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Water is essential in keeping the body in balance. There are two significant compartments of the body that exchange fluids and electrolytes to maintain homeostasis, which are intracellular and extracellular. These two spaces continually interchange electrolytes, particles, and water to sustain the same pressure. (PP chap42 pg935) This paper will describe three machinimas that assists in maintaining homeostasis, four main categories of IV therapy, and nursing consideration in relation to infusing…

Fibrinolytic therapy is the most common and widely used reperfusion therapy in patients with a diagnosis of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI); it consists of utilizing medications to diffuse the blockage in the infarcted artery. Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is an alternate reperfusion therapy which utilizes invasive procedures by the placing stints where the arterial blockage and clot is present. Fibrinolytic therapy has limitations such as;…

The role of a nurse in providing professional, compassionate care. Introduction This assignment will discuss the role of the nurse in providing care in relation to the 6C’s of nursing practice which include care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment. (NHS England, 2012). These principles form the benchmark of the NHS culture of compassionate care and underpins everything it does. The role of the nurse in providing care in relation to the 6C’s can be defined as a care…

Edwin Hubble was an Astronomer and scientist who changed our entire cosmology and revolutionized the field of astrophysics. Hubble’s research helped to prove the universe is expanding and he also created a classification system for galaxies we now call the Hubble sequence. He has been called one of the most influential astronomers since the times of Galileo, Kepler and Newton.On November 20th, 1889 in Marshfield, Missouri, Edwin Hubble was born to parents John Powell Hubble, an insurance…

Introduction Influenza A virus is a respiratory pathogen that seasonally causes approximately 200,000 hospitalizations every year in US alone and affects human health worldwide extensively [1]. Seasonal viruses circulating in the human population cause annual epidemics with about 500,000 deaths per year. Furthermore, novel strains of influenza A virus without pre-existing immunity could cause a global pandemic with a high fatality rate; the 2009 H1N1 pandemic caused 151,700–575,400 deaths in…

The Power of Mother Nature According to the experts at the World Health Organization, “Global cancer rates could increase by 50% to 15 million by the year 2020” (para 1). For anyone who is familiar with cancer, it is the uncontrollable mutated cell growth that can either be malignant (bad) or benign (no effect), but also know how hard cancer is to treat. Since cancer rates are predicted to increase dramatically within the next ten years, how on earth are oncologists and scientists going to…

This September, I started my MSc at UBC SPPH with a goal of becoming a researcher on clinical trials. During the past semester, I discovered I love it more than I could imagine. I enjoy everything that I am doing, especially my research which I can work until 3 am in the morning without feeling tired or exhausted. I count myself as a fortunate person as I have found what I love, unlike many other people who spend their entire life looking for what they like. However, as a person who wants to…

There are many milestones that occur during the aging process, one of those processes for women is menopause. The medicalization of menopause has created a market for treatment and prevention of the symptoms related to menopause (Burrell, 2009). Menopause is defined as the “occurring 12 months after a woman’s final menstrual period” (Bjorklund, 2015, p. 54). Women usually go through menopause between 47 and 55 years old and experience a drop in estrogen and progesterone during perimenopause…

steroids are harm to the liver. Side effects regarding the liver may include hepatocellular damage, cholestasis, peliosis hepatis, hepatoadenoma, hepatocarcinoma, cardiovascular and hematologic effects, increased cholesterol, hypertension, and thrombosis. Benign and malignant tumors have been associated with the distribution of steroids. Many athletes who have sizable histories of steroid abuse have died from hepatocellular carcinoma or from a rupture in the hepatic tumor (Maravelias,…

Pain is an unpleasant sensation normally associated with injury or illness. According to the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), pain is an uneasy sensory and emotional experience caused by actual or potential tissue damage. Experiencing pain indicates that the body or the particular region may be damaged or not functioning properly. It leads people to seek medical attention and also helps on diagnosis (Ersek & Irving 2009). According to the Carr & Goudas (1999, cited in…