I waited in line for the test and then waited some more for my results. After what felt like days, the doctor came in to talk to me about further testing. He told me that my femur seems to be enlarged and slightly deformed. He said that there is a possibility of me having something called Paget’s disease, but he would have to take my blood to be positive. He asked if I had any relatives with the disease, because it is thought to run in the family, although the actual cause is still unknown.
He said that the day of his heart attack he knew something was wrong with him and went to the doctor to get some medication. He thought he would be okay the next day but when he went to a doctor the next morning after trying to sleep the feeling off, the doctor told him he was suffering a massive heart
We sat patiently waiting to hear from the doctor. When the doctor finally came in, he asked if the patient had had a recent major heart attack and when we replied that he had not, he seemed not to believe us. His heart valve had disintegrated and all of his blood had begun to rush backwards causing all of his other major organs to shut down on him. The doctor said he had to have had a major heart attack within the last ten days in order for that valve to deteriorate the way it did. The doctor told us that this man was as sick as a man could be and still be alive.
Today class, we are going to learn the about history of human-made replacement hearts for medical purposes. Around the 1980s surgeons realized that there has to be a way to bridge the gap between people who wait for an available heart transplant and the amount of transplantable hearts available. This was not clear to most surgeons in the beginning because most of the hearts collected for transplants came from healthy humans who suddenly died, such as someone in a car crash, but as cars got safer, these instances became rarer. The first version of a mechanical heart was designed by a ventriloquist named Paul Winchell who, with the help of Dr. Henry Heimlich, invented the Jarvik-7, the first device used to keep people alive while waiting for a transplantable heart. Unfortunately the Jarvik-7 requires the person to sit beside a big, noisy air compressor 24 hours a day with hoses piercing the
Healthcare Issues As the discharge planner for Mr. Trosack, I will need to address several issues before I can safely send him home. He has had several new diagnoses while in the hospital for a fractured hip, and the hip fracture will be the first issue I will address. He will not have the mobility he had before his fall and even though he wants to be independent, he will continue to have issues at home that needs to be addressed. Second, he has been diagnosed with diabetes, and he is in denial about this. He and his family feel that he will be able to control his blood sugar level with diet alone.
I’m will use a personal experience as an example to explain. A patient recently diagnosed with prostate cancer was noncompliant with taking his medications and refusing his treatment. The patient verbalized that the nurses were giving him the wrong medicines and he would only take certain medicines. He also stated that he wanted his medicine left at the bedside. After different nurses had went in and tried working with this patient I went in.
I came to Chestnut Grove today to talk to you about maturity. I matured a lot when the doctors told me that I might have soft tissue sarcoma which is a type of cancer that affects the bone, joints, and soft tissue. I learned to appreciate my family more because if it wasn’t for them I would not have been able to do much around the house. My mom and dad continued to work twelve hour shifts every day and still make it back in time for my appointments at Wake Forest Baptist hospital which is all the way in Winston Salem and cancer visits are not cheap so they also had to give up a lot of money for that. My brother was really little at the time but he still did his best to help me with anything I needed, like getting me a drink or if I left something in my room he would go get it so I
In frequent conversations with her, she had often asked the questions what could the doctors do to make her father better, what could she do to make him eat, and how could this disease have taken hold on a man who had done all the right things. She wanted more anything to see her father healed and go back to his normal way of life. Most of all she just wanted him to be
Nursing school opened new horizons for my community involvement. Previous year I volunteered for Red Cross Blood Drive and obtained valuable experience in helping others with blood donations. This year I decided to volunteer at Open Door Health Clinic, Muncie, Indiana. I thought being almost graduate nursing student would expand my current experience level at other healthcare setting. Open Door is a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center which provides comprehensive primary, urgent, and preventative healthcare to individuals and families through East Central Indiana regardless of their health insurance status, such as Medicare or Medicaid, disability claims, or other government-sponsored programs.
I am also a full time student at MCC, maintaining a 3.8 GPA. I am working towards becoming a nurse, which is why I am applying for this fingerprint clearance card. Being a nurse has been my dream since I was 15 years old. My life has changed completely and I have not been involved in other criminal activities since I have been clean. Thank you for taking the time