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The range of Motion and strength in hips normal completes the whole arc of movements against gravity and resistance without s/s difficulty. ROM and Knee bend normally against gravity, resistance testing deferred due to edema, erythema and popliteal wound. Unable to complete the whole arc of ankle rotation due to pain with movement and edema. Pedal push-pull motion intact, push against full resistance to bottom of foot done without difficulty, equal strength bilaterally. Flexion of foot…

Teen Drug Abuse Have you ever thought of how it feels to lose your precious child to drug addiction? My neighbor Emily recently lost her teenage daughter Audrey who was a drug addict. Audrey was only 15 years old when she passed away. No one knew she was a drug addict, including her mother, until the autopsy reported the cause of her death. Audrey was using over the counter drug to get high mostly at night when her mother was sleeping. Audrey’s mother said “I thought my daughter was living a…

The patient has been admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit at Saint Mary’s Regional Hospital in Reno, NV for neonatal abstinence syndrome. L.C.’s meconium toxicology screen reveals positives for the following substances: codeine, morphine, hydrocodone, amphetamine, and methamphetamine. He is currently being tapered off of morphine, which has been being administered soon after L.C. was born. Non-pharmacological methods such as swaddling, feedings, and other comfort methods are also being…

Substance Abuse Substance abuse is basically an overindulgence in or dependence on an addictive substance, such as drugs or alcohol. Statistics for substance abuse and addiction began to skyrocket in the 1980’s when pharmaceutical companies and doctors began over prescribed medications (especially opiates) to patients in order to make more money. If you had an injury that would require you to take a pain reliever, you really would only need four or five pills. But, doctors will sometimes give…

Opiate Addiction by Haley Dotson Opiates are drugs that are used to treat pain, some may also see them called Opioids or Narcotics. They may be legal or illegal. Some of the most popular and recognizable opiates are called Codeine, Heroin, Hydrocodone, Hydromorphone, Methadone, Meperidine, Morphine, and Oxycodone and many more. Along with the brand names of these opiates some are also known as Vicodin, Dilaudid, Demerol, Percocet, and Oxycontin. Wrongly using these drugs can affect people in…

In reviewing this patient, she is 78 years old, lives alone and is able to care for herself with minimal assistance. Risk factors associated with her age and medical conditions are falls or injury, depression, and inability to successfully perform ADL’s. Falls/Injury As a result of the physiological changes associated with age and polypharmacy many geriatric patients are at a higher risk for falls. Falls greatly increase morbidity and mortality in…

processes through the body (Lorenzini, Daali, Dayer, & Desmeules, 2012) .Opioids are compounds drugs or drugs that are used to relieve pain by attaching to the receptors in the brain. These opioids are prescription drugs known as opiates and include hydrocodone,…

My mom and girlfriend felt helpless sitting in a chair, listening to me sob for 5 hours straight every night. Sometimes they would cry with me. The hospital did not have any medicine that would help the pain, except for Hydrocodone. That barely helped at all, so I was constantly asking for more and was always in pain. Laying in that hospital bed made me feel useless; Like I was a poor person you see on the streets, begging for a piece of change. I would think to myself, I…

Growing up in the projects of Hot Springs, Arkansas was anything but a grand ole time. My mom was always heavily sedated due to a fifth of Vodka and multiple Hydrocodone. My mom rarely made it to work. When she did not get paid that meant we would go without water or electricity until she decided she wanted to go back to work. My mom worked as a caregiver and was paid under the table. She was not always this bad though, because when I try I can remember having fun with her. One time, on my…

Addiction to pain killers: Opioids The word addiction, according to the Merriam – Webster dictionary means, a strong and harmful need to regularly have or do something. For example, taking drugs, gambling, alcohol, sex and more. This specific essay gives information about being addicted to pain killers (opioids). Chronic pain is a major issue and one third of Americans suffer from it, that is thirty percent of the world’s population (Angres et al., 2015). Addiction to pain killers caused by the…