ADHD PSYCH 575 November 5, 2012 Dr. Rex Philpot PhD. ADHD During, childhood one of the most common neuropsychological and behavioral disorders affecting behaviors emerges in children and adults pertains to ADHD (American Psychiatric Association, 1994, pp. 64-65). Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder disrupts the process of learning in children as well as others in the classroom, home, and the workplace. Often, children demonstrating these behaviors are impetuous and reckless thereby disruptive
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CASE STUDY: PNEUMONIA SUBJECTIVE: This is a 63 year old female with complain of cough for 1-week with yellowish sputum accompanied with fever and chills at home. She denies current chest pain during examination but claims of on and off chest pain episodes for about 5 days from the visit. She complains of having shortness of breath for 2 weeks. She went to ER 6 days ago with fever of 100.4 ḟ. She reports a Computed Tomographic Pulmonary Angiography (CTPA), which was negative for Pulmonary Embolism
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Essential of pediatric nursing, p. 93. Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia, PA. Mayo Clinic (2014). Infant and toddler health—Water safety. Retrieved from www.mayoclinic.org. Ricci, S. S. (2013). Essentials of maternity, newborn, and women’s health, 3rd ed. Walters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia, PA. References Kyle, T. (2008). Essential of pediatric nursing, p. 93. Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia, PA. Mayo Clinic (2014). Infant and toddler health—Water safety. Retrieved from www.mayoclinic
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Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a complex disease that can affect many body systems. “Lupus is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease that can affect many parts of your body, including your skin, joints, kidneys, blood cells, heart and lungs” (Mayo Clinic, 2004, p.1). The diagnosis of Lupus evokes many questions and concerns in the patient. Educating patients is a major responsibility of nurses; therefore, the nurse should be knowledgeable in answering these questions. The nurse should be knowledgeable
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The Ethics of Social Media – Part I: Adjusting to a 24/7 World Posted by admin2 • December 14, 2010 • Printer-friendly This is the first of a two-part series. The second part is available here. by James Hyatt So your company hasn't had an OMG moment over Facebook ethics? As they say, Good Luck With That. It has been almost a decade since Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the wake of the Enron, Tyco and WorldCom scandals, seeking to put in place a variety of measures to protect investors
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the hospital by therapists before being discharged and prescribed outpatient therapy. Stroke patients are also treated under more than one rehabilitation discipline. This means that they will see not only a licensed physical therapist but in many cases, an occupational and speech therapist as well. There are two main distinctions between physical therapists, orthopedic, neurological and pediatric. Orthopedic therapists work with a number of different diagnoses but the majority of their patients
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Psychology and Health Issues Doreen Austin HCA/250 University of Phoenix Psychology and Health Issues Substance abuse is a large problem, that can be found everywhere, and is does not only affect certain groups of individuals. When individual’s turn to substance abuse and become addicted, they will be dependent on whatever it is they are using to prevent from having physical and psychological withdrawal symptoms, which creates a cycle many cannot break on their own. There are two main stages
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disorder. Post-Traumatic Stress can be the result of horrible events, such as war or abusive childhoods. In other cases the disease can simply manifest one day out of the blue (Fibromyalgia & Chronic Myofascial Syndrome, 1996). It is a disease that can hit any gender, but about 80% of known cases are women in their fifties (New Harvard Guide to Women's Health, 2004). Symptoms Many cases of Fibromyalgia are undocumented, mainly because some people don’t even know they have it. There are many symptoms
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What is the truth about Tourette’s Syndrome? Jake Walter Herzing University Abstract Though out this paper, we will discuss the truth and myths behind Tourette’s syndrome and insure we have a good understanding of what the disorder really is. We will try to break the Hollywood stereotype of this disorder and who are really the worst hit from Tourette’s syndrome. We will also discuss what the patient’s symptoms will be and what they may go through and classified the types of symptoms known
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United States averages only about 60 cases of measles a year, and most of the cases have originated outside the country (Manual for the Surveillance of,” 2014). Identification of International Outbreak The last known measles outbreak, with a known origin, began with a group from Christian Aid Ministries, who went on a mission to the Philippines in 2014. The Philippines, at the time, were experiencing a very large measles outbreak, with over 30,000 suspected cases being reported in the Asian nation
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