VELEZ COLLEGE F. Ramos St., Cebu City College of Nursing A CASE ANALYSIS REPORT ON PATIENT N.M.C., 47 YEARS OLD, FEMALE, DIAGNOSED WITH UTERINE LEIOMYOMA (s/p TOTAL ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY and BILATERAL SALPINGO OOPHORECTOMY), BILATERAL OVARIAN NEWGROWTHS, METABOLIC SYNDROME, AND HYPERTENSION Submitted By: Villavelez, Carmina Anne Z. BSN III-C Submitted to: Mrs. Miraluna Echavez, RN, MN March 2013 UTERINE LEIOMYOMA/ UTERINE FIBROIDS Uterine fibroids are noncancerous growths
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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
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as diabetes and hypertension from all over the world as well as in Malaysia. In health clinics and hospitals, we are seeing increasing number of patients who are diagnosed with diabetes. Diabetes is a phenomenon which is becoming more common but there is a plenty ways which could be done to reduce the severity of any complications from this disease. Generally, there are three main types of diabetes. It includes Type 1 diabetes (juvenile diabetes), Type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes (during
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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
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Midterm Paper -Medical Illness Associated with Depression Diabetes and Depression The association between depression and diabetes has been recognized for many years, but the nature of this relationship remains uncertain, not only is depression one of the worst illnesses known to humankind, it is also implicated in another major chronic disease in humankind-diabetes. The relationship is attributed to a variety of mechanisms but the causal relationship between
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Chronic Disease Assessment I choose to do my chronic risk assignment on diabetes. In a normal healthy person’s body a fraction of food they ate will be broken down into glucose, the glucose passes into the bloodstream to the body cells through insulin that is produced by the pancreas and the pancreas produces the right amount of insulin to accommodate the quantity of sugar (glucose). But in a person with diabetes little or no insulin is produce or their cells do not respond as it should to insulin
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In education, it can be hard to capture the interest of the audience. This is especially true of adult audiences who may find it daunting to change their lifestyles. In order to provide concrete, practical information and to garner interest, creative elements should be used. One fun method to incorporate would be to have a cooking class, or demonstration. This will give people a chance to see lifestyle change in action, and will be fun to take part in. The American Diabetes Association has published
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Impact of Diabetes Trisha N427/UOP January 16, 2012 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2011), there are 25.8 million people affected by Diabetes which is “8.3% of the U.S. population”. Diabetes is the number one “cause of kidney failure, nontraumatic lower-limb amputations, and blindness among adults in the United States”. Also, “it is a major cause of heart disease and stroke” as well as “the seventh leading cause of death in the United States”. Diabetes impacts
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Diabetes a silent killer; Diabetes affects 20.8 million people in the United States alone and unfortunately, 6.2 million people in the United State are unaware that they have this disease. (CDC, 2007) Until they do, they have already developed life-threatening complications. According to the CDC the rates of Diabetes Type II are rising so quickly that they have declared the disease an epidemic. Complications may include blindness, kidney disease, nerve disease, heart and vascular disease and strokes
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HSM/270 April 28, 2015 Courtney Hunt The stakeholders American Diabetes Association (ADA) and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) has guidelines the program must follow to receive assistance. The Madison Children’s Hospital is seeking funding from the JDRF and ADA. The program will make changes by narrowing the target population to children with the chronic illness diabetes will help the program with opportunities for education advancements, and funding in the future to keep the programs services
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