Denita LaRock HCA/240 January 21‚ 2013 Crohn’s Disease Nakki Price Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that affects the bowel tissues. The inflammation begins in the lining of the digestive tract‚ and may spread into the layers of the bowel tissue. This disease causes severe diarrhea‚ abdominal pain‚ and malnutrition. Other symptoms are ulcers‚ fever‚ weight loss and reduced appetite. Abdominal pain‚ blood in stool‚ and unexplained diarrhea or fever lasting more than two days
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Kwashiorkor is a disease that is caused by malnutrition when there is not enough protein in the diet. Other names for Kwashiorkor are protein malnutrition‚ protein-calorie malnutrition‚ and malignant malnutrition (Kwashiorkor‚ 2011). Kwashiorkor is most common in areas where there is famine‚ limited food supply‚ and low levels of education. This disease can occur when people do not understand how to eat a proper diet. In very poor countries‚ this disease is more common. Often Kwashiorkor occurs during
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Introduction In this assignment the author will explore Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and the role of the community nurse. The author will explore the assessment‚ challenges and role of the community nurse in order to gain a better understanding of Community Health Nursing. The following is the case study to which the assignment will be based: Liam Byrne is an 8-year-old boy who lives with his parents Elaine and Michael and his two siblings Fiona aged 4 years and Deirdre aged 6 years. They
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Defence against Disease and the Immune System In this essay I have distinguished clearly between active/ passive‚ natural/artificial immunity and described some methods of vaccine production. I have critically compared the effectiveness of the smallpox vaccination programme with programmes aimed at control of measles‚ polio‚ influenza‚ malaria and cholera. Introduction (Immune System‚ 2012) “The immune system is made up of a network of cells‚ tissues‚ and organs that work together
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Chronic Disease Paper In late fall 1991‚ my family gathered for Thanksgiving at my grandparent ’s house as always. There was nothing special or memorable about that Thanksgiving except for the innocuous mention from my grandmother that she had a dull pain in her leg that seemed to be getting worse. While everyone simply brushed off the comments as a slow sign of aging‚ her comments were much more than that as this would be the last Thanksgiving we would spend with her. Shortly after that Thanksgiving
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Community Health Nursing I Assessment and Diagnosis As a community health nurse a community assessment can be used to assess the community’s health competencies‚ as well as the connection amongst members of the community. It can serve as a starting point to address problem areas within a community; as well as be the foundation for strategizing to make conscious changes in the community. According to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “a community assessment is a valuable
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Animal Testing Prevention 100 million animals are sitting in a lab‚ in a cage and are suffering or dying. These creatures are victims of animal testing. Animal are treated very terribly as test subjects. They are forced to bear inhumane test‚ while having no one to save them. The test results are not even as accurate as people think. The only solution is to strictly limit or completely ban animal testing. If animal testing persists‚ many animals will suffer and die‚ so alternatives such as computers
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Community Assessment Daemen College Department of Nursing Holly Weaver‚ Kristen Weaver‚ Dianna O’Brien‚ Jake Lundquist Table of Contents Page I. Background Information on Affiliating Agency………………………………… 5 II. Definition of the Community……………………………………………………. 6 III. Approaches Used to Assess the Community…………………………………….. 6 IV. Description of the Survey……………………………………………………….. 6 V. Demographics……………………………………………………………………. 7 A. Age and Gender………………………………………………………………
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this partial database‚ this would not be possible without the gathered efforts of everyone belonging to the first group for the first Community Health Nursing rotation. Without which‚ the data gathered were all hard works from the group to be able to come up with a partial diagnosis that may help in taking immediate actions to the severe problems of the community. The raging heat of the sun and the strong rain pour were all worth it because nothing can beat something that is worth the experience
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also our time of dying. Strange that no matter how advanced our society has become‚ our nation ’s health hasn ’t caught up. After all‚ heart disease‚ also known as cardiovascular disease‚ is our nation ’s number one killer (Preventive Magazine Health Books p. 153). <br><br>The most common‚ and most preventable‚ heart disease of all is coronary artery disease. This is caused when blockages develop in the blood vessels that provide oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle. A more general term for any impairment
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