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    Case Study: Cervical Cancer Epidemiology and health is concerned with the study of the distribution and the determinants of health and disease in human populations. This case study will review cervical cancer, firstly it will outline and define the condition. It will then present up-to-date data describing the impact, prevalence and mortality rates of the condition before moving on to discuss the distribution and trends of the disease among the Scottish female population. Finally it will…

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    Nutritional Intervention

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    acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Because leukemia cells are spread widely throughout the bone marrow and blood, it’s not possible to cure this type of cancer with surgery. On rare occasions, an isolated tumor of leukemia cells (known as a granulocytic sarcoma or a chloroma) may be treated with surgery (Leukemia - Acute Myeloid (AML), 2016). c. Nutritional Intervention Maintaining healthy body weight helps patient to tolerate chemotherapy side effects better. Other than that, good nutrition also…

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    Signs and Symptoms: HIV should be viewed as a continuum which includes initial infection, asymptomatic latent infection, symptomatic infection and end-stage AIDS diagnosis. The progression along a person’s continuum cannot be predicted as it varies from person to person. Since each person’s progression through HIV is different, each person should be viewed as an individual regardless of symptoms they may present with. There are various symptoms that a person can present with during the…

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    For the past thirty years the diseases HIV and Aids have been put in the media in negative point of view, this has changed people’s perception on these diseases. The media has helped produce a negative outlook on homosexuals and disease HIV/AIDS, such as saying that homosexuals created these diseases or labeling these diseases as ‘gay cancer”. More than 1.1 million people have been diagnosed with the disease HIV, Homosexual or bisexual men are the ones who have been affected the most by the…

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    Nursing Role Essay

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    1. Nursing Role: In what ways did the RN utilize critical thinking in each setting? What professional/unprofessional conduct did you observe while in these settings? The nurse demonstrated flexibility by being open to change of the treatment plan. For example, a patient was scheduled for a lipid panel and was supposed to be fasting, but was eating prior to her scheduled appointment due to discomfort. The nurse was flexible by rescheduling her lipid panel and adjusting her treatment plan…

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    Gastro Intestinal cancer also known as GI affects the digestive system. The function of the GI is a pathway food takes through the very first point which is the mouth then makes its way through the esophagus, stomach, small and large intestine and then the rectum to evacuate. According to Lauren Peirce Carcas gastric cancer remains the fourth most common type of cancer and is the second leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. GI cancer is very serious and should be treated as soon as…

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    Society as we know it today has become dependent on the use of synthetic materials, natural materials that have gone through a chemical change to become man-made, therefore, synthetic. Some synthetic materials are easier to create than others, these materials range from plastic, to nylon, to cocaine, to medicine, and much more. Synthetic materials play a large role in our lives and they surround us everyday, although, it hasn't always been this way. Earth and humans aren't always accustomed to…

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    The Tasmanian devil is an apex predator and the largest marsupial carnivore. Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD) is a highly aggressive, transmissible cancer that is decimating the Tasmanian devil population and threatening the species with extinction in as little as thirty years (Brüniche-Olsen et al., 2016). The disease first showed up in 1996 and a second transmissible cancer in devils was discovered in 2014. This disease has since declined the population 95% in some areas while spreading to…

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    Many people have Gardners Syndrome and most of the time it is inherited by family. Rarely is a person born without a family member having had it. The effects of this syndrome can affect a person in many ways especially after the surgery needed to treat it. After the surgery the person in most cases will have a counselor to help deal with the syndrome. there are many risks that come along with having this syndrome. Gardners Syndrome is a rare form of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis…

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    1. In Just Don’t fall by Josh Sundquist, there is a clear turning point in the story, when Josh learns he has cancer. The whole book revolves around Josh adapting and fighting Ewings sarcoma. His life as a cancer victim began at the young age of 9. At the age of 10, his left leg had to be amputated. As an amputee his life became very restricting, not being able to play soccer like he wanted too, couldn’t play with his his friends like a young child wants to. This amputation brought…

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