Pregnancy Case Studies Samples For Students

Spina bifida is neural tube defects that are caused by ecological and hereditary factors that are not yet fully understood. There is no known cure yet for Spina Bifida condition, the damaged nerve tissue cannot be replaced. Some surgical interventions depend on the severity of the disease. In the worst case scenario, if the severe conditions are detected earlier through ultrasound, abortion is recommended.
Folate, also called folic acid is a B group vitamin that can prevent most neural tube defects. The recommended dose for the women who are planning to become expectant is 0.5 mg every day for a ...

The discussion over whether or not abortion should be legal in the US continues to stir reactions from different people and groups even after its legalization. There are several approaches suggested towards solving this issue. In this case, we consider two opposing sides providing opposite views on the issue of abortion.
The proponents of this debate, recognize themselves as pro-choice, they claim that abortion is a human right that everyone should enjoy. These people argue that right for abortion for women outweighs any right accrued to an embryo or foetus.
There are several key points that go towards ...

Introduction

The purpose of this paper is to develop a comprehensive nursing care plan in relation to a case study. The nursing care plan is a structural framework that is developed by a health care provider for the purpose of ensuring harmonized communication that will eventually result to secure and valuable care for the patient (Doenges, M. E., Moorhouse, M. F., & Murr, A. C., 2005). Maternal health care is a sensitive area of health care provision as it involves handling two lives at once; that of the mother and the unborn child. In this case, developing a maternal care plan requires adequate familiarization with the psychological, ...

PSYCHOLOGY

Psychology
3a.
This is a very wide research problem. An infant named MB was reviewed. The infant was two months of age and was in the stages of infancy. MB spent the majority of her time resting. In the time that MB was awake, there were several experiments that has d been conducted in order to examine her reflexes. MB demonstrated consistent signs of reflex activity with the exceptions of the tonic neck and stepping reflex. MB did not have the capacity of holding her head upright and did not demonstrate any signs of motor development initiations. MB’ ...

1) What blood test would you order and why? (1 point)
- Quantitative hCG blood test: measures serum beta human chorionic gonadotropin levels (US FDA, 2013)
- Above normal hCG values: determines if patient is having a normal pregnancy and the number of fetuses as well as gestational age, or if amenorrhea is due to hydatidiform mole, choriocarcinoma, or ovarian cancer (Ratcliffe et al., 2008; US FDA, 2013)
- Below normal hCG values: indicates ectopic pregnancy, fetal death, incomplete abortion, or threatened spontaneous abortion (US FDA, 2013)
2). What is her estimated date of confinement (EDC) ...

Working in the medical field, it is a given that the patients seen will come from a variety of cultural backgrounds, each with a set of norms or accepted standards, religious beliefs, and traditions which they base their lives around. Some of culture-specific challenges that physicians-in-training may encounter can be easy to work with, while the traditions and beliefs held by patients may pose an ethical concern due to the extreme nature some cultures may appear to a physician and other medical personnel who are not familiar with specific cultural aspects. Although course work and exposure to a variety of cultures may help to ...

Introduction

Sally Thomas is a twenty three years old mother and is comprehensively covered in this clinical scenario. The scenario covers aspects of her family history which are of essence to any medical decisions associated with any clinical procedure. The aspect of her past pregnancies will be comprehensively articulated in the case study. Her medical history will be analyzed and clinical solutions proposed for her problems. It is pertinent to note that the scenario will be comprehensive and will articulate each stage of the pregnancy. The scenario will be broken down into multiple sub section which includes the ante partum, fetal ...

Essay One Peer Review and Critique

The draft written by Asia Smith was actually found to be in conformity to the guidelines that was stipulated in the instructions. Specifically, the strengths that were evident are as follows: (1) it described the composing process, with specific reference to the writing experience on the research paper on abortion; and (2) the draft also provided specific responses to the questions – how do you write and why do you write this way?. With regards to describing the composing process, Asia was able to provide details which included defining the appropriate situation or environment that was deemed conducive to writing. ...

Growth and development is a steady and continuous process that starts at conception and ends when one dies. Each development stage is defined by certain characteristics and challenges. A child is supposed to overcome developmental challenges before proceeding to the next stage. Adolescent stage is one of the developmental stages characterized with physical, emotional, and physiological changes. Majority of the teenagers belong in this stage and are at a higher risk of contracting STDs such as HIV/AIDS, Syphilis and gonorrhea, and teenage pregnancy as they are sexually active. A report released by US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (2006) indicated ...

