The Walden commitment to positive social change is a laudable commitment. The world is at a point where any contribution to positive social change is welcome. This is because several vices, adverse reports, and news are reported daily all over the world. For me, being a part of the social change mission at Walden University is an honorable venture. Currently, I am enrolled as a Ph.D. student of the health education and promotion program. This program with all it entails and stands for, makes me a
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How ethical is Vicodin usage in the National Football League (NFL)? Within multiple categories of sports, science has been applied for utilization in a wide range of fields. Specifically, American football is a sport with prevalent issues of impairments in players. In the case of the NFL, 93% of former players missed at least one game from major injuries, such as, concussions; some often playing hurt. This is to the extent of requiring settling payments for these individuals’ lasting damages or
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Gwendolyn Smith MGMT 520 Prof Carr May 22,, 2015 MGMT 520: Week two Homework 1. State the administrative agency that that controls the regulation? The agency that controls SAMHSA is the US Dept. of Health and Human Services. Congress established Samhsa in 1992 to make substance abuse and mental health information, services and research more accessible. Briefly explain why this agency and the proposed regulation change interest you? I chose The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
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This part of the plan involves protecting the patient from injury and supporting the family. The first step would be to give a dosage of opioids to the patient in order to rule out the possibility that they may be in pain. The next step is to assess the distention of the bladder. In case there is an issue, the nurse needs to insert an indwelling catheter. If it is appropriate to do so, the next step is to assess for impaction. The patient may need to be given antipsychotics or even benzodiazepines
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of health care professionals have fallen into the routine of branding and stigmatizing their clients as “drug seeking.” This term has been used for the last 25 years and implies that a client seeking medical attention is an addict out to obtain opioids, with the inclination that
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Annotated Bibliography “What is the evidence of positive benefits with using T.E.N.S. (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) unit for pain management?” Bi, X., Effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on pain in patients with spinal cord injury: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Physical Therapy Science 27: 23-25 (2014). Xia Bi, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Shanghai Gongli Hospital, China, focused his research on investigating the effectiveness with
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wikipedia.org/wiki/Tramadol. 4. P R Bromage et al. Epidural Narcotics for Postoperative Analgesia. Anesth Analg 1980; 59:473-480. 5. Bach V et al. Potentiation of epidural opioids with epidural droperidol. Anaesthesia 1986; 41:1116-1119. 6. M.Morgan. The rational use of intrathecal and extradural opioids. Br J Anaesth 1989; 63; 165-188. 7. Parvis Naji et al. Epidural Droperidol and Morphine for Postoperative Pain. Anesth Analg 1990;70582-8. 8. J C Tortosa et al. Efficacy
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Analyzing Psychological Disorders Introduction Many people do not realize how biology can play a role in psychological activities and disorders. Biology is a key aspect of psychology. Understanding the role of biology in behavior and cognitive abilities will create a better understanding of the disorder a person may have. Part A: Schizophrenia “Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disorder that has affected people throughout history. About one percent of Americans have this
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I Population Defined This paper will cover briefly a multidimensional analysis of pregnant women and cocaine use. This paper will explore how women, particularly pregnant women can be challenged by cocaine use. There will be A review of the literature and policies that impact this population. In history, women have been making strides against oppression and discrimination in health, social welfare, policy and many other areas of life (Eisenberg,1998). For purposes of this paper, inner urban cities
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dies. Jason’s integration of life events and cognitive vulnerabilities include being the only child, not having a close relationship with his father, and his mother passing in the year 2012. He believes that he is a loser because he chose to abuse opioids instead of providing for his family. He feels that he has no support and that no one cares if he lives or dies because of the lack of support he received from his father while growing up. Once his mother passed, he lost contact with
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