Differential diagnosis

I will use the economics term “supply and demand” to justify my argument. Nancy Klein’s article “Abortions and Prenatal Testing” states that about 90% of pregnant women who are given a Down syndrome diagnosis have chosen to have an abortion. (pg305c1) Therefore, it could be said that with less “supply” of Down syndrome babies, there is less “demand” for institutional support and funds for medical research. Secondly, when it comes to special group homes…

Wall of Silence Journal Entry One Medical errors occur every day whether it is from a nurse or physician and because of it’s occurrence, it is publicized and raises concern in the community. My level of awareness was little despite hearing stories on social media and from people around me. As I became a nursing student, I realized that medical errors happen more often from common mistakes that are preventable and nothing is done to solve it. Gibson and Singh (2003) mentioned, “hospitals and…

Culturally Appropriate Care Planning Tabytha Balash Ohio University  Culturally Appropriate Care Planning It has been stated for several years, that our society is a melting pot, made up of different cultures and sub-cultures. Due to the large number of cultures in today’s society, it is impossible to know or understand every culture and sub-cultures beliefs, and practices. Nursing care, like our society, has become more culturally diverse, causing nurses to adapt their assessment skills to…

surrounding the message that is being sent to potential parents of children with disabilities and the many persons who are living with disabilities. Adrienne Asch argues that with “prenatal diagnosis, a single trait stands in for the whole, the trait obliterates the whole. With both discrimination and prenatal diagnosis, nobody finds out about the rest. The tests send the message that there’s no need to find out about the rest.” It is one thing to want a person to have what society deems a…

In many healthcare settings, different healthcare professionals tend to come together to treat patients. This is especially true for those needing preventative measures to avoid injuries, or to rehabilitate after an injury has occurred. For example, someone who has suffered a shoulder injury at work might go to the doctor’s office where they see a nurse, and their physician, who then refers them to a physical therapist (PT). For any healthcare setting with different professionals working…

In the 1980’s, Nancy Wexler contributed to advances in medicine by discovering a genetic marker that could indicate inherited disorders linked to chromosomes, such as Down’s Syndrome, Huntington’s Disease, and Tay-Sachs Disease (Vaughn, 2013, p. 566). Since then, prenatal genetic screenings have become widely accessible through simple, low-risk procedures such as carrier testing, blood tests, and ultrasounds. These procedures are only capable of reporting the risk for inheriting abnormalities…

Prenatal Genetic Testing: A Technology of Normalization Prenatal genetic testing is a technology made available to more accurately determine whether or not a child could have a birth ‘defect’. The most common birth defects tested for are Down syndrome, Trisomy 18, or an open neural tube defect (Government of Canada, 2013). This paper asserts first that prenatal genetic testing is a technology of normalization, which labels disability as abnormal and a feared outcome, and second that…

diagnoses could be ineffective protection related to an abusive father as evidence by past history of abuse and current bruising. An actual nursing diagnosis could be impaired verbal communication related to the trauma of the abusive incident as evidence by unusual behavior, lack of eye contact, and denial of the incident. A potential nursing diagnosis is a risk for other-directed violence related to an abusive father becoming angrier. Finally, a collaborative problem would be risk for…

Wall of Silence Journal 1 Describe your level of awareness of the prevalence of medical errors before this course and reading part 1. The healthcare field is one of the utmost respected fields one could work in. Nurses are the most trusted workers in the country and are expected to advocate and protect their patients. Nurses also spend most of their time at work administering medications which plays a key role in the reduction of medication errors. My idea of medical errors has been based off…

This is why having a healthy 2-way relationship to between doctor and PT is extremely pivotal, one cannot function without the other. Diagnosis is impairments and functional limitations that also extend to conditions and syndromes (Deyle pg.632). Though diagnosis is normally taught in entry-level PT programs, it’s sort of an afterthought to third parties who want more of a guaranteed analysis. The majority of medical providers know that PT’s are…