Acute

Abstract Approximately 100,000 individuals live with sickle cell disease (SCD) in the United States (Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2016). SCD is a genetic blood disorder (CDC, 2016) characterized by acute painful episodes. According to Nouraie & Gordeuk (2015) patients with SCD visit the emergency department 190,000 times annually and are admitted in the hospital 110,000 times per year. Indeed, due to advance medical treatment of patients with SCD most patients now live…

Schizophrenia is a severe and chronic mental disorder that affects in what way a person thinks, feels, and acts. People with schizophrenia may appear like they have lost touch with reality. Granting schizophrenia is not as common as other mental disorders, the symptoms can be very disabling. Signs and symptoms of schizophrenia typically occur between ages 16 and 30. In sporadic cases, children have schizophrenia also. The symptoms of schizophrenia fall into three categories: positive, negative…

List A: Microbiology of Inflammatory COPD Exacerbation Microbiology Results Indication Sodium Level 142 mmol/L Normal Potassium Level 5.1 mmol/L Normal Chloride Level 101 mmol/L Normal Bicarbonate Level 29 mmol/L Normal Urea Level 7.3 mmol/L High (2.9–7.1 mmol/L) Creatinine 91 umol/L Normal eGFR CKD-EPI 73 mL/min/1.73m^2 Normal Bilirubin Total 10 umol/L Normal Protein Total Level 68 g/L Normal Albumin Level 28 g/L Low (35–55 g/L) ALP 68 U/L Normal GGT 16 U/L Normal ALT 29 U/L Normal AST 22…

Chemical Contamination Hajra Takala Benedictine University Professor, David Milen, Ph.D.,MPH, MS, BA, AAS Chemical contamination refers to the presence of unwanted substances that make the food, air, or water unfit to use. There are two forms of chemical contaminants organic and inorganic. We have chemical contaminant in the substance that we are using every day. There is property or characteristic for some contaminants which is volatile, this lead to having like these contaminates in our…

on the second day of admission, explores and evaluates the needs, community resources, medications, and potential discharge disposition. During the acute care phase the case manager assists the family to find a location close in proximity to the hospital, while also collaborating with the physician on medications and treatments. Finally, if post acute placement is necessary the case manager assisting the patient and family in securing an appropriate rehabilitation in relation to insurance,…

numbers of immature or abnormal leukocytes (white blood cells). There are four common types of leukemia, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Acute Mye-loid Leukemia, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. Acute Lym-phoblastic Leukemia (ALL) affects the lymphoid cells and they grow very quickly. It afflicts more than 6000 people and more than 3,600 will be children and teens. Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) affects the myeloid cells and they grow very quickly also. AML affects 15,000…

Post-acute healthcare includes rehabilitation or palliative services that beneficiaries receive after, or in some cases instead of, a stay in an acute care hospital. (MedPAC, 2017) The services HealthSouth offers range from home nursing, personal care, childcare, allied health services or home health care. HealthSouth Corporation publicly traded and is one of the nation’s largest providers of post-acute healthcare services. (Hamilton, 2012) HealthSouth…

death of fifteen climbers in the spring of 1996. Serious health implications including AMS, HAPE, and HACE weigh heavily on a climbers decision to summit at high altitude despite the recent technological improvements in modern mountaineering. AMS, or acute mountain sickness, is a broad description of the myriad ailments that plague those who push themselves at high altitude. An important piece of information to be aware of is that "the common feature in all types of altitude illnesses is the…

found my calling in the field of nursing. Today, my father is bedbound. It has been the hardest experience for me to watch my father’s health deteriorate. This is what has motivated me to go back to school for my graduate degree in Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. While working full time, I went back to school at University of Michigan-Flint in 2012 to obtain my Bachelor 's degree in Nursing. I have been a nurse for almost five years. I have spent the majority of my career thus…

Kat Eugenio, a division 1 nurse with distinction from Deakin university. I am writ- ing this letter to express my interest in the registered nurse bank position. I would like to apply in your company as casual RN to consolidate my nursing skills in acute setting. I know your organ- isation will be conducive for my learning as it it one of the most prestigious hospital in Mel- bourne due to its variety of specialisation. I also drive and have my own car and able to pick up urgent shift, work over…