...The American Diabetes Association Paper I think it is smart of me to want to further and develop my professional knowledge and abilities to expand my career success. How I would develop this knowledge are by building important study skills that will promote my success in life. I will strengthen my will to learn and understand my values of education. I will develop and manage my learning, monitor my progress, resulting in greater personal responsibility and the flexibility to adapt to change. “The willingness and eagerness to learn throughout life is the master key that unlocks the doors to my journey. If I keep this key firmly in my hand, I will discover worlds of knowledge and places for myself within them.” Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, and Sarah Lyman Kravits, (2007), page 427. By using these strategies I will apply my knowledge to my career success. The American Diabetes Association attracted my attention because I can relate to diabetes, so the field I want to pursue a career in is health care management. I have a greater understanding of the seriousness and risk of diabetes and a greater appreciation of the impact and value of proper nutrition and weight management because being a diabetic myself I had to learn to take care of myself. The American Diabetes Association was founded in October 1994 to create substantially accelerate to raise major gifts to fund diabetes research. What make the American Diabetes Association unique is its ability to match a donor’s interests...
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...August 6, 2012 Rebecca Johnson RN, MSN, FNP, BC Culture and Disease I chose diabetes mellitus for my culture and disease paper because it is a disease that runs in my family, and there are so many people in this society living with diabetes and does not know they have it or just do not want to take this disease very seriously. Diabetes mellitus is a disease, which affects the glucose level in the blood, whether it is too high or too low, can cause harm to the body. There are three types of diabetes: type I, which is also know as juvenile diabetes that affects most children and young adults have to take an insulin injection everyday to regulate the glucose level. Type II or adult onset diabetes, which is more serious and develops when the body cannot function to make the required amount of insulin, which is diagnosed mostly in would find affecting more adults. In this case the patient has to take both insulin injections and medication by mouth to help regulate the amount of glucose or sugar the body produces, there is gestational diabetes, which affects only pregnant women, no matter the culture of the mother and if the diabetes is not monitored closely in a pregnant woman or taken under control it can be transferred onto the mother’s unborn child. If a mother develops gestational diabetes during pregnancy, it is said that the mother can develop type II diabetes later in life. Diabetes is a very serious disease, if not taken care of can cause severe side effects, kidney...
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...understanding of Advance Directives and what role they play in patient care. In the scenario presented we find Mr. E who is a 67 year old male who lives in a nursing home and has presented to the ER with lung congestion. Mr. E. has a history of diabetes, poor vision, and hypertension, impaired hearing, and is delayed developmentally. After an initial assessment, the physician, Dr. K. has diagnosed the patient with pneumonia secondary to aspiration. Mr. E. has a fever and his oxygen saturation level is 88% on room air. Dr. K has admitted Mr. E to the ICU and has determined that he needs to be placed on a ventilator. When the doctor explains the situation, Mr. E. vehemently states that he does not want a ventilator. Mr. E. has an advance directive that outlines his wishes. Body As a nurse in the state of Indiana, it is a responsibility and standard to advocate for the patient while providing competent care according to the patient’s wishes. Indiana law upholds a patient’s written or spoken advance directive in the event that the patient is unable to make decisions regarding their healthcare. In the scenario, Mr. E.’s advance directive was disregarded by the healthcare personnel because he was deemed incompetent of understanding the seriousness of the situation. Thus, the physician and the nurse involved violated Indiana law regarding the patient’s right to choose. According to the ANA code of ethics, code no. 2: “The nurse’s primary commitment is to the patient, whether an individual...
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...Latangela Stewart SOC -358: Health Disparity Paper 2 April 23, 2013 How Can Diabetes In Low Income African Communities Be Resolved It’s hard to fathom the affects that diabetes has taken in our low income African American communities. Now we have to look at what we can do and have done to help the people who are a part of this health disparity overcome this socioeconomic tragedy. We first have to look at clinical barriers which play a large role on how physicians are interacting with their patients. Even though there are the sociocultural differences between the patient and the provider we have to look at the fact that they both have different health and medical beliefs. With that being known that is where the level of trust has to be obtained. Due to sociocultural difference the physician’s knowledge of the needs of their patients has to be well rationalized. There is an obvious and direct link between these structural barriers and quality of care that remains a fertile area for intervention (Betancourt, Green, Carrillo, & Anaheh-Firempong, 2003). With the racial disparities in the U.S. health care system, there has to be many ways that this health disparity can be prevented. Many low income families feel that they receive the shorter end of the stick when it comes to good decent healthcare. Socioeconomic has it many disadvantages and advantage and what it meant by that is when you are living in a poor rural area; you more likely to be less educated or unhealthy, which...