PRESENTATION OF RELEVANT FACTS AND RELIABLE EVIDENCE

This case is about the patient who was admitted for elective induction at thirty seven (37) weeks gestation. This is contractor to recently implemented policy that prohibits admission of pregnant women for elective induction prior to thirty nine (39) weeks of gestation. This policy regarding elective induction was passed through a national research-based campaign for purposes of taking care of both the health of the women and babies. Dr. K is therefore faced with the dilemma for admitting a pregnant mother at 37 weeks gestation. These campaigns against early deliveries through elective induction were basically meant to reduce complications both during ...

Test cross

What was the phenotypic ratio for the offspring resulting from this testcross?
Results for the F1 generation for monohybrid cross between a female fly with brown eye (BW) color with a male fly having ebony body (E) color are as shown below.

Fly lab Lab Notes for Steven F

Parents
(Female: BW) x (Male: E)
Offspring
Phenotype Number Proportion Ratio
Female: + 494 0.5067 1.027
Male: + 481 0.4933 1.000

Total 975

All the offspring had a wild-type phenotype for the brown eyes and ebony body. This shows that, both brown eye and ebony body are recessive genes. The phenotypic ratio for the offspring resulting from the ...

Abortion is a contentious social issue that dominates polarized debates and generates varied reactions from political and social cultures in the United States. It also generates headlines based on the ethical, moral and scientific controversies across the world. A historical review of laws and policies demonstrates that physicians borrowed the idea of abortion from women healers (Kathy and Elaine 267). The issue of abortion became a controversial medical issue during the late 19th century. During the 1960s and 1970s, abortion became a policy issue regarding women’s rights. Conservative groups such as the family and religious organizations personalized abortion as an issue ...

The situation at Zyedego illustrates how difficult ethical leadership and decision making can be for many HR managers. The situation also symbolizes the increased importance for addressing matters that touch on ethical and legal considerations for many an organization (Linda, Ferell, and Fraedrich, 147). Many managers often encounter situations where determining what is right or wrong is a challenge. For this reason, ethics always becomes an issue of concern for many managers. Despite the importance of ethics in decision making, widespread moral lapses in the corporate world has contributed to the collapse of respected organizations. Adopting appropriate code of ethics ...

Psychology

Background

Mary is a 24-year old African-American woman that seeks evaluation of her condition. She has been using heroin since she was 19 years old. Mary is pointed out her boyfriend Max as the person that introduced her to heroin after she moved in with him. She has a history of family dysfunction and grew up seeing her father as an alcoholic and her mother undergoing an alcoholic recovery phase. Mary reported that she never received any substance or professional help before and that would justify any hesitation on her part to undergo evaluation. Another crucial part of her situation is ...

What is the response to the parent’s request? What’s your rationale?

One thing that is important to realize is that febrile diseases pose a lot of challenge to the physician. This means that it is difficult for the physician to be able to address the root cause of the health complication unless there is a thorough evaluation. However, it is essential to know that most of the febrile related complications are brought about by infection resulting of virus. Therefore, the first important thing that any clinical practitioner needs to at this stage is to identify whether the patient is under low or high risk of contracting bacterial infection (Barnes, 2003, p.63). The ...

Vanishing Twin Syndrome

Vanishing Twin Syndrome
In 1945, Walter Stoeckel proposed that the general population of conceptions were higher for multiple fetuses that supposed, suggesting that a twin or multiple fetuses may die in utero and subsequently be reabsorbed without clinical evidence by the surviving fetus/es, mother, or placenta (Stoeckel, 1945, cited in Levi, 1976). Named the “vanishing twin syndrome”, the cause is generally not known. If abnormalities are determined, they appear related to early development and are chromosomal; improper implantation of the cord may also play a role.
This paper presents a brief overview of the etiology, demographics, consequences, and tests ...

505 U.S. 833 (1992)

George L Smith

Dr. Thompson
I. Introduction
In the 1973 case Roe v. Wade, the United States Supreme Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed that a woman has a constitutional right to decide whether or not she wants to have an abortion. Prior to the decision, most states had prohibited abortions other than in the case where a pregnancy was dangerous to the woman’s health. In finding that a woman has a right to choose, the Court held that the choice was a private decision that the state had no authority to interfere with, at least ...

