Acute

Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) is generally addressed by a chemotherapy regimen, however, this method of treatment is highly nonspecific and a relapse of the disease occurs in a majority of patients. Due to the nonspecific nature of the chemotherapy drug, it is hypothesized that chemotherapy temporarily solves the problem and fails to completely eliminate the the cancer stem cells, which harbor the potential for self-renewal and continuous proliferation. This has lead to the need for a better drug…

Acute care service is a level of health care in which a patient is treated for a brief but severe episode of illness, for conditions that are the result of disease or trauma, and during recovery from surgery. Acute care services are usually delivered by a team of health care professionals from a range of medical and surgical specialties using technical equipment, pharmaceuticals, and medical supplies. The acute care settings include but are not limited to the emergency department, intensive care…

The patient is a 27 year old male who presented to the ED with acute psychosis. Per documentation patient states he has been out of his Haldol/Lithium for 2 weeks and Ativan for 1 day. Per documentation after receiving one dose of medications patient requested to leave. During the time of assessment the patient was a sleep, however woke up after his name was called. The patient reports he has took his medications too fast because of how he has been feeling. Patient expresses that he just stay…

Adult Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practitioner In all healthcare fields the providers are bound by a moral code of ethics that are defined within the ethical principles and serve to guide the care of all individuals. According to Hamric, Hanson, Tracy, and O’Grady (2014) ethical principles are a set of core values that are fundamental obligations that healthcare professionals use to guide all care provided in the medical field. Ethical Principles The Adult Gerontological Acute Care Nurse…

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis is a very rare disease that effects only about 0.2 to 0.7 per 100,000 children per year (Kuni, B., Banwell, B., & Till, C. 2012). Commonly misdiagnosed for multiple sclerosis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis can be fatal to one’s health if not diagnosed in adequate time. Because of this fact, it is important to educate the general public about the symptoms and outcomes of individuals diagnosed with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. This paper…

An acute condition is severe and has a sudden onset. An acute condion only lasts a short time, a few days to a few weeks. Acute condtions are often caused by an injury, a virus, an infection, or by misuse of medications or drugs. Acute condtions have distinct symptoms that require short-term care and get better after being treated. Some examples of acute conditons include strep throat, flu, common cold, pneumonia, and broken bone. A chronic condition develops slowly and can worsen over an…

What is acute pancreatitis? According to Buttaro, Trybulski, Bailey, and Sandberg-Cook (2013), acute pancreatitis is a very sudden, severe, painful, and excruciating stomach ache due to the inflammatory process of the pancreas. The vulnerability and presentation of acute pancreatitis may vary among the different populations. A typical patient experiencing acute pancreatitis will exhibit severe upper abdominal pain that may intensify with breathing, resulting in patients being reluctant to take…

Introduction Business dictionary.org defines a community as, “self-organized network of people with common agendas, causes, or interests, who collaborate by sharing ideas, inforamtiona and other resources” (2016). In addition to a community, a culture is defined as, integrated patterns of human behavior that include language, thoughts, communications, actions, beliefs, and values (Edelman, Kudzma, & Mandle, 2014, p. 24). Hospital organizations can review problems and issues that specific…

Pneumonia in Children Pneumonia is a serious life threatening illness in children. It is a form of Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) that affects the lungs that are made up of small sacs called ‘Alveoli’. Hen hey get infected, these alveoli fill with pus and fluids. This makes it difficult for the baby to breathe and limits the oxygen intake. The Scary Statistics: • Pneumonia is the world’s leading killer of children under the age of five. • Each year, pneumonia takes the life of 1.4 million…

Cystic Fibrosis The first childhood disease that I choose to discuss in my Flex Assignment is Cystic Fibrosis, or commonly known as CF for short. CF is and abnormality in the movement of sodium chloride in the body, which causes thick and sticky mucus to build up in the lungs and digestive system. Symptoms of CF are coughing, continuous lung infections, inability to gain weight, and constant fatigue. Later on in development, a big sign would be slow growth. CF is cause by a gene passing from…