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    The title of the book I read is The Madness Underneath. It was written by Maureen Johnson. This book was published by The Penguin Group, and was originally published on February 26, 2013. There are two hundred ninety pages. The Madness Underneath was written by a New York Times Bestselling Author. The setting of this story is London at Wexford University. It is always raining and is not very nice. In the book it takes place in present time. The narrator of the story is the main character. Her…

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    Orgasm, Inc. Summary

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    their bodies. Liz Canner, the filmmaker for Orgasm, Inc., begins to have suspicions associated with the endangered health of female patients after seeing the results of the Orgasmatron in which women run the risk of experiencing shock, paralysis, epidural hemorrhage, and cerebrospinal fluid leak all without any benefit. In addition, women are being taken advantage of just by simply not having enough sexual education which is traced back to their environment and the amount of information that was…

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    "My life has been a large rollercoaster". This experience was one of the most saddest and happy moments.This was when ever I was pregnant.One day my back was hurting so bad that I wasn 't able to walk and was in so much pain that I just didnt know what I had till my brother told me to go tot he hospital and get checked but I was so scared of what I was going to have and once I got there they made me do a lot of test to check me.But once the result came back they told me "I need to do…

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    I was 36 weeks when I delivered, a week away from being full term. They induced my labor which was by far the most painful experience that I’ve ever encountered. The pain was so intense that they had to give me the epidural early. In the middle of the doctor administering my epidural my water had broken in the middle of them putting the needle in my back. They told me not to move but it was so hard not to. I screamed to the top of lungs to keep me from moving. Once they finished and the medicine…

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    My Birth Story Essay

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    and the length was approximately 24 hours. She labored at home until she was admitted to the hospital. Once at the hospital she labored for approximately an hour. She delivered me at the Trippler Army Hospital in Honolulu, HI. She did not have an epidural and did a lot of breathing through the contractions. She wanted to sit up and deliver, but the hospital did not have a birthing chair, so she had to use the bed with her feet in stir-ups. It was not comfortable when pushing threw contractions,…

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    student. Less than two days prior to the interview, I experienced one of the most joyful, yet also painful days of my life. The day started at 5 AM with a dosage of Pitocin, then later Demerol, progressing into a dosage of Stadol, leading up to two epidurals, and finally a spinal block and caesarian surgery. Finally, with enraptured joy, my husband and I held our newborn son. I woke up the next morning to a dosage of Morphine, and with grit took on the task of walking in order to speed up my…

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    Neck Pain Case Summary

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    It was noted that in light of the progressive neurological deterioration of the strength of the right hand and the lack of response to intensive conservative treatment including PT, medication, pain management and 2 epidural injections, the IW has been recommended to undergo an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion at C3-4, C4-5, C5-65 and C6-7, using a minimal invasive technique and the operative microscope. Patient has agreed to…

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    Case Study: Lumbar Spine

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    DOI: 11/22/2006. Patient is a 55-year-old male route sales representative who sustained injuries to his right elbow, shoulder, neck and back while he was exiting a truck and he stepped on the bumper, when the bumper collapsed. MRI of the lumbar spine performed on 03/31/16 showed disc herniations at L3-S1 deforming the thecal sac with bilateral neural foraminal extension at all three levels, abutting the exiting L5 nerve roots with left neural foraminal narrowing at L5-S1, left greater than…

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    Care Plan Problem: Risk for bleeding r/t postpartum complications. Patient Centered Goal: Patient will not experience any abnormal/excessive bleeding by the end of clinical shift. Expected Outcomes: 1. Patient will experience lochia reducing in amount and lightening in color by the end of clinical shift. 2. Patient will observe fundus that is firm, midline, and decreasing in height by the end of clinical shift. 3. Patient will verbalize understanding of signs and…

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    offering improved ventilation, decreasing the risk of micro-aspiration and ventilator associated pneumonia and being safe in the presence of spinal injury. VAC (Vacuum Assisted Closure) dressings and regional blocks (both peripheral nerve blocks and epidurals) after correction of coagulopathy are fundamental adjuncts of polytrauma patient care. Compartment syndrome is a devastating complication that can easily be missed in the critical care setting especially in intubated patients, or the…

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