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    hours or more. What seems like insomnia to one person might be considered a good sleep by another (Florence Cardinal, Your Guide to Sleep Disorders.) There are three types

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    Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, which is also known as ALS is a motor neuron disease that affects the victim’s nervous system and renders their nervous system to break down with each passing second. Without the nervous system, people lose the ability to carry out normal day to day actions, such as walking and eating. If a normal person was given this diagnosis, they would most likely fall into an awful state of extreme depression due to the fact that their life was basically over. However, in the

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    during each dialysis treatment. Small molecular weight substances can pass from the dialysate in to patient’s blood. So the purity of water used for dialysis is monitored and controlled. * Osmosis: Osmosis is the movement of fluid from an area of lesser concentration to an area of greater concentration of solutes. Glucose is added to the dialysate and creates an osmotic gradient across the membrane, pulling excess fluid from the blood. *

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    NU 545 Unit 2 Study Guide Review the anatomy of the brain. (pg. 451) Which portion is responsible for keeping you awake? (pg. 453) The epithalamus, pineal gland, functions much like the limbic system by influencing the secretion of melatonin associated with circadian rhythms. Controlling thought? (pg. 452) They parietal lobe is involved in sensory association (storage, analysis, and interpretation of stimuli). Emotions and behavior? (pg. 453) The hypothalamus is responsible

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    Summary Persante Health Care is a private business that specializes in diagnosing sleep and balance disorders. The business is headquartered in Mt. Laurel, NJ, and has about 200 employees. Persante Health Care offers sleep care services in areas such as insomnia, sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, narcolepsy, and periodic limb movement disorder. The company offers sleep therapy as well as medical equipment and supplies. Sleep therapy is a treatment used to help individuals who struggle, to

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    PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED WHO IS A PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED PERSON? A person is considered ‘handicapped’ or ‘physically challenged’ when he is not an ordinary person with all limbs. A disabled person is one who suffers from the loss or impairment of a limp or deformity in physical or mental capability whether due to nature's foul play or an unexpected unfortunate accident. Disabled persons are of two types. (i) Physically handicapped (ii) Mentally ill. The condition of disability may arise by birth or

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    Running head: CASE STUDY LS Mental Health Case Study LS Nicole Castro College of Southern Nevada Division of Nursing Mental Health Nursing Clinical NURS 243C-S10 Micki Lin Mongogna-Alarcon, MA, BSN, RN October 18, 2010 Mental Health Case Study DM Demographic Data: LS is a 44 year-old female of African and Hispanic decent. She was born in California but moved to Las Vegas as a teenager. She stated that she attended Clark High School and went to a “stewardess college” in

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    and smaller premature babies and many of the underlying deficits can lead to difficulties in school for those who were born in need of the NICU, such as neurodevelopmental and socioemotional issues. These may include speech and language disorders, neuromotor disorders, cognitive delays, and perceptual issues, these difficulties may continue into adolescence and young adulthood. The youngest survivors, at approximately 28 weeks gestation or earlier, face a 25% chance of permanent impairment in one or

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    sleep terror disorder, many effected individuals only require assurance of their safety and accurate facts of the nature of sleep terror episodes. Additional management may be a consideration if violent behavior becomes problematic or restricts daily functions. Research has indicated a number of features associated with sleep terror disorder but

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    Living with a depressed significant other is no easy task. We all thrive on having a spouse who loves us, allows us to lean on them, and helps take care of our needs. So what happens when that person can no longer take care of their own needs due to depression? It can take a toll on the relationship as well as begin making you depressed. Here's what you can do to survive the turbulent times: Recognize It's an Illness A person laying in bed all day proclaiming that his or her life is in shambles

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