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1. How will you respond to Mr. Sebelius’ statement? Antibiotics will not help a viral infection, in fact they may increase antibiotic-resistant bacteria. 2. What antiviral agents are prescribed for influenza A? Neuroaminidase inhibitors (zanamivir, oseltamivir and permivir) as well as the adamantanes (amantadine and rimantadine) are all affective against influenza A although adamantanes will not be prescribed in the United States unless under very special circumstances (Zachary, 2015).…

Technology Autobiography During my life time I used a lot of technology and a there has also been a huge advancement in technology over the past two decades. For example computers were created and modernized to fit its growing consumer base, this consumer base including me and my friends. I have used computer since a very young age, learning stuff from my dad since a very young age as well, my dad worked fixing computer for my younger years, and it was always interesting how he got rid of…

cutting edge endless ailments ("a strange cluster of what I call 'present day plagues': corpulence, youth diabetes, asthma, roughage fever, nourishment sensitivities, esophageal reflux and malignancy, celiac infection, Crohn's ailment, ulcerative colitis, a mental imbalance, eczema" - Dr. Blaser); my impression of today's science is that some of these thoughts are turning out to be more mainstream and acknowledged in established researchers, while others are still dubious. At a point he…

If you were depressed, feeling alone, and you wanted to end it all, but a small dose of LSD, or peyote could save your life, would you take it? This is a question many people ponder, and the answer always comes back to ethics. For this reason, psychedelic drugs should be used to treat physical and mental illnesses. What psychedelics are used to treat illnesses? There are many. LSD, or lysergic acid diethylamide, psilocybin, found in magic mushrooms, DMT, or dimethyltryptamine, mescaline, found…

Eighty-two years old male patient is presented to the emergency room with onset of dyspnea that is made worse by exertion, relieved by rest and oxygen. Patient stated that he did not try any of his home breathing treatments but did use home oxygen. Patient has a significant past medical history of coronary artery disease with two stents, COPD requiring home oxygen at 4lpm, hypothyroidism, and type 3 diabetes. While in the emergency department the patient was placed on a cardiac monitor and an…

The idea of evolution was once taboo for its new ideas at the time, it was seen as wrong because it challenged ideas already established about the world, especially how life came to be. Evolution is a relatively new idea discovered by Charles Darwin. This discovery came to be when Darwin was traveling along the Galapagos islands where he studied finches and discovered that these finches had all originated from one species of finch and eventually became differentiated leading the species to split…

Monday, November 2nd: Today I was in the role of student nurse. I had two patients. One patient was a new patient and the other patient was a continuing patient from the past few weeks. At first, I was assigned two new patients I had never previously had, but the patients had two different nurses, so I had to be switched to the patient I have previously worked with to have one nurse. I was not unhappy with this switch because my goals for the day involved working with this patient. The first…

Introduction: Cancer is defined by abnormal cell division without control. Colorectal cancer may be develop in the tissues of the colon and/or the tissues of the rectum (PubMed Health, 2015). Colon and rectal cancers arise because of changes that occur in specific genes and it has been notices that these genes play an important role to the cell cycle, angiogenesis and other mechanisms that take part in the growth of cells (Swan, 2005). Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide…

Hygiene The concept of the week was Hygiene. It helps the nursing student to develop a skill on how to shower and bed wash a patient and how to promote Hygiene. According to World Health Organization (2016), hygiene is about practice that will help in maintaining good health or preventing spread of infections. Cleaning the environment, sterilizing the equipment’s, performing hand hygiene, using hand rubs, disposing medical waste are examples of basic skills that a nurse must practice in the…

Everyone wants to lose weight but not everyone knows how to start the process. The good news is we have created a training plan designed to help individuals seeking to lose weight; kick start the process. If you follow the outlined plan; you can expect to lose ten pounds in thirty days. The plan focuses on diet, , supplements, exercise, tips and tricks and overall well-being. The training methods utilized to present plan materials include the standard lecture, team teaching, and…