This polypharmacy teaching project has opened my eyes to the difficulty facing individuals who are prescribed multiple medications. Our patient was prescribed nine different drugs‚ however two of those were to be taken twice a day. That adds up to a total of eleven drugs to take daily. Taking eleven pills a day is troubling enough‚ but there also are specific instructions that must be followed for each medication. Some of drugs had the same instructions‚ though others did not. For instance five of
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This was my first week. I was really...glad that I decided to give Diagnostic Imaging a try for my Co-op. At first I wasn’t sure if it was going to be for me‚ and I was worried all the information I would get would go right over my head and I wouldn’t understand‚ but I am really happy I took a leap of faith and gave it a try. Through I did not find Ultrasound as interesting‚ I really loved being in Nuclear Medicine. I found it amazing how much detail you could actually see in the images. I really
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Introduction Spiritual care is an integral part of human life and a vital aspect of holistic care in nursing homes (especially with patients who have dementia). A number of studies have investigated the thoughts of spirituality and religiosity‚ however‚ few studies have been done to describe how nurses provide spiritual care in clinical practice. Dementia‚ according to Ødbehr‚ Kvigne‚ Hauge‚ and Danbolt (2015)‚ is characterized as memory impairment‚ impaired communication‚ and orientation‚ leading
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Modern social care presents the contemporary social care worker with a number of social and personal challenges. In order to address this issue I will take an autobiographical approach based on my own personal life experiences in a social care context and blend it with my learning during the college process. Firstly I would like to state that the views and experiences expressed in this essay are not general statements directed at the travelling community as a whole but just my own personal experiences
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once-whole person into a mere shell of what once existed is the main depiction behind Alzheimer’s Disease. This form of dementia is successful in slowly and painfully turning someone from active into a broken subconscious. A terrifying monster‚ Alzheimer’s Disease has signs and symptoms that can act as a warning for the affected – which includes the individual and their loved ones. Dementia is expected to increase significantly within the next twenty years and affect over eighty million individuals by the
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Before I arrived at NCOA‚ I wasn’t sure what I was going to learn throughout the course. Some friends told me the course was amazing‚ while others said it is just a vacation and I should enjoy it. Then‚ there are the people who just plain hate school and said it was the worst time ever. I tried to keep an open mind about the course‚ but it becomes difficult when you have so many people telling you so many different things. I tried to put all my opinions and misconceptions aside and give the material
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At the age of eleven I experienced two fundamental shifts within my knowledge of myself and the world around me; though‚ of course‚ at the time I was quite unaware of the long lasting implications of these shifts. The first shift would lead to a drastic reworking of my inner psyche‚ this inner reworking founded itself when I experienced my first panic attack‚ an early sign of the anxiety disorder that would fester in my mind until the present. The second shift had a greater immediate impact upon
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Enthusiasm. Alertness. Adaptability. These are the three major character qualities that I have gained through my time and experience in HOSA. Through my two years in HOSA‚ as a member and as the Chapter Treasurer‚ I’ve learned to appreciate what the organization has given to me and apply it to my daily life. Without HOSA‚ I’m not sure when or if I would have developed and refined these character values. Being enthusiastic was difficult for me. I was the person who didn’t like a lot of attention
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In 1980 when Marji was only 10‚ the start of the Iran-Iraq war took place‚ lasting until 1988 with a total of over a million lives lost‚ making it the longest conventional war of the 20th century. Persepolis is a graphic novel written by Marjane Satrapi. Reasons why Persepolis is a valuable book for high school students include how a graphic novel set up can be a very intriguing way to write a book‚ the way it portrays that what schools were teaching the children is not always true‚ and the character
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I went only once this week. I will complete all my practicum hours next week. Time flies so fast. With the regular feedback from my preceptor‚ I have learnt my strength and weaknesses. I have been getting better on history taking‚ conducting a physical exam and diagnosing them. This semester I have improved significantly and gained more confidence on being able to educate patients about the management plan in a brief and effective way as all my previous and current preceptor does. I managed 9 patients
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