Medical prescription

The author of Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk, once stated, “The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close up” (Chuck, n.d.). His statement highlights a condition I call a myopic perspective. Myopia, or nearsightedness, is a condition in which a person can clearly see objects close-up while objects in the distance look blurry (“Myopia,” n.d.). A myopic perspective is a similar impairment limiting people’s psychological viewpoint or internal vision versus their physical…

OMG did you here? i know right!!!! its crazzzyyy! In this day and age, texting is one of the main types of communication. Whether children choose to use correct grammar when texting, do they really know proper grammar for everyday use? Some people claim that children still have the capability to use proper grammar skills, and that they just choose not to. Others believe that children really do not know any better. With the belief that texting does not effect children’s grammar, one must wonder…

Hospital and University of Florida IRB committees data collection began. Data was gathered by Tanya Warner, DNP student and employee of Baptist Hospital. Data was kept in Tanya Warner’s office on campus at Baptist Hospital. Computer data and patient’s medical records were password protected. No identifiable data was included in data collected. 2014 Results 2014 Age and Gender. Patient’s identified as being discharge with diagnosis of STEMI and NSTEMI during 4th quarter 2014 (October 1, 2014 –…

Description of the Clinical Experience The purpose of this reflection is to inform the reader of my second and third day in the hospital, where we went out on the floor and interacted with our clients. We got to meet our clients and experience some of the tasks the register nurses do on a daily basis (#C6, #C10). Reflection Initially, on both days my group met in the lobby of the hospital and then followed our instructor to the third floor, where we would wait for the nurses to give shift…

I am reading It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini and I am on page 122. This book is about a teenage boy named Craig Gilner who is struggling to succeed in his high school career while he fights depression. Starting in seventh grade, Craig’s dream is to be accepted Manhattan’s Executive Pre-Professional High School, but once he is accepted something changes. He quickly realizes school is not going to be as easy at he thought, and starts to make irresponsible choices. Along with his best…

its hands in more than 30 studies concerning chronic pain (HHS, 2017). There is also a demand to advance better prescriptions for pain that avoid addiction. This includes studying new and advanced pain treatments, that will lead to support the development of abuse-deterrent opioids, and for funds to develop opioid addiction vaccines (HHS, 2016). The FDA have cleared 6 prescription medications that are abuse-deterrent (HHS,2016). The HHS has also started to offer research to better implement…

Living in a distorted society where many people don’t know how to think for themselves, it’s easy to get misguided into believing that there is more violence in society than there actually is. People start believing everything the media and politicians says to be true. Meanwhile, humanity gets misled into fearing the wrong things. Furthermore, people end up living in state of fear leading them to become paranoid. Unfounded fears are dangerous in contemporary culture because those fears cause…

Increased Risk of the Elderly for Poor Outcomes Related To Polypharmacy, Secondary to Multiple Prescribers Polypharmacy is a growing concern among the elderly. According to Maher, Hanlon and Hajjar (2014), “nearly 50% of older adults take one or more medications that are not medically necessary” (p. 1). Duplication therapy often occurs as a result of multiple prescribers. Such an occurrence can cause crippling effects for an elderly patient. Research has indicated a “strong relationship…

According to Mayo Clinic, “nearly seventy percent of the United States population are on at least one prescription drug”. Prescription drugs are on the rise not only in the United States but around the world. The NIDA For Teens states” prescription drugs are strong medications” that are prescribed by a doctor that have “potential benefits but also harmful effects”. Prescription drugs are prescribed by a doctor to help with the immune system and the body to get back to its normal state. For…

Advertisements Most Americans do not see their doctor for advice about the stock market, so why would they look to Madison Avenue for advice about their diabetes? As one of only two countries in the world allowing direct-to-consumer (DTC) marketing of prescription medications, it is a multi-billion dollar payday in the United States for pharmaceutical companies, advertisers, and mass media (Pro Con, 2014). Proponents of drug advertising claim they promote health by informing patients about…