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...CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE NSG 4055: Illness & Disease Management across Life Span Susan McCoy LaTonya Brown June 24, 2014 Chronic Renal Disease impacts many Americans life in the United States. “We estimate that more than 20 million people may have CKD, of varying levels of seriousness” (CDC, 2014). The chances of having Kidney Disease increase with age and is common in adults over age 70 because the kidney functions decrease. Kidney Disease affects the body ion so many different ways it can cause bone breakage; fluid overload causes pulmonary edema, congestive heart failure, anemia, and decrease in quality of life. The person I interviewed was a Chronic Renal Failure patient that has been on dialysis for about 4 years. 1. How would you rate your overall health? I.B. I have been fairly good I have good days and bad days but I am so tired after I go to dialysis it really drains me until all I do is sleep all day after the treatment. 2. What is your race and ethnic background? I.B. I am African American and I have no Hispanic Descent. 3. Living conditions? I.B. I live with my daughter who has a family of her own but she takes care of me well. She ensures that I take my medicine on time. She also takes me on different outings like to the park and different places. 4. Do you have access to the proper food for a kidney disease diet? I.B. She buys me the kind of food that I need to follow my diet so I can have the right nourishment. I try to eat the...
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...prevention activities. Healthy People 2010 focus on various illnesses such as: obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. The goal of Healthy People 2010 is to increase the quality of life, the years of a healthy life, and to eliminate health disparities amongst different groups in the population. Diabetes is a specific issue that is affecting 23.6 million children and adults or 7.8% of the population. Description of the target population Diabetes is a disorder where a person’s body cannot produce or respond to insulin. Insulin is a hormone that the body uses to absorb and use glucose as fuel for the cells in the body. Diabetes Mellitus is the 7th leading cause of death in the United States. Diabetes Mellitus can lower the life expectancy by up to 15 years and is the leading cause of kidney failure, lower limb amputations and adult onset blindness. In 2007 Diabetes Mellitus cost the citizens of the United States $174 billion dollars including the cost of treatments, disability, and premature death. In 2010 1.052,000 people were diagnosed with Diabetes. The targeted population that is affected by Diabetes is adults over 20 and African Americans. African Americans in 2010 consisted of 18.7% of the population diagnosed and undiagnosed cases of Diabetes or 4.9 million people. In 2010; 11.3% of people or 25.6 million of the citizens of America were diagnosed with Diabetes. People over 65...
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...Diabetes in the Youth: Epidemiology Paper May 2, 2016 University of Phoenix NUR/408 Diabetes in the Youth: Epidemiology Paper Diabetes has become a serious issue in our youth, even though the mortality rates have decreased over the years the rate is still too high. According to the CDC (2012), From 1968–1969 to 2008–2009, the death rate from diabetes among youths under the of 19 decreased 61%, from 2.69 per million to 1.05 per million. The death rate among youths under 10 years of age decreased 78%, from 1.80 per million to 0.39 per million, and the death rate among youths aged 10–19 years decreased 52%, from 3.56 per million to 1.71 per million (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2012). The seriousness of these statistics shows that diabetes is disease requiring significant attention in the youth population. Epidemiological studies are needed in order to direct healthcare in the youth population and to provide effective interventions designed to reduce the prevalence and incidence rates of diabetes amongst our youth. Definition and Purpose of Study The purpose of epidemiology is to study disease and as a tool of community health it performs this function through a series of steps: 1. Search for determinants – A search for causes and factors that influence public health such as disease or high risk behaviors such as drug use. 2. Study of events- Health-related states or events need to be studied such as chronic diseases, injuries, birth defects, maternal-child...
