...physiological factors such as drugs affect the level of cognitive function of a normal person. It is known for a fact that there are a number of people who encounter harmful interferences in their mind caused by unnatural intakes in the body. This unwanted variable was made as a cornerstone in a recent study in the United States which I believe may be linked to previous topics discussed in my abnormal psychology class. In vital areas such as physiological or multifactorial indicators of depression depicted in the study, I’ve underlined similar reviews in lectures for both minor and major stress disorders show to have apparent vulnerability to related substances. The respondents in the study were young adults ages 17-23 apparently found to have no pre-problematic indications of drug or even alcohol use. The researchers followed only respondents with a pattern of at least five symptoms for a length of time in order to be diagnosed as depressive disorder. Some of the stated are loss of interest, poor concentration, disruptions in appetite and suicidal tendencies. Based on the five year monitoring research of these nearly 200 participants by neuroscience specialist and leading professor in psychology at Duke University Dr. John Curry, only 10 percent of 192 adolescents whom underwent psychiatric treatment later abused drugs. He implied that consistent drug monitoring and cognitive-behavior therapy may hold key roles in keeping the youth off drugs. After reviewing full details...
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...physiological factors such as drugs affect the level of cognitive function of a normal person. It is known for a fact that there are a number of people who encounter harmful interferences in their mind caused by unnatural intakes in the body. This unwanted variable was made as a cornerstone in a recent study in the United States which I believe may be linked to previous topics discussed in my abnormal psychology class. In vital areas such as physiological or multifactorial indicators of depression depicted in the study, I’ve underlined similar reviews in lectures for both minor and major stress disorders show to have apparent vulnerability to related substances. The respondents in the study were young adults ages 17-23 apparently found to have no pre-problematic indications of drug or even alcohol use. The researchers followed only respondents with a pattern of at least five symptoms for a length of time in order to be diagnosed as depressive disorder. Some of the stated are loss of interest, poor concentration, disruptions in appetite and suicidal tendencies. Based on the five year monitoring research of these nearly 200 participants by neuroscience specialist and leading professor in psychology at Duke University Dr. John Curry, only 10 percent of 192 adolescents whom underwent psychiatric treatment later abused drugs. He implied that consistent drug monitoring and cognitive-behavior therapy may hold key roles in keeping the youth off drugs. After reviewing full details...
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...Treatment of Premature Infants Psychology 210 November 12, 2013 Premature babies are babies born before 37 weeks. For some babies they are born closer to their due dates and suffer from little to no consequences of being born preterm. Preterm infants is another word for premature that is defined as any infant born before their due date. Where as the term small-for-date refers to babies that are born at the desired due date, but are below the expected weight for the length of time spent in the womb. About 500,00 babies are born prematurely in the United States alone. Many premature babies are forced to spend extended times in hospitals and suffer from health problems that can affect later life. Premature infants need more intensive and immediate care than full term infants to help recovery and survival. Certain activities or health problems put a women at greater risk for having a preterm infant. Some women have no signs that they are going to deliver preterm. Some of the risks of having a preterm infant include multiple births and in vitro fertilization. Mothers carrying more than one baby have a greater risk of having a their babies born premature or small-to-date. Also women that do not get proper prenatal care put themselves at greater risk to have a preterm infant. Unfortunantley, some women cant afford the prenatal care necessary for the developing fetus or are not educated about behavior needed...
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...your mind. This is an example of how early school times can result in less concentration in class and creating bad health habits such as skipping breakfast. According to Jennifer LeComte, director of the pediatric program at Christina Care’s Wilmington hospital health center, bad sleep habits can lead to obesity and diabetes, because the body’s regulation of sugar is thrown out of whack (Albright). This could...
