Entries by Daphne Hanson

Postoperative appendectomy after ruptured appendix

Diagnosis: Postoperative appendectomy after ruptured appendix Sara Lin is an 18-year-old Asian female who had an emergency appendectomy 2 days ago for a ruptured appendix. She is scheduled for discharge this afternoon with an order for oral antibiotics and oral pain medications. The students are expected to make a focused pain assessment, decide the most […]

Holistic care for patient with diabetes

Diabetes has many treatment options much of which the patient’s health behavior plays a significant role. Holistic care for patient with diabetes includes education, medication, diet, and exercise. Understanding the process of changing behaviors will help the HCP with strategies to support difficult health behavior changes (“noncompliant”) for patients. Research and find information on The […]

Male patient Suffering from dementia

An 88-year-old male patient suffering from dementia accidentally pulled out his gastrostomy tube during the night. An interventional cardiologist takes him into an angiography suite, probes the site with a catheter, and injects contrast medium for assessment and tube placement. The entry site remained open, and the tube was replaced into the proper position. 49450 […]

Different types of health care

In this video, Eric Dishman talks about his experience with different types of health care and where he feels improvements needs to be made in healthcare.  What problems does Dishman identify in healthcare? Do you feel that these are issues you have seen in your experience? In your opinion what is the best method for […]

Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein

Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP) plays an important role in brain development. Overexpression or downregulation of this protein could lead to neurodegenerative diseases such as Down syndrome (DS) and Alzheimer’s disease. In your experiment, you have a cell culture derived from DS mouse cerebral cortex tissue and sections of its whole brain. Suggest methods and […]

Distribution of chromosomes

Which of the following genetic conditions results from an unequal distribution of chromosomes during segregation of cell division Huntingtons’ Disease a condition caused when a tygote receives a mutated dominant altele Sickle Cell Anemia a condition caused when a zygote receives a recessive altele for hemoglobin from each parent Hemophilia: a condition caused when a […]