Wheelchair

Mr. May is seen in the wheelchair at MCCRC on 02/17/2017. Mr. May was seen earlier in the week after a brief hospitalization for hypercalcemia. Lab studies were obtained and his calcium was down to 10.3, other electrolytes were generally okay, but much more worrisome was that his white count had fallen to 1.3. He was seen by Barbara Dean and Dr. Gray, his oncologist, yesterday, who have set up further chemotherapy for next Friday and a repeat office visit for 03/10 and have suggested that…

With the advancement of medicine and technology, it is evident that there is a growing elderly population in the developed countries such as the United States. Perhaps, some casually phrase it as the “baby boomers getting older.” My experience as a nurse taught me that despite developments in modern medicine, there are challenges such as elderly independence and prevention of falls along with the combination of polypharmacy and multiple comorbidities posing as risks. The Center for Disease…

Still, he fought back. He worked with a Physiotherapist, who prevented his regression back into the wheelchair. He felt that he was on the road to recovery. Soon he would be able to go back to church again regularly. The people would no longer accuse him of having sin in his life. When his landlord increased his rent beyond reach, it forced Tank to move…

Respect is a widely used term to describe the positive behaviour from one person to another. Having respect is a common denominator of good social relations. However, being respectful forms a basic relationship between individuals as stated by (Anderson, 1999; Lawrence-Lightfoot, 1999; Bourgois, 2002; Colwell, 2007; Honneth, 2007; Wolf, 2008), (cited by Schimer et al, 2013). Recent theory has connected having respect with being caring and supportive and states that fundamental equality is at the…

My high school year is unforgettable four years of my life the four years I spent in high school were unforgettable. Those four years life changed what I wanted to do in my future and how to be able to succeed. My academic change through high school for me was my confidence in my work for the assignments I did. Through high school, I determined that I was really interested in the study of environmental science, which was why when I was not attending school I was attending activities centered…

One way you can do this is by reading books about certain disabilities and maybe having an activity go along with the book. For example, if you read a book that has a child in it who is in a wheelchair you may have an activity afterwards that involves letting all children experience sitting in a wheelchair. Beware that if the equipment that you are letting children explore belongs to a child you must get the families permission before proceeding. By doing this children will eventually see that…

Chuck Close is a famous artist who draws huge portraits which he also uses photorealism (photorealism is a genre of art that ecompasses painting, drawing and other graphic media, in which an artist studies a photograph and then attempts to reproduce the image as realistically as possible in another medium). He is known for using that method on real life photographs. Chuck Close was born on July 5, 1940, in Monroe, Washington. Yes, Chuck close is still alive. In fact, he is about 76 years old.…

t is a generally accepted fact that young boys are active individuals. They are often depicted as rambunctious and mischievous, constantly jumping, running, and playing. However, for boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), this stereotype is not a reality. DMD is an abnormality found on the X-chromosome that deprives the body of dystrophin, a structural protein that maintains the structure of a muscle cell. DMD is the most common fatal genetic disorder identified in children, and is…

Spinal Cord Injury is a major problem that effects approximately 282,000 people in the U.S. and estimated 17,000 new SCI cases each year (“National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center,” 2016, p.1). The leading cause of spinal cord injury (SCI) are car accidents (29.3%), followed by falls (22%), gunshot wounds (16.9%), and sport injuries (8%) primarily accounting with males (Vallines, 2016). Leading that males have an accounting primarily with car accidents, that what happened to a male name…

I was not sure what to expect on the first day of mental health clinical rotation. My nursing friend told me that she liked the rotation, so that made me feel a little better about my first encounter with this area of the medical field. After spending, most of the morning getting acquainted with my new clinical instructor, we proceeded into the common area, which was separated by the nurse’s station and a set of double doors. The patients were on the other side watching a documentary of people…