sending blood to priority portions of the body. As the skeletal muscles tense‚ blood is diverted from the stomach which can cause nausea. The brain is preparing for violent physical action‚ "fight or flight" - one reason thinking is muddled. The sweat glands perspire. The blood decreases in the arms and legs‚ gathering in the head and trunk." (Kernodle‚ pg 12). The symptoms include: "1. shortness of breath‚ 2. dizziness‚ 3. accelerated heart rate‚ 4. trembling or shaking‚ 5. sweating
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THE REPORTING OF NON-FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN ANNUAL REPORTS BY THE FTSE100 Prepared by Professor Adrian Henriques‚ Middlesex University‚ for the CORE Coalition‚ 2010 Page | 1 INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND Amnesty International‚ Action Aid‚ Friends of the Earth‚ Traidcraft‚ War on Want and WWF (UK) have been tracking environmental and social problems and finding their solutions for many years. These groups and others formed The Corporate Responsibility (CORE) Coalition in 2000 to develop the obligations
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Sensitive indicators are guidelines that were implemented during the 1990 ’s when there was a need to restructure and evaluate nursing staffing and identify linkages between nursing to patient ratios and the patient outcomes. (ANA 1995.) I also believe that this redesign was also in response to the major nursing shortage of the 1990 ’s here in the United States. The American Nurses Association (ANA) implemented these guidelines in response. The American Nurses Association (ANA) describe nursing sensitive
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After Cancer Therapy‚ Urich Is Busy Again His ``vital Signs’’ Show Debuts Tonight. Ads by Google By Robert Strauss‚ FOR THE INQUIRER POSTED: February 27‚ 1997 Robert Urich says on the phone he’s feeling a little queasy‚ but you can hardly blame the guy. It’s 2 p.m. in L.A.‚ and he’s just finished a two-day course of chemotherapy - what he hopes is his last for the soft-tissue cancer called synovial sarcoma that the actor has been dealing with since last summer. ``They pulled the plug out
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Governor’s University RTT Task 1 Nursing-sensitive indicators can be an important tool in identifying patient care issues that could potentially arise during a hospital stay. By analyzing the data on specific nursing-sensitive indicators‚ the quality of patient care can be optimized and patient satisfaction can be improved. The American Nurses Association (ANA) and the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) are two sources of information and guidelines for nurses
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enough to fight this deadly disease. The AIDS disease has a number of symptoms and conditions that come with it. HIV causes the disease AIDS. HIV means human immunodeficiency virus. A virus is a very small organism that gets into a person’s body and makes a disease. The virus HIV also only affects humans. If someone has been infected with AIDS they are called HIV positive or seropositive. HIV weakens a persons immune system and causes the disease AIDS. In order for the HIV virus to effect a person it
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Cross Indicator Analysis Melissa Morton‚ Special Education Director‚ presented a report that is being shared with every school board in the county. Ms. Morton is also Monroe’s CIMS coordinator‚ which stands for Continuous Improvement Monitoring System. There are several indicators that special educators have to follow for compliance. Every year the state chooses which ones to monitor more closely. If we are not in compliance with any of the indicators chosen by the state‚ then we are required
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clumps and tangled fibers. These clumps‚ now known as amyloid plaques and the tangled fibers as neurofibrillary‚ are still some of the main features of Alzheimer’s. Today Alzheimer’s is the 6th leading cause of death in the United States and more than 5 million Americans suffer from
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fever -Thirst Chvostek’s and Trousseau’s signs; Tetany‚ irritability‚ and seizures: Hypocalcemia Hypomagnesemia Hyperphosphatemia Electrolyte imbalances which can potentiate dig toxicity: Hypokalemia Hypomagnesemia Hypercalcemia Electrolyte imbalances which can cause dysrhythmias: Hypo/ hypokalemia Hypomagnesemia Hypocalcemia Both HYPO and HYPER natremia can cause mental confusion‚ seizures‚ and coma Both HYPO and HYPER kalemia can cause cardiac dysrhythmias progressing to ventricular
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constellations that astronomers use to identify parts of the sky are not the same as the Zodiac signs used by astrologers. The Zodiac signs were identical to the constellations 2000 years ago when their modern names were first used. The Signs are an astrological convenience ignoring the differences between two different types of solar calendar. This is described further in The Calendar. The astrological signs are about a month out from the astronomical constellations. When an astrologer says the Sun
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