Sedation

Legalization of medical cannabis remains a controversial topic throughout the western world. Despite a lack of clarity as to the long term effects of cannabis, over two-thirds of the 1,500 doctors involved in a U.S. nationwide survey support the provision of medical marijuana as an option for patients, having frequently been cited in various clinical studies as a potent analgesic and anti-epileptic (WebMD, 2014). The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 classifies cannabis as a schedule I drug in…

Prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis without evidence of vegetation Introduction The modified Duke criteria for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE) include three major and five minor criteria. One of the major criteria is evidence of structural findings on echocardiography such as an oscillating intracardiac mass, abscess or partial dehiscence of a prosthetic valve (1-2). Less common echocardiographic findings of IE include pseudoaneurysm, fistula, or valve perforation. The American…

The article that I choose was called “Targeted Temperature Management at 33°C versus 36°C after Cardiac Arrest”. The objective of the article was to find at which temperature was it better to induce hypothermia on a patient who had gone into cardiac arrest in an out-of-hospital scenario to prevent neurological damage and the. The researchers hoped that if by inducing hypothermia early on after the cardiac arrest and loss of consciousness there would be little to no brain damage. The researchers…

Same Day Surgery During same day surgery, I shadowed Nurse Laura, BSN, RN. We prepared four patients for their procedures. The first patient was an 81 year old, white male. He was a patient of Dr. Workman in for a medi-port placement. A medi-port is one type of a central venous access device. This port can remain in place for years and is often inserted for patients who receive long term IV medications and who require frequent blood draws causing less discomfort for the patient. The port is…

discharged. Auditory and visual hallucinations. Risk of injury and violence to family/ public. Risk of relapse due to alcohol and drug abuse. Poor nutrition. Social isolation/ family conflicts. Side effects of medications, increased drowsiness and sedation. Luke has limited to no insight in to the severity of his condition and his need for continuous treatment. While Luke continues to be compliant with medication as an inpatient, he continues to tell nursing staff that he will not comply with…

In Los Angeles, California in 1926, Norma Jean Mortenson was born to Gladys Baker. Norma grew up damaged by foster homes, neglect, and abuse as a result of her mother's mental instability. Despite her troubled childhood, she managed to become a successful model and screen actress later in her life. Norma would change her name to Marilyn Monroe, and become one of the most famous stars of the 20th century. Her rise was rapid, but so was her downfall. She became increasingly unstable.…

impaired early breastfeeding and the ability to regulate body temperature. The cure for respiratory depression, the common effect, is naloxone. There are approximately three well-known types of opiates. Fentanyl is a synthetic opiate that produces a sedation. A variety of hospitals favor this painkiller because it begins working almost immediately and has little-to-none effects on the baby. Fentanyl is also known to less likely need naloxone than babies born to mothers who used…

"Our work is not driven by the pleasure of harming an animal..."- Science Now. Animal research has contributed to provide treatments for many diseases that can cause death for many years. It had a significant affect on improving medication for both humans and animals. We can’t doubt that these researches have a negative affect on animals, since they suffer much from experiments and procedures that need to be made for research, but it’s a scientific necessity. Therefore based on peer-reviewed…

Thesis Statement: Medical marijuana has many medical benefits warranting its legalization, which include eliminating visual haloes produced by glaucoma, controlling intraocular pressure, cough suppression, as well as the treatment of asthma, depression, pain, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, peripheral neuropathy and muscle spasticity in conditions such as multiple sclerosis. AIDS, and cancer. I. Background Information- Cannabis sativa, or marijuana as we have come know, has been around for five…

Joseph Yourshaw a 93-year-old suffering with a variety of painful illness: end-stage diabetes, heart and cardiovascular disease, stroke, kidney disease and arthritis. His several conditions had made his everyday life misery even taking a breath for air makes excruciating pain ripples throughout his body. Although, few of his disease are curable, with his age and body any surgeries mean, will only worsen his situation and will only increase the current state of pain. Yourshaw would often tell his…