Your patient is Mary Smith, a 17 year old woman who presents with emesis and hyperpyrexia and shaking chills. She states she is afraid she is having a MI or has a malignant tumor. She complains of heliosensitivity, LUQ pain and erythralgia. On her physical exam you observe that she is hypertensive, has splinter hemmorrhages under her fingernails and a heart murmur. The physician ordered an hgb, CBC, RBC and WBC from the lab. Lab tests reveals she has hematuria and leukocytosis. She had dental surgery four days ago. A provisional diagnosis is made of acute endocarditis. You are to prepare her for admission to intensive care.
Assignment: In laymen terms (everyday terms) describe the above case. Once you post your initial response. Respond to one classmate describing an illness, medical ailment or surgery that you or a family member has suffered (you do not have to give names or who it was) or just make up one. In your description be sure to include symptoms, tests and treatment and be sure to use correct medical.

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In preparing for this discussion, you took part in an interactive scenario called “The Graduate.” In the scenario, you got to experience different people presenting different arguments (some of which you may not have liked).  We have learned a lot in this course about the meaning of an argument and what constitutes a good argument. This discussion allows us to discuss more positive things that we can learn from “arguing” in the right way. 

Prepare : To prepare for this discussion, watch the following video from Daniel H. Cohen [Link here to  http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_h_cohen_for_argument_s_sake.html ] and review section 9.4 of Chapter 9 called “Confronting Disagreement by Seeking Truth.”  Take a look as well at the required resources from this week and make sure that you have completed “The Graduate” interactive scenario. 

Reflect : Think about experiences you have had that involved conflicts with others. What was the genesis of the conflict? Would it have been possible for the exchange to be more productive? Think about why disagreements often lead to fights rather than opportunities to learn from each other. 

Write : Answer the following questions: What is an area of life in which you have experienced people treating arguments as a kind of war? What were the consequences of that approach? What is an area of life in which you have experienced people treating arguments as a kind of performance? Was that approach effective? Why is it better to treat arguments as a venue for learning? What traits of character does it require to be able to live according to that approach? What benefits can it have in our lives to take that approach? (please give a specific example)