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...desire to consume alcohol beyond their capacity to control it, regardless of all rules of common sense. According to Alcoholics Anonymous UK, who say they have no unique definition for alcoholism, it may be described as a physical compulsion, together with a mental obsession. Apart from having an enormous craving for alcohol, an alcoholic often yields to that craving at the worst possible times. The alcoholic knows neither when nor how to stop drinking. Definition - an alcoholic is a person, while alcoholism is the illness. An alcoholic suffers from alcoholism. Alcoholism is a long-term (chronic) disease. Alcoholics are obsessed with alcohol and cannot control how much they consume, even if it is causing serious problems at home, work, and financially. Alcohol abuse generally refers to people who do not display the characteristics of alcoholism, but still have a problem with it - they are not as dependent on alcohol as an alcoholic is; they have not yet completely lost their control over its consumption. Moderate alcohol consumption will not generally cause any psychological or physical harm. However, for some individuals, social drinking eventually leads to heavier and heavier alcohol consumption, which does cause serious health and psychological problems. Alcoholism in the UK - one in every 13 people in the United Kingdom is an alcoholic, according to the NHS (National Health Service) statistics. Even among people who are not dependent on alcohol, a sizeable proportion...
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...Practicability of Blood Alcohol Concentration Test & Drunken Driving in Tanzania Authors: Address: Emails: Key Words: Gilliard W. Ngewe & Batholomew Marcel National Institute of Transport ngeweg@yahoo.co.uk : batholomewm@yahoo.com Alcohol intoxication, blood alcohol concentration, breathe alcohol content, central nervous system, correlation coefficient, drug, drunken driving, enforcement mechanisms and impaired driving Abstract Beverage alcohol is widely enjoyed the world over in countless different settings and by a great many people. It is well recognized that irresponsible drinking patterns coupled with certain behaviors, such as driving, may bring about a range of harmful outcomes. Accordingly, many countries agree on the need to establish regulations that prohibit impaired driving, particularly as it applies to the operation of automobiles on public roads. The setting of maximum allowable Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) level is a tool for enforcement and for prevention. The offense of driving with a BAC above the legal limit is variously known as “Driving under the Influence” (DUI), “Driving While Intoxicated” (DWI), “drink – driving” or “drunken driving” among other similar names. The most common method of determining BAC is by measuring the alcohol in an exhaled sample of breath. However, there are claims that breath alcohol levels do not reliably mirror blood alcohol levels, in response certain countries have specifically legislated “Breathe Alcohol Content” (BrAC) in...
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...Final Project Assignment 5 HCA 331: Introduction to Health Education Instructor: Monica Vargas Erika Hernandez Date: 12/16/12 In this assignment mentions the overall of a Health Promotions and the Education. We have learned in this five week course from the word meaning of health to actually becoming a health educator and the roles that they play in any kind of work setting. As you get into reading this assignment you will also understand and relate to these professional people play a huge role in our day to day lives. The word health itself has a “dynamic state or condition of the human organism that is multidimensional (i.e. physical, emotional, social, intellectual, spiritual, and occupational) in nature, a resource for living, and results from a person’s interactions with and adaptations to his or her environment” (McKenzie, Pinger, & Kotecki, 2012, p.5) (Chapter 1). A health education as mentioned in our text is “ any combination of planned learning experiences based on sound of theories that provide individuals, groups, and communities the opportunity to acquire information and the skills needed to make the quality health decisions” (Joint Committee, 2001, p.99) (Chapter 1). There were many historical events that have happened in our past that shaped up in the health education. I have found three major events that I found were an interesting and would like to share with you. The first historical major event was in the 1900 to 1950s; Charles Winslow...
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...Drug Addiction Crime or Disease? Interim and Final Reports of the Joint Committee of the American Bar Association and the American Medical Association on Narcotic Drugs. INTERIM REPORT For the last half-century public authorities in the United States have been wrestling with the problem of controlling addiction to narcotic drugs. Since the twenties, legislation and enforcement policies have aimed at total repression, with criminal sanctions of notable severity attaching to every transaction connected with the non-medical use of drugs. Drug-law enforcement has become a major police activity of federal, state and local governments; the threat of long imprisonment, even of death penalties, hangs over not only the smuggler and the peddler, but the addict-victim of the illicit traffic. Addiction to narcotic substances has been recognized as a health problem for a long time and in many different countries. It has also in our times and in our national community, emerged as a criminal law problem of distressing magnitude and persistency. The fields of medicine and law are thus equally affected, and the Joint Committee which offers this report has undertaken its assignment with enthusiasm at the prospect of uniting its parent organizations in a common effort centered in an area where the concerns of each overlap and largely coincide. If the Joint Committee can contribute something towards mutual enlightenment and ultimate agreement between the medical and legal professions regarding...
