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    may or may not cause symptoms. Generally, slowly progressive hyponatremia is associated with fewer symptoms than is a rapid drop of serum sodium to the same value. Symptoms of hyponatremia include but are not limited to the following: confusion, disorientation, delirium, generalized muscle weakness, myoclonus, tremor, asterixis, hyporeflexia, ataxia, dysarthria, Cheyne-Stokes respiration, pathologic reflexes, generalized seizures, and

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    get out of bed and fall, but he’s really upset. He just doesn’t understand it’s for his own good.” The nurse quickly reviews Mr. Jones’s record. He is noted to be a competent, compliant adult, without a psychiatric history or evidence of mental disorientation. He takes no medications that would alter his mentation. When the nurse enters the room, Mr. Jones is weeping. He states, “I feel like a criminal being tied up. I’ve urinated in my bed because no one answered my call light. I’m so

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    Gotten from Greek, the expressions "colonization" and "colonialism" extensively signify the lasting settlement of another domain by a gathering of individuals who have moved there from their unique home: a state. Despite the fact that the two terms are much of the time utilized conversely, they have particular implications. While non-natives as often as possible utilize colonization to allude to the procedure of perpetual settlement of another domain, according Rox (n.d) colonialism is a form of

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    progressive stages of Alzheimer’s ranging from 0-no impairment to 7-very severe decline. Symptoms become more severe as their Alzheimer’s progresses. “As Alzheimer’s advances through the brain it leads to increasing severe symptoms, including disorientation, mood and behavior changes; deepening confusion on events, time and place; unfounded suspicions about family, friends, and professional caregivers; more serious memory loss and behavior changes; and difficulty speaking, swallowing and walking”

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    Hypocalcemi A Case Study

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    When examining the lab results of the patient listed, it was found that the patient is experiencing hypocalcemia. Hypocalcemia can be described as a low calcium value which has the potential to be an extremely dangerous illness and needs to be treated according to the severity of the value. There is a given range where the calcium level needs to fall, and that is between 8.5 to 10.5 mg/dL (Goltzman, 2014). If the value falls below 8.5 mg/dL than the severity of the deficiency needs to be determined

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    events unfolded, so too did this era's fantasies. Cannibalism, like witchcraft, was used as a horrible venue for abstract cultural fears. Roper, writing on the Thirty Years War, states that "...rumours of cannibalism...expressed the terrifying disorientation and collapse of German society," (2004, p. 72). Accusers and interrogators of this era were especially concerned with cannibalism because of its seeming mockery to Christian rites and practices (whether Protestant or Roman

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    Psycho (In Italics) Analysis There are many reasons movies become classics but all classic movies share one thing in common, they either shaped or revolutionised cinema in one way or another. These elements can include certain techniques of mise en scene, or a story or theme that has never been explored in previous films, or hasn’t been executed in the same manner. Psycho (1960, Alfred Hitchcock) changed cinema in many ways, either through its themes of graphic violence, which hadn’t been seen in

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    Crawford watched the effects of this gas, he realized that the gas caused the people bump into things and not feel the pain until after it wore off. Nitrous Oxide is a gas that is a colorless gas with a sweet odor and taste. Inhalation leads to disorientation, euphoria, numbness, loss of motor coordination, dizziness, and ultimately a loss of consciousness (Fred, 2010). He also realized how affective anesthesia was when he had performed surgery on a patient who had inhaled a plethora of fumes. Well

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    Vestibular rehabilitation is a treatment method that is commonly known to help reduce dizziness and imbalance in individuals that suffer from inner ear disorders. Researchers have shown that vestibular disorder has an effect on the central nervous system that breaks into two components peripheral and central components which affects individual’s everyday activity. Studies show that vestibular disorder comes from worsened genetic or environmental conditions, or occur for unknown reasons. (.)Vestibular

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    Deviance In Psychology

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    This is the feeling of disorientation upon venturing into a very different and unknown culture. The difference between locations is referred to as cultural variation. This term relates to behaviors such as ethnocentric attitudes, xenocentrism, and cultural relativism among others

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