Stroun‚ M.D. – (1999) Director of Human Resources & Finance (before Head of Detention Division‚ Deputy Director of Operations) ICRC – provide humanitarian relief‚ Humanitarian ‘Multinational’ Organisation Home base: Geneva‚ Switzerland Orgn Values – Neutrality‚ Independence‚ Discretion & Humanism Total Workforce – (2008) over 14‚000 over 100 nationalities Until recently – ICRC is very Swiss ‚ very Genevoise Expatriate – open to all nationalities but 93% is westerners (1992) Changing expatriate composition
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Impaired gas exchange related to lung consolidation as evidenced by increased work of breathing. alveolar capillary membrane changes secondary to inflammation. Bronchospasm‚ which occurs in many pulmonary diseases‚ reduces the caliber of the small bronchi and may cause dyspnea‚ static secretions and infections. Bronchospasm can sometimes be detected by stethoscope when wheezing or diminished breath sounds are heard. Increase mucous production along with decrease mucous ciliary’s action‚ contributes
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Volume 25 Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas‚ 2013 The HIV Surveillance Report is published annually by the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention‚ National Center for HIV/AIDS‚ Viral Hepatitis‚ STD‚ and TB Prevention‚ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)‚ U.S. Department of Health and Human Services‚ Atlanta‚ Georgia. Data are presented for diagnoses of HIV infection reported to CDC through June 2014. The HIV Surveillance Report is not copyrighted and may
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Family Nursing Diagnoses According to the American Nurses Association (ANA) and the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA)‚ the use of nursing diagnoses is to assists the nurse in assessments and treatments of nursing problems. It provides an outline for the nursing model‚ and gives nurses a reference. The nursing diagnosis provides a clear focus for the development of health goals and nursing interventions. Nursing diagnoses and interventions focuses on individual patient crises‚
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Family Nursing Diagnoses Marsha Ruckle Healthy Communities: Theory and Practice/405 November 19‚ 12 Helen Woolf Family Nursing Diagnoses Conducting a family assessment is a challenging and important step in the care of the client. It is essential to identify problems and situations inhibiting a family from practicing healthy behaviors and developing healthy habits
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What is cholecystitis? Cholecystitis is caused by a blockade of the cystic duct‚ leading to distention of the gallbladder. This is also known as calculus cholecystitis‚ this caused by the reason of gallbladder‚ or cholelithiasis. There are many other cause of acute cholecystitis such as ischemia‚ allergic reactions infections with protozoa‚ and poisoning. When the gallbladder becomes distended‚ blood flow and lymphatic drainage are compromised in which it can lead to mucosal ischemia and necrosis
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Biological diagnoses are the product of technological‚ political‚ and cultural contexts that makes up sociocultural products. Furthermore‚ biological diagnoses creates new realities and ways of being for the patient who has been diagnosed with said disease/illness. An example of a biological diagnoses that demonstrates that it is a sociocultural product and that it shapes new realities would be celiac disease. Celiac disease is an immune reaction to eating gluten‚ a protein found in wheat‚ barley
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Define Differential Diagnoses: The patient‚ a white male‚ has been experiencing headaches for ten days‚ on a pain scale (1 low pain & 10 being high amount of pain) the patient says that he feels that the headache is a 9. Other symptoms include headache‚ confusion‚ blurred vision‚ tinnitus‚ tiredness‚ nausea‚ dizziness‚ irritability‚ and tenderness over the right upper side of the head. After checking him out and talking with him about his past (medically) we found out that he has had three mild concussions
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The Diagnoses of Phaedra in the Play Hippolytus Theatre History 111: Dr. Jennifer Wise Student: Jessica November 14‚ 2005 The intimate play Hippolytus by Euripides is a story of love‚ lust and loathing‚ where one woman ’s feelings for a man lead to her self-destruction. Phaedra is the wife of Theseus‚ mother of his children‚ and stepmother to Hippolytus. Phaedra falls in love with Hippolytus‚ Theseus ’ son. Her desire for him is improper not only in the past but in the present as well. In
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Mariana Martin Ms. Halloway English 10 6/1/11 Catcher Essay Holden Caulfield‚ the Catcher in the Rye’s main character‚ by J.D Salinger‚ clearly has a bipolar disorder. On many accounts Holden’s actions prove this to be true. There are several different levels of bipolar disorder and it is complex disease. The main symptoms of this disorder include drastic mood swings that vary from low depression to extreme highs‚ also known as manias. Three traits of this disorder that Holden specifically
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