mere thought of sends a shudder of fear down my spine. Last August I found myself face to face with that kind of fear. My four year old son’s life hung in the balance as he lay in an intensive care hospital bed. He looked so frail; with wires, and tubes hooked all over him. The constant beeping of the monitors was unsettling. I felt completely helpless. What did I do in that moment? The only thing that I could do. I hit my knees, and I prayed to my higher power as hard as I ever have. I begged,
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Jory Lirette Case Students Name: LaPaige Green & Natalie Marles Instructor Name: Kelly Bayne Date: August 21, 2013 ECPI University The Jori Lirette Case. Victim: Jori Lirette DOB: 04/08/2004 Address: 414 West 7th Street Thibodaux, LA 70301 Crime Date and Time: 08/14/2011 - 12:15PM approx. Suspects: Jeremiah Wright Suspect DOB: 06/22/1981 Address: 414 West 7th Street Thibodaux, LA 70301. After passing in front of the house a motorist called 911, reporting that he believe he just
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ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) comes from the Greek language. “A” means no “myo” meaning muscle, and “trophic” meaning nourishment, which basically says no muscle nourishment. When famous baseball player, Lou Gehrig got diagnosed with ALS, they renamed the disease after him, and in his memory. This disease is a very hard disease to diagnose. There is no special test or procedure to establish whether somebody does or doesn’t have ALS. There are 5,600
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Anatomy The alimentary canal, also known as the digestive tract, is the pathway by which food enters and is expelled from the body. It begins at the mouth, then follows to the pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and ends at the anus. The main structures of the mouth, or oral cavity, are the teeth, tongue, and palate. The teeth tear and grind food down so that it is small enough to proceed through digestion, this is called bolus. The tongue is a large and powerful muscle
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Troy Jacobs 4-21-2014 Abstract When the topic of death arises many people like to avoid the discussion, hence the number of people that don’t preplan their funeral and death plans. Regardless of whether we want to plan or not death is always 100% sure when its time. No human being has lived forever and for humans death is a part of life. Death comes in many different forms, but in the end all of these different forms still lead to only one thing death. Ethically there are two topics that always
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Anorexia Nervosa “Four out of ten individuals have either personally experienced an eating disorder or know someone who has.”(ANAD) One of the most common eating disorders is anorexia nervosa, or most simply known as anorexia. Anorexia and bulimia often get confused with one another. Anorexia involves starvation, while bulimia involves purging. Anorexia is an eating disorder defined by an abnormally low body weight, intense fear of gaining weight and a distorted perception of body weight. Anorexia
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old son is severely disabled. He was born with hydropheleus and cerebral palsy. He cannot talk or walk he is confined to wheelchair. I had them when I was twenty-one. I had a lot to learn on how to take care of him. I learned how to change his feeding tube. I learned a lot from taking care of him. That is why I want to become a nurse. I love helping and taking care of people, who cannot take care of themselves. I was doing fine taking care of him and his twin, until I started getting social security
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Associate Degree Nursing Program NURS 122 Concept Care Map Evaluation Rubric: Maternal-Newborn |Value/categories |0 |1 |2 | |Assessment with Pathophysiology | < 90% data filled |> 90% data filled in |Complete with | | |incorrectly |correctly |Pathophysiology | |Lab work/rationale or reason for|
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NCLEX-RN® DETAILED TEST PLAN 2010 NCLEX-RN Detailed Test Plan ® Effective | April 2010 Item Writer/Item Reviewer/Nurse Educator Version Mission Statement The National Council of State Boards of Nursing, composed of member boards, provides leadership to advance regulatory excellence for public protection. Purpose and Functions The purpose of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN ) is to provide an organization through which boards of nursing act and counsel together
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Joyce Chen Aaron Lay ENC 1101 12 August 2013 Killing Them Softly Death is an ineluctable phenomenon, but it can be quick, possibly painless, or one can bear insufferable pain. It is stated in the Hippocratic Oath, “I will not give a lethal drug to anyone if I am asked, nor will I advise such a plan; and similarly I will not give a pessary to cause an abortion” (United States). A physician should uphold his or her duty to save a person’s life, even though that person may be in immense amount
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