Aspirin

Alberto Juarez is a 50-year-old man who has come in today with a constant and “sharp” pain in the left leg near the calf. On Sunday, the patient came back from a vacation in Europe. On Monday, he went for a jog and tripped and fell and scraped his left lower leg. He cleansed the injury and put on Neosporin. That day, the discomfort in his calf started, in a part of the leg near the area of the injury. On a scale of 1 to 10, he describes the pain as a 5 and describes it as sharp and at times,…

Theresa, I remembered in our Med-Surg 1 when we were learning about MI, professor Teri Reynolds taught us a acroyname that helped the class to remember immediet treatment for MI, which is MONA and it stands for morphine, oxygen, nitroglycerin, and aspirin. It does not need to be in the same order, but it is want you administer for a patient that is experiencing MI. After a patient is stable from a MI, it is very important to assess and provide intervention to the patient to prevent for future…

Coronary artery disease (CAD) results when our body’s coronary arteries become damaged. Our coronary arteries are important because “they supply our heart with blood, oxygen, and nutrients” (Coronary artery disease, 2014). Our arteries typically get damaged because of plaque and inflammation developing inside them. “The buildup of plaque causes our arteries to become narrower and that decreases our blood flow to our heart” (Coronary artery disease, 2014). This decreased blood flow can cause…

With this prosperity and possibility came jobs. Still largely a rural society, Americans increasingly moved to the city looking for work, armed with a belief in the possibilities and a strong work ethic. Alongside them came nearly a half-million immigrants in 1900, also seeking a better life. America's Industrial Revolution produced much prosperity and leisure, but also much poverty and disillusionment. Tycoons such as J.P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie amassed fortunes greater than many European…

Chief Complaint "TIA". History Patient is a 74-year-old right-handed white female who has had three stereotypical events one on 2012, and two this July. She describes it as "my brain goes into a cramp and I can not speak". She states that she knows what she wants to say, but can not find the words or pronounce the words properly. She calls it jumbled speech. Her first event, again was in 2012 and it lasted less than a minute. She had a second event on July 3rd, when she was on the phone…

I walk to the cupboard and fridge to get some aspirin and water to give to Elaine "How are you feeling?" I say handing her the pills and water, I lean on the bench and begin picking on my breakfast thinking about the "double date" I was supposed to be going on with Kian, Meredith and an unknown third…

Case 53: Influenza Questions and activities: 1. First of all, he should take Tylenol extra strenght but the dose doesnt exceed than 2 caplets every six hours, in addition to cold compresses for the forehead and back head to lower the fever . 2. The three types of flu viruses are A, B, and C.Type A infects animal and human. Type B infects human only which cause the annual influenzaepidemics. The perecentage of the population sniffling, aching,and running fevers have up to 20 %.Also, Type C…

In “Traplines”, Will is neglected and not cared about by his family, he escapes from the pain through medication. Will uses aspirins as a way to numb his physical and emotional pain that is caused by his brother and parents, “The Smythes keep the aspirin by the spices. I grab six, three for now and three for the morning” (Robinson 465). In comparison, Anna May turns to alcohol in hope that it would also numb her pain and free her from her…

Tyler Martyn AP Language and Composition Summer Reading Assignment Mrs. Hoelzer Part 2: Post-Reading Questions “Politics and the English Language” – George Orwell 1. In writing his essay “Politics and the English Language”, George Orwell simply comes out and states his thesis. He declares, “Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble” (Orwell 707). This statement is the…

As a nursing supervisor at a local hospital I received a letter from the Centers for Disease and Prevention CDC stating that there will be a shortage of influenza vaccines due to contamination. A major producing influenza vaccine pharmaceutical company reported contamination of the vaccine after inspection. Our hospital has several flu clinics for the community and patients waiting and ready to receive the influenza shot when we received this notice from the CDC about the vaccine shortage.…