bronchitis approximately 6 years ago and had an acute myocardial infarction 2 years ago. His pulmonary function studies 1 year before this admission showed severe airway obstruction and air trapping. He has a history of high blood pressure, congestive heart failure, chronic dyspnea on exertion, and chronic cough and he experienced two episodes of pneumonia within the last year. In recent months, according to a neighbor, he has become increasingly depressed. According to his daughter, his physical
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Personal Statement I am looking forward to pursuing a Master’s of Science in Public Administration because I want to accrue skills to assist me in working with offenders of the justice system. Life is about choices. I have been taught that the choices we make can either be optimistic or pessimistic. Above all, I am a realist, and no matter what I want in the future, what is most important now, is the present; which is the living moment where as I can demonstrate actions that will provide
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Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, LeBron James, Joe Montana, Kobe Bryant, and many more are all names of athletes written in history to be known as, one of the greatest, a hero, Spectacular, amazing, an Idol and so on. Tumors, osteoarthritis, congestive heart failure, lung cancer, Diabetes, high blood pressure and many more are all names of risks of taking performance enhancing drugs that people are willing to take to be known as, one of the greatest, a hero, Spectacular, amazing, or an Idol Purpose
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Patient Education Plan for Larry Garcia Timber L. Keys NURS/427 January 14, 2013 Amy Prichard Patient Education Plan for Larry Garcia An important component of a nurse’s daily responsibilities is to provide the patient with the knowledge base he or she will need to improve their quality of life after the illness. Patient education is a central part of the practice of all health professionals. Patient education services are delivered during direct care given by health care practitioners
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Patient Initials: ML Admit Date: 09/23/2010 Admitting Dx: Acute Congestive Heart Failure Age: 84 Sex: Female Marital Status: Married Surgery/Procedure: None Date of Surgery/Procedure: None POD/LOS (number): 6 Allergies: No known Drug Allergies Code Status: DNR Significant Hx: History of nerve damage to her esophagus, HTN, history of venous insufficiency, psoriasis, encounter of palliative care, Acute Renal failure, acute myocardial infarction. Post Surgical History: Hx. of cholecystectomy
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Clinical guidelines Diagnosis and treatment manual for curative programmes in hospitals and dispensaries guidance for prescribing 2010 EDITION © Médecins Sans Frontières – January 2010 All rights reserved for all countries. No reproduction, translation and adaptation may be done without the prior permission of the Copyright owner. ISBN 2-906498-81-5 Clinical guidelines Diagnosis and treatment manual Editorial Committee: I. Broek (MD), N. Harris (MD), M. Henkens (MD), H
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Health Promotion in Nursing Care Rhea Acklin Grand Canyon University: NRS429V-Family Centered Health Promotion May 21, 2014 Instructor: Lori James Concepts of Health and Illness The most important goals of a nurse are to promote health, restore health, prevent illness, and to facilitate coping with illness, death and disability. Nurses maximize the health of patients of all ages, in many settings, and in both good health and illness. Health is not just the absence of illness, it is
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Nurse Driven Education for A Patient Diagnosed With Chronic Systolic Heart Failure Refusing Diagnostic and Interventional Procedures Heather Horsley Wilkes University School of Nursing Abstract Heart failure (HF) is a chronic progressive disease, arising from structural or functional disorders of the heart, in which incidence increases with age. This review attempts to describe the types and causes of HF while focusing on variable aspects of patient education that have a positive effect on
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Heart failure (HF) is one of the most common manifestations of heart disease. In the US, the lifetime risk of developing HF at age 40 is one in five for both men and women, and continues at this level through the age of 80, despite the reduction in life expectancy.{Roger, 2012 #1789} Chronic HF in particular has increased in prevalence, even as control of other common cardiovascular syndromes, such as myocardial infarction (MI), has improved in recent years.{McCullough, 2002 #1851;Roger, 2012 #1789}
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anatomic single ventricle (also known as univentricular heart). The Fontan operation and its modifications have remained an important milestone in the surgical management of selected patients with complex cyanotic congenital heart disease. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is a complex congenital heart defect (CHD), it is spectrum of congenital cardiac defects characterized by “underdevelopment of the left heart significant hypoplasia of the left ventricle including
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