Chapter 7 High-Risk Antepartum Nursing Pre-gestational Complications For some women‚ pregnancy represents significant risk because it is superimposed on preexisting illness Cardiovascular Disorders Classifications Risks for woman Risks for newborn Assessment findings Management Nursing actions Cardiovascular Disorders Congenital heart disease is becoming more common as more women are surviving into their reproductive years. Stuff you already know: Normal heart
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Rhinitis‚Sinusitis‚ sthma‚) A Allergies (drugs‚ foods‚ chemicals‚ dust ...) M Medicines (R U taking any prescription medications/any over-the-counter med.)‚ H Hospitalization for any illness in the past (Trauma‚ surgery) U Urinary changes ( esp if diabetic‚ elderly...) G Gastrointestinal complains (diet changes‚ bowel movements...) S Sleep pattern(difficulties falling/maintain asleep‚wake up‚snoring‚med. to help
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visual impairment‚ deprives people the ability to move about unaided. It is the most feared ailment in the present world. The leading causes of chronic blindness include cataract‚ glaucoma‚ age-related macular degeneration‚ corneal opacities‚ diabetic retinopathy‚ trachoma‚ and eye conditions in children (e.g. caused by vitamin A deficiency). Artificial vision has been a challenging task for the opto bionics. But now‚ a limited form of artificial vision is a reality. In this paper we present the various
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have a higher risk of having other autoimmune diseases‚ such as: Celiac Disease‚ Rheumatoid Arthritis‚ Addison’s disease‚ and Autoimmune Thyroid Disease. The American Diabetes Association has documented the complications to include nephropathy‚ retinopathy‚ neuropathy and amputation of the limbs. It is said that within twenty years of diagnosis‚ nearly all of the patients experience some range of
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imperforate anus kangaroo care kernicterus LS ratio macrosomia microcephaly pathologic jaundice phototherapy physiologic jaundice polydactylism postterm preterm pyloric stenosis retinopathy of prematurity New Terminology‚ cont. Rh sensitization spina bifida syndactylism talipes thrush toxoplasmosis transient tachypnea of the newborn respiratory distress syndrome
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Care of the Child in the Emergency Department This essay will seek to critically reflect on the presentation of a fourteen year old female patient with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) to the Paediatric Emergency Department (PED) of an inner city acute trust hospital‚ particularly within the context of family centred care (FCC) and its delivery within the PED. Reflection will be through use of the Gibb’s reflective model (Gibbs‚ 1988). This model enables the user to look at what happened; their
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Understand sensory loss 1. Explain how a range of factors can impact an individual with sensory loss There are many factors in which can impact an individual with sensory loss‚ these factors may have an impact on an individuals lifestyle and well-being. Environmental factors‚ lifestyle‚ society‚ visual aids‚ effective communication‚ quality advice and guidance can all impact an individual with sensory loss. When a person acquires sensory loss this can have a big impact on their lifestyle and
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Convergence is centering of both your eyes on the same visual field while accommodation is coordinated changes in your lens of the eye that enables one of them to not focus on near or far away objects. One disorder associated with convergence and accommodation is presbyopia which is when the eyes have more difficult time focusing on close objects. Another disorder is glaucoma which is when the eye has extreme amounts of abnormally high pressure in it. The third disorder is cataract‚ which is proteins
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Obesity‚ Diabetes and High Fructose Corn Syrup Sallie Calder QBT 1 October 17‚ 2013 Obesity‚ Diabetes and High Fructose Corn Syrup Thesis Statement: High fructose corn syrup‚(HFC) needs to be eliminated as a common food additive‚ it is one main culprit contributing to obesity and the resultant rise in type 2 diabetes in the United States. High fructose corn syrup (HFC) is now shown to have a direct correlation to the increase in obesity‚ and resultant rise in type
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related to associated anxiety than the high blood pressure itself. On physical examination‚ hypertension may be suspected on the basis of the presence of hypertensive retinopathy detected by examination of the optic fundus found in the back of the eye using ophthalmoscopy. Classically‚ the severity of the hypertensive retinopathy changes is graded from grade I–IV‚ although the milder types may be difficult to distinguish from each other. Ophthalmoscopy findings may also give some indication as to
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