Heart disease and stroke is primary cause of death‚ premature death‚ morbidity‚ disability‚ and years of possible life lost worldwide. The numerous conditions included in this term are the leading causes of disability‚ loss of productivity and deterioration in quality of life among both men and women. Stroke is a devastating illness that includes a extensive variety of pathophysiological conditions such as thrombosis‚ hemorrhage‚ and embolism. The current diagnosis of stroke relies on physician clinical
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in this case study would be familiar to most graduate nurses. Feeling overwhelmed with her workload Emily has made a decision not follow hospital policy‚ based on the opinion of a college. This situation leads to Emily being asked to explain her actions to nursing management‚ who in turn raise concerns about staff following hospital policy. The following case review will examine the main concern involved in this case and create an answerable question that will help further analyse this case in the
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Abalos‚ Sophia Lorraine A. BSN 4C2 The Impact of Nurse Staffing on Hospital Costs and Patient Length of Stay: Impact of Nurse Staffing on Hospital Cost ------------------------------------------------- Impact of Nurse Staffing on Hospital Cost Previous studies demonstrated that significant cost reductions were possible through effective staff management. Increasing the proportion of hours provided by RNs would yield cost savings resulting from avoiding death and reduced LOS (Needleman
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Infectious Mononucleosis and Community Health Nursing Infectious mononucleosis (IM)‚ or "mono‚" is a communicable disease that is most commonly caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). EBV is one of the most common human viruses found all over the world‚ and most people will become infected with it at some point in their lives (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]‚ 2014a). However‚ not all people infected with EBV will develop IM. By understanding the epidemiologic triangle of IM and
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CONTRAST NURSES AND DOCTORS Name: Date: Tutor: Topic: Introduction It is typically impossible to satisfactorily talk about a health facility without a thought of doctors and or nurses being a part of it. Even though these are two different personalities in terms of what their duties are‚ they all function towards a common good of restoring good health and therefore one can hardly function properly without the other. This piece is going to compare and contrast the nurse and
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Brain Injury‚ July 2007; 21(8): 877–883 CASE REPORT Stroke rehabilitation in a patient with cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome SHINICHIRO MAESHIMA & AIKO OSAWA Department of Rehabilitation Medicine‚ Kawasaki Medical School‚ Kawasaki Hospital‚ Japan Brain Inj Downloaded from informahealthcare.com by University of Toronto on 01/24/12 For personal use only. (Received 1 August 2006; accepted 11 June 2007) Abstract Objective: It has become evident that the cerebellum plays a role
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quality of life among obesity nurses 2.4.1 Effect of Working Performance among Obesity Nurses As obesity brings adverse health complications to individual‚ it also negatively affect the workforce participation and is associated with higher risk of occupational injury (Bogossian et al.‚ 2012). Obesity is found to be associated with decreased workplace productivity‚ increased absenteeism‚ increased disability‚ increased incidence of annual sick leave‚ increased the use of health care system‚ and increased
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Working on the ICU: Nurse Staffing The process of going to college‚ studying to become a nurse‚ and ultimately finding a position in our ever growing‚ competitive work field is quite the challenge. Now that the beginning stages of our career have been completed and we have secured our positions as an ICU nurse‚ we face a different dilemma daily within the workplace; understaffing. We have lost three nurses and currently‚ those positions will not be re-filled‚ leaving the workload to fall onto our
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Rehabilitation is generally designed to facilitate recovery from illness‚ injury or disease to a normal level of functioning. Usually this involves medical and physical treatment and rehabilitation‚ however‚ a person’s recovery has a myriad of other aspects for holistic rehabilitation. In the case of Hannah‚ she has both her physical restrictions to overcome as well as social adjustment to her new situation and her rehabilitation will also involve her family’s adjustment to changes to her lifestyle
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Public Health is the science and art of protecting and improving the health of the communities through education‚ promotion of healthy life styles and research for disease and injury prevention. Public Health helps improve the health and well being of people in local communities around the world also works to prevent problems before they occur. Public health nursing is a specialized form of registered nursing that combines nursing and public health principles. According to the American Public
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