Entries by Daphne Hanson

Diagnosis of schizophrenia.

A 22-year-old female student was brought to her college student health department by her boyfriend. He was concerned about the changes in her behavior. The boyfriend noted that she has been hearing voices, and seeing things that are not there. She also thinks that there are people that want to harm her. She told her family […]

Open wound

s a nurse caring Afor a patient with an open wound that will need to be cared for once the patient is discharged. You need to design (create) a teaching plan that will address the importance of good hygiene as well as the importance of aseptic technique when changing the dressing. What will be the […]

Unresponsive after surgery

You are caring for a patient who has become unresponsive after surgery. Prior to surgery, the patient stated that he did not want heroic or life-sustaining measures if anything should happen. This conversation occurred in front of his family, who made light of the comment because the surgery was considered routine. No papers regarding his wishes (living […]

Mutation in astrocytes

Bryan’s Disease arises from a genetic mutation in astrocytes.  You want to take skin cells from a patient with Bryan’s Disease, reprogram them into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), correct the mutation with CRISPR Cas9, differentiate these cells into astrocyte progenitor cells, inject these astrocyte progenitor cells into a mouse brain and have them differentiate […]

Pro-care Laboratories

Mr. Dela Paz, an OFW from Saudi Arabia, went to Pro-care Laboratories. He was required to report to a medical facility located and owned by his agency for his annual check up and mandatory immigration testing. For this check up: he was required to be tested with the following laboratory analysis: Routine Chemical Chemistry Testing […]

DIAGNOSED WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

CASE SCENARIO OF A PATIENT DIAGNOSED WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS On June 18, 2021 at 4:30 in the afternoon a 45-year-old woman named Maria came to the hospital due to her long-term neurologic issues. The patient describes how she had noted substantial alterations in neurologic functioning for many years, specifically heat intolerance, which resulted in a […]