EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH PROSTATE CANCER TO ACHIEVE A BIOCHEMICAL RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL Mariam O. Akinwale MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE AMERICAS Mentor: Dr. Akintola Odutola Manuscript word count : 4205 HYPOTHESIS : In the treatment of aggressive and metastatic prostate cancer, patients who undergo radical prostatectomy with additional radiation therapy and/or hormonal therapy have…
Patients Understanding of Pain and How This Relates to Osteopathic Management
Annotated Bibliography relating to: Patients understanding of pain and how this relates to osteopathic management. Colleary, G., O’Sullivan, K., Griffin, D., Ryan, C. G., & Martin, D. J. (2017). Effects of pain neurophysiology education on physiotherapy students’ understanding of chronic pain, clinical recommendations and attitudes towards people with chronic pain: a randomized controlled trial. Physiotherapy,…
Restraint On Dementia Elderly Patient
Nursing is a profession that involves a fusion of autonomy and collaboration in taking care of individuals of all ages who are not in a state of good health for promotion of a safe and healthy environment. However nursing is different from other health care professions in terms of training, scope of practise and advent…
Depression & Anxiety in Older Adults: Gaps in the Knowledge
Depression and Anxiety in Older Adults: Are there gaps in current knowledge regarding diagnosis and treatment? Introduction Mental health problems in older adults can cause a massive social impact, often bringing about poor quality of life, isolation and exclusion. Depression is one of the most debilitating mental health disorders worldwide, affecting approximately 7% of the elderly…
Importance of Communication and Record Keeping in Nursing Practice
Communication and Record Keeping Introduction This assignment will be looking at the importance of Communication and Record keeping within the nursing practice. In communication I will be focusing on the important of communication, types of communication, communication barriers, and improving communication within nursing practice. I am also going to look at the National Institute for…
Living Kidney Donor Transplant Guidelines
LIVING DONOR RENAL TRANSPLANT- WHAT DO THE GUIDELINES SAY? Renal transplant (RT) is the treatment of choice for patients with end stage renal disease. The use of grafts from living donors (LD) has been increasing over time. Living donor RT is a unique situation as it allows optimum graft survival (as compared to deceased donor…
Alcohol Abuse Essay
The Aversive Effect of Alcohol Betty Ford, the wife of former President Gerald Ford, suffered from alcoholism and was addicted to painkillers. She raised public awareness of addiction by confessing her longtime battle with alcoholism in the 1970s. When she recovered, she established the Betty Ford Center to help others overcome substance and alcohol abuse….
Should Alcohol Be Illegal
Exploring the effects of alcohol The consequences from the misuse of alcohol are becoming more apparent worldwide. For this essay I will focus on the UK and USA as examples to examine various impacts that alcohol has on society, and if the criminalisation of alcohol would benefit society. The USA made alcohol illegal in 1920…
Patient-Nurse Relationship: Alcohol Dependency Care
Diagnosis J.H was admitted to Unit 9 with a diagnosis of alcohol dependence causing induced mood disorder with depressive features. The diagnostic criteria outlined by the DSM-IV for substance dependence states that three or more of the following impairments must be seen in the patient, a tolerance for the specific substance, withdrawal symptoms if the…
The relationship between cannabis use and mental health disorder
Abstract This assignment evaluates the relationship between cannabis use and mental health disorder related to it in Australia. Recent national data reflects that cannabis use was at its peak in 1998 when over 60% of people aged 20-29 were reported having used cannabis. Since then various studies have found co relation between cannabis use causing…