Pneumonia refers to a serious type of lung infection. It’s often a complication of the common cold or flu that happens when the infection spreads to the lungs. Pneumonia during pregnancy is called maternal pneumonia. Pneumonia is considered a serious and potentially fatal illness for anyone. Certain groups are at a higher risk of complications. This includes pregnant women. The best way to treat and prevent complications from maternal pneumonia is to see your doctor at the first sign of an illness
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This essentials discusses both the importance of patient safety and quality improvement in regards to advanced practicing nursing. Patient safety is defined by the Institute of Medicine as “the prevention of harm to patients” ("Patient safety and quality‚" 2008‚ p. 2) In the health care world patient safety and the quality of patient care is extremely important. The master’s level education for nursing program will teach the advanced practicing nurse the tools needed to deal with an unsafe situation
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Color Theory Website Assessment 1.What are the primary colors? It depends. In RGB‚ the three main colors are red‚ green and blue‚ which is also known as the addictive colors. RGB is the primary color for light. At the same time‚ there are also subtractive colors‚ which stands for matter. These three are Cyan‚ Yellow and Magenta. 2. What is an extra-spectral color? For example‚ Magenta is a extra-spectral color. A extra-spectral color means that it cannot be generated by a single wavelength of
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Intervention Plan The most important goal for Emilia is for her to continue her sobriety. It is important for her not use drugs for her biological‚ psychological‚ social‚ and spiritual aspects of her life. The first goal Emilia and I would agree upon is going to ninety twelve step meetings like AA or NA consecutively for at least ninety days. This is an excellent way to tackle the behaviors and compulsion influencing her addiction. This social resource also gives Emilia an opportunity to establish
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Page 60 Patient assessment multiple choice questionnaire CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Page 61 Read Rose Gallacher’s practice profile on depression Page 62 Guidelines on how to write a practice profile Promoting the 6Cs of nursing in patient assessment NS750 Clarke C (2014) Promoting the 6Cs of nursing in patient assessment. Nursing Standard. 28‚ 44‚ 52-59. Date of submission: March 10 2014; date of acceptance: April 17 2014. Abstract Recognising the deteriorating patient is an essential
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P3 – Describe how two businesses are organised P4 – Explain how their style of organisation helps them to fulfil their purposes Unit 1 Business Environment Hierarchy Hierarchy The shape of a hierarchical organisational structure is the pyramid. A hierarchical organisation is a group of objects structured to be subordinate to a central idea or person. The person in charge sits at the top of the pyramid (paid most). Each job description (manager‚ deputy manager etc.) sits below the top in
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dressing‚ various nursing interventions are needed such as relieving pressure by providing special pads or air mattresses and turning or repositioning the patient at least every two hours. Arranging pillows under the ankles‚ back‚ head and arms‚ regular cleansing and drying of the skin‚ and providing good nutrition to support the healing process are also important (Cohen‚ 2009). Optimal nutrition helps pressure ulcer healing‚ keeps immune competence and reduces risk of infection. On the other hand
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Describe how your two chosen businesses are organisational structures‚ local vs national; structure‚ store structure‚ functional areas and what they do. (p3). Functional areas in a business are basically like departments so that the business can run nicely‚ because if there were not functional areas in a business then the business would not be able to run properly and the business itself would not be able to succeed at achieving its aims and objectives. The functional areas in a business can actually
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Essentially‚ the term abuse is an issue facing the nursing profession today. Many unreported cases of encountered verbal and physical abuse have been found to be ample in acute and complex care settings. These cases are amongst professional individuals (nurse-nurse and nurse-physician abuse) and also among the patient abusing the nurses. Effectively‚ abuse is not only a Canadian issue. It has been reported internationally as well. Thus‚ many nurses today are lobbying for the decrease of abuse within
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Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: A Quantitative Research Study Vanesia Davis Kelly Grand Canyon University Intro to Nursing Research-NRS/433V April 15‚ 2012 Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a bacterial infection that occurs in the lower respiratory system within the first 48 hours of endotrachal intubation (Lewis‚ Dirksen‚ Heitkemper‚ Bucher‚ & Camera‚ 2011). Although any hospital patient is susceptible to pneumonia‚ ventilator dependent patients are at the highest
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