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...also add additional bullet points if applicable to your community. Value/Belief Pattern Predominant ethnic and cultural groups along with beliefs related to health. * Caucasian 69.9% * Hispanic 17% * Black 5.8% Predominant spiritual beliefs in the community that may influence health. * Christian (several mega churches in the community) * Catholic * New Age, Wiccan ( Predominantly in the Old Colorado City and Manitou areas) Availability of spiritual resources within or near the community (churches/chapels, synagogues, chaplains, Bible studies, sacraments, self-help groups, support groups, etc.). * New Life Church (Mega Church) * Focus on the Family ( church and Christian Publishing company) * St. Mary’s (Parish and school) * Corpus Christi (Catholic church and school) * Colorado Christian School and Church * Temple Shalom (Jewish Synagogue and Community Center) * MADD * Al-Anon * AA * Penrose- St. Francis Health System offers health clinics, support group for cancer pt’s and family, breastfeeding and anti-natal education. Do the community members value health promotion measures? What is the evidence that they do or do not (e.g., involvement in education, fundraising events, etc.)? * Colorado Springs is a very health conscious community. There are lots of hiking groups, running clubs, cycling clubs. They are constantly having fundraisers for various community health projects....
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...Background Hypothermia (hi-po-THUR-me-uh) is a medical emergency that occurs when your body loses heat faster than it can produce heat, causing a dangerously low body temperature. The term “hypo” refers to less, and “thermia” refers to temperature. Normally, the core body temperature is 98.6 degrees F. Hypothermia occurs as your body temperature passes below 95 F (35 C). When your body temperature drops, your heart, nervous system and other organs cannot work correctly. Left untreated, hypothermia can eventually lead to severe heart and respiratory failure, and in some cases, death. Hypothermia is most often caused by long term exposure to cold weather or or and unexpected immersion into in the face of a cold stressor. Hypothermia, though, is not always the result of exposure to extremely cold outdoor temperatures. History Hypothermia has been applied therapeutically since antiquity. The Greek physician Hippocrates, the namesake of the Hippocratic Oath and arguably the world’s first modern doctor, advocated the packing of wounded soldiers in snow and ice.[3] Napoleonic surgeon, Baron Dominque Larrey recorded that officers who were kept closer to the fire survived less often than the minimally pampered infantrymen using snow and ice.[3] In modern times the first medical article concerning hypothermia was published in 1945.[3] This article focused on the effects of hypothermia on patients suffering from severe head injury. In the 1950s hypothermia established its first medical...
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...family relationships or personal SAFETY AND HEALTH, above all, are seriously and repeatedly interfered with. Alcoholism is considered a disease, meaning that it follows a characteristic course with known physical, psychological, and social systems. The alcoholic continues to consume alcohol despite the destructive consequences. Alcoholism is serious, progressive, and irreversible. If not treated, it can be fatal. It is generally thought that once the disease has developed, the alcoholic will not drink normally again. An alcoholic who abstains from drinking, however, can regain control over the aspects of life with which ALCOHOL interfered. The alcoholic is then said to be “recovering” not “cured” of the disease. It is important to note that the particular symptoms and pattern of DRINKING PROBLEMS may vary with the individual. ALCOHOLISM is, therefore, a very complex disorder, and it is this very complexity which has led some recent researchers to question the accuracy of the disease concept of alcoholism. A person does not have to drink every day to be an alcoholic. Moreover, someone who drinks frequently, or sometimes gets drunk is not necessarily an alcoholic. It is possible to abuse alcohol for a short or contained period of time without developing alcoholism. For example, some people may drink abusively during a personal crisis and then resume normal drinking. College students tend...
