Comorbidity

The Ancient Greeks had a moral code known as the 8 evil thoughts. The indulgence of these thoughts were believed to degrade one’s humanity. “The Cyclops” is the 4th episode of The Odyssey in which the narrator Odysseus and his men steal from the cyclops known as Polyphemus. Polyphemus then begins to eat some of them out of rage, and Odysseus conceives a plan in which Polyphemus is left blind and enraged. Odysseus demonstrates 2 of the 8 evil thoughts known as Hyperephania and Kenodoxia, also…

There is a notable rise in the in uninsured and elderly individual. This means a rise in number of patients who need care and a large population being the elderly who have more needs due to comorbidities. Going forward, the care providers and the institutions have to adjust as the health care continues in its roll out process. There are areas to focus to include: a) Hospital readmission reduction program. In its implementation, patient discharge process should be harmonized and patient educated…

In the process of an exacerbation of COPD, the airways become more inflamed causing vasoconstriction, mucous is more heavily produced, and small airways are not exchanging oxygen at baseline function for the patient. This takes the patient into a worsening condition of COPD that drops oxygen levels down, causing a build-up of carbon dioxide in her blood, the pH to drop from the acidity, and possibly bicarb to be not excreted by the kidneys in response. This causes a condition of respiratory…

Nursing theories are applied to nursing research to help guide the researchers and in ensure accuracy, relevance, and effectiveness of the clinical inquiry and clinical interventions. Application of a theory to a clinical research problem is important; Peterson & Bredow (2017) state, “Theories are designed to describe, explain, predict and/or control” the profession of nursing and aim in influence the discipline of nursing. Middle range nursing theories are often utilized as they are less…

Abdominal pain is the most frequent reason patients seek hospital admissions, but diagnosis can be a bit challenging due to different associating conditions. The initial goal in diagnosing abdominal pain is to determine if the pain is from a benign entities or from a life threatening condition. The initial step in diagnosing abdominal pain is identifying the location of the patient’s pain which helps limit the differential diagnosis to a conditions that cause pain in a specific abdominal…

The effectiveness of substance abuse treatments including alcoholism, can be successful. Similarly, it is equally important to establish efficacy in treatment patients and or clients must first volunteer to treatment. As clinicians, it is important to conceptualize with all the needs that a client may warrant including social, environmental, and financial, which are common pathways that lead to substance abuse as it is found in most cases used as methods of coping. Nonetheless in addition to…

Introduction Diabetes is a disease that affects many people in a community and if not diagnosed and managed properly, can lead to other comorbidities. There is help for those who are diabetic, from resources and educations provided from the healthcare field to all organizations in the community. Discussed here will be one organization, the American Diabetes Association (ADA). The goals, mission, funding, who is helped, how they are helped, and all services and education pertaining to the ADA…

Both of the clients have dementia as their primary diagnosis. One has Alzheimer’s and the other has a mental state… There is also a concern for their comorbidities one has diabetes and the other is on metformin to prevent DM. A nurse would be concerned that the client receives the insulin she needs to prevent any complication that may arise from diabetes. The nurse must also educate the other client about…

measures that will be discussed in this paper. The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) is a well-established screening measure for children ages 4-18, which can be used to predict diagnoses of complex ADHD. The CBCL has the potential to predict certain comorbidities (e.g. disruptive behavior, mood disorders and anxiety disorders) in adolescents with ADHD. (Biederman et al. 2005) The Childhood Psychopathology Measurement Schedule (CPMS) assess adolescent behavior based on parental observations.…

Develop a plan for healthcare advocacy After researching my local hospital, I found out that the healthcare issues affecting my local community are overweight, obesity and tobacco. Overweight or obesity is defined as a body mass index, usually rises the chances of dying from many illness, for example type 2 diabetes, stroke, coronary heart disease, hypertension, gallbladder disease and many more. The other issue affecting my community is Tobacco. Tobacco is one of the greatest…