Health Promotion Plan Linda Nowlin Western Kentucky University Teaching Health Promotions N340 Dr. Deborah Williams March 14, 2012 NURS 340: Health Promotion Plan Health Promotion Plan: Diet, Nurtrition (The Purpose of this Plan is to assist an individual to improve diet and nutrition through better food choices) Assessment Name: Linda Nowlin Describe a typical day, including eating times and places, activities, etc. Since I work nights, my typical eating times and places are
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Using the health belief model, how can the nurse encourage a patient, who is status post myocardial infarction, to make immediate and permanent behavior changes in his or her eating habits and activity levels especially when the patient views these changes to be insurmountable? Provide a nursing diagnosis with interventions and outcomes to assess the patient's behavior changes. The Health Belief Model (HBM) is a psychological model that attempts to explain and predict health behaviors. This is done
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Rectal prolapse occurs when part of the large intestine’s lowest section (the rectum) slips outside the muscular opening at the end of the digestive tract (MayoClinic, 2017). Causes of Rectal Prolapse: -Chronic constipation or chronic diarrhea (Huether & McCance, 2017) -Long-term straining during bowel movements (Huether & McCance, 2017) -Old age (Weakened rectal/anal and pelvic wall muscles) (MayoClinic, 2017) -Injury to the anal and/or pelvic area (MayoClinic, 2017) -Damage to the nerves that
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⦁ CBC to determine hemoglobin and hematocrit levels that may identify anemia from GI bleeding from chronic alcohol abuse and possible infections ⦁ Gluclose/Ketone Levels to determine hypoglycemis or hyperglycemia related to pancreatitis ⦁ Electrolyte lmblances are common, such as: hypkalemia and hypomagnesmia ⦁ Nutritional Testing to determine if Albumin levels are low with decreased vitamins, reflecting malnuttrion and malabsorption. Evidenced-Based Nursing Priorities are as follows: ⦁ Maintain
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properly. Now one might ask, what do the kidneys do? The kidney’s simply remove metabolic waste and water from the human body and maintain homeostasis. Without the kidneys functioning properly the body will no longer make urine and dangerous electrolyte abnormalities can occur. One must realize there are several categories of renal failure. The two main classifications are Acute and Chronic Renal Failure. Acute Renal Failure is best defined as rapid and new onset renal failure sometimes reversible
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Seizures/Epilepsy Epilepsy occurs as a result of abnormal electrical activity in the brain. Brain cells communicate by sending electrical signals in an orderly pattern. In epilepsy, these electrical signals become abnormal, giving rise to an "electrical storm" that produces seizures. These storms may be within a specific part of the brain or may be generalized, depending on the type of epilepsy. Epilepsy is the oldest-known brain disorder; in the early ages people did not understand the causes
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Anatomy and Physiology Cell Organelles There are 50 trillion (50 million million) cells in the human body; they carry out chemical reactions essential to life, for example Blood cells. Nucleus The nucleus is the largest structure in any human cell, it contains gasps or pores, which allow protein and nucleic acid, pass through. It is the central part of the cell and it’s usually a lot darker than the rest of the cell because it absorbs stain quickly and stores the entire DNA (Deoxyribonucleic
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Nueva Ecija Doctors’ Colleges, Inc. Cagayan Valley Road, Cabanatuan City College of Medical Technology Acute Glomerulonephritis In partial fulfillment of RLE Researchers: Valdez, Shiela Mae A. Alonzo, Krizzel Marie M. Sevilla, Rica Allona N. Flores, Ma. Cristina D. Mangulabnan, Kimberly M. March 2015 I. INTRODUCTION Glomerulonephritis literally means inflammation of the glomerulus or the clusters of microscopic blood vessels in the kidney that filter wastes and fluids
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number of electrons ELECTRONS • Held on energy levels • First level can only hold 2 electrons • After the first the rest of the energy levels can hold 8 • Electrons heavily influence the chemical properties of an element Electrolytes are substances that conduct electricity when molten or in solution (ionic) ISOTOPES • An atom with the same number of protons but a
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and water floating in a person’s body (Campbell, “Excretory System”). In addition, these accessory systems to the urinary system ultimately help the body maintain pressure, volume, and composition of the blood (Campbell, “Excretory”). Along with electrolytes, uric acid, and glucose, the urinary system also removes a protein essential for breaking down proteins in the body which is called urea. Urea, together with water and other waste products, forms the liquid that is excreted from organisms commonly
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