Oftentimes‚ it is impossible to assume a person’s medical diagnosis from looking at a patient‚ and having no prior knowledge of them. Doctors and nurses can predict a diagnosis from patient’s files and symptoms presented. For non-medical personnel‚ some medical diagnoses can be surprising‚ while some people could determine a diagnosis without medical training. The four people in the presented scenario diagnosed with Dementia‚ ovarian cancer‚ HIV‚ and a self-inflicted abdominal wound. Person B and
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severe mental illness. This is important given that people with a serious mental illness are far more at risk of engaging in violence‚ being incarcerated‚ or contracting infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Individuals with dual diagnosis are also at higher risk of being noncompliant with treatment. Virtually any substance whose ingestion can result in a euphoric ("high") feeling can be abused. While many are aware of the abuse of legal substances like alcohol or illegal drugs
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Nursing Diagnosis | Expected outcomes | Interventions | Rationale | Evaluation | Nursing Diagnosis: Sleep deprivation R/t: Age related sleeping problems and dementia. A.E.B: Verbal report of not sleeping well. Also maybe be caused by dementia. Nursing Diagnosis: Risk of hopelessness R/t: Client’s loss of family members in the past. A.E.B: Lack of eye contact‚ passive attitude‚ and deteriorating physical and mental condition. | Client will take part
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Nursing diagnosis: Ineffective coping Patient: 48 year old male admitted for alcohol dependence. Medical history includes anxiety‚ bipolar‚ PTSD‚ and hypertension. Pt had one suicide attempt in 2001. K+ at 3.2 upon admission. Pt claims his dependence on alcohol began when he was in the Air Force. He lives with an alcoholic partner who depends on him for housing. He was considering going to live with his mother after rehab. Nursing Diagnosis: Ineffective coping related to inadequate social
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Nursing Care Plan Student Name/Date: __Nicole Reinke/ Week 5_____________ | Nursing Diagnosis |Expected Outcomes |Nursing Interventions/Rationale |Outcome Evaluation | |(Dx‚ related to‚ & as evidenced by) |(Short term (8-48 hr.) reasonable expectations |List all interventions for each nsg. dx (include patient/family |(Patient outcome noted as
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M21 Essay: Diagnosis of an Infected Patient Essay As we know bacteria comes in various classes and are distinguished by their shapes‚ chemical configuration‚ source of energy either sunlight or chemicals‚ nutritional requisites and biochemical actions. We have a patient that may be infected with an unknown bacterial infection; we’ve collected a sputum sample and will be testing for one of the following genera: Bacillus‚ Escherichia and Mycoplasma. In order to determine which one of the three
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your thoughts on the assessments by the nurse practitioner. I agree it is imperative for the nurse practitioner to effectively complete a thorough health assessment and history of the patient. Once the nurse practitioner formulates and confirms the diagnosis of pernicious anemia and potential causes what education is important for the nurse practitioner to provide or the patient? The patient should be made aware that this type of anemia is a lack of vitamin b12 uptake and lack of intrinsic factor thus
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Abstract This paper will be discussing Bipolar Disorder. It will cover some of today’s diagnosis methods and treatment. The treatments covered will involve psychotherapy and antidepressant drugs. Bipolar Disorder Many refer to Bipolar Disorder as manic-depressive disorder. This disorder causes people to swing from very low depressive states to extreme highs of “mania.” When people are depressed they may feel sad‚ hopeless and lose interest in everyday activities. However‚ when their mood shifts
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A Differential Diagnosis Mnemonics Handbook - and the Parts of the Medical History By Allan Platt‚ PA-C‚ MMSc Mnemonics are memory tools to help in the memorization of long lists. These differential diagnosis and medical history mnemonics are intended to aid memorization. These mnemonics are not all inclusive and should be used in conjunction with standard textbooks of medical diagnosis and differential diagnosis. The electronic text in PDF or word has hyperlinks to navigate. Index Acute Abdominal
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Muscular Dystrophy‚ Affects and Diagnosis Muscular dystrophy or MD is a broad medical term used to refer to a number of muscle diseases that weaken the musculoskeletal system and hampers movement according to Yeole‚ Gurunani‚ Dhole and Yogesh (2014). Emery (2002) states these disorders produce muscle wasting and weakness of variable distribution and severity. Muscular dystrophies are caused by genetic mutations that have a progressive degenerative effect on an individual’s muscles stated Punnoose
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