Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

For the purpose of this paper, and a full understanding of the topic discussed, immerse yourself in these circumstances, as if you are the patient. You are lying in a hospital bed, unable to move, wanting to talk to your mom as she talks by your side, but unable to speak. You listen to the nurse and doctor speak to your family as if you are not there, as if you cannot hear or understand each word. You are angry, you are frustrated, and you can't even make a sound. You are only able to exist…

Everybody has their own definition of normal. Some may say that to be normal one must be without any psychological and physical disabilities. Whereas other people think that normal means to be living life to the fullest, with no restraints. I on the other hand believe that there is no such thing as normal. I will be discussing the effects that dominant groups, cultural and gender norms have on the term “normal”. Dominant groups are those of the majority, and they hold a higher social status,…

Up to the elementary school, my cumulative treasure of science was pertaining mostly theories but hands-on practical started during my Honor Biology labs. The smell of formaldehyde didn't hold me back, to dissect a preserved frog to learn about frog's internal organs. As the human and frog have similarity in their organs' layout. I nailed arms and legs wide open and my scalpel made an incision along the midline of a frog's body from pectoral gland to the pelvis. The entire cavity, filled with…

In healthcare settings to making an ethical decision Tom Beauchamp and James Childress developed a four principles approach, which is also called principlism. The most common accepted priciples of ethics include Respect for Autonomy, Nonmaleficence, Beneficence and Justice. Respect for autonomy – Respecting the informed choices of competent patients. Nonmaleficence – is not cause harm to others. the moral obligation not to cause harm on others. Beneficence –perform for the benefit of others.…

taught by the Blacks, going from one house to another, seeking the conclusion of his father’s death. Not only did the Blacks show affection towards Oskar, Stephen Hawking, a famous english author, physicist, and cosmologist who suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Oskar’s idol, is very inspired by Oskar’s story. In fact, he is so inspired that he hand wrote a note to Oskar saying, “I’ve read every letter that you’ve sent me these past two years. In return, I’ve sent you many…

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Unless you have been hiding under a rock you have heard about the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. It's all over the social media sites. Anyone who has a facebook page has seen the videos and has had at least a handful of friends completing the challenge. It has now became a pop culture phenomenon since the first video debuted in mid 2014. 1.2 million people have already shared and participated on facebook. Those are some astounding numbers but twitter surpassed that with…

This paper is devoted to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and a death case study in order to show how different religions, Christianity and Buddhism, take serious illness and which views they have on euthanasia, long-living, and the relationship between a patient and god or their relatives. The paper is divided into two parts; each of them presents basic beliefs and statements of one of the religions. The last part of narration shows one’s personal opinions on the topic of discussion, which…

to suffer needlessly when there is another alternative. A few are against it for religious and moral reasons. Others are for it for compassion and respect for the dying. The Supreme Court case involves Sue Rodriguez who’s fighting ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) a disease that causes muscle weakness and impacts the functioning of the body, which leads to death. She’s fighting for the right to choose to be killed. 20 years later the latest attempt to strike down the existing Criminal Code…

1. An aura is typically a short period of sensory disturbance (e.g. a bright light) which signals that ___________ will soon occur. a. Migraine episode b. Seizure episode c. Hallucination episode d. All of the above e. A and B only 2. ____________ is the human form of mad cow disease which is caused by the consumption of contaminated beef from cattle. a. Familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease b. Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease c. Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease d. Sporadic…

The process that is used by nurses and clinicians to consider a patient situation, collect data, process this data, make goals and implement interventions, evaluate outcomes and then finally, reflect on the learning outcomes from this process, is known as clinical reasoning (Hoffman, 2007). Clinical reasoning cycle is the tool that is used for the process of clinical reasoning. This paper will discuss management of Motor neurone disease using the clinical reasoning cycle as a framework. However,…