Historical Background ORIENTATION TO THE COURSE STATUS OF IV THERAPY IN THE PHILIPPINES HISTORY OF IV THERAPY IN THE PHILIPPINES Philosophy * Envisions itself to be a cohesive‚ pro-active‚ professional association‚ committed to excellence in nursing. * Believes that safe and quality nursing care to patients is the primary responsibility of nurses. * Believes that those who practice I.V. therapy nursing are only those R.N.s who are adequately trained and have completed the training requirements
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therapy is less than a century old. Yet‚ it is well known that medication could be injected directly into the vein as early as the 1600’s‚ because of the lack of scientific methods‚ original attempts to deliver IV fluids and drugs met with little success. Two world wars brought in the era of modern IV therapy. However‚ the greatest advance in drugs‚ equipment‚ and procedures has occurred in the past 25 years. The first intravenous injections were experimented with in 1642 by a gentleman’s hunting servant
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Association´s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (of Mental disorders) IV (DSM – IV TR) (2000) are the most commonly used classification systems in the world. They two have gone through several revisions before the most recent versions could be published. The ICD is an international classification system for all diseases‚ which did not include any diagnostic criteria for mental disorder before the 6th version of ICD have been published. DSM IV TR is the primary system used in the USA to classify and diagnose
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Intravenous Therapy In October 26th‚ 2012 it was announced that Lil Wayne was hospitalized for dehydration and migraine‚ after spending several hours being treated with IV fluids‚ the singer was released. The initial goal of this medical procedure is to restore intravascular volume. The simplest approach is to replace dehydration losses with 0.9% saline. This ensures that the administered fluid remains in the extracellular compartment‚ where it will support blood pressure and peripheral perfusion
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The WISC-IV has many strengths as well as weaknesses. Nevertheless‚ it’s extensive use in the field and the research data supporting this instrument make it an invaluable test. Some of the strengths include: 1) Good psychometric properties. The four major indices had good reliability and the Full Scale IQ was found to have excellent validity. These conclusions were supported by extensive factor analytic studies discussed in the manual. 2) Administration materials are well designed for children
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Assignment-DSM-IV Evaluation Deborah L Higgins PSY 270 December 12‚ 2010 Miles Castle Assignment-DSM-IV Evaluation The purpose of this paper is to match the disorders in Appendix H to the appropriate case studies according to the DSM-IV. I will also discuss possible causes and treatments of the disorders that I successfully matched. There were five case studies and seven disorders so therefore there were two that were not used. The psychological disorders that were used were schizoid‚ narcissistic
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Entry Level Banking In SA 1. Introduction Organisations today operate in a dynamic environment characterized by instability and change (Bakhru‚ 5:2005). The operating environment is broken down into the internal and external environment with both environments playing a significant role in developing strategy. Segal-Horn and Boojihawan proposes that strategy development is an iterative process and may be defined as the pattern of activities followed by an organisation in pursuit of its long
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Patil Mrs. Deepali K. (Std I-II) Mrs. Nishi G.(Std III-IV) Mrs. Shrenika P. (Std V to VIII) Mrs. Gopa P. ( Std IX to XII) Mrs. Mayuri (Std I -II) Mrs. Archana R. (Std III-IV) Mrs. Arpana (Std V to VII) Mr. Chandrakant (Std VIII to X) Mrs. Lata (Std XI-XII) Procom Quiz Contest COLOUR QUIZ 9 10 11 12 13 2/7/2012 Date will be intimated later. Mrs. Vrushali ‚Mrs. Niti (Std I-II) Mrs. Nishi (Std III-IV) I-IV 50/- 2/7/2012 Date will be intimated later.
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show the importance of a team dedicated to intravenous (IV) insertion and the standardization of peripheral IV catheters in reducing venipuncture attempts‚ reducing cases of phlebitis‚ and optimizing costs. The benefits achieved by the team were a decrease in venipuncture attempts‚ a decrease of phlebitis (from 0.47% to 0.35%)‚ the optimization of the team ’s time‚ and a 29.47% reduction in the use of catheters. The study corroborates the IV team ’s importance in the process of managing nurses ’ workflow
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Woodcock Johnson IV – A Test Critique Blair R. Bowlin Wichita State University CI 822 – Evaluation/Diagnosis in SPED Dr. Donna Sayman April 5‚ 2017 Abstract The Woodcock Johnson IV in an achievement test that assesses gains‚ abilities‚ and weaknesses in the areas of cognitive abilities and oral language. It can be used independently or in any combination. WJIV is a battery of tests‚ contained within a single test easel‚ appropriate for use with children from age two right up to the oldest adults
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