Central Line‚ Adult A central line is a soft‚ flexible tube (catheter) that is used to give medicine or nutrition through a person’s veins. The tip of the central line ends in a large vein (vena cava) just above the person’s heart. Medicine given through the central line is quickly mixed with blood because the blood flow within this large vein is so great. This dilutes the medicine so it is swiftly delivered throughout the body. A central line may be placed because: You need medicine that
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Christaller’s Central Place Theory Introduction Central Place Theory (CPT) is an attempt to explain the spatial arrangement‚ size‚ and number of settlements. The theory was originally published in 1933 by a German geographer Walter Christaller who studied the settlement patterns in southern Germany. In the flat landscape of southern Germany Christaller noticed that towns of a certain size were roughly equidistant. By examining and defining the functions of the settlement structure and the size of
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In Immigration: The Case for Limits‚ Miller argues there are conditions for political communities to justified immigration policies. Miller mentions that some philosophers argue that unlimited migration is justifiable because freedom of movement is analogous to freedom of marriage or practice of religion: concept of free will. In making this claim‚ the premise has to include that such freedom is only granted if it does not pose harmful consequences. Moreover‚ the freedom to move must be distinguished
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Drug Control in Central Asia This video talks about Central Asia’s drug control problem and how they are not very well equipped to deal with this issue. This video addresses policy issues. These countries do not have the means to control their drug problem. One major factor is heroin coming from Afghanistan. Countries surrounding Afghanistan have a very high rate of heroin abuse. These abusers could be a productive part of society‚ but instead are doing drugs. The video talks about an agency that
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Analyse the main factors that limit the effectiveness of parliament? (25) 1. Point-discipline exercised by whips and party leaders prevents MP’s and peers operating independently. Divisions and standing committees are usually strictly whipped. Political information – the lobby fodder issue‚ where many MP’s are newly elected or too scared to stand up against their party in fear of demotion- Patrick Mercer Analysis- this shows that many MP’s are too scared to go against the party line‚ mainly
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other outliers with a few days to seven years. My family has had many laptops (I come from a family of nine children)‚ and most of them lasted about three years. We played video games on them‚ which I believe was a strong reason why that was their limit. Outliers would be these: my dad has an old Visio laptop; I think it is now 8-9 years old including a refurbish job done at the 5-year mark. He never did any more than work on documents (he is a school teacher)‚ and it continued to plug away. The second
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The Central Mississippi River Valley I chose to write my paper based off of the article “Geologic history of the central Mississippi River Valley area in a nutshell” written by Dr. Roy Van Arsdale. Dr. Van Arsdale starts his book off by saying that we often associate the Mississippi River Valley with the adventures of Lewis and Clark‚ through Mark Twain‚ and finally to where it is now‚ expansive farming. He goes on to explain that in order to really understand and grasp all that the Mississippi
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year old man who had GI surgery 4 days ago. He is NPO‚ has a nasogastric tube‚ and IV fluids of D51/2saline at 100 mL/hr. The nursing physical assessment includes the following: alert and oriented; fine crackles; capillary refill within normal limits; moving all extremities‚ complaining of abdominal pain‚ muscle aches‚ and "cottony" mouth; dry mucous membranes‚ bowel sounds hypoactive‚ last BM four days ago; skin turgor is poor; 200 mL of dark green substance has drained from NG tube in last 3
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Approximately 63 percent of the population live below the extreme poverty line. The country suffers from unequal distributions of income and high unemployment rates. Low education levels limit adults to find jobs or have careers. The average rural family‚ lives in a small‚ crowded‚ hut or home‚ made of scrap metals‚ branches and have dirt floors. Their homes typically have very simple ovens with no ventilation‚ which causes respiratory and
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attempt to persuade people to change their beliefs and behaviors. Specifically looking at advertisements‚ there are two routes of persuasion that companies take when attempting to push a specific way of thinking. One of these ways is known as the central route of persuasion. This route of persuasion looks specifically at information and logic rather than other tactics such as emotions. This idea is demonstrated in the Verizon Wireless commercial titled “There’s a Map for That.” In this commercial
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