Emma always wanted to have a baby when she reached her legal age. She is a normal lady, with no major physical health issues and other abnormalities that might affect her daily life. Emma was able to give birth to two healthy children, she is already a mother of two, to which both pregnancies were normal and no adverse medical condition arose. Emma is now on her third pregnancy. On her 15th week of gestation, Emma’s BMI was at 28, with a blood pressure of 134/86 mmHg (plgf.com). Emma went through the normal stages of her gestation. When ...

Pregnancy presents a unique condition and it is of utmost importance by the care provider to conduct all the necessary assessments not only for the purposes of securing the health of the mother but also that of the unborn (London et al., 2015). The first weeks of pregnancy present a unique phase of pregnancy since most birth defects occur during these initial weeks. Examples of the defects include; neural-tube and congenital defects. This makes it necessary to conduct thorough and comprehensive assessment of the unborn and the mother so as to prevent the occurrence of these conditions. As such, ...

PHIL 434 Medical Ethics

Short answers 3 point seach
What is medical tourism?
Medical tourism is “where patients travel overseas for operations and various invasive therapies.” (Connell 2006, p. 1093).

What are 3 reasons people choose surgeries/procedures in other countries?

1. Economics – Even with health insurance, many procedures can be performed
for a fraction of the cost overseas.
2. Quality of care – quality of care is increasing around the world to the
near equivalent of Western countries.
3. More options- Even with health insurance, many patients find their health insurance companies limit the kinds of procedures they are able to receive.

What is the commoditization of care?

Turning health care into a commodity that is undifferentiated from other competing ...

What moral issues does the case arise?

Qatar Airlines has been cited over the decades as one of the airlines with the strictest rules by International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) and has mentioned that the company is a disgrace to the aviation industry for failing to honor labor rights for its female employees. Some of the controversy issues concerning the airline include its prohibition that the female crew should not get married or pregnant during their first five years of marriage. Furthermore, it is the moral rights of human beings to decide when to marry or get married whatsoever, and an employer should not restrict an ...

Introduction 3

Gillick Competency Principle 4
Roles and responsibilities of nurses 5
Conclusion 8

References: 10

Ethical and Legal issue
This case study focuses on a minor girl who does not want her parents to know that she is pregnant. She is contemplating terminating the pregnancy via an abortion without consulting or seeking the consent of her parents.
According to the 2010 Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (WA) Bill, a minor is a person aged less than 18 years. The client in question, Chin Lee, is a minor because she is only 15 years old. In Western Australia, minors are governed by separate ...

Huntington's disease is a genetic neurological disorder that is characterized by the progressive deterioration of the nerve brain cells. HD has a large impact on an individual’s ability to function and typically causes cognitive and psychiatric syndromes. Even though HD patients with symptoms are seldom found during pregnancy because most people develop symptoms in their 30s and 40s, it is a more common occurrence to see older women pregnant nowadays, so doctors should expect to find pregnant patients with HD (Hoskins, 2007). An extensive search of the PubMed database from 1965 to 2008 resulted in hundreds of research ...

Several philosophers and scientists have been in support of abortion. They claim that the right to live for the fetus lay in the hands of the carrier and hence they have a right to terminate it whenever they feel it is convenient. Medical experts are also advising pregnant women to end their pregnancy in case they realize the fetus is affected by some abnormality. Medics use the moral theory of the utilitarianism (Marsh, 2012, p. 30). However, other philosophers and religious institutions are advocating for the right of the fetus. They claim that the fetus is human, and hence, ...

Is this an appropriate reason to become pregnant?

Advance in technology can often raise issues regarding their application in everyday life. There are various moral considerations that arise in association with the ability to choose specific features of children when they are born. The advent of in vitro fertilization (IVF) has given parents the opportunity to decide specific characteristics of their children at an early stage. The underlying issue of the case is whether or not they should have a child that is matched with their sick child's tissue type so that they can obtain a transplant. While this would be of great medical benefit it presents ...

40 questions answered from two different books.

