Essays on Dimaria

Abstract

Medical personnel working in the emergency department encounter many cases of patients suffering from life threatening conditions. It is important, therefore, that the healthcare provider determines the exact extent of the injuries before the patient is committed to specialized treatment. In this case, a patient presents to the emergency department with a life threatening condition, renal failure. Assessing the vital signs of the patient is critical in ensuring survival, in addition to reducing or mitigating the extent of the injuries. The assessment was achieved via a primary survey of the patient, which involved assessing the airway patency, breathing and ...

Advancing age results in specific nutritional needs for older adults over 65 years old. It is estimated that 80% of persons in this age group have at least one chronic illness such as diabetes and cardiovascular dysfunction, which require diet modification or lead to alterations in taste and the normal process of digestion as well as nutrient absorption (AND, 2012). In addition, forms of physiologic deterioration in the course of aging are also additional factors that affect nutrition. These include a decline in mental capacity, difficulties masticating and swallowing, musculoskeletal problems that limit mobility and independence, reduction in bone and ...

Depression is comparatively common in adolescents and children, and if it is left concealed and untreated, can have enduring negative effects. Social workers who provide services to adolescents and children have to understand its characteristics, and perform proper developmental measurements of depressive symptoms. This paper reviews present literature interrelated to the measurement of depression in children.

If a child is suspected to be depressed, psychological testing may be used to substantiate the diagnosis and establish the acuteness of his or her symptoms. Psychological testing may be utilized to assess the adaptive and accomplishment level of the child, cognitive functioning of ...