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Registered Nurse Cost Effective
371 words
A nurse practitioner is a registered nurse with
advanced academic and clinical experience, which
enables him or her or diagnose and manage most
common and many chronic illnesses, either
independently or as a part of a health care team.
A nurse practitioner provides some care previously
offered only by physicians and in most states has
the ability to prescribe medications. working in
collaboration with a physician, a nurse
practitioner provides high-quality,
cost-effective, and individualized car...
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Vital Signs Communication Skills
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Health Career Research Paper: Certified Medical
Assistant There are many exciting careers in the
medical field. One of them is the position of a
medical assistant. There are many things that one
is able to do as a medical assistant. Their main
duty is to assist, as the title implies, their
coworkers, usually doctors and nurses. Their
duties can range from medical paperwork to some
forms of clinical tasks such as taking vital
signs. The job responsibilities of a medical
assistant vary depending o...
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Manic Depressive Bipolar Disorder
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Is bipolar disorder the cause of great madness or
great genius? The symptoms of this mental illness
may also be considered as the driving forces
behind some of the most gifted and talented people
to grace our society. Although individuals with
this illness may have some obstacles to overcome,
it can be accomplished. With all of the treatment
programs that are widely available, people have
many options and methods to turn to for help.
Bipolar disorder, also referred to as manic
depression, is a m...
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Pharmacology A Case Study In
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... ion, neurotoxicity. Relevant interactions:
None. Nursing considerations: Use cautiously in
elderly patients and patients with cardiac
disease. Check renal, hepatic, and auditory
function periodically during prolonged therapy.
Drug should be discontinued if abnormalities
occur. Applications to case study Piroxicam is an
arthritis medication and is being used to treat
Mrs A's osteoarthritis. The 20 mg dose is
standard. Brody, T et al (1994: 397) does not
recommend a time of day for taking the ...
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Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Adhd Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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Tourette Syndrome (TS) is an inherited,
neurological disorder characterized by repeated
and involuntary body movements and uncontrollable
vocal sounds. In a minority of cases, the
vocalizations can include socially inappropriate
words and phrases. These outbursts are neither
intentional nor purposeful. Involuntary symptoms
can include eye blinking, repeated throat clearing
or sniffing, arm thrusting, kicking, shoulder
shrugging or jumping. These, and other symptoms,
typically appear before the a...
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Bone Marrow Adverse Effects
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Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is one of the
four most common types of leukemia and is
responsible for 15 to 20 percent of all adult
leukemias. CML is a deadly cancer of the bone
marrow cells that causes white blood cells to
increase to more than twelve times their limit, at
an uncontrollable rate. Normally, this can lead to
fatigue, fever, and a fatal 5 -year survival rate.
Novartis Oncology Pharmaceuticals, the second
largest drug company in the world, with
headquarters in Switzerland, is ...
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Dissociative Identity Disorder Diagnoses Amp Treatment
1,368 words
It is very important to diagnose a case of
dissociative identity disorder; if it is not
diagnosed, it may lead to death. However,
therapists have had many problems in diagnosing
this type of disorder. This is due to two major
factors. The first is that DID is seen as a very
unusual disorder, and most cases of DID are
mistaken for Schizophrenia. The second factor is
that there is a lack of guidelines for the
diagnosis of DID. Hence, even when DID is
diagnosed it usually takes multiple weeks-or ev...
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General Accounting Office Food And Drug Administration
1,212 words
An increasing number of researchers, scientists
and practitioners are questioning the use of
animals in research on ethical, moral,
socio-political and scientific grounds. Use of
animal research data to affect change in their
patients is rarely used by clinical psychologists.
This is certainly a public interest issue as it
involves an enormous amount of brutality. Animal
research is a very lucrative business, since
billions of tax dollars are invested in it
annually. An enormous amount of this m...
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Spinal Cord Multiple Sclerosis
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... nt of hearing loss based on the amplitudes of
the signals (fifth wave). With this information,
physicians can decide how to treat the hearing
loss and to what degree. A person who is
completely deaf would exhibit flat-line responses.
The BAEP can also detect lesions in the auditory
cortex or any place in the auditory pathway. These
abnormalities could also be attributed to tumors
or acoustic neuromas, which are non-cancerous
growths on the vestibulocochlear nerve in the
brain. The BAEP is es...
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Visually Impaired Optic Nerve
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... s what lessons were learned from these three
particular studies? The answer lies with lowering
the IOP. The Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study
evaluated whether "lowering IOP was effective in
delaying or preventing glaucoma in patients with
ocular hypertension" (Johnson & Brandt, 2005).
This study was designed to identify the
characteristics in progression of disease in
patients. Also identified as major predictive
factors for development of glaucoma was optic
nerve anatomy and central ...