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...Diabetes: An Epidemiological Problem (Evaluation Epidemiology Problem Paper) New Jersey is known to be the Garden State because of the farms that supplied agricultural produce and floral goods for itself and the surrounding cities especially New York and Philadelphia. As much as we have come to link agricultural produce to healthy living that is not always the case. When it comes to the health of citizens of New Jersey Diabetes is becoming a major concern for the state. Being that I am a resident of New Jersey the rise in the cases of diabetes is therefore becoming one of my biggest concerns. Diabetes in general is on the rise throughout the whole nation. The American Diabetes Association in 2011 reported that there are about 25.8 million people in the United States are diabetics. The report went on to say that some of the people suffering from the disease do not even have any idea about their condition. It is bad enough that the some of the people with diabetes are not doing much about their condition but to walk around without even having an idea about you condition is scarier. The American Diabetes Association defines diabetes as “a problem in your body that causes blood glucose to rise higher than normal” (American Diabetes Association, 2015). Diabetes is a dangerous disease especially if it is not being treated. The disease is caused by the rise of the sugar level, also known as glucose level, in the blood. The rising level of sugar in the blood causes...
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...Do Doctors’ Communication Skills Affect Patient Health? Margarita Michalsky Montana State University Exploring Communications Studies 200 [ April 19, 2014 ] Dr. Daniel D. Gross Abstract One of the biggest complaints that a patient has is their inability to effectively communicate with their physician. A patients’ fear and intimidation of their physician can prevent them from being forthcoming about their symptoms and lifestyle behaviors. In addition, the lack of effective listening that the physician possesses can also limit the patients’ ability to express their needs. Effective communication is imperative to the health outcomes of the patient and this paper will look at how the communication style of the patient’s physician can affect those outcomes. Do Doctors’ Communication Skills Affect Patient Health? Healthcare is always in the news. You cannot turn on your television or pick up a newspaper without seeing something about healthcare. One of the main topics of discussion is the quality of healthcare that patients are receiving from their physicians. However, quality is not solely based on the knowledge of the patient’s physician; it can be also based on the ability of the patient to effectively communicate with their physician. Patients complain that they cannot effectively talk with their physicians because they are either intimidated or they do not feel their physician actually listens to what they say. Thus, do doctors’ communication skills...
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...Health education is educating people about health and health promotion strategies. It is a learning experience which mainly focuses on helping individuals and communities to improve their health by holding educational programmes and group activities. Through these activities, people can gain lots of knowledge about health and they can be positively influenced to change their attitudes. There are various health approaches and they are community development, Participation development and Holistic approach. Community is a group of people who shares the common interests and beliefs and development is the process where things grow and develop. Community development is a system where all the members of the community gather together to discuss the everyday problems that they have to face or that has been happening in their society and also to find the solution for it. As community development seeks to improve the quality of life, it observes and notices the ability and helps people to develop it. It also helps people to built a trust and respect each other within their communities. Community development ranges from small initiatives with a small group to large initiatives that involve the broader community. It also encourages the societies to be more health promoting by developing supporting groups and gathering people together to address the issues of power, inequality and social injustice. Community development is both a practice and an occupation which aims to bring about change...
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...SUBJECT CODE : MPU 3323 SUBJECT TITLE : PERSONAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME : BAAF CURRENT YEAR : YEAR 2 SEM 1 INTAKE : SEPT 2014 NAME/SEGI ID/UOG ID : SHAMITA A/P KASINATHAN (SCSJ-0019803/000862417) LECTURER’S NAME : MISS BALWINDER KAUR LEARNING CENTRE : SEGI COLLEGE SUBANG JAYA SUBMISSION DATE : 26 OCTOBER 2015 INTRODUCTION TO HEREDITARY DISEASES Heredity can be characterized as the investigation of what reasons likenesses and contrasts between living beings. Another meaning of is that the procedure by which mental and physical attributes are gone by folks to their kids; these qualities in a specific individual. Various extreme sicknesses happen through out the world however for the most part few are influenced by every one, as they arte essentially connected to certain families in particular regions. Some such maladies, be that as it may, are spread overall and influence numerous. Manifestations can be available during childbirth or get to be show sometime down the road and they might likewise differ extensively among individuals with the same analysis. Under typical circumstances, for example, hurtful allele would have been killed from a populace as the influenced people would kick the bucket before repeating. On the other hand, through the illness is uncommon in many parts of the world, it is tranquil basic in West Africa where jungle fever is pervasive. This...
