As a nursing student‚ I learned to shave patients in preparation for surgery; as a public health nurse‚ I taught mothers to clean their infants’ umbilical cords with alcohol and showed patients newly diagnosed with diabetes how to wipe the skin with alcohol before injecting insulin. Since then‚ high-quality research has shown that pre-operative shaving increases rather than decreases post-operative infections (Kjonniksen et al. 2002)‚ that cleaning umbilical cords with sterile water shortens the
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Equilibrium is the state in which the competing influences of a system are balanced. In this experiment‚ four activities were conducted to study equilibrium namely Equilibrant Force‚ First Condition for Equilibrium‚ Locating the Center of Gravity and Second Condition of Equilibrium. The % Error obtained for the following activities were 14.13% and 2.35% for Activity 1‚ 4.90% for Activity 2 and 7.52% for Activity 4. Friction is the resistance to motion of one object moving relative to another
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The Cause of Addiction COM/156 Each year‚ there are more deaths and disabilities in the U.S. from substance abuse than from any other cause. In the United States alone‚ it is reported that roughly 18 million Americans have alcohol problems; 5 to 6 million have drug problems‚ and more than 9 million children live with a parent addicted to alcohol or illicit drugs. Drug addiction continues to be a growing concern‚ prompting medical and scientific research on a global scale into the possible
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Genetic explanations for the Initiation of addictions Heritability of addictions such as alcoholism and gambling can be studied through family and twin studies. The presumptions of twin and family studies are that if family members share similar behaviours‚ then the degree to which the behaviours are caused by genetic factors can be examined. There are two types of twins‚ identical and non-identical. Identical twins are monozygotic (MZ) as they came from the same egg‚ and therefore share an identical
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The awareness of addictions is growing at an alarming rate in the United States. Many health care professionals are working overtime in treating people with disabling addictions. But within the mental health care profession‚ many are divided as to the arising issue and cause of addiction. Deaths caused by drug overdoses have risen drastically over the pass decade. Many health care and drug treatment professionals are working overtime in treating people with disabling addictions. Within the mental
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view regarding abuse/addiction is superficial and during this time I think it’s merely a wrong decision. But as I grew and exposed to this through peers‚ school and church teachings I saw that there are a lot of factors to consider why an individual resort to drug and/or alcohol abuse/addiction. Emotional factors: I learned this in-depth during my college life (a couple of years ago) when I was introduced to Maslow’s pyramid of human needs. There is a high risk for addiction for people who have
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Addictions can be something scary for everyone involved. There are several different types of addictions that are dealt with every day in our society. When someone has an addiction to something it not only affects them‚ but also anyone around them that could be impacted. There are many different treatments depending on the specific addiction. As well‚ there are many different causes to various addictions. This is an important topic to understand whether you are the one addicted or someone looking
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CHEM 1660 BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY Part III Addiction Dr. Susan Y. LIANG Email: ytliang@hkbu.edu.hk Office: FSC 702B Opium – Catholicon or Toxin • Evidence suggests that more than 5‚000 years ago the properties of opium were known in the Euphrates River (幼发拉底河) delta. • Around 330 B. C.‚ Alexander the Great took opium to Persia and India‚ from where cultivation slowly spread eastward and reached China in about the 7th century (唐朝). 13th century‚ India The opium poppy
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Addiction We are going to talk about addiction and what it means. There are a couple text book definitions to what this means. Addiction in one form or another is common to most people. Addiction in the dictionary says‚ “The quality or state of being addicted.” With that being the case‚ look at what addicted means. Addicted also means to devote or surrender to something habitually or obsessively. Most of the time we hear this word is because we associate it with drugs. When most people think of
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------------------------------------------------- Abstract (summary) An abstract is a brief summary of a research article‚ thesis‚ review‚ conference proceeding or any in-depth analysis of a particular subject or discipline‚ and is often used to help the reader quickly ascertain the paper’s purpose. When used‚ an abstract always appears at the beginning of a manuscript or typescript‚ acting as the point-of-entry for any given academic paper or patent application. Abstracting and indexing services
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