Topic VI: Bone & Joint Disorders Assessment Calcium supplementation for people with the bone disease is associated with various benefits such as improving bone density, preventing osteoporosis, preventing fractures, and overall improvement of skeletal health (Li et al., 2018). However, calcium supplementation is also associated with an increased risk of malignancy and cardiovascular disease. Adverse events …
PRAC 6670: Psychiatric Mental Health The case study is about a 32-year-old female patient who presented with sleep difficulties. The patient reported that she can sleep for only 3 hours, without experiencing fatigue the next day. The problem started during college. She also reported episodes of increased levels of goal-directed activities that manifest every 2-3 …
Assignment: Assessing and Treating Patients With Impulsivity, Compulsivity, and Addiction The case study is about Mrs. Perez, a 53-year-old woman who presented with complaints about alcoholism and addiction to gambling. She reported that her alcohol problem started in her late teens when her father died and she has struggled with alcoholism for the last 25 …
Case Study: A Puerto Rican Woman With Comorbid Addiction Assessment The focus of this paper is on a patient, Mrs. Perez, a 53-year-old female who reported problems with alcohol addiction that started during her late adolescence when she lost her father. For the last 25 years, she has struggled with alcohol addiction but the problem …
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Myocardial Infarction Essay DECISION-MAKING CASE SUMMARIES PHARMACOLOGY #2: MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION CASE NAME OVERVIEW MAJOR CASE DECISIONS Derreck Bryant Derreck Bryant is a 58-year-old male who was brought to the ED by ambulance after he collapsed and was unconscious and not breathing. After CPR and defibrillation, Mr. Bryant regained consciousness but was disoriented. He …
Mechanism of Fever in Systemic Manifestations of Acute Inflammation Essay Fever occurs due to the innate responses arising from an increased flow of blood to the infected or injured tissue (Blomqvist & Engblom, 2018). Therefore, fever is a systematic indication of inflammation that increased body temperature and triggers an immune response. Hypothalamus regulates body temperature …
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Psychiatric Comprehensive Evaluation Assignment Subjective: CC: “I have sleeping for less than 2 hours a night and I find myself overly energetic. My sister thinks I am crazy because the other day I had an altercation with a crazy policeman”. HPI: Mrs. B is a 45-year-old Caucasian female who presented to the clinic with complaints …
Psychotherapy Progress Notes Client 1 This client had a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder. He talked of always fearing being abandoned, engaging in risky unprotected sex, unstable relationships, wide mood swings and at times threatening his partners on suicide if they leave him. Cognitive-behavioral therapy was used where the client was educated on avoiding negative …
Assignment 1: Journal: Time Management (Observe, Process, Reflect) Balancing time when it comes to work, personal life, and studies is relatively challenging. One of the classroom resources that surprised me is the assigned readings. This is because one is required to read several resources in order to understand the courses’ content. Sometimes the readings are …
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NRNP/PRAC 6665 & 6675 Focused SOAP Psychiatric Evaluation Exemplar Subjective CC: “I worry all the time…about just everything. I don’t know”. HPI: Dev is a 7-year-old male who presented accompanied by his mother with complaints about worrying all the time about everything. Dev reports that he normally has a lot of bad dreams as …
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