Nephrology

I am a student at Colorado State University Global Campus and expect to graduate in March 2016. At CSUGC I have acquired knowledge in all aspects of business with an emphasis on homeland security and intelligence. The courses with in my curriculum involve managerial accounting, leadership theory, marketing, interpreting financial forms, critical infrastructure protection, homeland security, and intelligence. During this process I have also acquired Office Suite skills. My real world experience…

Evolution of nursing from a socio-economic stand point “In the context of health care, the idea of care has two principal meanings: (1) taking care of the sick person, which emphasizes the delivery of technical care, and (2) caring for or caring about the sick person, which suggests a virtue of devotion or concern for the other as a person. At times these two aspects of care have been united; at other times, they have been in conflict.” (Reich, 2014, Vol. 2, pp. 489-495). This point emphasizes…

Annotated Bibliography Bullying unfortunately still exist and is a growing problem in all of the health areas. I have focused my Annotated Bibliography on bullying amongst nurses. When I started to research this topic I didn 't realize there would be so many articles to choose from and how popular this topic was. It was overwhelming the attention that this topic has been given in the past and still generating great concern today. I have chosen four nursing journal articles that I found…

Mechanical Ventilation and the Effects on the Cardiopulmonary and Renal Systems Amanda K. Godshall West Chester University Abstract The important objective of this paper is to explore mechanical ventilation and the many effects it has on a patient’s organ systems. The cardiovascular system can be affected along with the pulmonary and renal systems. Cardiovascular side effects depend upon the previous underlying cardiopulmonary status of each patient. Conditions pertaining to…

Central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) is often a feared complication of overly aggressive correction of hyponatremia (defined as < 135 mEq/L).1 Current guidelines1,2,3 dictate a slow correction of sodium, generally not exceeding 8-10 mEq/24 hrs to prevent CPM.1 CPM is a non-inflammatory demyelinating disease characterized by the loss of myelin in the base of the pons and carries a poor prognosis, often times resulting in death. We present a case in which an elderly gentleman was admitted for…

Knowing the importance of evidence based practice in the nursing profession; various guidelines has been established in King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre with a systematic of review of the literature, critical clinical appraisals and expert opinion which provides the supporting evidence. One of such kind of guidelines was generated for the management of hypertension in CKD patients. Hypertension is one of the conditions for which guidelines generated by different organizations…

The concept of stress is a very unspecific idea itself even to this day. While everyone experiences stress many live with diseases and illnesses that expand the stress beyond what most people have to experience. The basic impacts of stress on everyday people and those impacts on people with chronic diseases can vary immensely, however the coping methods are all the same and in most cases can improve the living standards of anyone having trouble with stress. The effects of stress on people with…

Molitch ME, Fujimoto W, Hamman RF, Knowler WC. The diabetes prevention program and its global implications. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN. Jul 2003;14(7 Suppl 2):S103-107. 5. Seidel MC, Powell RO, Zgibor JC, Siminerio LM, Piatt GA. Translating the Diabetes Prevention Program into an urban medically underserved community: a nonrandomized prospective intervention study. Diabetes…

216). It can involve both intentional and unintentional acts that cause bodily harm or create a serious risk of harm such as emotional abuse, exploitation, physical abuse, sexual abuse as well as the failure of a family or paid formal caregiver to provide an elder under their care with basic needs leading to neglect or abandonment (Lachs & Pillmer, 2004). Canada is home to an increasingly aging society. In 2009, statistics Canada reported that 13% of the Canadian population was over the age of…

Marijuana Vs Alcohol Health Risk And Benefits By Riaz Zaman Period 1 English IV Mr. Wilson March, 14, 2017 Majority of the American population has the access to marijuana and also alcohol products. In the early 1900’s many consumers did not have access to such products because of laws of prohibition. The number of people that consume alcohol has increased drastically to 136.8 million people. Since the 1970’s marijuana consumption has grown up to 18.9 million people just in the…