lymphadenopathy ♦ Hoarseness ♦ Cough ♦ Features suggestive of metastasis from a lung cancer (e.g. secondaries in the brain, bone, liver, skin) History: Current or ex-smoker History of exposure to asbestos and recent onset of chest pain History of COPD Previous cancer (especially head & neck) Shortness of breath or unexplained systemic symptoms (where chest x-ray indicates pleural effusion, mass or suspicious lung pathology) Clinical Details:
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peace, dignity and comfort. As a family member, what are you going to do if you found out that one of your love one is terminally ill? I already have experienced this kind of situation. We found out that our grandmother was diagnosed with COPD. Of course, to feel so worry about her condition is just an understatement but to feel afraid about losing her anytime keeps running on our mind. Of how long she will be on our sides, her smiles, and company. We can't help but think of negativities
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Cause and Effect My whole life, I have been around cigarettes and smoking. Most of my family smokes or has smoked. My mom and dad were both smokers. My mom still smokes today but my dad switched to smokeless tobacco. My aunt is a smoker. Both my mom’s parents were smokers and it took both their lives. My dad’s mother use to smoke but she quit ten years ago. My cousins Allen and Michael are both smokers. My brother has tried it and so has my cousin Harley. My daughter’s mother also is a smoker
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to think. How many patients do you treat a month from smoking related illnesses? As a medical student I don’t treat patients (yet) but I’ve already seen a number of people at the GP surgery who have ‘chronic obstructive pulmonary disease’ (COPD). This is actually a way more important disease than lung cancer. It makes it incredibly difficult to breath and can lead to death. It is mainly caused by smoking usually starts in your 40s effecting a massive three million people in the UK. Smoking
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Professional Development of Nursing Professionals Grand Canyon University October 12, 2014 Professional Development of Nursing Professionals Nursing is the profession where the need of continuous education and advancing the skills to move along with the inventions of technologies and evidenced based research are imperative. Nursing is all about caring and health. The more knowledge and skills a nurse acquire the better the quality of care they provide and promote optimal health of living for
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If you were a patient, do you think you would be able to tell the difference if you had a baccalaureate degree nurse vs. an associate degree nurse? Both the ADN and the BSN have the specifications needed that you get from accredited colleges to take the NCLEX. Once they pass they have licensure to practice as an RN and are capable of going into and being successful in any type of patient care setting. Let us compare the associate and bachelor degree and see if there are any differences or similarities
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University of Phoenix Material Environmental Pollution Outline Complete the following outline using Ch. 21–25 of the text. Use complete sentences. Here is an example: Example - Environmental History Before 1960, few people had ever heard the word ecology, and the term, environment, meant little as a political or social issue. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson Rachel Carson published Silent Spring in 1960. At about the time the book was published, several environmental events were occurring
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Leadership Vision A vision is an expression of a desired or passionate service one wants to achieve, which draws on ones innermost potential. It identifies what you are doing, why you are doing it and what you would like to do or see materialize in the future and the reason for that materialization. As leaders, in the healthcare industry, we all have visions that we would like to implement in order to improve the healthcare system we work and live in. “Nurses are central to the mission of promoting
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Family Values Paper Tiffani Lee NURS/542 July, 9 2012 Felicia Rohrbaugh Family Values Paper Family is defined differently by each individual, based on one’s personal experiences. Family is not always individuals related by blood. In health care not only do we take care of the patients, we take care of their families as well. Families defined in health care would be the support system of the individual whose health is compromised. In the health care setting family roles can
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Problem based learning bartter syndrome Name: Sarina Surname: Mirzaei Student No.: 17701411 Year 1 committee 2 Unknown words: • Meconium: The first intestinal discharges of the newborn infant, greenish in color and consisting of epithelial cells, mucus, and bile. (1) • Hyponatremia: Abnormally low concentrations of sodium ions in circulating blood. (1) • Hypokalemia: The presence of an abnormally low concentration of potassium ions in the circulating
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