Epidemiology/Etiology Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic chronic autoimmune (AI) disease, that causes chronic inflammation to joints. It is an inflammation arthritis, that affects the synovial fluid in the joints. Subsequent pannus formation may lead to cartilage destruction and bone erosion 1 . The destruction process is caused by the body over producing cytokines. The…
Symptoms- Causes and Treatment for Depression
Antony Nguyen Depression Depression is common mental health disorder, which affects over 350 million people of all ages worldwide 1 . It is estimated that one in every six people in Australia are likely to experience a diagnosable depressive at some stage of their lives and occur more often in females than males 2 ….
Decision Making with a Neonatal Ethical Dilemma
Natalia Perdomo Introduction Ethical dilemmas have been at the forefront in the healthcare industry. Nurses are constantly faced with situations in which difficult decisions must be made. It is crucial to determine at what point autonomy outweighs patient wellbeing. Gather Data The ethical situation presents a woman delivering a baby in a country hospital after…
Literature Review of Caregivers Stress and Coping
A Literature review is a critical summary of research on a topic of interest often prepared to put a research problem in context .A literature review helps to lay the foundation for a study and can also inspire new research ideas. A systematic review of literature and appraisal of all the relevant scholarly literature on…
Stress: Causes- Definitions and Impacts
Definition of Stress “Stress is the trash of modern life-we all generate it but if you don’t dispose of it properly, it will pile up and overtake your life.” Danzae Pace “a reaction of a particular individual to a stimulus event”. (Skinner, 1985) “stress may be viewed as the body’s response to any real or imagined…
Nursing Crisis Intervention: Stroke
Stroke is a global problem of the increasing elderly population. According to the Department of Health (2007a), stroke is the third leading cause of death in the UK, with more than 110,000 individuals falling victim to a stroke each year at a cost to the National Health Services exceeding £2.8 billion. The Stroke Association (2007)…
Definition Of Hiv And Aids Health And Social Care Essay
I have chosen the topic of HIV/AIDS. In this written assignment, Firstly, I will start by introducing what are HIV and AIDS and the influence of them. Secondly, I will generate some figure of the world and also in Hong Kong. Then, I will use the biopsychosocial model to describe the causes of HIV. Last…
Case study of sleep disorder and sleep apnea
Sleep disorder is one of the most vital problem face by many people in life. Mostly face by older generations and adults. Sleeping is controlled by hypothalamus which is one of the part of a human brain system. Body temperature in some way controls the activities of one’s body, playing a role like a switch…
Essay on Idiopathic Parkinsons disease
Introduction: Idiopathic Parkinson’s disease (IPD) is a movement disorder associated with loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra and the development of Lewy bodies. A reduction in normal striatal dopamine levels of 80% or more results in the cardinal symptoms of IPD, namely bradykinesia, rigidity, rest tremors and postural instability (1). Although the motor…
Strategies for Preventing Teenage Pregnancy
Abstract For many years, pregnancy among adolescents has been prevalent and has been heavily discussed among many different groups of people. These groups range from those who do not see a problem with teenage pregnancy to those who do see a problem with it. In recent years, teenage pregnancy has become what is known is…