This assignment will explain the pathophysiology of the disease process chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It will examine how this disease affects an individual looking at the biological‚ psychological and social aspects. It will accomplish this by referring to a patient who was admitted to a medical ward with an exacerbation of COPD. Furthermore with assistance of Gibbs model of reflection (as cited in Bulman & Schutz‚ 2004) it will demonstrate how an experience altered an attitude.
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Pathophysiology. Thyroid hormones assume a vital role in the normal functioning of the body. Insufficiency in secretion from their source to respond to body needs in the body risks infection of hypothyroidism. They are secreted by the thyroid glands which are located in a close-range to the trachea between the cricoid cartilage and suprasternal notch where they possess two joined lobes by an isthmus. In addition‚ the thyroid hormones are inconclusive of triodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) that
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in providing the patient care either in the hospital or in any other healthcare settings. A nurse can over sees any patient; however‚ there are different level in the care that a nurse can provide to a patient. Comprehensive understanding of pathophysiology‚ The recognition of being a nurse in patient care management is really appreciate. The society is increase‚ and the role of a nurse becomes ponderous. As
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Topic 1: Subject‚ tasks and methods of pathophysiology. General nosology‚ etiology and pathogenesis. 1. A 49-year-old man was suffering 12 years ago from rheumatic myocarditis‚ endocarditis‚ and insufficiency of mitral valve. Examinations showed the absence of inflammatory process‚ sufficient minute blood volume. What is it? A. Pathological reaction B. Pathological process C. Typical pathological process D. Compensatory reaction E. Pathological
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Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a severe and chronic brain disorder in which a person interprets actual reality abnormally. It is a mental disorder that makes it difficult to think clearly‚ have normal responses to emotions‚ act normal in a social setting‚ and tell the difference between their own interpretation of reality and actual reality. There are several types of Schizophrenia: paranoid‚ undifferentiated‚ disorganized‚ residual‚ and catatonic schizophrenia. The assumption is that schizophrenia
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The HUMAN BODY PLAN: STUDY of ANATOMY and PHYSIOLOGY THE HUMAN BODY PLAN The human body begins to take shape during the earliest stages of embryonic development. While the embryo is a tiny hallow ball of dividing cells‚ it begins forming the tissues and organs that compose the human body. By the end of its third week‚ human embryo has bilateral symmetry (a body plan in which the left and right sides mirror each other) and is developing vertebrate characteristics that will support an upright
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Transmission and epidemiology of MRSA: current perspectives Maggi Banning Abstract Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive bacterium that developed resistance to the penicillin derivative tnethicillin. Subsequently‚ methicillin-resistant S. aureus {MRSA) emerged as a bacterium that became less susceptible to the actions of methicillin and thus developed the ability to colonize and cause life-threatening infections. Globally.‚ MRSA continues to cause hospital-acquired infections which are becoming
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The History of Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder with symptoms of emotional instability‚ detachment from reality‚ and withdrawal into the self. The word "Schizophrenia" is less than 100 years old. However the disease was first identified as a discrete mental illness by Dr. Emile Kraepelin in the 1887 and the illness itself is generally believed to have accompanied mankind throughout its history. There are documents that identify Schizophrenia can be traced to the old
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colorectal cancer every year (Cancer Council Australia‚ 2010). In this report‚ I will present the pathophysiology and adjuvant chemotherapy of colorectal cancer‚ how the gastrointestinal system might be influenced by it‚ and how a clinician should assess the symptoms and signs of patients in the course of post-surgery care‚ regarding a 65 year old indigenous woman. Discuss the underlying pathophysiology of cancer and how this applies to Mrs Lane 1 Development of colorectal cancer Colorectal
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As a student nurse practitioner working within a medical assessment ward‚ I deal with a wide variety of patients who present with both acute and chronic conditions. This case study will identify the pathophysiology; look at the manifestations and clinical features of a condition. It will also discuss the therapeutic interventions and in turn evaluate the effectiveness of the interventions applied. Kyna (a pseudonym) was a forty-nine year old lady who was admitted to the ward for further investigations
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