Interview With A Registered Nurse From Georgia University Medical Center

When was the last time you were in the hospital or a loved one was in the hospital, and ever wondered where the nurse is, and they haven 't returned for hours. You finally push the assistance button several times, and they open the door and hurriedly say, “I will be right back”, then you don 't see them for a while again. When they come back to check up on you, you explain to them what you need, and then they send in a less qualified staff member to assist you. At this point, you become very annoyed and frustrated not to mention scared to be admitted in the hospital to begin with. Little do you know, your nurse has ten other patients and other non-nursing tasks that they are responsible taking care of. They have been working a double shift and are extremely exhausted, and a large stack of charts that they will have to do before their shift is over. As a patient, you now become frustrated and are not happy about this; as a nurse, they are just as frustrated as you are, not only because the amount of work they have but more importantly they can 't deliver the appropriate care they long to give. For most hospitals they do not hire enough registered nurses for reasons that are good and bad. This is an issue that needs to be addressed not only locally but nationally and on a constant basis. When there are too many patients for one registered nurse to attend to, nurses become exhausted, mistakes are made, and patients are unsatisfied. A minimum nurse to patient ratio needs to be

The signs and symptoms of a person that has diabetes is that they lose weight without even trying to. Increased thirst and frequent urination – excess sugar building up in your blood-stream causes fluid to be pulled from the tissues. This may leave a person thirsty, causing a person to drink and urinate more than usual. People with diabetes have an increased hunger. Without enough insulin to move sugar into the cells, the muscles and organs becomes depleted by energy. This triggers intense hunger. People have weight loss, without the ability to metabolise glucose, the body uses alternative fuels stored in muscle and fat. Calories are lost as excess

On Wednesday October 14th at 2:00pm I interviewed Genevieve Schaefer, a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) and licensed midwife, in her office at 205 Wild Basin Rd Suite 2B Austin TX 78746. Genevieve is the business owner of Sister’s Midwife, a homebirth midwifery practice in Central Texas. Sister’s Midwife is located in central Austin at 205 Wild Basin Rd Suite 2B Austin TX 78746 and far South Austin at BeneVida Health & Wellness Center 4100 Everett, Suite 200 Kyle, TX 78640. To find a midwife, I simply typed “midwifes in Austin” on Google and found several midwife centers online and I decided to email five of them, hoping for at least one of them to contact me back. I asked individual midwifes if they were interested in doing an

Empathy: Carissa is very empathetic to all her patients. She puts herself in their shoes. She is able to identify and share emotions while providing the best care possible. She treats her patients as she wants to be treated (Wilson 2012).

The next part will be explaining signs and symptoms that diabetes will cause in the body. In type 1 you get signs and symptoms very fast like weight loss(thin) and muscle wasting. The classic symptoms that diabetes is known for are called the 3P’s which are polyuria (excessive urination), polydipsia (thirst), and polyphagia (excessive hunger). Also they can get ketonuria which is ketones (acids) in the urine. Other signs would be for women vaginal yeast infection. Also fatigue, weakness, blurred vision.

Diabetic patients can have a wide variety of signs and symptoms or have no symptoms at all. For type 1 patients we normally see polyuria, polydypsia and polyphagia, these symptoms and others come on rapidly for type 1 patients. For type 2 patients, they are usually over weight, they can be asymptomatic and signs can come on gradually due to metabolic changes. The other signs we may see in patients with either type 1 or 2 can be fatigue, blurred vision, mood changes, paresthesia, dry skin, infections and weight loss (normally seen in type 1).

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Diabetes is a very well known disorder. Nearly eighteen million people in the United States alone have diabetes. Diabetes is a serious illness, and there are about 1,800 new cases are being diagnosed each day. To completely understand diabetes, a person must first know how the body works with the disease and then determine which type of diabetes he/she has. There are three types of diabetes: Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, and Gestational diabetes. There are many factors that play into the development of this disease. Type 1 diabetes is a disease that affects the way your body uses food. In Type 2 the body still makes insulin, but is not using it correctly, resulting in elevated blood sugars. Gestational diabetes occurs in pregnancy,

Diabetes mellitus, known as “diabetes” is a grouping of metabolic diseases that present, over a long period of time, levels of high blood sugar.

