CASE STUDY Assignment: Thyroid Drugs Ms. Kissinger, 43-yr-old Caucasian female, comes to the urgent care clinic, complaining of weakness, insomnia, awakening during the night with “a rapid heart beat,” and “feeling anxious.” Ms. Kissinger denies chest pain or shortness of breath associated with her rapid heartbeat. She also complains of muscle tremors when doing small motor activities and “can’t wait for the summer to end” because she cannot tolerate the heat. Past medical history includes hypertension diagnosed 8 years ago. Family history includes one sister with “thyroid problems.” Social history includes a twenty-five pack-year history of cigarette smoking, although she quit 5 years ago. She also consumes one to two drinks of brandy per week.
Neurological Disorder Case Study - Meningitis The nurse is caring for a 21-year-old female college student who presents to the emergency department (ED) with complaints of “bad” headache pain, nausea, vomiting and neck tightening. She states, “My sinuses were bothering me last week, but I thought I was getting better until this morning.” No past surgical history noted, has recurrent sinus infections, and denies drug use, but is a social drinker on the weekends. Physical assessment findings are as follows: T – 100.8 F, P – 104, R – 24, B/P – 122/78 Alert and oriented X3 – person, place and time with periods of confusion and agitation over last 4 hours Lung sounds slightly diminished at the bases Mucous membranes dry and capillary refill <3 seconds Assessment of cranial nerve XI elicited severe pain response Pain to neck worsening and unequal pupillary responses are noted 4 hours after admission Lumbar puncture was prescribed and results are: Turbid appearance WBC - 560 cells/µL Glucose - 20 mg/dL Protein - 510 mg/dL Other diagnostic test results CT scan identified no obstruction to flow of CSF Define the key terms below: * Meningitis - see pgs. 1451 – 1455 in Lewis (8th edition) Critical Thinking Questions: 1. Define meningitis?
When Evyn first saw Eleni, with her red lipstick, black pants, and high heels, she thought Eleni looked nothing like a college professor and a mother. Evyn made the assumption that she went partying every night. That is an example of her being judgemental. After her father, Birdie, reminded Evyn that her new combination lock was 5, 10, 15; she forgot, making her forgetful. An example of Evyn being unintelligent was when her so-called friends, Andrea’s group, calls her Evelyn and doesn’t talk to her unless it’s to ask about updates with Ajax, she doesn’t realize that they’re just using her.
When Montag gets to his house he discovers that his wife named Mildred took the whole bottle of sleeping pills and calls 911. Mildred wakes up denying everything she’s accused of. Over a period of time, Clarisse and Montag consistently meet after Montag gets off work. She talks to him about her interests and how they make her seem strange to others and the world around her. Clarisse grows on Montag and he enjoys seeing her, but once he gets used to seeing her, she is nowhere to be seen.
It described in great detail all the long nights of drug use and partying. I felt like I had been up all night with Kristina. The ending was not at all predictable. When Kristina returns to her mom's house to get clean from the drugs and to have the baby you believe that she will succeed. After she talks to her mother about not being able to provide for the baby and how difficult it was to love him, she decides to give the baby to her mother to adopt and raise.
‘By comparing two texts, we can gain a better understanding of the ideas and themes in both.’ Explore this statement with reference to your prescribed texts remembering to discuss the context of each Through a simultaneous comparison of two different texts, we are able to examine the composers’ concerns of their contextual societies presented through the ideas and themes of the texts. John Steinbeck’s 1937 novella ‘Of Mice and Men’ and Walter Salles’ film ‘The Motorcycle Diaries’ presents various perspectives on the values of humanity. Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men’, set in the post-great depression era addresses the victims of their own dreams within the Californian Dustbowl. Salles’ on the other hand, utilises an epistolary framework in his
3. History/Progression? The progression starts in the beginning of the movie when Alice and her husband are drinking just “having a good time” while going on trips. The as the movie progresses and Alice is left alone for longer and longer while her drinking also got worse. Alice’s drinking progressed to the point where she needed hospitalization and substance abuse treatment.
Joe Guarnieri Ms.Heaney American lit 5/7/13 The book Of Mice and Men and the movie “Rain Man” are both very similar and different. They both connect to some of the same topics but both have 2 different story lines. Both these pieces tangle with the topic of anger towards ignorance of mentally challenged, dependent needs and mistakes made. The novel takes place about 30 years before the movie so these time periods serve a great impact on differences. In the movie and the book either characters were dependent on their brother or best friend .In Of Mice and Men Lennie was dependent on his best friend George.
Joe Keels April 16, 2012 Ellen Foster Compare & Contrast When I first started reading the novel Ellen Foster you get the image of a poor white girl that family struggled, and from her mother who is very ill to a father who is an alcoholic. Secondly, throughout the novel there were lots of key points where we can compare and contrast the book from the movie. When starting the book you find out that Ellen lives with her mother and father, the house hold that she stays in is mainly ran by her now that her mother has become ill and dies of an overdose of taking too many pills. But when watching the film we saw her mother suddenly die of a stroke. Her father who plays one of the main parts in her life even though to her he
By having such harsh drug laws in place, rather than deterring drug use the government is actually deterring those from seeking help when they most need it. Take the case of Anna Wood for example; just a regular fifteen year old girl at a party with a group of friends that made the mistake of taking ecstasy. She began throwing up, convulsing and drifting in and out of consciousness. Her friends had two options, take her home with the hope she got better or take her to hospital so she could get the help she needed. Take a guess which one they chose, home of course.