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Cushing’s Syndrome Case Study, Manifestations, and Nursing Implications Introduction A 44-year-old male presents with complaints of body malaise and anorexia. He has noticed his attitude going from happy to depressed. He complains of weight gain, bruising easily, and frequent backaches. His arms and legs are thin. He became hypertensive three months ago, he does not have diabetes but his blood sugar has been elevated. His medications include Lisinopril; however, he has been noncompliant. At the…

Every 107 seconds, another American is sexually assaulted. According to the NCVS (National Crime Victimization Survey), there is an average of 294,000 (12 years old and over) reported victims every year (Gaiman). Only 30% of sexual assault cases are reported (“Facts and Statistics”). Sexual assault can be detrimental to anybody’s mental, physical, and emotional stability. Sexual abuse, also referred to as molestation, is forcing undesired sexual behavior by one person upon another. When that…

Personal Learning Goal I hope to learn how outpatient differs from that of the medical surgical floor. I would like to see the different steps that a patient goes through in outpatient surgery. I want to learn the difference in the roles that a Registered Nurse plays in the outpatient setting compared to the other roles they hold in other areas. It also would like to see firsthand the different duties that everyone in the perioperative team has. Finally, I want to experience how the nurse…

Physician assisted suicide has created an opportunity for terminally ill patients unlike any other. Physicians have the ability to make dying a peaceful process for patients. In 1997 each state was granted, by the Supreme Court, the right to choose whether or not to legalize physician assisted suicide (Schencker). Even after multiple years only a small number of states have legalized physician assisted suicide. “My hope for every patient I encounter: they will be able to die with dignity, with…

Names: Generic: modafinil, Trade name in New Zealand: MODAVIGIL® (MIMS 2015). Drug class: Central nervous stimulants (Wake- promoting agents) (Ballon and Feifel, 2006) Formulation: Modavigil ® is formulated as modafinil white to off-white, crystalline powder in tablet form. It is available in tablets containing 100mg of modafinil. Excipients in the tablet are: lactose, strach, pregelatinised maize, maicrocrystaline cellulose, croscarmellose sodium, providone and magnesium stearate (Medsafe,…

Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist (NAVA) is a new mode of ventilation that is becoming more popular in pediatric hospital intensive care units as a method of weaning patients from mechanical ventilation. It is also aimed at improving patient ventilator synchrony. I plan to explain NAVA and the research of the use of this mode in the pediatric and neonatal units and find if it is more beneficial than other ventilator weaning modes. In the beginning, there was only what was called…

measured 1, 2, and 3 hours post-administration (Martin-Santos, Crippa and Batalla). The results showed that in relative to the effects of CBD, the effects of THC on the volunteers were anxiety, disphoria, positive psychotic symptoms, physical and mental sedation, subjective intoxication and an increase in heart rate (Martin-Santos, Crippa and Batalla). In conclusion, although THC showed harmful and unwanted effects on the healthy volunteers, CBD proved itself that it is safe to be…

“The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if the mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between.”(Mother Teresa). Abortion is an unspeakable crime which deserves no forgiveness at all. But they may ask the question, what is in reality abortion or what does it mean? Abortion is when a pregnancy is ended so that it doesn’t result in the birth of a child. Sometimes it is called ‘termination of pregnancy.’ Abortion is an action…

Depression is a growing problem in today’s society, it affects 1 in 10 people at some point in their lives and the number of patients diagnosed with depression increases by 20% each year. As a result, doctors have been looking for different ways to solve this problem, such as different forms of therapy or the use of antidepressants. However, there has been a large dispute over the use of antidepressants, especially in young children and adolescents. Antidepressants are used to balance the…

Cerebral palsy is a developmental condition that refers to a group of disorders rather than a single entity. It affects a persons’ musculature, including movement and postural abilities. This condition is due to cerebral damage while the brain is still in the developmental stage, thus occurring in utero, during or shortly after birth. Brain damage that results in cerebral palsy can occur in several ways and plays a role in the extent of the condition. Therefore, each case will be different…