Health Care Ethics Principles and Problems (Medical Ethics)

Chapter 1
Briefly describe the differences among ethics, professional ethics and health care ethics.
Ethics is concerned with the way people ought to live their lives. It must not be confused with religion even though they may tend to advocate the same values. However, ethics are distinct interrelations among human which can be considered acceptable or unacceptable.
Professional ethics embody regulations pertaining to how persons function within a discipline. It specifies right and wrong actions based on morality. It does encompass principles of being, but the authors of this text ...

The first complication in many pregnancies is the fear of premature delivery. Such a realization increases the risk of health problems to the unborn babies. Studies have shown that more than half of all twin pregnancies do not stay up to the full term which increases the risk of miscarriage to the mother. The second complication that Teresa is likely to face is preeclampsia. This condition has been found to affect between 10 to 15 percent of all women carrying twins (Thomopoulos et al., 2013). Preeclampsia is characterized by traces of protein in the urine, high blood pressure to ...

Moral Issues

The case raises the question of whether the companies’ policies on pregnancy and marriage amount to disparate treatment or intentional discrimination of some employees based on pregnancy, marriage, childbirth, and related medical/social impairments. Given that women in many societies bear the primary responsibility for child rearing, and are disproportionately more impaired by pregnancy, the requirement that they leave if they get pregnant may amount to sex-based discrimination. Ultimately, the policy may have a negative impact on the women’s labor force participation (even though this does not appear to be the case for these airlines).
Lastly, the case raises ...

Clark

Clark, a junior in high school wants to gain some muscle mass before his last football season next year. He is not very knowledgeable about nutrition and mainly consumes processed foods. His diet consists of two to three meals a day and his training regimen is sporadic and inconsistent. He has three months to obtain the results that he wants.
Clark’s basal metabolic rate (BMR) is 1874.1. Clark’s daily calorie requirement (DCR) is 3,538.5. Clarks target heart rate is 166. There are several things to keep in mind while working with Clark. First, Clark is not ...

Introduction

The case study is of a minor young girl who does not want her parents to know that she has become pregnant. She is considering an abortion and has already decided that whatever be her medical condition, she would provide consent on her own without any consultation with her parents.
According to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (WA) Bill 2010, a minor is a person who is less than 18 years. The client in question, Chin Lee is a minor since she is only 15 years old. However, there are separate rules and regulations for minors living in Western Australia. In ...

Patient history

JM is a 28-year old Hispanic 38 weeks pregnant, admitted into the maternity unit. This is her first pregnancy and seems calm and relaxed, except for the normal anxiety of this stage of pregnancy. Her obstetric history; G1, T1, P1, A0, L0

1st stage

Subjective: The patient verbalizes that she is afraid of the delivery process because it is her first time into the maternity ward. Patient verbalizes extreme abdominal pains.
Objective: Patient exhibits, facial tension, poor eye contact and grimacing observed. Patient appears anxious, pre-occupied as well as decreased perceptual field. Vital signs (T-370 C, BP- 138/74 mmHg, RR-14 cpm, ...

Myelomeningocele is a very severe form of spina bifida among fetus. It is a condition where the spinal cord fails, making it a very delicate procedure during surgery of a fetus. This is in the sense that it can impact the nervous system, kidneys, bladder, muscles and bones. The only safe and recommended way of treating myelomeningocele is carrying out a surgery on the fetus after birth (Mitchell, et. al., 2004). During delivery of the fetus, the safest and recommended way of carrying out a cesarean section delivery on a pregnant woman is through open fetal surgery, that involves ...

How I would evaluate the situation if I were a part of the ethics board

If I were a part of the ethics counsel, I would analyze this case based on autonomy and beneficence. Autonomy holds that a physician should respect the rights of the patient and present all treatment options so that the patient can make an informed decision (Brody and Colloca, 2013). In the case of Mr. and Mrs. Harrelson, the inheritance of two FGFR3 genes would lead to adverse impacts such as stillbirth while inheritance of one gene would result in dwarfism (Veatch, Haddad, and English, 2010). However, there is a chance that one child in four will not inherit the ...

