Mr. Maxwell is a 55-year-old Caucasian male who presented to the emergency department with a complaint of nausea and vomiting for the past 5 days. He reposts he has lost about 15-20lbs in the past 2 months without significant changes to his diet or exercise regimen. He also reports that he had been experiencing intermittent nausea and vomiting for the past 3 months‚ the episodes would usually last for a day or two then resolve on its own. He states that he has recently started spotting some blood
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Air flow Mattress‚ air Cushions also it is important to use Repositioning Documentation for regulate movement. 1.6 Sores That are open‚ or areas of the skin that are red or blanching should be reported to the Nurse or Healthcare professional looking after the individual. But if the skin is just slightly red in an isolated area it can be reported to the person in-charge and all the correct documentation should be completed.. E.g body map‚ skin bundles. Any changes to the skin should be reported 2.1 These
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towards HIV/AIDS: Effects of a health education intervention on two nursing groups in Cairo University‚ Egypt Eman Taher and Rehab Abdelhai* Department of Public Health‚ Faculty of Medicine‚ Cairo University‚ Egypt. Accepted 3 April‚ 2011 Information education and communication (IEC) programs are the most effective available approaches for combating the HIV pandemic especially among nurses. The aim of this study is to assess knowledge‚ perceptions and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS before and after an IEC
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moods lasting through at least four days‚ around seventy percent of children with bipolar disorder have mood swings several times a day (About Pediatric Bipolar Disorder). While it is difficult to diagnose bipolar disorder in children because the symptoms may resemble other illnesses‚ early intervention and treatment is the best possible alternative to give children the full potential to succeed and minimize the effects that the illness may have. The dictionary definition of bipolar disorder is
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In dry zones‚ volume assessment usually includes the whole ligneous biomass‚ including trunks and branches‚ for fuelwood consumption. Maximal production of natural vegetation in West Africa was estimated to vary from 0.1 to 2.75 m3 per hectare per year according to rainfall and vegetation type (Bellefontaine et al. 2000). Wood provided by trees outside the forest is extremely important in this subregion. Indeed‚ the sparse forest cover of most West African countries makes this material very valuable
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| |AC 2.1 The signs and symptoms of common childhood illnesses | | | |Illness | |Signs and symptoms
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Please find signs and symptoms of the following childhood illnesses and treatment. Please type into the box and it will expand. Symptoms of a common cold Cold symptoms usually begin with a sore throat‚ which usually goes away after a day or two. Nasal symptoms‚ runny nose‚ and congestion follow‚ along with a cough by the fourth and fifth days. Fever is uncommon in adults‚ but a slight fever is possible. Children are more likely to have a fever with a cold. With cold symptoms‚ your nose teems with
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follow-up Because a new HIV diagnosis can be stressful to an individual‚ it is not only important to seek follow-up care from a medical standpoint‚ but from a mental and spiritual standpoint as well. Some follow-up recommendations may include: 1. Prompt medical treatment for initiation of antiretroviral medications‚ appropriate vaccine administration 2. Continuation of medical care including taking prescribed medication‚ even when not symptomatic. 3. Education regarding changes in behaviors to
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likely than uninfected individuals to acquire HIV infection if they are exposed to the virus through sexual contact. In addition‚ if an HIV-infected individual is also infected with another STD‚ that person is more likely to transmit HIV through sexual contact than other HIV-infected persons (Wasserheit‚ 1992). There is substantial biological evidence demonstrating that the presence of other STDs increases the likelihood of both transmitting and acquiring HIV. Increased susceptibility. STDs appear
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keratoconus‚ causes of the diseases‚ symptoms‚ signs and diagnosis‚ and other treatments. Keratoconus was the first study by German oculist‚ Burchard Mauchart in a 1748‚ which he called staphyloma diaphnum. However‚ physician John Nottingham clearly described keratoconus as the cases of conical cornea and also he described several classical features of the diseases such as polyopia‚ weakness of the cornea‚ and difficulty matching corrective lenses to the patients vision. In 1859‚ a British surgeon
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