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...Athletes and the cardiovascular system The act of exercise has played significant responsibilities in the aid of prevention of the primary and secondary cardiovascular diseases by lowering the effects that the risk factors such as arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia and obesity. It was noted none the less that athletes who performed at an advanced level in sports area are more endangered of exercise-induced sudden cardiac death. Angela Cozma states that “the term athlete refers to persons who train for more than six months, more than six hours a week” (Carre, 2012) (p 336). The athletes heart differ by far from that of the general population and this is due to the unvarying, vigorous training of such athlete that stimulates the different changes in the function and responsibilities of the cardiovascular system known to many as “athlete’s heart”. It was highlighted by the author that the increased of parietal thickness and biventricular cavity dimension, the increased of left atrial cavity size (and volume), associated with normal and supranormal systolic, and diastolic ventricular function are some of the cardiovascular changes brought about by the athletes heart. One of the main causes of death in athletes is Sudden cardiac deaths (SCD) and this transpire approximately an hour from the initiation of the set of symptoms characterize by that specific medical condition. The most frequent causes of sudden death in young athletes in USA are: hypertrophic...
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...The five elements of negligence that apply to the case of Mr. Margrieter V. New Hotel Monteleone, Inc are Duty, breach, cause in effect, proximal cause and harm (damage suffered as a proximal result of the defendant’s breach of duty). Duty refers to an obligation one has to another party. If duty “constrains and channels behavior in a socially responsible way” (Owen, 2007), then the Hotel Menteloene has a duty to take reasonable measures to protect its guests from harm. Breach, an improper act or omission, can also be viewed as an element that exists in this case. The hotel did not provide adequate security, as it did not replace the security personnel that had called in sick. It is particularly a breach if the hotel has determined that security is necessary to protect the property and its guests. It provided one employee to monitor the rear door, but the employee is not reported to have experience in security. Evidence of lack of security at exits and entrances, As well as lack of camera security monitoring and alarms are all actions that created a situation in which Mr. Margrieter could be abducted without notice, as could any other guest. Cause in Fact refers to the direct cause of one party’s action leading to the harm of another. If the lack of adequate security has led to Mr. Margrieter’s injuries, then cause in fact can be shown. Two men unlocked his hotel room door with a key. If this is the case, then cause in fact does exist. It...
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...have been evaluated. Safety is a very important healthcare issue that must be addressed prior to discharge. As with most patients over the age of 65, Mr. Trosack is at high risk for a fall for various reasons. 33% of this age group experience one fall per year and commonly involve falling down stairs or steps (Heasley, Buckley, Scally, Twigg, & Elliott, 2005). He lives on the second floor of an apartment building that has no elevator so he must maneuver a long flight of steps to enter or leave his apartment. In addition to this, he has a small apartment that is cluttered with WWII .memorabilia and furniture which increase his chances of tripping and falling. Mr. Trosack has recently been diagnosed with hypertension and noninsulin dependent diabetes which will present another healthcare issue and result in a lifestyle change for him. Previously, he was not taking any prescription medications and expressed displeasure about having to take the Lopressor and Glucophage now. Although he was educated and demonstrated competency in the hospital on use of a glucometer, this will necessitate a change in his daily routine and be a difficult adjustment. This may also present some challenges for him due to his vision problems. In addition to these medications, these new diagnoses will require a...
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...DSM-IV-TR DIAGNOSIS DEFINITION BIOLOGICAL EMOTIONAL COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL Eating Disorders Anorexia nervosa Restricting type anorexia binge-eating/purging type anorexia Bulimia nervosa eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS) binge eating disorder (BED) Anorexia nervosa- Refusal to maintain body weight at or above minimally normal weight for age and height (less than 85% of expectable weight). (p. 279) Restricting type anorexia – Anorexia in which the individual loses weight by severely restricting food intake. (p. 280). binge-eating/purging type anorexia- Anorexia in which the individual loses weight by bingeing and purging. Bulimia nervosa- A disorder involving repeated binge eating followed by compensatory measures to avoid weight gain. Purging type bulimia Bulimia in which the individual tries to avoid weight gain from binges by physically removing ingested food from her body, usually through vomiting or the use of laxatives. Non-purging type bulimia- Bulimia in which the individual tries to avoid weight gain from binges by burning off calories, usually through fasting or engaging in excessive exercise. EDNOS- eating behaviors that are disordered but do not meet diagnostic criteria for either anorexia or bulimia nervosa (p. 283). Ex. People who...
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