Intensive care medicine

Thesis Statement Chronic pain is a disabling condition that affects over 100 million Americans (IOM, 2011). It is constant or recurring pain that remains beyond the healing of an injury or acute illness. Chronic pain has the ability to destructively affect a person’s quality of life including their mental and emotional well-being. The pharmaceutical industry’s strong influence on American culture encourages healthcare providers to overly prescribe medications that offer temporary relief to…

In the short essay “Joyas Volardores” the author, Brian Doyle structures his essay in three sections in which he first addresses the tiny hummingbird and its fast and lively beating heart, then he addresses the massive blue whale and its slow and ponderous beating heart, and finally in the third section he addresses the average sized human and its unpredictable and erratic beating heart that often fluctuates between having qualities of both the hummingbird’s heart and the blue whale’s heart.…

PROPERTIES, USES, NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS IN HEALTH AND WEALTH AND IN HEALTH AND DISEASE: ABSTRACT: Coconut water (coconut liquid endosperm), with its many applications, is one of the world’s most versatile natural product. This refreshing beverage is consumed worldwide as it is nutritious and beneficial for health. There is increasing scientific evidence that supports the role of coconut water in health and medicinal applications. Coconut water is traditionally used as a growth supplement in plant…

indicated above. They excrete them by binding and cause their elimination out of body by the means of feces. That is why fiber rich nutrition is always a cornerstone for a healthy lifestyle and nutrition and also very effective in prevention from many metabolic diseases including cancer and cardiovascular diseases such as stroke and hypertension. Fibers, our antiaging weapons against diseases and aging, has got one important disadvantage that, they not only bind harmful substances, but can bind…

they are very likely to die in a short period of time. It is very common for patients that suffers from liver or kidney disease, infections, anaemia, or maybe a bleeding disorder such as haemophilia to receive a blood transfusion. Medical and health care workers will find the best blood component transfusion for each situation they think is the most suitable. For example, a platelet transfusion is needed when the patient is at risk of excessive bleeding since platelets can clot to stop bleeding.…

CLIENT NAME M CASE # 1 THERAPIST NAME & CREDENTIALS Pifer, T. MHC Intern DATE 1/26/18 LENGTH OF SERVICE 28 days TYPE OF CONTACT: individual and group NO. IN GROUP 9-12 INTAKE ASSESSMENT / ADMISSION NOTE IDENTIFYING INFORMATION: M is a 68-year-old Caucasian married male veteran. He is retired and currently resides with his wife (RN) who is still employed. REASON FOR REFERRAL: M seeks help voluntarily for alcohol dependency,…

What are essential oils Essential oils and their innumerable properties penetrate our body and spread throughout the body, bringing well-being and its properties to all corners. What are essential oils? Essential oils are substances found in different plant tissues. The ancient alchemists called them “soul of plants”, because they contain numerous natural chemical compounds, from the plant from which they are extracted, that we can use as a home remedy in many situations. In fact,…

Blias and Hayes (2011) describes a change theory by Lewin that is very fitting for the health care system and for this specific change. The Lewin theory has three phases: unfreeze, moving and refreeze. In the unfreeze phase, a need for change arises either from a problematic situation or a better way of doing something is presented. Here, both occurred…

maps out goal setting. This structure has a specific format that spells out the word SMART. The SMART Goals have to be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and time bound in order to be successful. The Institute of Medicine has five core competencies for the health care profession. One of these competencies is working in interdisciplinary and or interprofessional teams. My Leadership SMART Goal is to provide the OR staff education in the efforts to reduce surgical site infections in…

The thought of someday growing old is enough to scare anyone. Health problems cause us not to be able to do the things that were once so easy. For some it is simple things, such as not being able to walk by themselves, not being able to take care of themselves, and sometimes not remembering things that were once so vivid in their mind. Out of all of these things memory loss tends to scare people the most. The thought of looking into their loved ones eyes and not being able to recognize them is…