Ethical dilemma or moral dilemma is simply a complex situation in which a choice has to be made between two options neither of which solve the complexity of the situation in an ethically acceptable form. In cases like this, personal and societal ethical guidelines should provide guidelines which can at least provide satisfactory results to the chooser. The assumption of ethical dilemma is that the chooser will have to abide by acceptable societal norms, such as codes of law or teaching of a religious manner to make a choice that is otherwise ethically impossible (Lundy, p 13).
My personal ...

Introduction

With the current technology, there are many ways to save lives. However, the methods have brought controversies on how right or wrong the application of the methods is. In the medical field, lives have to be saved daily while other lives are lost daily. Some actions are taken to help save lives while others are to fasten the death of the dying patients. There are several factors that must be considered before applying the methods and consultations have to be made with different sources.

With the current technology, it has been possible to perform organ transplants. Body parts are ...

1. A world View that is not already addressed in the book:
The case study on Religion and the State by Christine E. Gudorf describes several issues that arise during the meeting among officials from agriculture, health and population departments. The largest part covered in the case study is the issue of health and population. The characters argue about what should be done to control the rising population. Nigeria is one of the highly populated countries in the region and the State feels that the state law should be used to prosecute those who decide to give birth ...

Background: The rising prevalence of obesity in children is a serious public health concern. Obesity is like a silent killer, and can predispose the child to a number of lifelong disabilities and chronic diseases. Obesity is negatively linked to life span. A child with obesity has higher amount of adipose tissue deposition, when compared to a normal weight child. The excess calorie that is not utilized for work or growth, is deposited in the form of adipose tissue and stored in the body. Adipose tissues are made of adipocytes or other called fat containing cells.
Obesity occurs from factors ...

Menopause is a common stage of life; this is a period whereby a woman experience differences on her periods as they gradually stop. Some of symptoms which can be revealed include changes on estrogen and even progesterone (Jeremy, 2005).
Researchers and other professionals call this period menopausal transition. Normally, symptoms can be seen even before the last menstrual period. A woman is supposed to admit she has menopause after a full year without experiencing menstrual period.
Scientifically, women experience menstrual period up to the age of 51. However, others experience menopause even before fifty’s. Moreover, there are women who still ...

Criminal Profile Paper on Andrea Yates

The Crime

On June 20th 2001, a mother of five did the unthinkable and killed her five children within one hour (O'Malley, 2004). The woman, Andrea Yates confessed to drowning her four sons and one daughter in the bathtub within the family’s house. The crime shocked American society and brought a lot of consideration to the psychological health of mothers and possible risks it presented for the family (Ewing, 2008).

On the morning of the crime, Russell Yates Andrea’s husband left his wife alone in the house with the children. This was a routine he had started a few weeks prior ...

Abstract

Rape in the United States military has historically been viewed as a myth that did not need to be addressed. This way of thinking is the result of the viewpoints of a rape culture. These viewpoints work to legitimize the violence to remove all blame from the attacker, which makes the violence strategic and intentional. It has been noted the main reason intra-military is underreported is, the fact the attacker usually holds a higher level of superiority. This reality results in, the victim needing to report the event with their attacker.
It has been reported by the Marine Corps, ...

(TITLE OF THE PAPER)
(City and State of school)
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1. Briefly outline the specific issues that exist in the community (e.g. based on demographic data or other external source, or your observations if this is a real\community you are actually working in).
Myanmar is suffering from an HIV epidemic which has increased since the last part of the 1980’s and needs financial support to treat those suffering from the disease. According to information found at the Humanitarian Practice Network Website, the numbers of people with HIV/AIDS seems to have leveled off. Although there are ...

Section One:

Background Information
Bipolar disorder, which is also known as the Manic-depressive illness. It is a disorder in the brain that triggers unusual changes in mood, activity levels, energy. It as well hinders the ability for a person to go about with their daily tasks. Bipolar has very severe side effects if it was not discovered in time. It may lead to poor relationships with other people, poor work relations with colleagues, poor performance in the workplace or at school and can lead to the victim committing suicide. The bipolar disorder can, however, be treated, and the people with the disease ...

RTE 1503

Abstract:
Hypertensive pulmonary edema is a frightening disease that occurs occasionally with acute hypertension. This case study analyzes a middle aged woman and her visit to the hospital emergency department when she collapses and has difficulty breathing. It is shown by the x-ray technician that she is suffering from hypertensive pulmonary edema and after proper medical management she quickly gets better. It is important to distinguish this disease from cardiogenic pulmonary edema, which is chronic in nature and has a very different clinical picture.
A 47-year-old woman with a history of hypertension recovering from a recent bout of the flu suddenly fell ...

