THE ROLE OF DEBRIDEMENT IN WOUND HEALING OF PATIENTS WITH DIABETES FOOT ULCERS (REFLECTIVE ANALYSIS) INCIDENT As a registered nurse with over 10 years of clinical practice experience in various field of nursing including caring for patients with diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs)‚ I was concerned with rise in the numbers of DFUs cases resulting into higher rates of amputation‚ disabilities and mortality . DFU are caused by a combination of peripheral neuropathy and vascular diseases resulting from
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Unit 4222-229 Undertake agreed pressure area care (HSC2024) Karen Yardley Outcome 1 understand the anatomy and physiology of the skin in relation to pressure area care 1.1 describe the anatomy and physiology of the skin in relation to skin breakdown and the development of pressure sores. The skin is the largest organ of the body‚ covering and protecting the entire surface of the body. The total surface area of the skin is around 3000sq inches depending
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Case Study: Pneumonia and Pressure Ulcer Prevention in an Elderly MICU Patient June 6‚ 2012 Case Study: Pneumonia and Sepsis in an Elderly MICU Patient L.M. is a 75-year-old female who suffers from severe dementia and lives in a SNF. She was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2005 and as a result had a right upper and middle lobectomy. She also has a history of severe emphysema. L.M. has had several pneumonic infections and has an allergy to Pneumovax. She has a recurrent
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Catanduanes State Colleges COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES Department of Nursing Virac‚ Catanduanes Name of Student: Mezil B. Nazareno Ward: OB/DR Year/Block: BSN 2A Date of Exposure: August 8‚ 2011 Group: 4 Clinical Instructor: Prof. Janet Lim I. Personal Data Name: Sharon Magtangob Gender: Female Age: 25 years old Birthdate: April 18‚ 1986 Address: Antipolo Del Sur Virac‚ Catanduanes Religion:
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A Case of Iron Deficiency Anemia Jennifer Brown‚ Clara Ozoigbo‚ Shanahan Arisa‚ Ndidi Uchegbu March 22‚ 2015 Anatomy and Physiology II 2402- 43002 Eastfield Community College Abstract Delores Welborn is a 28-year-old attorney living in Portland‚ Oregon. Delores is in the second trimester of pregnancy with her first child‚ and though her pregnancy had been progressing normally‚ recently she has noticed that she tires very easily and is short of breath from even the slightest exertion. She also
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Case Study Number 2 McKenzie Chavez What is the significance of each of D.W.’s laboratory findings? The tests that were run for the patient D.W. were performed to determine a diagnosis and treatment. Even though the disease systemic lupus erthematosus (SLE) doesn’t have a test that specifically diagnosis this diseases‚ there are test that are run to help with understand contributing factors. The significance of a positive antinuclear antibody (ANA) titer is that 98% of people with systemic
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Pg. 1. Value #1 Community After over fifty years‚ the value of Community is still important to me. I learned‚ very young‚ how a community can pull together as individuals or groups in order to help resolve problems. As a young boy‚ I came to realize that a community‚ no matter how small‚ was like having lot’s of relatives‚ some who I hadn’t met yet‚ others who I hardly knew‚ but most who I felt would help or support others in the community. I see this value as being a necessity in
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Ethics Case Study Lernik Davoudi HCS/335 12/04/2012 Holly Martinez De Andino Ethics Case Study A prescription is an order for medication which is dispensed to or for patient. A prescription for a patient may only be issued by a physician. The case study in chapter 4‚ is a case about a physician’s assistance named Jerry McCall ‚ who needs to order an antidepressant medication called Valium for a patient who is a friend of the doctors‚ However the major problem Jerry has is that the patient
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ALM # 3 BURNS Case Presentation: 21 y/o male involved in industrial fire. Patient was welding a steel structure when a spark from the torch ignited a barrel of flammable material that was inadvertently placed in his work area. Patient sustained full-thickness burns over the upper half of his chest and circumferential burns to bilateral arms. Patient also sustained superficial partial-thickness burns to face‚ neck and bilateral hands. His entire abdomen‚ upper half of his back and front of
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Case Study As my learning needs and areas of development have been identified within my portfolio‚ the following case study will focus on the assessment and prescribing process for a 64 year old lady with a history of venous leg ulcers. The identified patient‚ who will be known as Jane to maintain confidentiality (NMC‚ 2008) was chosen due to the high number of patients who have venous leg ulcers that are nursed by community teams. Approximately 1-2% of adults will have a leg ulcer at some point
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