Discuss the similarities and differences between complementary and alternative medicine and western medicine

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submit a completed final project, in the form of a scholarly paper,
• Discuss the principles of holistic care and the four principles of the holistic caring process
• Discuss the differences in patient needs when developing a holistic plan of care
• Discuss the similarities and differences between complementary and alternative medicine and western medicine
• Describe the role of nutrition, exercise, humor and music therapy in complementary and alternative medicine
• Discuss three main barriers to changing our current healthcare system to a more integrative system of care
• Create a short summary of the case file (age, sex, diagnosis)
• Complete a comprehensive, review of needs or problems discovered, and provide rationales and interventions to address the needs
• Discuss implementation and evaluation of complementary and alternative modalities within the plan of care
• Write a short summary in 2–3 paragraphs about the highlights of what this course added to your professional practice and the way you will practice nursing in the future

Describe the pathophysiology of Ménière’s Disease

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Critical Thinking Topic
A 40 year old female describes having a “full feeling” in her right ear. After assessing her and ordering appropriate tests, you diagnose her with Ménière’s Disease.
Describe the pathophysiology of Ménière’s Disease and give rationale for the full feeling she is experiencing.
Describe the tests that are used to diagnose Ménière’s Disease.
Develop a plan of care for this patient.

Differentiate the pathophysiology of extradural hematoma and subdural hematoma.

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Assignment Objectives: Identify and select appropriate interventions including diagnostic tests and nursing interventions. Analyze physiological and psychological responses to illness and treatment modalities
Purpose: Examine case studies related to neurologic disease and answer the assigned questions. This assignment should help refine your clinical/critical thinking skills.
Assignment Description: Answer the questions in the grading criteria related to each of the patients provided. Your answer must follow APA 6th edition format. Submit the answer in the assignment area of your course. This assignment is worth 50 points.
Patient 1 – Two individuals come to the emergency department with head injuries. One, 25 years old, has just been in a motor vehicle accident (MVA) and has a temporal lobe injury. The other, 65 years old, has increasing confusion after a fall that happened earlier in the week.
Differentiate the pathophysiology of extradural hematoma and subdural hematoma.
Identify the patient in the above scenario requiring immediate emergency surgical intervention and provide rationale for your choice.
Patient 2 – An 38 year old was driving his 1970 Chevy Corvette to a Milwaukee Brewers baseball game when a deer jumped out in front of him on the highway. He swerved his car and hit a telephone pole instead. His head hit the windshield and he suffered severe head trauma.
Describe the most likely specific type of head injury he suffered.
Outline the treatment plan for this patient.
Parameters: Mini Case Study Assignment Grading Criteria
Requirement
Maximum Points
Earned Points
Patient 1 – Described the pathophysiology of extradural and subdural hematomas. Identified the surgical emergency and provided rationale for the choice.
20
Patient 2 – Described the most likely type of head injury and outlined an approriate treatment plan.

Discuss the Pathophysiology of Chronic and Complex Conditions and their Related Clinical Manifestations

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Luigi is a 77 year old Italian man who has lived in Australia for 40 years. He lives with his wife and son, who was born in Australia and attends university. Luigi speaks English well as he worked as an accountant for many years before his retirement. His wife who is also Italian has limited English as she has stayed at home caring for her husband and her son for most of her married life, thus Luigi does most of the shopping, pays bills etc.
Luigi’s health has declined over the last 15 years with a history of poorly controlled type 2 diabetes for which he takes metformin 500mg BD. He is overweight, does not pay much attention to his blood sugar levels or his diet and leads a relatively sedentary lifestyle.
Lately Luigi notices his ankles are swelling and his vision is blurring. After a visit to the GP it is noticed his blood pressure is elevated and he has protein and glucose in his urine. This leads to further investigations where Luigi is diagnosed with chronic renal failure.
Task
The written assessment tasks for this subject require you to submit a Case Study Report in which you explore the potential impact of chronic and complex conditions on the patient.
In addition to a brief introduction and conclusion, PART A of your report should include:
A discussion of the pathophysiology and related clinical manifestations of EACH diagnosed chronic illness that the patient is presenting with in the case study
A discussion of the chronicity and complexity of the patient’s condition, including the identification of two (2) possible interactions between the patient’s co-morbidities and a discussion of how these conditions will impact the patient and her family. You will need to consider the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations and the medication the patient is taking in this part of the report.
Your report must adhere to academic writing conventions. Sub-headings may be used, but dot points and tables should not be included in this part of the assessment item.
You should support your discussion with a MINIMUM 10 recent (less than 7 years old) and credible sources. Credible sources include, peer reviewed journal articles, text-books, evidence summaries, best practice guidelines, government documents, health facility clinical guidelines and policies/procedures and websites containing content aimed at health professionals. Please note that lecture slides will not be considered to be credible sources for this assessment task.
Marking Criteria
Discusses the Pathophysiology of Chronic and Complex Conditions and their Related Clinical Manifestations (25 marks)
2.Explains the Concepts of Co-morbidity, Chronicity and Complexity
(15 marks)
Discusses the Impact of Chronic and Complex Conditions on the Patient (30 marks) two ways in which the conditions may impact on each other and the possible effects of the conditions on the patient in the case study,
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