were expected to be able to meet five outcomes: Demonstrate Knowledge, Conduct Group and Individual Research, Address Environmental Problems, Make Ethical Decisions In Care for Others, and Communicate in a Scholarly fashion. The purpose of this final assignment is to briefly describe how I met the student learning outcomes for the course. Demonstrate Knowledge / Conduct Group and Individual Research During the course, we completed two group projects and four individual assessments. Within Leadership
Ependymoma Paper Ependymoma is a type of brain tumor and while it is rare in adults, accounting for 2-3% of brain tumors, ependymoma is mainly found in children and accounts for around 5% of all childhood brain cancers (American Cancer Society [ACS], 2014, January 31; American Brain Tumor Association [ABTA], n.d.). The survival rate of patients with ependymoma who have survived five years after their tumor is detected is 75% Tumors occur when cells grow to excess and form a mass. While some tumors
I got my research topic idea from my uncle having Ependymoma. I only knew a few things from hearing doctors, surgeons, and my parents talk about it. I did a lot of research to find out all the information I did. While writing this paper my mom also reminded me that my second cousin had this type of brain cancer since he was two years old. I didn’t mention him in my paper because I don’t have as much of a connection to him as I do my uncle. His name was Ryan and he recently passed away of age 8 on
Neurofibromatosis My disorder research paper is about neurofibromatosis, which is a genetically-inherited disorder in which the nerve tissue grows tumors that may cause serious damage by compressing nerves and other tissues. The disorder affects all neural cells such as the Schwann cells and melanocytes. The melanocytes function abnormally in this disease, resulting to disordered skin pigmentation. The tumors would be able to cause bumps under the skin, colored spots, skeletal problems, and other
Introduction Choices and changes in lifestyle of women before and during the period of pregnancy, have a major impact on the health of both a woman and her upcoming child. Health professionals mostly advised women before and during pregnancy for modifications in lifestyle with positive way. A healthy lifestyle required and essential for unborn infant health as well important for an expectant mother. Sometimes these changes and choices of alcohol consumption and smoking before and during pregnancy