The Story of Amy Purdy, an American Paralympic Snowboarder
Amy Purdy, an American Paralympic Snowboarder, found herself asking such a personal question after her dreams were paralyzed and her life was changed forever because of a vaccine-preventable blood infection. From an able-bodied massage therapist to the only female double leg amputee competing beyond the national level, how did she achieve this title? Disability At the age of nineteen, Purdy, a high school graduate, started a career in massage therapy while pursuing her dream of traveling and snowboarding. That dream…...
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Human Infections
While invisible to the naked eye human and animal bodies are populated by vast numbers of microscopic life forms. Capnocytophaga canimorsus is one example of these bacteria/microbiota. “The word canimorsus is being derived from the Latin for ‘dog bite and C. canimorsus is commonly found in the mouths of people, dogs, and cats.” (1). But this bacterial pathogen is more commonly found in the saliva of healthy dogs and is transmitted to humans principally, by dog bites, licks, or even…...
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Philosophical Statements
A1) The problem of causation concerning fact constructivism questions how can our descriptions cause the existence of things like mountains, whose existence seems to come before ours. For example, let's think of a disease. There are known, accepted facts about meningitis. These facts cause other facts, such as what it does to your spine and brain, as well as its ability to be contagious, to be true. According to fact constructivists, these facts came out in the 1900s when experts…...
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Ethics Argument: Cross-Cultural Issues and Diverse Beliefs
In the United States, according to the US Constitution, families are granted the right to religious freedom. When those families that are exercising their religious rights enter the healthcare system, occasionally their beliefs are in direct conflict with the healthcare team’s idea of the best or even routine treatment. While it is acceptable that one can become a martyr as an adult and refuse treatment, it gets a little dicey when dealing with minors. Take, for example, the case of…...
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Bacterial Meningitis Imaging
Ann’s symptoms that would be of concern to a doctor would be her stiff neck and her 102-degree fever. A severe stiff neck could result in a multitude of very serious conditions such as brain tumors, tumors in the cervical spine, meningitis, or cervical dystonia. There are also other different conditions that a fever could indicate such as a virus, a typical cold, the flu, infections in the throat, ears, kidneys, bladder, or lungs, and autoimmune disorders such as lupus…...
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Clinical Case Studies For Nursing Students
Imagine you are following the doctor as part of your nursing training. Before you enter the examining room the physician pulls the chart off the door and hands it to you. You enter the room and greet the patient. What is your tentative diagnosis? Each question is worth 3pts. Clinical Case 1 The throat is red, raw, and has a “beefy” look; lymph nodes are swollen, patient is feverish and fever is high: blood samples reveal bacteria in a chain.…...
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