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Transferable Skills Part 2
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... by Dawn Rosenberg McKay, are very similar to
Hansen's. She also emphasizes that it is very
important for the job-seeking individual to
present itself in favorable light, during the
interview. This is why he needs to assure
potential employer in his ability to address
professional challenges, as they arise, in most
efficient manner. Author suggests that applicant
for job needs to know how to dissect the duties,
he will be required to perform, in order to
realize how his transferable skills mi...
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Australian Legal System Part 1
1,644 words
Australian Legal System 1. Discuss the role of the
High Court in the Australian system of government.
Give examples. The High Court is the highest court
in the Australian judicial system. The court was
created in the early 1901 in correspondence with
the Australian constitution (section 71). The main
role of the high court is to interpret and uphold
the Australian law, remain the judge in case of
constitutional disputes or over the laws of
Australia. Also the court should hear various
cases from...
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Strategic Human Resource Human Resource Management
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... which should invigorate domestic demand and
hopefully end Japan's structural economic slump.
For improving official management in the Asian
countries we try to create the HR competitive
strategy. The establishment of a boutique business
in this country, specializing in tailor-made
services for professional and leadership
development, necessarily starts with a personal
story. Today's Japan, more than ever, is a basin
of contradictions. Working habits in daily life
(such as allowing oneself so...
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High Blood Pressure Sexual Arousal
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Sexual disorders Sexual disorders are disorders
related to a particular phase of the sexual
response cycle. They may arise from multiple
causes. Their clinical assessment, diagnosis, and
treatment must take into account the patient's
underlying biology, history, and behaviors. For
example, sexual dysfunctions include sexual desire
disorders, sexual arousal disorders, orgasm
disorders, and sexual pain disorders. So when
someone has sex with himself / herself , it
doesn't always go as smoothly as ...
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Blood Vessels Blood Sugar
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Diabetic Foot Ulcers Outline Diabetic foot ulcers
and wounds; Prevalence, patient risk factors;
Patient assessments; Clinical accepted wound-ulcer
classifications; Sign and symptoms; Nursing
treatments including dressings, wound care,
medications; Patient education and prevention.
Diabetic foot ulcers and wounds Diabetes is
considered to be a disease in which high blood
glucose levels over time can damage the nerves,
kidneys, eyes, and blood vessels. [ 2 ]. Also
diabetes may lead to diminishing ...
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Theory And Practice Computer Based
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Computer based learning versus traditional
classroom training for newly employed nurses in a
hospital setting. Education in nursing has been
changing so much in the last few years with the
introduction to the computers both in the
classroom and at home with the students. Students
are no longer expected to write papers but type
them up; Papers are no longer expected to be just
writing but integrated with pictures and graphs;
Projects have also changed from who can learn the
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Sigmund Freud Freud Sigmund
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Description of this essay: Sigmund Freud Sigmund
Freud's revolutionary ideas have settle standard
for modern psychoanalysis that students of
psychology can learn from, and his ideas spread
from the field of medicine to dai Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud's revolutionary ideas have set the
standard for modern psychoanalysis that students
of psychology can learn from, and his ideas spread
from the field of medicine to daily living. His
studies in areas such as unconsciousness, dreams,
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Types Of Depression Type Of Depression
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Clinical Depression: a disease like any other.
Clinical depression is defined as a mood or
emotional state that is marked by sadness,
inactivity and a reduced ability to enjoy life (2:
21). Depression is very different from the blues
that people feel at one time or another. It is an
illness, the same way that cancer or diabetes are
illnesses. Depression affects the entire body and
not just the mind. In most cases, it can be
successfully treated. This disease affects all
ages, all races, all econ...
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Form Of Depression Personality Traits
975 words
One of the scariest emotional experiences a person
can ever suffer during their lifetime is to
experience a form of depression. Over one in five
Americans can expect to get some form of
depression in their lifetime. Over one in twenty
Americans have a depressive disorder every year.
Depression is one of the most common and most
serious mental health problems facing people
today. However, depression is often not taken
seriously because of the large use of
antidepressant drugs and the large number...
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Mao Inhibitors Gastrointestinal Tract
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Dothiepin Vs. Fluoxetine (Mechanism Of Action And
Dothiepin Vs. Fluoxetine (Mechanism Of Action And
Pharmacodynamics) Comparison Between Mechanism of
Action and Pharmacodynamics of Dothiepin and
Fluoxetine Description of medicines Mechanism of
action and pharmacodynamic's Dothiepin Dothiepin
is a tricyclic antidepressant. It acts by
promoting the effectiveness of several amines
(dopamine, norepinephrine, and 5
-hydroxytryptamine, which is also known as 5 HT
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