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...AND II IN SPECIALTY AREA COURSE CODE: NUR 822S and NUR 829S PATIENT / FAMILY CASE STUDY (A NURSING PROCESS APPROACH) ON A CLIENT WITH GESTATIONAL TROPHOBLASTIC NEOPLASM BY: CHARLOTTE LAMPTEY SN/ADN/15/0030 AUGUST, 2016 CONTENTS * PREFACE * ACKNOWLEDGEMENT * INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE: OVERVIEW OF CLIENT SITUATION I. Literature review of gestational trophoblastic neoplasm CHAPTER TWO: COMPREHENSIVE HOLISTIC ASSESSMENT OF PATIENT/FAMILY I. Patient’s medical and personal history including review of the systems II.Physical examination III.Diagnostic evaluation IV.Nutritional assessment V. Psychosocial history VI. Patient developmental assessment VII.Spiritual assessment VIII.Quality of life assessment IX.Admission of patient CHAPTER THREE: ANALYSIS OF DATA CHAPTER FOUR: COLLABORATIVE PLAN OF CARE I. Presumptive medical diagnosis II.Nursing diagnosis III.Evidence-based interventions IV.Additional diagnostic procedures warranted but not done Medication to be ordered CHAPTER FIVE: DISCHARGE PLAN I. Community service and resource needed II.Client education plan III.Plans for follow-up of care CHAPTER SIX: EVALUATION PLAN Termination of care * SUMMARY * CONCLUSION * REFERENCE PREFACE The patient / family care study is an essential and relevant study undertaken on the patient and the family by a final year nursing student as part of the required curriculum...
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...AMA Computer Learning Center St. Augustine School of Nursing A Case Study Presented to the faculty of AMA Computer Learning Center Guagua, Pampanga Cerebrovascular Accident Submitted to: Mr. John Eric T. Salvador B.S.N, R.N Submitted by: Almario, Jeanette Cayanan. Gemmalyn Joy Quitaleg, Mary Jane Santos, Cariza Joy M. 3k-PN October ‘09 Table of Content Page Introduction 1 Personal History 2 Lifestyle and Diet 3 Complete Physical Assessment 4-9 Neurological Assessment 10-11 Laboratory Procedure 12-13 Diagnostic Procedure 14 Anatomy and Physiology 15-17 Pathophysiology of Cerebrovascular Accident 18-19 Drug Study 20-21 Diet and Activity 23 SOAPIE (actual) 24 SOAPIE (potential) 25 Conclusion 26 Recommendations 27 Bibliography 28 NCP (actual/ potential ) 29-33 Introduction A stroke is damage to part of the brain when its blood supply is suddenly reduced or stopped. A stroke may also be called a cerebral vascular accident, or CVA. The part of the brain deprived of blood dies and can no longer function. Blood is prevented from reaching brain tissue when a blood vessel leading to the brain becomes blocked (ischemic) or bursts (hemorrhagic). The symptoms of a stroke differ, depending on the part of the brain affected and the extent of the damage. Symptoms following a stroke come on suddenly...
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...Stroke Introduction The brain is disputably the most complex organ in our body. The tissues in the body compose the main nerve center of the body. These tissues coordinate all of our body functions, including our behavior, thought and our emotions. The brain is a very hardworking organ and it requires continuous supplies of oxygen and nutrients from the blood for it to function properly. The heart pumps blood throughout the cerebral arteries, sending blood to the brain. A disturbance to this supply of nutrients and oxygen will destroy the brain cells. Destruction of brain cells occurs immediately upon the interruption or even substantial restriction of blood flow to the brain. The minor damages to any part of the brain can cause a serious negative...
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...Congestive Heart Failure Armi Gonzales Western Governors University Congestive Heart Failure A. Investigated Disease Process Congestive Heart Failure is a condition in which the heart is unable to pump a sufficient amount of blood for the body to function. If the heart’s ability to pump blood decreases, blood and fluids may start to pool into the lungs and accumulate in the legs, ankles, and feet causing an edema, shortness of breath, and fatigue. (Heart Failure, 2015, para. 2) The American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology defines heart failure as “a complex clinical syndrome that can result from any structural or functional cardiac disorder that impairs the ability of the ventricles to fill with or eject blood” (King, Kingery, & Casey, 2012, p. 1). Heart failure can be seen as a widespread disease, affecting around five million Americans. (Titler et al. n.d.) It is a chronic condition that is disabling and costly and common to our aging population. With the advancement in therapy and early diagnosis, survival increases from previously fatal acute cardiac events to patients feeling better and living longer. Millions of Americans living with heart failure are 65 years of age or older. (Roger et al, 2004) A1. Pathophysiology The Circulatory system focuses on the heart, a muscular organ that pumps blood through a complex network of blood vessels throughout the body. Blood that is pumped from the heart carries oxygen and nutrients that fuel...
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