• Define gestational age compared to developmental age • Explain the trimester system of embryological development • Describe the development on a week by week basis throughout pregnancy from the time of fertilization to birth • Understand the stages of development that are sensitive to abnormalities and are at an increased risk of spontaneous abortions • Define aneuploidy and explain its significance to spontaneous abortions • Define confined placental mosaicism, explain how it occurs and why
Marlise Munoz Background On November 26, 2013, Mrs. Marlise Munoz was found by her husband, Erick Munoz unconscious on the family’s kitchen floor. Marlise Munoz was 14 weeks pregnant at the time she was pronounced brain dead by the doctors at John Peter Smith hospital in Texas. Both Mrs. Munoz and her husband Erick Munoz were EMTs and talked about their wishes should they become ill in the future. Both expressed the desire not to be placed on life support. With no formal written advanced directive
Although there are many factors that affect the development of the fetus, research on the specific effects of prenatal maternal stress and the resulting negative outcomes for the development of the fetus will be reviewed. While there is knowledge of these harmful effects in scientific and medical communities, researchers are still in the midst of discovering the results of these negative effects on human development. An overall review of the literature suggests that this topic is still relatively
An obstetrician is a physician that deals primarily with pregnancy and childbirth. Throughout a pregnancy, they meet with their patient regularly. During these visits, they monitor the health of both the patient and the unborn baby. With high risk pregnancies, the obstetrician is in charge of consulting with the expectant mother and monitoring the pregnancy with a group of specialists. As the due date approaches, an obstetrician meets more often with the patient for ultrasounds and fulfilling any
The primary method to control gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is through dietary regulation. The most effective method to control GDM via diet is through carbohydrate restriction and/or selectivity. It is recommended that pregnant women with GDM reduce their carbohydrate intake to 40% of the total caloric intake or can maintain a 60% carbohydrate intake but those carbohydrates must all come from low glycemic index foods. Examples of low glycemic foods are apples, spinach, black beans, split
Application of Nursing Theory: Orem’s Self Care Deficit Nursing Theory The theory being presented is Dorothea Orem’s self-care deficit nursing theory. Theory utilization in nursing is extremely important, theory helps to guide nursing research and nursing practice. There is a close and concrete circular relationship between theory, research, and practice that has been in existence since the beginning stages of nursing practice as a profession (Im & Chang, 2012). Theory utilization continues and
Gestational Diabetes Diabetes develops when the body can't efficiently produce or use insulin made by the pancreas. Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that lets cells change glucose into fuel. When glucose accumulates in the blood in large amounts, it means that cells aren't getting the fuel they need. Gestational diabetes (GD) is a type of diabetes that can develop in a pregnant woman who did not necessarily have diabetes before becoming pregnant. This condition is caused by changes in
The initial and ongoing assessment of a patient with diabetes serves as a catalyst for establishing rapport between the person with diabetes and the educator, while simultaneously elucidating what aspects of a patient’s life impact diabetes management. Accurate and thorough assessment allows the educator to best determine what education and support may be beneficial (American Association of Diabetes Educators, 2011). The factors that impact patients’ food choices are complex and intertwined with
Introduction I chose to do my research task on the new treatment possibilities, using biotechnology, for Diabetes, as I am a Type 1 Diabetic and have been for nine years. Diabetes has been around for 2000 years. Over the years there has been a vast improvement in treatments which are still ongoing to this day. In the 17th century, diagnoses were done through urine tests and one was diagnosed if one’s urine was sweet. In the 20th century, doctors would advise patients to go on radical diets of less
He also had brown eyes. He was a normal kid to see, that is until number 4 Bobby Orr, stepped out onto the ice! Bobby Orr was born in Parry Sound, Ontario in 1948 and grew up in parry sound until the age of 14 when he joined the Oshawa Generals wearing number 2. He first skated at the age of four to the amazement of his parents Doug and Arva (now deceased) He was one of Only a handful of hockey players to be granted an underage permit to play in the Ontario Hockey League, only the very elite
amounts of energy stored in our bodies and hardly run out of it. This is why sports can truly be beneficial for us, especially when we begin to participate in them at a young age. Although some people believe parents try to become coaches to their children on the field, children should still be pushed to compete in sports at an early age by their parents but to a certain extent. This is because sports will make them tough, know how to handle a win and a loss, and make them less likely to get into trouble
United States, have been rising since the 1930’s.” Those under the age of thirty have grown up in a generation where technology is vast, resources are bounteous, and the ability to efficiently utilize technology to benefit their lives is easily obtainable. In the modern era, it does not so much matter how much you know and are able to enlighten, but rather how much you can obtain from resources that are provided. Those under the age of thirty are not dumb; they are enclosed by a world that allows them
The novel Reef by Romesh Gunesekera is about a lad named Triton. The novel marks his coming of age. As the novel progress young Triton grows from a boy to a man.” Triton at the age of eleven” and “I told him I had a business nearby a restaurant”(Gunesekera1) ,this show that he had grown up from a lad to man. Triton experiences a number of events that his coming of age. In my essay I will explore these events of an insider and outsider. In my first paragraph I will be talking about the relationship
What could one of the greatest action movies of all time and a recent controversial bestseller have in common? In fact quite a lot. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark and The da Vinci Code are great action tales; and all of America loves a great action story. Whether it is set in France, Egypt, London, or the United States; the thrill of adventures intrigues people. But, what make an action story great. The most important element is the hero or the protagonist. The person whom experiences
Portraits Through the Ages There have been various art movements since the beginning of art impressionism, cubism, and surrealism to name just a few. The first artist is the world famous Picasso. He was born in 1881 in Malaga in the south of Spain and died in 1973. He moved to Paris in April 1904 as this was the art capital of the world at this time. He is probably one of the most innovative and creative artists of the 20th century and is remembered especially for beginning the art movement
California. She was severely abused which caused her to be extremely developmentally delayed. Although Genie was 13 when the social workers found her, they had believed she was between five or six years old due to her lack of development. From the age of 20 months until 13 years old, Genie had been locked in a dark room alone and tied to a potty chair. Some nights she was left in that position, others she was tied into a sleeping bag or to the side of her crib. She never was socialized or even spoken
Sometimes kids know best, and this time that was true, but speaking up to tell a school nurse didn't help an eight-year-old girl, instead it landed her in the hospital. Charity, a second grader at Harrison Elementary school in Davenport, Iowa, takes daily medication, with one half of a pill taken at school, and seven more pills at home after being born to a heroin addicted parent, according to WQAD. Charity went to the school nurse to take her medicine like she always does, but this time was different:
stick’s blade can be found the initials, ‘WM,’ said to be those of its original owner, William Moffatt of the Northside’s Pottle Lake area. In 2008, Presley purchased the artifact from Ferneyhough for $1,000 and then set out to determine its true age. Through a science known as dendrochronology
Bobbi Brown was born in Chicago. She attended three colleges, University of Wisconsin, University of Arizona, and lastly Emerson College in Boston, where she majored in Theatrical Makeup and minored in Photography. In 1980, this being the year after her graduation, moved to New York City, where she worked to get her name recognized. As soon as 1981, she landed her first significant gig, which would get her foot in the door for the rest of her career. She did makeup and hair for magazine models and
I would never forget the day when the doctor announced that I had lymphoma. It was the darkest moment of my young life. At that point in time, I had absolutely no idea what caused lymphoma, let alone what it was. I never knew that such a thing existed, neither did I know that it was a common form of cancer in young adults. I had no idea that I had lymphoma. It was only when lymph nodes started swelling in my neck that I knew that something was wrong. At first, I was adamant to go to a doctor. I only