Approaching at-risk youth about their behaviors can pose many challenges. For this reason, it is important to have a unified approach backed with research affirming its effectiveness. One very good model for this is the multisystemic approach, using nine different principles and processes in order to make the approach as effective as possible while also as non-intrusive as possible for the subject. We will now explore how this approach is used in practical applications, specifically by looking at a case study on teens at risk of transmitting AIDS and examining some aspects of the approach that are being applied here.
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Introduction

Marketing is present in almost all business enterprises because it ensures proper access and provision of both goods and services for customers and suppliers respectively. Elements in marketing revolve around the commonly known four Ps of marketing which are; product, price, place and promotion. They work hand in hand to bring out a force that is prudent for any operations related to business.
Medical supplies are essential provisions in the community. Ruby Creations Investment is a business enterprise that deals with the supply of radiology equipment both in the vicinity of its operation and different regions of the country. ...

Patient information

The patient under review is a 42 year old female Indian who is admitted into the emergency room presenting with acute gastrointestinal bleeding. Prior patient diagnosis reveals the patient had suffered from dental abscess and also a fractured tooth, which was subsequently treated with antibiotics. However, a tooth extraction procedure was carried out for the extraction of the tooth. Ensuing dental ache was treated with drugs purchased over the counter (OTC) including ibuprofen and acetaminophen before the medical prescription of Vicoprofen. The patient complains of nausea and headache in addition to vomiting copious amounts of a dark brown liquid ...

Patient’s Personal and Medical History, Drug Treatment, and Follow-up Care

Cindy Wachenheim was an ordinary woman who was a loving aunt to her nieces and nephews. She was competitive lawyer who worked for the State Supreme Court (Belluck, 2014). Cindy had been longing to be a mother, which finally happened in her 40s. It was a happy moment for Cindy, as she had been dreaming of being a mother. However, things have changed when her baby turned few months old. Cindy thought that her baby had a brain damage, which can no longer be treated. Because of this event, Cindy became obsessed and always blames herself for what happened ...

The patient has presented with brain trauma but not brain death. They are unresponsive. Half of the family insists they would not want to live this way and should be taken off of life support while the other half insists that that is inhumane and some family members stand to gain a large inheritance if the patient is deceased.

Ethical Issues

The patient is considered brain dead; parts of the brain responsible for higher thinking are no longer functioning. According to Elizabeth Price-Foley’s article “Blurred Lines: Redefining Life and Death”, published in Brain: A Journal of Neurology, when an individual’s ...

- History
- Reason for Visit

Annual Well-woman examination

- Present Medical Status
JA is a new female patient, 52 years of age, of black American descent. Patient has decided to visit the clinic for her annual well-woman examination procedure.
- Family Medical and Health History
Patient’s maternal family has had a history of HTN (hypertension) and DM (Diabetes Mellitus, type unspecified and unrecalled); and a paternal family history of CA (Cancer) of the breast and colon. Both maternal and paternal family has no history of Kidney Diseases, Vascular, and Pulmonary Disorders.
- Diet and Nutritional Assessment
Patient ...

Part 1 Traumagram

Information from traumagram and discussion about it with the client
- Family history for three generations of traumatized family members and mental illness
- Paternal Grandfather James b.1925d.1993
- James traumatized
- James died of liver problems
- Paternal Grandmother Mary b.1929d. 2011
- Paternal Grandmother mentally ill (cruel at times, loving at times)
- Grandmother on father’s side traumatized grandfather and her children with verbal and psychological abuse
- Father Ricky b.1995d.2010
- Father traumatized
- Father became alcoholic in late teens
- Father mental illness ( ...

