Patient Case Study

After this episode a professor convinced her to go to the hospital and reluctantly she complied. This hospital did not take kindly to her psychosis and restrained her numerous times with straps. She had never been treated this way before and was confused and frightened. She later said for a hospital for the mentally ill it had been a brutal experience (157). She then was moved to a different hospital, memorial Unit 10 (MU10) where she was first diagnosed with “Schizophrenia with acute exacerbation” (167). Though she had finally gotten a diagnosis for her broken brain it seemed more like a death sentence than a diagnosis. She continued on with life in depression, psychosis, and denial.

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After describing how they were laughing over comical cat pictures, she then throws the audience off guard by relaying that they did all this while being more than 3,000 miles apart. By using a personal account to introduce her article, she was able to utilize the rhetorical device of pathos, in which she struck an emotional chord with her audience and allowed them to pconnect more with her story. She continues to strengthen her article by connecting to an app called You & Me, which has been recently updated and offers a new experience which she finds

G. J. is a 28 year-old male patient with no past medical history. On September 13, 2015, he was admitted at Kendall Regional Medical Center with a chief complaint of worsening back pain lasting for over a month. He denies any recent trauma or falls, numbness, tingling, or paresthesia. No urinary symptoms or fever. The patient has been trying multiple medical management options in the outpatient setting, but they have all failed to relieve the pain. G. J. was sent to the hospital for consideration of surgical management given that patient’s medical management was unsuccessful. Patient is admitted to internal medicine for further evaluation and investigation. With the analysis of several MRIs, the patient is diagnosed with

A 60 year old male presented in the ED with a history of chronic alcoholism, diabetes mellitis type 2, aortic valve stenosis and shortness of breath. He states that he cannot catch his breath and has constant burning chest discomfort for one week without substernal chest pressure. He reports coughing with production of sputum and denies having these symptoms before. He does drink alcohol (including today) and admitted to drug use (marijuana). He developed worsening respiratory distress in the ED and was placed on a Bipap, but his oxygenation worsened and he was intubated. He was hypotensive and started on a norepinephrine drip after central line placed in right IJ. A chest x ray showed evidence of fluid overload. He shows signs of CHF,

1 A: I watched the film Girl, Interrupted starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie. The film is based on a true story of a young woman with borderline personality disorder named Susana Kaysen. Following a suicide attempt, Susana admits herself into a psychiatric hospital with the encouragement of a mental health professional. Throughout the film, when Susana describes what she experiences psychologically, as well as flashbacks to her previous life in a detached and sulked tone –emphasizing the detachment that Susana feels from herself. Perhaps confronting the reality of her condition is too painful for Susana. Similar to a standard 1960’s mental hospital, patients are constrained to small, cage-like rooms and are treated nearly as prisoners, monitored every ten minutes. She continuously denies the credibility of the institution which entraps her. She resents by the idea of conformity and “sanity”. This is emphasized as she compares her own condition to Lisa, a seductive and violent sociopath whom she soon befriends. Through her stay, Susana gradually understands the structure of mental illnesses, develops social interactions and friendships he had never experienced before and is able to make sense of her condition.

“What? You know I can see you.” It hurt me to watch her hands, the extra little fingers hanging off the sides flapping as they banged against each other. She didn't understand. She had skin covered jelly for eyes.

Patient A was really amazed when patient A came in contact with me, describing that I was a good student and pleased with my assistance. With this action, came the first thorough interview and when along for a good time. Patient A's cultural aspect was reflected on patient A's life through struggles between living in the city or enjoying the free life with animals in the farm . Patient A illustrated her/his discomfort when talking about living in the city and described this place as being too loud and to busy all the time compared to living in the farm where it is quit and peaceful. Patient A specified the enjoyment of petting farm animals as petting something you loved, including patient A's dog that died named black, and remembering her

01/15/2015 S: The patient is a 28y/o (years old) c/o myalgia (pain in muscles), episodes of syncope (loss of consciousness), fever, rash of the face and chest, N and V x 2 days (nausea and vomiting for 2 days), and leukorrhea (a discharge of mucus from the vagina). Patient states she experienced dysmenorrhea (painful ministration with abdominal cramps) for the last 5 days and diarrhea (frequent bowel movements in a liquid form) started today. O: BP: 105/62, T: 100.7, R: 22, P: 96, weight 155, height 5’6”. Abdominopelvic (abdominal cavity) tender to palpation (touch) in lower right iliac (abdomen) region, without organomegaly mass (abdominal enlargement). LOC (loss of conscienceness) - Alert and oriented to person (knows who she is), but confused to time and place (confused to time of day and place she

“We believe that life happens outwardly, a series of events that happen, but our life actually happened inwardly through our thoughts, feelings and emotions (10). When we are using digital media all our thoughts are moving outwards and we don’t internalize our thoughts or think deeply. The idea of how we do not stop and truly understand thoughts, feelings, emotions, and ourselves is presented in this novel. Powers also states that “The more connect the more our thoughts lead outward,” (50). Therefor disconnecting is beneficial to our emotional and spiritual well- being. I also believe that this topic can be related to discussions where we spoke about the importance of our society reflecting on how new technologies impact society and ourselves.

On it's shiny surface where her art supplies including a sketch book, paints, a brush, and a few drawing pencils. She'd spent an hour sketching whatever came to mind. On the notebook's course paper were drawings of memories, places, and people. Clary had sketched them over the last few weeks just to have something to remember by before she left her home forever to live with a man that didn't even

Suffocated by the soft, downy pillows and encapsulated by the fleecy fabric of my comforter, I lay on my bed engulfed into the images etched onto the screen of my phone. It is a long afternoon awaited; I just got back home from school and my entire body AND brain aches from the daily school-tasks of, writing, studying and thinking, purely exhausting. What better way to relax than to scroll endlessly, drifting off into a hazy cloud of social media? Away I go! “Hmmm, I think I’ll go on Instagram first.” I think to myself. The hazy cold-blue light of the cellular device projects onto my face when suddenly my eyes widen with confusion. Images of

Imagination is widely used for people to work and live. Technological development creates an opportunity for people to access technology. Indeed, people would prefer to use imagination to create a virtual world and stay away from the real world. The essay “ Alone Together” written by Sherry Turkle, argues that technology and imagination would affect the authenticity of life in society. Turkle also states that as technology developed, it makes humans doubt intimacy, connectivity, authenticity and solitude. Humans are getting busier which arises their desires to live in an imaginary world. The essay “Bumping Into Mr. Ravioli” by Adam Gopnik talks about his daughter’s imaginary friend Charlie Ravioli, who is a reflection of busy New Yorkers. Gopnik finds out that busyness makes people only focus on their work, thus it makes them avoid intimacy and stay away from authenticity. Both essays talk about human’s reactions of the fake world that is created by imagination. Imagination can build a better life but the virtual reality is a distraction preventing an authentic life.

“Great! So are we done here?” I was eager to escape this prison like place. It was so cold and lifeless. LIke it drains people of energy. “I’m sorry Mrs. Charitable, that sounds so professional mind if I call you Paris?” There was a grunt of opposal before Mrs. Carter continued. “I’m Doctor Carter, but you can call me Natalie. As I was saying before, i’m sorry but we are not done here. We still have many other tests to go through today.”

“When I arrived, I was met by the mother, a big startled looking women, very clean and apologetic who merely said, is this the doctor? And let me in.”