depression, and postpartum psychosis. A comparison of these three disorders can be seen in figure 2. Some of the characteristics of postpartum depression include a change in appetite, feeling unable to love the baby, or even anger towards the baby. Cases of postpartum depression date back as far as the Middle Ages when “women who exhibited melancholy during or after childbirth were thought to be witches or victims of witchcraft (Sparks).” In today’s modern world we have learned to see past outdated
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controlling their weight. Many complications of Prader-Willi syndrome are due to obesity. If your child has Prader-Willi syndrome, a team of specialists can work with you to manage your child's symptoms and reduce the risk of developing complications.” (Mayo Clinic Staff, 01 May 2013, page 1). “Prader-Willi syndrome is caused by a gene missing on part of chromosome 15. Normally, your parents each pass down a copy of this chromosome. Most patients with Prader-Willi syndrome are missing the genetic material
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disorder. A disturbance in mood or a prolonged emotional state is how a mood order is defined (Morris & Maisto, 2005). Some people think that just because they have mood swings that they themselves have a bipolar disorder. This is not true in all cases. A bipolar disorder is a mood disorder which periods of mania and depression alternate, sometimes with periods of normal mood intervening (Morris & Maisto, 2005). Understanding the differences plays a major role in diagnosis of a person who has this
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Impact and Penetration of Nursing Research It is common nursing knowledge that patient quality of care is directly related to improved outcomes and is based on the safety of the patient. Nurses play a direct role in a patient’s quality of care, because nurses have the most direct contact with the patient. The issues that I noticed in each of the website’s evidence based practices (EBP’s) include nursing education level, staffing levels, working environments, and organizational policy/procedure
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and to the internal organs. This body’s inflammatory response, septic shock, can result in cardiac or respiratory failure or death (CDC, 2011). Mild cases of MRSA infections may start with and look like a red rash or small red bumps similar to pimples, boils, or a spider bite, there could be a yellow, pus filled head on the bump. Some mild cases of MRSA may appear as a scabbed over bug or spider bite, or may also look like blisters, hard lesions or rashes. If the MRSA infection becomes more severe
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can live a normal life span with TS. Symptoms are worst during the early teen years and often lessen or become quiet or controlled into adulthood. The most obvious symptoms of TS are called “tics” and are classified as either simple or complex (Mayo Clinic, 2012). Simple motor tics are sudden, brief, repetitive movements that involve a limited number of muscle groups. The most common simple tics include eye blinking, facial grimacing, head jerking, shoulder shrugging, finger flexing or sticking out
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Similarly, in Alameda County case counts are up from 124 in 2013 to 328 cases as of Nov. 26. The majority (89%) of statewide cases with known ages have occurred in infants and children 18 years of age or younger. One death in an infant 5 weeks old has been reported with disease onset in 2014 (Pertussis, 2015). According to CDC
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common mental disorders in inmates, that were schizophrenia, major depression, and bipolar disorder. Additionally it was present that up to the fifty five percent inmates suffer a mental disorder (Glaze & James, 2006). Also it was present a murder case which occurs in Perú, for demonstrated that people with mental illness can be highly dangerous in certain moments and they may affect the people who is surrounded them. In conclusion, there is still a long and endless debate between the same society
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and process the results. Using the above listed data and overwhelmingly consistent student symptoms. I have determined that our recent influx of absences is due to a viral infection known as gastroenteritis commonly referred to as the Stomach Flu (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research). Initial
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