Pre-eclampsia

Introduction In his book, Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results Michael Porter outlines some of the fundamental issues in the American health care system that are contributing to rising health care expenses and insufficient care. Overtreatment, undertreatment, and medical errors are major issues that Porter claims are the result of lack of competition, and a healthcare system that is both too broad, and too narrow. These major issues are prominent in the delivery…

The arrival of a new member to the family can be a great change in any family. During the many stages of child birth, the mother undergoes several changes to her body, both mentally and physically. Although child birth is a very exciting time it can also be very stressful and dangerous to the mother. One of the many complications that can occur during the birth of child is a postpartum hemorrhage, which occurs in up to 18 percent of child births and could change the entire life of the patient…

1.1 Describe stages of development from conception to birth. When an egg is fertilised it is a single cell called a Zygote, in the next 24-36 hours the single cell will divide into two cells, 12 hours after it will divide into four cells, and will carry on dividing which forms a cluster of cells which are called a monula. Three – four days after it has been fertilised the monula will move from the fallopian tube and will enter the uterus. At about six days the monula will form a hollow cavity…

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Damaris is a 30 year old who is 5’5” and weighs 160lbs with a BMI of 26.7kg/ m2 with gestational diabetes. She was diagnosed wat 24 weeks of gestation. Before conception Damaris weighed 150lb and her BMI was at 25.06kg/ m2 which put her at the overweight status. Her physician had explained the possible risk of going into a pregnancy overweight and the possibility of having gestational diabetes. When she was screened at 24 weeks of conception for gestational diabetes the results of her oral…

Well Child Tamariki Ora is a programme funded by the Ministry of Health which provides maternal and child health services to support and facilitate health and wellbeing in family and whanau 's from birth to four years of age. Primary health care (PHC) is drawn upon the purpose to provide accessible health care and reduce negative health outcomes. Working in primary health care as a nurse requires autonomy to undertake clinical assessments, health interventions and health education particularly…

BACKGROUND : Pre term labour is the major cause of preterm birth that affects 12 – 18 % of all births in India. Cervical shortening (effacement) is one of the first steps in the parturition process, preceding labor by several weeks. As cervical length decreases in the second trimester, the risk of spontaneous preterm birth increases , especially when effacement occurs early in the second trimester . Because effacement begins at the internal cervical os and progresses caudally , it is often…

a mentally competent person kills any human being excluding unborn children (Black’s Law Dictionary). Abortion is not murder and it’s certainly not cruel or brutal because a fetus doesn’t have a mature nervous system. The fetus has no conscious or pre-existing conscious. Heartbeat and primitive neural activity does not indicate consciousness; the fetus needs to have higher brain activity and consequent self-awareness (Smith, 2015). The scientific consensus is that there is no relay path between…

An epileptic seizure is a sudden surge of electrical activity in the brain and is caused by an abnormal and excessive electrical discharge of a group of neurons within the brain. “Epilepsy is the condition of recurrent spontaneous seizures arising from abnormal electrical activity in the brain.” (Stafstorm & Rho 2014) Anyone can experience a seizure under the right conditions while epilepsy suggests an enduring variation of brain function that facilitates seizure reoccurrence. At a basic level…

I am a person who is never satisfied. I strive for something greater and larger in every aspect of my life. I do not like to settle and say I am complete with anything. I feel there is always room for more and always another chance at something. I live my life based on this idea and can never come to terms when a chapter is complete in my life. I spent two years planning my wedding, and once it was over, I longed to do it again. After we had purchased our first home, I began searching for…