There is Type 1, Type 2, and gestational diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is caused by autoimmune disease. Basically, the body’s immune system misidentifies cells as “outside invaders” and tries to kill them, even though the certain cell is harmless. In this case, those with Type 1 are unable to produce insulin at all because their immune system destroys the cells that make it. This diabetic condition is commonly described as juvenile diabetes due to the age group it is commonly found in. It is common among Northern European descent Unlike Type 1, the pancreas’s ability to produce insulin is not affected in Type 2 patients. But their body becomes resistant to insulin. To be insulin resistant means that the cells do not absorb glucose, hindering the body’s ability to use insulin effectively. Eventually, the amount of insulin produced becomes insufficient, resulting in Type 2 patients to have low levels of insulin. The third type of diabetes is uncommon and is different from Type 1 and Type 2. Known as gestational diabetes, this only occurs in pregnant women, and ends as soon as the pregnancy ends. Researchers suggest that the cause may be the fetus, which is “looking for Mommy to stock the buffet table with sugary glucose”.

The common symptom of diabetes is rise urination (polyuria) and thirst (polydipsia) and tiredness (WHO, 2008). Diabetes symptoms is different according to the type of diabetes. The common symptoms in type 1 diabetes are unexpected Wight loss, Fatigue or tiredness, blurred vision, itching skin ,nausea, dry mouth, vomiting and in woman ,frequent vaginal infection . The common symptoms in type 2 diabetes are excessive thirsty, dry mouth, itching skin

Some of the most common signs and symptoms of diabetes are polyuria, polydipsia, and polyphagia. These symptoms cause a ripple effect and one causes another to happen. Polyuria is excessive urination that is very common in diabetes. This happens when excess sugar builds up in the blood, during which the kidneys work harder to filter and absorb the extra sugar that cannot be reabsorbed. This excess sugar is excreted in the urine along with large losses of water. This is also known as osmotic diuresis. This causes frequent urination and also can cause dehydration (Mayo Clinic, 2010). The dehydration then causes polydipsia, also known as excessive thirst. This is also caused by the increased level of blood glucose. This again, is caused when water is pulled from the cells and also from the large loss of water. When you lose sugar with polyuria you also lose calories which cause polyphagia. The body tents to hold on to the sugar and prevent it from reaching the cells which makes the body use fat stores and cellular protein for energy. This then leads to excessive hunger (Mayo Clinic, 2010).

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as any degree of glucose intolerance with the onset or first recognition during pregnancy. Ninety percent of those diagnosed with diabetes during pregnancy will resolve after delivery (Scollan-Koliopoulos, Guadagno, & Walker, 2006). Pregnancy causes estrogen, progesterone and human placental lactogen to become elevated which provokes malfunctioning insulin, which can lead to insulin resistance and decreased cellular glucose uptake. The growing placenta causes the production of even more hormones, producing higher glucose levels and increased insulin resistance. When the pancreas can’t satisfy the demands for additional insulin, GDM results

Diabetes Mellitus, more commonly known as Diabetes, affects approximately 26 million individuals in the United States. As a whole, Diabetes Mellitus is a metabolic condition in which the body either expresses an intolerance to insulin, or it is unable to produce enough insulin to meet its needs. Diabetes Mellitus is classified into categories, with Type 1, Type 2, and gestational being the most well known. Each of these types may demonstrate many of the same signs and symptoms, however, there are differences worth taking note of in order to prevent future macrovascular and/or microvascular complications among diagnosed patients.

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as a condition when a woman’s blood glucose is elevated during pregnancy. GDM occurs only during pregnancy and resolves after delivery. Etiology of GDM is unknown. According to National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC), (n.d.), scientists believes GDM is caused by hormonal changes and metabolic demands of pregnancy. The placenta produces hormones such as, cortisol, human placental lactogen, and estrogen to maintain the pregnancy (The University of Chicago Medicine, n.d.). The hormone production by the placenta increases as the fetus grows. The hormones produced by the placenta blocks the effect of insulin, which leads to the body’s resistance to insulin.