Case Study Care Plan Strategies: Shanti Care Plan Strategies: Shanti Shanti’s story describes the death and dying process of a 63 year old Indian woman with breast cancer and metastasis. She had lived in the United States for 32 years and both her and her family still strictly followed their Hindu beliefs and traditions. Shanti knew she was ill but not her diagnosis or prognosis. She was in constant pain and suffered from anorexia, weight loss, and digestive problems. Her religious and
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Born Addicted to Drugs Born Addicted to Drugs As prescription drug abuse increases, doctors face many challenges dealing with pregnant women giving birth to newborns addicted to opiates . While many people start out with narcotic pain killers prescribed by a doctor, they become habit-forming and can lead to a road of addiction and destruction in one’s lives. “These infants experience what's called neonatal abstinence syndrome as they undergo withdrawal from the addictive drugs their mothers took
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Marijuana has become one of the most widely used drugs in the United States. Marijuana has many different effects, which result from using the drug. Effect means how a person reacts to the drug. Marijuana is a mild hallucinogenic drug, which is used for individual pleasure or medical treatment. The effects can be physical, psychological, and/or medicinal. Many physical effects result from smoking marijuana. The most common effects from the use of marijuana are an accelerated heart rate and a reddening
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Addiction is one of the most common and devastating diseases in the United States. Drug abuse and addiction have negative consequences for individuals and for society. Assessments of the total overall costs of substance abuse in the United States, to include productivity, health, and crime related costs exceed $600 billion annually. Drug addiction is a brain-related disease that requires a treatment plan that addresses the problem of addiction effectively and sustainably. If left untreated, the destructive
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Mary’s joint pain seems to be well controlled by her current use of paracetamol and diclofenac. The expected outcomes of Mary’s asthma treatments however, are not being achieved. Poor control is evident in night-time symptoms, and nightly requirement of Salbutamol (1). Beclomethasone has been prescribed at a moderate dose. While this dose is safe, it is too high to be prescribed without the pairing of a long acting Beta2 agonist (LABA) (1). The therapeutic guidelines stepwise approach to treatment
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Unit 10 disc 1 I reviewed the randomized, controlled trial to evaluate topical anesthetic for 15 minutes before venipuncture in pediatrics patients. The pending question is, is a topical anesthetic effective in decreasing pain in pediatric patients when applied 15 minutes before a venipuncture in an ED? I will use the following PICOS format to evaluate the outcome. P: The population in this study focuses on pediatric patients who are in need of a venipuncture between the ages of 5 – 18 years old
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Counselor met with Pt. for a scheduled individual session. Counselor and Pt. discussed his progress in recovery, current his mental health and physical status. Pt. reported that he has taking Xanax few times in the past 30 days when his anxiety gets really bad. Counselor explained that he needs to bring his prescription to put it in his file per AMS nurse. Pt. has been able to access or follow through with mental treatment services. Pt. denied having any suicidal ideation at this moment. Counselor
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What is a chimpanzee? What are chimpanzee's diets? What is a chimpanzee’s natural habitat? What are chimpanzee’s natural predators? How do chimpanzees communicate with one another? There are so many questions to ask about chimpanzees. This research paper is going to answer all those questions . What is a chimpanzee, what are chimpanzee’s diets, where do chimpanzees mainly live, and what are chimpanzee’s natural predators. What is a chimpanzee? Chimpanzees are primates. They have four legs and
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Prescription drug abuse is severe today. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) says that more than 22,000 Americans who use Vicodin abuse it. When you're ready to get clean, you really should consider entering into prescription drug detox in luxury. You can't underestimate how important the proper detox environment is. Despite prescription drugs' legality, detoxification is just as dangerous as detoxifying from street drugs. Your likelihood of abusing prescription drugs again in the
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Opiates is derived from the word opium. These substances are used to temporarily free people from pain. Heroin, Morphine, Oxycontin, Hydrocodone, and Davon are some of the examples of opiates (NIDA Bulletin, 2005). Lots of researchers accepted that psychological dependence happens when using opiates substance (Ray & Ksir, 2004). Opiates users and abusers undergoes withdrawal symptoms once they stopped taking the substance. There are even patients who are hospitalized for the painful symptoms wherein
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