eyelids-protective cover for thr eyeball * Has a thin transparent membrane called “conjunctiva” Eyelashes-keep dust out of eyes Each eyelid has a lacrimal gland at the upper outter corner of the eyeball Question: how do tears come in front of the eyeball? A: small ducts bring tears to the front and blinking help spread the tears over the surface Q: what enzyme inhibits the growth of bacteria
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Introduction: This essay will explore two case studies based around orthopaedic and gastrointestinal nursing. Claire is a 61 year old female who has been admitted with a Tib/Fib fracture of her right leg and a left colles’ fracture‚ with a past history of osteoarthritis and recently osteoporosis. Justin is a 33 year old male admitted with gastro oesophageal reflux disease plus or minus peptic ulcer disease prepping for a gastroscopy and colonoscopy. Clinical presentations and nursing management as
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Preparing Nurse Leaders for Expanded Rolf of Diabetes Self-Management Education Daly‚ A.‚ Kulkarni‚ K.‚ & Boucher‚ J. (2001). The new credential: Advanced diabetes management. American Dietetic Association.Journal of the American Dietetic Association‚ 101(8)‚ 940-3. The authors Daly‚ Kulkarni and Boucher (2001) provide a historical review of the education‚ experience and certification process for diabetes educators. The review provides insight for the progression of single practice to the expanded
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Nurse Educator The AACN Preferred Vision of the Professoriate in Baccalaureate and Graduate Nursing Programs (2008) states that “courses in the nursing program will be taught by faculty with graduate-level academic preparation and advanced expertise in the areas of content they teach.” There is national recognition‚ however‚ of the growing shortage of nursing educators to fill faculty and other educator roles within the healthcare delivery system. Master’s programs that prepare graduates for nurse
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1. What clinical findings are likely in R.S. as a consequence of his COPD? How would these differ from those of emphysematous COPD? Chronic bronchitis‚ also known as type B COPD or “blue bloater” in most cases (90%) is caused by cigarette smoking with the typical patient being overweight. It is symptomatically diagnosed with a conformation of chest radiography showing increased bronchial vascular markings‚ congested lung fields‚ enlarged horizontal cardiac silhouette and evidence of previous pulmonary
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OSTEOARTHRITIS The Pathophysiology of osteoarthritis is the affection of articular cartilage‚ along with the synovial fluid in the joint‚ permitting almost frictionless movement of joint bones at their points of contact. The frictional resistance of normal joints is the cartilage layer to absorb the shock associated with joint use. When weight is loaded onto the joint‚ the cartilage layer compresses. Once the weight is removed‚ the cartilage rebounds to its original dimensions. The articular
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Basic Structure of the Human Body (Terms) *1. Anatomy-The study of the structure of an organism. 2. Cell- Mass of protoplasm; the basic unit of structure of ll animals and plants. *3. Cell Membrane- Outer protective semi-permeable covering of a cell. *4. Centrosome- That area of all cytoplasm that contains 2 centrioles; important in reproduction of the cell. 5. Chromatin- That structure in the nucleus of a cell that contains chromosomes with genes which carry inherited characteristics. 6.
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(Main et al. 2010) Chronic pain studies have shown that patients who expect pain to get worse or fail to improve tend to be associated with poorer pain progression.(Carroll et al. 2009; Flaten and al’Absi 2015; Bhana et al. 2015) The precise pathophysiology by which expected
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The non-modifiable risk factors include are age/gender( men more then women until 60 years of age)‚ ethnicity (whites more then African Americans)‚ and genetic predisposition and family history of heart disease(Lewis et al 2007). Pathophysiology Atherosclerosis is the major cause of CAD. It is characterized by a focal deposit of cholesterol and lipids‚ primarily within the arterial intimal wall. Plaque formation is the result of complex interactions between components of the blood and
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