What is the best treatment for my allergies?

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In Unit 1 you learned how to determine whether a resource was reliable and reputable and how to best apply such a source of information to your everyday life. To reinforce this skill, you will apply this knowledge by researching and evaluating two different resources on one scientific topic. Pick a topic that is related to any field of science, such as chemistry, physics, biology, or geology, and think of a question that you would like to find an answer to. For example, “Is global warming causing more earthquakes?” Or “What is the best treatment for my allergies?” Discuss how, and why, you chose your question.
To complete this Assignment:
Locate two resources about a scientific topic that interests you: one from a scientifically reputable resource and another from a questionable resource. Write a brief summary of these two articles and an explanation of the differences between the reliability of these resources. What characteristics make one more scientifically valid than the other? Be sure to indicate which resource is the scientifically reputable resource and which resource’s reliability is questionable.
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What are the implications of loss of function or disability?

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Provide a critical discussion of the nursing care of an adult with a long-term condition.
Define what long-term condition (LTC) is and explain the importance of the relevant nursing care.
Please choose type 2 diabetes to discuss as the long-term condition
How might the nurse help? Nurses roles in type 2 diabetes
See the Department of Healths 2005 NSF for long-term conditions (including long-term neurological conditions)
Explore the lived experiences of a patient living with your chosen LTC (Type 2 Diabetes)
What are the implications of living with Type 2 Diabetes- the psychological and social dimensions of that experience?
The effects upon activities of daily living employment relationships etc
What are the implications of loss of function or disability?
Explore the impact of living with a patient with Type 2 Diabetes upon carers
look at policy and help available for carers of individuals with Type 2 Diabetes
How can the nurse best help carers?
Consider what good practice there is locally or nationally e.g. Carers Support Team disease-specific support groups
Discuss strategies to facilitate active participation in the patients own healthcare needs
What can the nurse do for such patients?
Possibly consider how to gain access to resources support groups the Expert Patient Programme
Educating the patient to enable him or her to care better for themselves/ self-management
Consider what good support there is locally or nationally
Discuss the psychosocial issues that are associated with Long-Term Conditions ageing and chronic illness
You could consider the effects upon self-esteem altered body image self-confidence and concern for the future
What is the nurses role here?
You may want to consider depression anxiety generalised mental ill-health loneliness/ social isolation
Please also discuss the complications of type 2 diabetes and nurses role in managing the complications.
The module outcome that should be discussed in this essay are:
Module Outcomes:
By the end of the module students should with reference to research and literature be able to:
Demonstrate an understanding of common long- term conditions and their nursing care and management
Critically analyse the assessment planning implementing and evaluation of care for a selection of long- term conditions including multi-disciplinary team working.
Consider the role of policy and frameworks of care in determining the delivery of nursing care
Consider the role of the care environment in the management of long- term conditions
Analyse and understand the interdependent physical psychological and social dimensions of patient care with long-term conditions.

How has your training prepared you for a nursing career?

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Order Description
All students are required to attend an interview when applying for a New Graduate Program or a Registered Nurse Position. As part of the interview process you will be required to reflect on your past clinical experiences when answering interview questions. For this assessment task students are required to select one of the following interview questions:
1. How has your training prepared you for a nursing career?
2. What do you feel you contribute to your patients?
3. How would you handle a patient who constantly complains about pain?
Using the E.A.R (event action result) interview method and your reflective skills provide a written (800 word) summary to this question. You are also required to refer to the criterion referenced rubric on page 15 of the unit outline. This rubric will also form the basis of your feedback for this assessment item

Explain why males have a greater chance of having hemophilia than female

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What is a karyotype?
What are the stages of interphase?
What are the phases of mitosis?
What is the function of mitosis?
What is the function of meiosis?
Following mitosis how does the chromosome number of the daughter cells compare to the parent cell?
What two general genetic conditions can be caused by nondisjunction?
What are 4 types of chromosome structural changes?
What is the difference between a homozygous and heterozygous genotype?
In genetics what symbol is used to identify a recessive allele?
What is the difference between genotype and phenotype?
Both a man and a woman are heterozygous for widow’s peak (point in the hairline). Widow’s peak is dominant over a straight hairline. What is the chance (percentage) that their child will have a straight hairline?
What is a monohybrid?
What is the difference between an autosomal recessive disorder and an autosomal dominant disorder?
Define polygenic inheritance.
Define sex-linked traits.
Explain why males have a greater chance of having hemophilia than females. Be specific.
What type of genotype will children have for a trait if both parents are homozygous recessive for it?
If an offspring shows a phenotype that is intermediate between the phenotypes of the parents, what is this type of inheritance?
What type of inheritance is demonstrated by human blood types?
If one parent is type AB blood type and the other parent is type B blood type, could they have a child that is O blood type?
If one parent is type AB blood type and the other parent is type B blood type could they have a child that is A blood type?
Is there a relationship between the ABO blood type and the Rh type, or are they inherited independently?
What person is credited with introducing the gene for hemophilia into the royal families of Europe?
What is the genotypic ratio from a monohybrid cross?
Use the Punnett square application to determine the answers for questions 26 and 27 in the following simple monohybrid cross. (If you don’t understand how to fill in a Punnett square, you can use google for help.): A man who is homozygous recessive for attached earlobes (ee) has children with a woman who is heterozygous for attached/unattached earlobes (Ee). Use E for unattached lobes and e for attached lobes. Identify the alleles that would be entered for the female and for the male.
What percentage of the offspring are expected to show the recessive phenotype?
Use the Punnett square application to determine the answers for questions 28, 29 and 30 for the following simple monohybrid cross. (If you don’t understand how to fill in a Punnett square, you can use google for help.): A man who is heterozygous for cleft chin has children with a woman who is also heterozygous for cleft chin. Use C for the cleft chin allele and c for the non-clefted chin allele. The allele for cleft chin is dominant. Identify the alleles for the female and the male.
What percentage of the offspring are expected to show the dominant phenotype?
What percentage of the offspring are expected to have a heterozygous genotype