The case objectives of this research were to indentify the variations in children’s risk of an unintentional or intentional fatal injury arising from allegations of physical abuse, neglect or other maltreatments. Secondly, they were examining whether previously referred children for physical abuse had an increased risk of both unintentional and intentional fatal injury as compared with children referred to other forms of maltreatment.
The population studied was 514232 children. This consisted of children born in California and those who were referred to Child Protective Services (CPS) in the California state between the years 1999 and 2006.
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Pediatric Case Study

Part I. Cultural and Family Assessment

Culture and family are oftentimes neglected during patient assessment, especially when the person is viewed only in terms of disease, causes and treatment. However, providing holistic care that encompasses all aspects of the patient’s life has the potential to improve patient outcomes. In nursing theory, Callista Roy and Madeleine Leininger refer to culture as a belief system, a worldview through which the patient perceives health, care, nursing and the world in general (George, 2011). It is transmitted from one generation to the next through interaction in social institutions such as the family, school and ...

Caner care and the complications of chemotherapy have always created concerns in the nursing profession. Arguments have been that these complications are preventable since evidence based research has discovered strategies to limit burns and other adverse effects of the treatment. The following pages of this document present a case study of a patient suffering from chemotherapy complication. A synthesis of evidence based research interventions that have been recommended as prophylactic measures will be advanced as an appropriate nursing care is designed for this patient.

Mr. John was diagnosed with colorectal cancer and agreed to surgery. Adjuvant Chemotherapy was prescribed after surgery ...

Vision of a Model Research Center

Rachel’s style of leadership in ICCR is definitely a transformational one given that the research center was her idea and all other employees seem to be following her vision. One of the assumptions of this kind of leadership is that it believes that people tend to follow those who inspire them. This is evidenced in Rachel’s leadership as she even has women in her organization looking up to her as a role model. Rachel is also a transformational leader as can be seen by the fact that she believes in injecting energy and enthusiasm into ICCR; this is why she ...

What target market does Embrace seek to serve and how attractive is that market?

Embrace Infant Warmer is targeting endangered premature babies born in the developing countries, who face fatal risks due to hypothermia. The product also targets mothers and family of premature babies, especially those in rural villages who do not have the resources to come to hospitals for delivery and incubator facilities. There are many infant deaths every year in developing countries due to hypothermia and the co-founders aim to deliver a product that is a cheaper alternative to protect premature babies. Since, premature babies need incubators to survive after birth and adjust to temperature changes outside their mother’s body, ...

Liver is the largest ‘gland’ of the digestive system. It is located right under the dome of the diaphragm, coated by the capsule. It is distinguished the liver’s convex upper surface adjacent to the diaphragm, and a lower, downwardly facing and in contact with the back and abdominal organs. On the part of the upper surface of the liver it can be seen its right and left lobes, the boundary of which is the crescent liver ligament. To the lower surface of the right lobe there is a gallbladder, close to the deep groove of the liver there ...

Mary Bell is one of the well-known young killers. She was accused of the death of Brian Howe and Martin Brown. The details of the murders were gruesome, including the strangulation of one of the victims who was a three-year-old boy. Mary's family background is said to be responsible for her delinquent behaviors. Firstly, she thought that Bill Bell was her biological father (Calin, 2011). Billy was a criminal arrested for armed robbery and her biological father was unknown to her. Secondly, Mary claimed that her mother, who was a prostitute, had forced her to engage in sexual acts ...

Introduction

Domestic violence has adverse impacts on the development of a child. In fact, the emotional turmoil created by growing up in such an environment heightens the chances of the infant engaging in rebellious activities such as drug abuse and other denial behaviors in their youth. With this in mind, it is worth appreciating the fact that Susie’s exposure to childhood molestation at an early age contributed to her drug problems and overall response to his abusive marriage. Since she witnessed her mother withstand the abuse she received from his father, she felt obliged to keep up with his ...

Introduction

Throughout the years media and the way it is broadcasted has evolved to meet changing audience preferences as they shifted. Unlike today’s media, this form of media was very uniform with very little difference in the content or program show times. The advancement of technology since then has completely altered the mass media landscape; there is more diversity and representation in programs and audiences have more control over the content that they view. For example, companies such as Netflix and Hulu give users the ability to choose from a range of television programs and access to the content ...

The case chosen for discussion in this paper is that of Jason (38), a factory worker. After reading the case, the first thing we would want to know is whether Jason is an addict. There are two symptoms that must be looked for before an individual is determined to be an addict. These symptoms are (i) out of control behavior, and (ii) a behavior that is self destructive. If a person’s behavior is under their control, then the person should not be considered an addict. It doesn’t matter at what frequency the subject engages in an addictive behavior. What really matters ...