Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a use of reliable clinical evidence in establishing highest quality of patient care. EBP is used as decision-making platform to prompt nurses to identify a practical proposal‚ evaluate research and implement clinical evidence. Moreover‚ it guides nurses to make recommended changes in practicing medicine. Evidence-based practice usually determined based on controlled data‚ quality enhancement‚ knowledge from research and patient preference. Evidence-based practice
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TRAUMA SYSTEMS Rural Trauma and Emergency Medical Service Challenges in a Sample of Western States Jolene R. Whitney‚ MPA; Susan Werner‚ MAS; Susan Wilson‚ BSN; Neis Sanddal‚ PhD; Vicki Conditt‚ RN; Peggy Sale‚ MSN; Clay Mann‚ PhD; Jennie Nemec‚ RN; Johnathan J. Jones‚ BSN; Grace Sandeno‚ MPH; Diane Hartford‚ MS of providing emergency medical services to largely rural states include geographic barriers of vast expanses of unpopulated landmass‚ provision of services across mountain
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a while before being resuscitated into life. Science is now rewriting the boundaries between life and death. Researchers have examined and explored many near- and after-death situations and have explained us the science of resuscitation – what happens when we die? Resuscitation medicine is now capable of reviving people after their heart has stopped beating and their brain has flat-lined – objectively died. Patients have described their experience of that period – going beyond the verge of death‚
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FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING DUMAGUETE CITY 1st Semester; A.Y.2013-2014 A Syllabus on Emergency Care of Burned Clients Prepared by: Jackilou T. Holt‚ SN IV-FUCN Submitted to: Ms. Ouano– CI‚ RN‚ MAN FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING DUMAGUETE CITY COURSE TITLE: NCM 106 CONCEPT: EMERGENCY CARE OF BURNED CLIENTS PLACEMENT: 1ST SEMESTER‚ A.Y. 2013-2014 TIME ALLOTMENT: 35 MINS CONCEPT DESCRIPTION:
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John F. Kennedy: A Legend‚ Idol‚ and Hero. ¨A man may die‚ nations may rise and fall‚ but an idea lives on¨ John F. Kennedy. Almost every American who was present the November 22‚ 1963‚ recalls the unforgettable event of U.S history that took place that day. The Assassination of the 35th President of United states‚ John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Even at the present day‚ this occurrence baffles people; since it is one unsolved mystery‚ and a defining moment of the second half
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Focus Questions #1 1. Relate each client’s current manifestations to the pathophysiology of shock to determine what type of shock the client could be experiencing. Shock is a syndrome characterized by decreased tissue perfusion and impaired cellular metabolism. The patient Richard Tanner has been admitted to the CCU for r/o myocardial infarction. The patient has not prior history of cardiac problems though he has been treated for the last 5 years for cholesterol totaling 285 (HDL 35‚ LDL 212)
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provider supported this decision‚ even though dialysis is the only effective treatment for this patient’s condition. After discussing dialysis with the patient and the family members‚ they also discussed withholding medical treatment including resuscitation and mechanical ventilation. The client and the family members decided together that these measures were not wanted in the client’s future medical
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Explain 4 ways that metabolic substrates (“fuels”) are made available to working muscles during prolonged aerobic exercise. What hormones contribute to these effects? What is the primary effect of the sympathetic nervous system on the cardiopulmonary system during exercise? What is “sympatholysis” and why is it necessary to increase blood flow to working muscles during exercise? What happens to LV preload during the
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various paperwork‚ and help with admits. That day had been business as usual until about 6:00 pm when I received a frantic phone call directly from the emergency room of a 24 year old eight month pregnant Hispanic woman being brought into the resuscitation room of the emergency department with an estimated time of arrival of eight minutes. The ER nurse reported that she had an established cardiac arrest of ten minutes and was found unconscious; no other history could be obtained. Full basic life
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)‚ 328(7453)‚ 1427-1429. Ignatavicius‚ D. (2013). Medical-surgical nursing: Critical thinking for collaborative care (Revised/Expanded ed.). St. Louis‚ Mo.: Elsevier Saunders. Mitra‚ B.‚ Fitzgerald‚ M.‚ Cameron‚ P.‚ & Cleland‚ H. (2006). FLUID RESUSCITATION IN MAJOR BURNS. ANZ Journal Of Surgery‚ 76(1/2)‚ 35-38. doi:10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03641.x U.S
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