Alzheimer’s Disease Case Study Scenario M.E. is a 62-year-old woman who has a 5-year history of progressive forgetfulness. She is no longer able to care for herself‚ has become increasingly depressed and paranoid‚ and recently started a fire in the kitchen. After extensive neurologic evaluation‚ M.E. is diagnosed as having Alzheimer’s disease. Her husband and children have come to the Alzheimer’s unit at your ECF (extended-care facility) for information about this disease and to discuss the possibility
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Secondary to Uremic Encephalopathy‚ Hypertensive Nephrosclerosis vs. Gouty Neuropathy Attending Physician: Dr. Valdez‚ Dr. Manzon‚ Dr. Ocampo‚ Dr. Concepcion I. CHIEF COMPLAINT - General body weakness - Drowsiness - Pain on knees II. NURSING HISTORY The patient‚ MNM‚ has hypertension for 21 years‚ he’s not taking any medications until year 2008 when he was prescribed Nifedipine and Carvedilol. He also has gouty attacks for 14 years now and he is taking Allopurinol. Four days PTC
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This case study is a perfect simulation of an error that is very common during the admission process that is highly preventable. The admission nurse did a great job by asking the daughter of the list of medications that her mother was taking at home. This would have been very beneficial through the medication reconciliation process if the medication list submitted by the daughter was accurate. The admission nurse should have made sure to pass down to the nurse coming on to the next shit‚ or through
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Assignment of Case Introduction Mrs. Lee‚ a 45 year-old-woman who was diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)‚ recently admitted to mental hospital. She was depressed with auditory hallucination. In this essay‚ the contributing factors of Mrs. Lee’s GAD condition will be explained first‚ followed by a discussion on her current health conditions. Then‚ appropriate nursing diagnoses are made in priority according to their significance. Furthermore‚ implementation of nursing care to her will
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Renal disease case study This case relates to renal disease; therefore~ purposefully look into the medication use and vocabulary as they relate to renal patients. Vocabulary: Before attempting to work the case study‚ define each of the vocabulary words. Although the words may have several subheadings‚ it will give you a place to begin your inquiry. When reviewing the vocabulary words‚ you might want to ask several questions: who‚ what‚ where‚ when‚ why and how. This should give you a much broader
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This article is referenced from "Why it is Important that Software Projects Fail"‚ Berglas 2008 Following Parkinson‚ it demonstrates that no amount of software automation will reduce the size of a bureaucracy. http://www.berglas.org/Articles/ImportantThatSoftwareFails/ImportantThatSoftwareFails.html Parkinson’s Law C. Northcote Parkinson C. Northcote Parkinson is Raffles Professor of History at the University of Singapore. This article first appeared in The Economist in November 1955. It
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resource/caregiver. P is an RN who works with many clients with chronic illness. They both feel B’s experience in nursing brings a great deal of skill‚ knowledge about pathophysiology‚ medication administration‚ side effects and coping strategies that enable them to self-manage his disease and enable them adapt to the demands living with illness. B herself suffers from an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the thyroid. As a result she suffers from hypothyroidism. B focuses a lot
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Executive Summary: Education for Recovery Room Nurses on the Topic of Diverticular Disease Dina Gibson Grand Canyon University: NRS-415V November 10‚ 2013 Executive Summary: Education for Recovery Room Nurses on the Topic of Diverticular Disease We as nurses have a common goal of educating the people that we care for and teaching them in detail about disease management and prevention. Diverticular disease is characterized by small pouches in the colon. Most people do not exhibit symptoms
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DOI: 2/2/2016. Patient is a 59-year-old female certified nursing assistant who sustained injury to her low back and right knee while transferring a patient. Per OMNI entry‚ she was initially diagnosed with right knee contusion/strain and lumbar sprain. She is status post right knee arthroscopic medial meniscectomy‚ medial condyle abrasion arthroplasty major synovectomy/3 compartments and lateral release on 07/31/16. Per the PT note dated 10/17/16‚ patient is doing well with the exercises. However
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The Issue In the early 1970’s‚ a cancer cluster was found in the town of Rutherford‚ New Jersey. There had been 13 cases of leukemia and 9 cases of Hodgkin’s disease in between 1973 and 1978. This issue was first brought to light‚ when parents of students from one school district (Pierrepont School) realized that there had been several cases of leukemia and Hodgkins disease (Garfinkel). A mother found her self in a hospital in New York with her son who was being treated for leukemia. At this hospital
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