It can be spread to the other eye. A conjunctivitis is the swelling (inflammation) or infection of the membrane lining of the eyelid (conjunctiva) and covering the sclera. The causes of conjunctivitis can be due to allergies, bacteria, Chlamydia, fungi, certain diseases, chemical exposure, parasites, and contact lenses. Contaminated medication and make-up can cause conjunctivitis. Conjunctivitis can be spread to a child through the birth canal of the mother.
Wendy Gorrell Urinary Tract Case Study Please submit this assignment into the eLearn dropbox. Background: You are working the night shift at the local medical clinic when you receive a phone call. The caller is a 32-year-old woman and she explains that she has experienced painful urination for the past 36 hours. She further explains that others have described similar symptoms to her in the past, but this is the first time she has experienced the symptoms herself. Questions: 1.)
This initial exposure causes sensitization and it is the subsequent exposures that elicit the damaging immune responses that is recognized as the disease. There is some diversity in allergic responses depending on the immunological effector pathways elicited (6). Delayed hypersensitivity,
This perspective can also be used to explain phobias. This perspective could help us to understand a service user who has a phobia of needles. Freud would say that the phobia is a symbol of an unconscious problem or past experience in childhood e.g. a patient may have been hurt by a needle or had an awful experience – poking around for a vein. Now they are older and may need blood tests, maybe insulin dependent diabetic - they would need psychoanalysis in the day care centre to get over this phobia We need to be careful not to make assumptions about services users – their behaviour may be due to earlier childhood experiences.
The following essay will discuss a clinical incident which may have had the potential to cause harm to a patient whilst being nursed post operatively. The focus will be to critically discuss drug errors, why they occur and consider the rationale behind intravenous (IV) fluid therapy, outlining the possible negative effects of fluid overload on a patient whilst considering the nurses role in respect of legal and professional issues surrounding the incident. To protect identities and comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Conduct (2008) all names will be changed. The model chosen for this reflection is the Gibbs (1988) Reflective Cycle which encompasses 6 stages of description, thoughts and feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion and action plan which will continuously improve my nursing skills by learning experiences and develop my self confidence when caring for others (Siviter 2008). Description The critical incident took place on a surgical ward whilst I was on placement.
Picoult continues on this theme of “saving” by using Suzanne as Sara’s crutch, as she makes her coffee each morning and informs her of any missed phone calls. While in the hospital, Sara receives a call from Jesse’s principal informing her of Jesse’s suspension. On the car ride home she notices a bruise on his arm from a needle and assumes he has been using drugs. Jesse angrily explains how he has been donating blood that gave Kate platelets behind the family’s back, in order to “save” his sister. After two weeks in the hospital, Kate developed an infection that placed her in a coma on a respirator, which is “saving” her for the time being.
A biopsy will be taken to observe the absence of pigment-producing melanocytes and in some cases, a skin biopsy may be needed to rule out other causes of pigment loss. Your doctor may also perform blood tests to check the levels of thyroid or other hormones, and vitamin B12. Vitilgo is associated with pernicious anemia or hypertension whereas his/her doctor may take blood sample to check blood cell count. Vitiligo can be in the three following patterns of the body: focal,
Acute Renal Failure NU270 Assignment 6.1 7/26/2012 Patients that are in acute renal failure have many obstacles that they are faced with. The nurse should follow evidence based interventions when caring for them. Electrolyte imbalance, blood loss, infection, and nutrition are just a few of the issues the nurse must be educated about. It is important for the nurse to impose every intervention available to reduce the risk of infection in the patient experiencing acute renal failure. “Make sure appropriate hand hygiene is used.
The wanted to know what side effects should the care givers expect, if any. The nurse health educator informed the paid care givers that there may be soreness, redness, or swelling where the vaccine is administered, low grade fever, aches, headache, itching and or
Mastitis, an inflammation of the breast or breasts, is a common problem which happens usually within the first two weeks postpartum. Lactational mastitis occurs in about 2% to 33% of breast-feeding women (Jahanfar, 2012). It can result from any event that creates milk stasis such as insufficient drainage of the breast, rapid weaning of the baby, oversupply of milk, and pressure on the breast from a poorly fitting bra, a blocked duct or missed feedings (Cusack & Brennan, 2011). Along with being very painful for the mother, it is often a reason that women discontinue breast feeding. The most common infection to enter into the breasts is S. aureus (Gilbert, 2011) which comes from the infant’s mouth and enters the breast through small cracks or fissures.