Sickle Cell Anemia Pathophysiology: Sickle cell anemia is a disease passed down through families in which red blood cells form an abnormal crescent shape. The “sickling” occurs because of a mutation in the hemoglobin gene. Sickle cells are stiff and sticky. They tend to block blood flow in the blood vessels of the limbs and organs. Blocked blood flow can cause pain‚ serious infections‚ and organ damage. Life expectancy in people who have this disease is shortened. Anemia is a condition in
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Evolution of Nursing Michael Asher Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V 1/23/2015 The Evolution of Nursing of nursing will continue to change for the improvement of society. At points in the past and in the future‚ there will be arguments that there is no difference between a nurse having an ADN and a BSN. With this argument there is supporting documentation that nurses having a BSN will be better for the population as a whole. There may be room for both degrees as both have advantages
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FI 410 Final Exam Study Guide Chapter 2 and 3: Investment risk- pertains to the probability of earning a return less than that expected. Standard deviation measures the stand-alone risk of an investment The larger the std deviation‚ the higher the probability that returns will be far below the expected return Two-Stock Portfolios: Can be combined to form a risklss portfolio if correlation (p)= -1.0 Risk is not reduced at all if the two stocks have correlation (p)= +1.0 In general‚ stocks have an
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Sickle Cell Anemia is an inherited disorder that affects the building of hemoglobin in the body. Hemoglobin is a protein in red blood cells that moves oxygen through the body. People are born with sickle cell anemia when they inherit two abnormal genes from both parents (one from each). People with sickle cell disease has a hemoglobin called hemoglobin S. Normally cells move through the body easily but for people who have sickle cell anemia‚ their cells tend to block blood vessels. Normal red blood
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Sickle cell anemia (SCA) also known as sickle-cell disease (SDA) is the most common genetic blood disorder that most people know far to little about. It is blood disease identified by abnormal looking red blood cells (Primary Health Care 2012). Normal blood cells tend to be soft and round and travel to through the body smoothly as for sickle cells‚ on the other hand‚ look like a hard falcate moon shape (Primary Health Care 2012). These abnormal red blood cells result in a difficult blood flow
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Reflection Paper Donna Ishay Grand Canyon University Trends and Issues in Today ’s Healthcare NRS-440V Professor Linda Gobin July 20‚ 2015 Reflection Paper Recommendation 4: Increase the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate degree to 80% by 2020. According to the IOM report‚ they wanted to increase the number of nurses with a baccalaureate degree by 80% (American Nurses Association‚ IOM report‚ 2010). I knew for myself this would mean for me to go back to school and get a higher level of degree
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Aplastic Anemia Definition Pancytopenia resulting from aplasia of the B.M. classified into primary and secondary types. Definition the bone marrow produces too few of all three types of blood cells: red cells‚ white cells‚ and platelets (pancytopenia) Causes A-Primary: 1- congenital (as Fanconi’s anemia). 2- Idiopathic acquired (67% of cases). Causes B- secondary: 1-chemicals (benzene‚ toluene‚ glue sniffing). 2-drugs (chemotherapeutics‚ antibiotics
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Electrolytes including calcium and magnesium - low potassium with Conn’s syndrome). * Renal function tests * Liver function tests * Blood sugar * Thyroid function tests * Pregnancy test‚ if indicated * Iron studies to detect iron deficiency and hemochromatosis * Serum cortical - to help differentiate Addison’s disease and hypopituitarism. * Celiac screen - if indicated. * Syphilis screen - if indicated. * ANA test‚ Rheumatoid factor
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Brittany Henson Grand Canyon University July 12‚ 2015 NRS-451V Leadership is the process of influencing‚ communicating‚ and motivating groups of people in order to accomplish goals (Huber‚ 2014). This role is underpinned with trust and requires an emotional intelligence from the leaders themselves. Other needed skills involve a cognitive ability to understand the situation at hand‚ a behavioral competency in order to adapt to the situation‚ and a process competency that allows
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M5 Assignment: Anemia of Chronic Disease 1. Differentiate between absolute and functional iron deficiency in the context of ACD and IDA. Absolute iron deficiency is when the stores of iron are depleted and bone marrow iron is absent‚ resulting in low serum ferritin and low transferrin saturation. Simple absolute iron deficiency usually results in iron deficiency anemia and can be resolved with iron supplementation. Functional iron deficiency results in anemia of chronic disease/inflammation
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