Epidural

Pregnancy Traditions of Hispanic and Japanese Cultures Childbirth is an extraordinary event that occurs daily around the world. Cultural preferences make this common event dramatically different. For this discussion, I chose to compare and contrast Hispanic culture and Japanese culture when it comes to childrearing. Hispanic women’s access to prenatal care is problematic due to lack of insurance, language barriers, and low levels of education in the U.S. (Andrews & Boyle, 2016). The…

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate and critique a quantitative journal article, “Return of Bowel Sounds Indicating an End of Postoperative Ileus: Is it Time to Cease this Long-Standing Tradition?” written by Robert L. Massey, PhD, RN, NEA-BC. The article is related to the reliability of bowel sounds as an indication of an end of postoperative ileus after abdominal surgery. Every aspect of the study was first explained before the information from the study itself was presented using clear…

My mother describes it as the perfect day; the sun was shining, my dad had just finished working and right before dinner was being served suddenly her water broke. They arrived to the hospital around 6:30pm. Since I was their first child, my mother had been in labor for almost 14 hours. In Angola, you don’t always get the proper childbirth practices, most are unsafe due the high rate of adolescent pregnancy. In Luanda, Angola’s most populous province, 12 percent of pregnant women are…

Childbirth practices vary from place to place, the majority of women who is carrying a child or has had a child has a different point of view on where/how they would like to give birth, whether if it 's a cultural belief or not. On the other hand, this is completely different for women who live in china. As it states in the article, “Giving Birth Voices of Chinese Women” by Lynn Callister, it states “Childbirth is influenced deeply by one’s culture (Callister, 1995).Culture “refers to the…

A.B is a 25 year old female. Today this patient did not seek health care or have any concerns but allowed me to do a complete physical assessment on her for my physical assessment class. This patient states she is in good health at this time. A.B. lives in Avery, Texas with her husband, daughter, and two step daughters. The primary and only language spoken in this household is English. She states she and her family attend church occasionally, when asked how often occasionally is for her she…

Gate Control theory means chronic pain in the lower back. (“Cherry”).Then in 1971 was first reported the analgesic properties of epidural spinal cord stimulation (“Spinal cord stimulator”). So that is the history of the Spine Stimulation, but today they are still doing some test to help some of the people who are disabled. So this is how the spine stimulation works they have to open…

Many people have heroes when they are younger and while they are growing up. The three people that come to my head when I think about heroes are my mom, my sister and my grandma. They are all so brave, loving, caring, and independent. They are the best people to be my role models in my opinion. They have all shown me what women are supposed to be like and how they are supposed to act. This is what makes them the best role models and my heroes. The first hero that comes to my mind is my mom. My…

Advocacy and Its Role in Cultural Diversity As Ohio’s population of immigrants grows, nurses must be prepared to care for patients from a diverse array of cultures by understanding the cultures of the common ethnic minorities living in the community. Using the skills learned in transcultural nursing such as performing a comprehensive assessment, showing respect, using active listening, communicating clearly and considering cultural values will help build trust and show the patient and family…

Is your brain moving in ways it shouldn’t be? Well if it is moving too much you may have a concussion. A concussion is traumatic head injury. You usually get a concussion when you receive a blow to the head. You can receive a concussion in any sport but the most popular sport to receive one in is in football. Concussion cause the most fatalities in football. Throughout this essay you will learn many new things like symptoms, CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy), some famous people that has had…

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome The cost in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for an infant with neonatal abstinence syndrome is an average of $3,500 per day, with an average length of stay of 30 days. In 2009, 77.6% of infants with NAS were covered by state Medicaid programs (Patrick, et al., 2012). Sometimes also referred to as neonatal withdrawal syndrome, it is a group of complications that occur in a baby after being exposed to narcotics in the womb. Some problems that can occur in a…