Harmful Effects of Drug Abuse during Pregnancy When a woman becomes pregnant‚ it is vital to her baby ’s health that she leads a healthy life. For a pregnant woman‚ substance abuse is twice as dangerous. Any drug use while pregnant has dangerous effects. First‚ drugs may harm her own health‚ which interferes with her ability to support the pregnancy. Second‚ some drugs can directly impair prenatal development. During pregnancy‚ virtually all drugs pose a danger. Even legal substances‚ such as alcohol
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Adolescent pregnancy is viewed as a high-risk situation due to the serious health risks that this creates for the mother‚ the baby‚ and society at large. Describe various risk factors or precursors to adolescent pregnancy. All races of females in low socioeconomic status In 2009‚ 57% of teen pregnancies were to Non-Hispanic blacks and Hispanics/Latinos Those in foster care Those in the juvenile detention system The risk factors are determined based on the teen’s upbringing‚ knowledge‚ and attitude
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Gestational Diabetes: This type of diabetes affects women during pregnancy. During pregnancy‚ the placenta produces increased levels of other hormones. This affects how the body makes insulin during pregnancy; these hormones also increase blood glucose levels which causes gestational diabetes. Many patients of this type of diabetes can control and prevent it with proper exercise and diet. However‚ some of them would need to take medication that controls blood glucose. Type 1 Diabetes: This type
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High Risk Pregnancy- is one in which a concurrent disorder‚ pregnancy related complications or external factor jeopardizes the health of the woman‚ the fetus or both. Complications with POWER Dystocia- can arise from any of the four main component of the labor process: Power‚ Passenger‚ Passageway and Pysche. -defined as a long‚ difficult‚ abnormal labor. Causes -Power: dysfunctional labor -Passageway: alterations in pelvic structure - Passenger: fetal
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The United States is comprised of many cultures within a culture. America is composed of a variety of people who all have different beliefs and traditions‚ as well as their own unique set of beliefs regarding their healthcare practices. One such group is the Hispanic Americans who have their own very diverse cultural group. As individuals‚ they are just like anybody else in any other culture. However‚ it is worthwhile for a nurse caring for someone from this culture to know what their distinct cultural
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Pregnancy comes with a lot of responsibilities which includes taking good care of your health as well as the health of your unborn child. An often neglected or overlooked aspect of maintaining a healthy lifestyle during pregnancy revolves around oral hygiene. Many people assume that dentist visits are best avoided during pregnancy or that teeth do not need any special attention or care during pregnancy. The reverse is in fact true. Your teeth and gums are twice as susceptible to decay and infection
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they didn’t go overboard. It seems a bit artsy‚ meaning it is a well put together canvas of visuals by whom ever did the web design. After reading a bit more‚ the pregnant man‚ Mr. Lee is an art major and probably had something to do with designing this webpage and the easy functionality of it. MalePregnancy.com ’s public Oracle database is fully-integrated with RYT Hospital ’s internal ambulatory care information system (which runs off an application called Epic). WebObjects is their application
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Pregnancy is the fertilization and development of one or more offspring‚ known as an embryo or fetus‚ in a woman’s uterus. It is the common name for gestation in humans. A multiple pregnancy involves more than one embryo or fetus in a single pregnancy‚ such as with twins. Childbirth usually occurs about 38 weeks after conception; in women who have a menstrual cycle length of four weeks‚ this is approximately 40 weeks from the start of the last normal menstrual period (LNMP). Human pregnancy is the
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The article “Exercise During Pregnancy” by Raul Artal‚ M.D.‚ James F. Clapp‚ III‚ M.D.‚ and Daniel V. Vigil‚ M.D. relates to what I’ve learned about motor development because of it’s connection to Newell’s Model of Constraints. Newell’s Model has three different constraints: Individual‚ Structural‚ and Functional‚ which can impact a person’s abilities due to changing interactions in motor development that occur throughout their lifetime (Haywood‚ K.M. & Getchell‚ N.). Pregnancy is a huge Structural
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Family keeps different prospect about their children‚ when is the suitable time for their children to become parent and what all things to be occurred before they become parents. (Dallas 2004). Pregnancy and parenthood is an overcoming experience for all age groups but for teenagers it can create a developmental problem as they go through or experience two stages at the same time‚ which is parenthood and adolescent (Bishop‚ 2007). However‚ pregnancy and child birth is a significant health problem
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