She is a hispanic ninety one year old woman, approximately five feet five inches tall, and weighs 98 pounds; she has been a resident of Life care for eight months. Her current diagnoses included a closed ulnar fracture with rehabilitation, atrial fibrillation, and coronary artery disease. Her secondary diagnoses are hypothyroidism, depressive disorder, hypertension, esophageal reflux, generalized pain, and chest pain. Functional Health Patterns Health Perception-Health Management: Subjective:
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Heart Rate Experiment: A Study of the Effects of Chronic Smoking on Resting Heart Rate Student Name Grand Canyon University: Bio 202 Lab October 20, 2015 Abstract Heart rate is an important health factor affected by most factors that produce a change in the body physically. Heart rate varies among individuals according to many factors, one including whether or not an individual identifies as a chronic smoker. Smoking is the largest contributing detriment to preventable deaths. Smoking causes
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A Comparative View of the Associate and the Baccalaureate Prepared Nurse A Comparative View of the Associate and the Baccalaureate Prepared Nurse Universities began establishing baccalaureate-level nursing programs in the 1950’s, awarding graduates with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree. In 1951, Mildred Montag proposed the innovative idea of a 2-year Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) program at the community college level to remedy the severe nursing shortage following World War
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Beta-blockers xxxx Collin College HPRS 1310-WW1 April 15, 2012 The first beta-blocker drug approved by the FDA in 1967 was developed by Sir James Black, an accomplishment for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1988 (Stapleton, 1997). Sir Black took a different approach to the treatment of angina pectoris—instead of using drugs to increase the amount of oxygen delivered to the heart, Black sought to find a drug that could reduce the amount of oxygen required by the heart.
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Health Record Number: 822999 Diagnosis: Congestive heart failure (CHF), Left pleural effusion, pneumonia Related History: The patient has a history of atrial fibrillation, severe regurgitation from the tricuspid and mitral valve dysfunction. Physical Findings: The patient had a difficult fundoscopic exam, with a heart rate of 104, with an irregular gallop, crackles in left lower lobe, right side is dull, red sacral area, 3+ pitting edema to
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The elderly population is a growing concern in the healthcare field. According to the US Census Bureau (2011), the elderly encompassed 13% of the population in the United States. The elderly population also grew at a faster rate than any other age group in the United States (US Census Bureau, 2011). The same can be said for Arizona, where are elderly make up 13% of the state population, matching the national average (R&R Partners, 2005). Of this number 39.7% have been classified with a disability
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Hemorrhagic CVA and the Patient JB was just 54-years-old man when a life-altering event took place; JB had a hemorrhagic stroke while driving his vehicle. JB had a hemorrhagic cerebrovascular accident that affected his left side, leaving him in various states of mobility, ranging from paralysis to extremely limited. Before the accident, JB’s favorite things in life that gave him meaning and value were hunting and fishing. He comes from a large family of many brothers, so this was their familiar
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NM1704: Applying a model of nursing roper, logan and tierney model This essay explores the preoperative care provided to one patient in a London hospital during one shift. This care was influenced by the holistic perspective to health. Arsing from the Greek for ‘whole’ this acknowledges physiological, psychological and social factors impacting the patient’s condition. (McFerran & Martin, 2008) It seeks to offer treatment inclusive of these factors rather than treating physical symptoms
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What Is An Alcoholic? What Is Alcoholism? An alcoholic is a man or a woman who suffers from alcoholism - they have a distinct physical desire to consume alcohol beyond their capacity to control it, regardless of all rules of common sense. According to Alcoholics Anonymous UK, who say they have no unique definition for alcoholism, it may be described as a physical compulsion, together with a mental obsession. Apart from having an enormous craving for alcohol, an alcoholic often yields to that
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Histology of the Heart The human heart is both as complex as it is simple in the design of the components of this critical organ that is essential to life. The human heart can be summarized as simply “a pump” to move our body’s blood and all its cellular components throughout our circulatory system. It is, however, the structure of the heart that makes it a marvel of design. The heart must continue to beat throughout the lifespan of the organism it serves to sustain life. The heart is
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