Personal Reflective Essay You always hear about it‚ but you never think it would happen to you or one of your loved ones. The word ‘cancer’ is enough to scare you. That’s exactly what it did to me…when I was told almost four years ago that my dad had cancer. That moment‚ it was like my life came crashing down around me. It was the time of my older Brother and Sister‚ Umar and Sehar’s exams. We had all noticed a change in our Mum and Dad. They had been acting strangely for the past few
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of the lung: a) Primary lung tumors: Lung cancers are divided into two categories based on predominant cell type: - Non-small cell lung carcinomas (NSCLC): There are three common types of non small cell lung cancer. These are grouped together because they behave in a similar way and respond to treatment in a different way to small cell lung cancer.(58‚ 59) i) Adenocarcinoma: Now the most frequent primary lung cancer. It is usually the type of lung cancer found in non-smokers‚ and is the most common
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Student Reflective Practice Building Deeper Connections to Concepts Kathleen R. Murphy My classroom is quiet except for the light sounds of tapping keys on keyboards. There is an occasional rustle of papers as students pour through their labs searching for data and information. I move slowly through the rows of tables‚ looking over shoulders‚ commenting quietly on work‚ and answering a question here and there. Suddenly a student calls out‚ "Oh‚ I get it‚ Ms. Murphy! I just had an aha moment
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“Reflection is active‚ purposeful thought applied to an experience to understand the meaning of that experience for the individual” (Ashby‚ 2006 p.28). Reflective practice is vital to the nursing profession. Although there is little evidence based information of the benefits of reflective practice (Schutz‚ 2007)‚ there are many benefits pertaining to reflective practice and resulting in a holistic patient approach and therefore nurses are able to provide better care. There are many models available to
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Individual Case Study #1 Individual Case Study #1 Assigned Scenerio A 47 year old woman presents to the clinic. She has been menopausal but can ’t deal with the hot flashes anymore. Recently she started to have pain during intercourse. She is Caucasian‚ 5 ’6"‚ and weighs 152 pounds. She is a gravida 2‚ para 2‚ NSVD x 2‚ no complications. You learn in her history that she had breast cancer and had a successful lumpectomy 7 years ago. Her vitals today are 148/82‚ 76‚ 22‚ 97.9 Potential Working
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For this first assignment‚ I chose to read and answer the questions concerning the CNN news item on the PIP breast implant scandal. What is the ethical dilemma in the case you have chosen? The ethical dilemma here is between the principle of profitability and the respect of patients’ health and human life. Indeed‚ the company PIP used industrial silicone and numerous other unknown chemicals in order to cut the costs of their product and thus get a higher margin of profit. They probably had a
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Virtual Lab: The Cell Cycle and Cancer Worksheet 1. In which phase of mitosis do each of the following occur: a. Centromeres split and chromosomes move toward opposite sides of the cell anaphase b. Chromatin coils to form visible chromosomes prophase c. The nuclear membrane disappears prophase d. Sister chromatids line up in the center of the cell metaphase 2. In which phases of mitosis are sister chromatids visible‚ and attached to each other at the centromere? Prophase
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downloaded by: [University of Hong Kong Libraries] On: 07 April 2012‚ At: 11:51 Publisher: Routledge Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House‚ 37-41 Mortimer Street‚ London W1T 3JH‚ UK Reflective Practice: International and Multidisciplinary Perspectives Publication details‚ including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/crep20 Assessing students’ written work: experience of a student practice
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Cancer: Silent Killer By: Wynne Michael David S. Gogo Submitted to: Ms. Katrina Q. Sundo Abstract Cancer nowadays is very widespread. But what is cancer? Cancer‚ known medically as a malignant neoplasm‚ is a large group of different diseases‚ all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer‚ cells divide and grow uncontrollably‚ forming malignant tumors‚ and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to
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to Care of Cancer Cancer is considered the second leading cause of death in the United States resulting in about 25% of deaths (Copstead‚ & Banasik‚ 2010). The term cancer encompasses a cluster of more than one hundred diseases. Though there are various kinds of cancer‚ all cancers start due to abnormal cells growth. The typical characteristic of a cancerous cell is that they grow out of control and invade other tissue through the bloodstream or lymph vessels. If untreated‚ cancers can result in
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