Essays on Health Page 41

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….

 Abstract Avoidant personality disorder is characterized by an avoidance of social interaction and sensitivity to negative evaluation. The person seeks to avoid social contacts and any situation that might cause embarrassment or anxiety. The patient shows restraint within close relationships because of fears of being rejected or ridiculed. The patient might also be the object…

“The only disability in life is a bad attitude” (Academy of Achievement). Inducted to the Olympic Hall of Fame in 1996, professional figure skater Scott Hamilton suffered a mysterious illness at the age of two that prevented him from growing. For the next six years, his adoptive family and himself were in and out of…

People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), especially those who have chronic bronchitis, may experience a rapid, sometimes sudden, and prolonged worsening of symptoms (cough, amount of mucus, and/or shortness of breath). This is called a COPD exacerbation. These exacerbations often are life-threatening and can lead to hospitalization. With treatment, many people recover and return…

Outline a malfunction of the cardiovascular system and briefly describe the signs and symptoms Coronary heart disease is a malfunction of the cardiovascular system. This is something that happens when the blood supply to your heart is blocked or interrupted by a build-up of fatty substances in the arteries Coronary heart disease is the term…

Capote shows Perry Smith’s self appraisal when expressing his thought of myself being very intelligent and artistic through Perry’s personal notebook. The notebook was Smith’s personal “dictionary We can see Smith had the tendency to be verbally facile, that had tons of odd words and facts, displaying an obvious sign of (PAD). The progression of…

History, Lab Data The 39 year old white male came into the University Hospital on February 25, 1971.  He stated that he was fine up until three months ago until he had a dull achy pain across his chest.  Four weeks later, he had a sharp pain on his left side, despite it previously improving…

Nursing is a unique profession where providers spend a significant amount of one on one time with patients and their families, in a time where patients are are often at their worse. As Perry (2011), states, “Nursing is a service profession, and those in its care must feel safe and reassured” (p. 218). A lack…

Abstract Background: fatigue is a concept that has different meanings in different areas and especially in nursing. By understanding of this concept, the nurses can manage their patients with fatigue and plan appropriate care for patients that will lead to effective nursing interventions and the desirable outcomes. Purpose: to clarify and analyze the concept fatigue…

Thomas Nagel’s Death explores the debate concerning the nature of death itself: is death a bad thing? Nagel explores this question by formulating 2 distinct hypotheses. The first of these is the postion that death deprives us of life, which is the only thing (or state) we have, which would make death a certain evil….