considering professions that may contribute to a successful opioid program? Before attending the forum, some professions I thought of when considering professions that may contribute to a successful opioid program were physicians, nurse practitioners, psychologists, registered nurses, pharmacists as well as dentists. After attending the forum, what professions do you think of when considering professions that may contribute to a successful opioid program? After attending the forum, the professions I
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Running head: Knocking on Death’s Door Knocking on Death’s Door: Methadone for Palliative Care Wendy M. Walker NURS 407 February 23, 2015 Abstract “Terminally ill.” “Six months to live.” “Hospice and Palliative Care.” These are just a few of the phrases that will completely turn a person’s life upside down. Effective and appropriate symptom management at the end of a hospice patient’s journey is vital. Health care professionals have a duty to provide ethical and compassionate care to
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Guelph is a city with a population of 118,000 (City of Guelph, 2010) with agriculture and considered a safe city. But, what people don’t know is that Guelph is on the raise of having a community addicted to prescription pain killers, one in particular, Oxycodone. Narcotic pain relievers; Oxycodone, Morphine, and Dilaudid are surfacing on Guelph streets fast and Guelph police are trying to do everything they can to stop these drugs from destroying the streets of Guelph. “Approximately $70, 000 in
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Real-World Scenario In 2002, a lady was working in an extremely physical and fine-motored position at her job. Over time with moving heavy boxes of files something happened to her shoulder area. Sorting taxpayer/auditor requests did not help the situation either, along with writing and typing. She went through several specialists. First she saw an occupational therapist because there was numbing in her right arm down to the (dominant) hand. The therapist did numerous tests and gave her tips
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PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS INTRODUCTION Since the dawn of early civilization, psychoactive drugs have been used for many purposes. Psychoactive drugs are basically any substance that alters the mood and brain function of the person through taking them in any form. These drugs are used for a variety of reasons such as medical purposes, religious practices and even recreation. To give you a better perspective, listed below is a list on some types of psychoactive drugs that will be looked at further. 1.
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A defense attorney hammered away at a key prosecution witness in the Donald Cockrell murder trial Friday, focusing on her self-admitted history of dishonesty, manipulation and addiction to pain killers. Cockrell is charged with aggravated murder, murder by abuse and criminal mistreatment in the death of his 3-year-old daughter, Alexis Pounder, who was covered with bruises, underweight and malnourished when she died in early 2010. Cockrell's ex-fiancee and former co-defendant, Michelle Nicole
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Chronic Arthritis in the Elderly Management 6/1/2013 By: Kendra Chapman Topic: Management of Chronic Arthritis in the Elderly University Of Phoenix HCA/220 Date: June 1, 2013 By: Kendra When reading this article on the Management of Chronic Arthritis in the elderly I found that when you hit the half way mark that arthritis is one of the main diseases that they might have to face and is also one of the number one causes that concerns the elderly. Arthritis is inflammation of one
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Heroin What do fatal overdose, spontaneous abortion, collapsed veins, and infectious diseases all have in common? They are all serious health conditions that might occur if someone is abusing opiates. This includes heroin, also known as diacetyl morphine or diamorphine. Its abuse is more widespread than any other opiates. In this paper, opiates and heroin will be deeply discussed and their major effect on society. What does it mean to be drugged? It means losing your health. It means losing
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A drug is a substance that will cause a physiological change to your body when it is consumed. It interferes the brains and affect the way of how a body works. People believe that legal drugs are medicine that they consume when they are sick. These drugs are allowed by the doctors to prescribe to the patients to buy and consume them. Illicit drugs are known as the drugs that are illegal to make, use or sell as they are addictive. Speaking of drugs, people usually relate them to drug abuse, drug addiction
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