CASE SENARIO Victor Newton is a 51-year-old known alcoholic who was admitted to ICU via A&E with a three week history of malaena‚ recent large volume haematemesis that morning and severe epigastric pain. He had previous episodes of malaena and haematemesis over the Christmas holiday season and was awaiting an out patient endoscopy appointment. Q.1 List the nursing priorities when preparing for and admitting a patient with an emergency GI bleed. Include resources needed such as equipment‚ drugs
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Situational Analysis Hasbro Inc. owns the very successful brand‚ G.I. Joe that is an icon in the toy industry. G.I. Joe has been a dominate factor in the market for toys since its launch in 1964. The brand has been able to stand the test of time and its creators have successfully preserved the brand throughout the years. Hasbro’s challenge is to market the G.I. Joe brand in such a way‚ so that it can become a mega brand like its competitor Mattel with its mega brand Barbie. The toy market has
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GI and Diabetes Exam Study Guide Tube Feeding – (enteral nutrition) refers to the administration of a nutritional balanced liquefied food or formula through a tube inserted into the stomach‚ duodenum‚ jejunum. It is used to provide nutrients via the GI tract either alone or as a supplement to oral or parenteral nutrition. - Nasogastric (NG) Tube – is most commonly used for short-term feeding problems. Other means of feeding are; esophagostomy‚ gastrostomy or jejunostomy. Transpyloric tube placement
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"GIS" redirects here. For other uses‚ see GIS (disambiguation). A geographic information system (GIS) is a system designed to capture‚ store‚ manipulate‚ analyze‚ manage‚ and present all types of spatial or geographical data. Theacronym GIS is sometimes used for geographical information science or geospatial information studies to refer to the academic discipline or career of working with geographic information systems and is a large domain within the broader academic discipline of Geoinformatics
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SAP/GIS Integration Case Studies & Techniques Mostafa Abou-Ghanem & Khalid A. Arfaj eMap Division‚ Computer Applications Department‚ Saudi Aramco WestPark 2‚ Dhahran 31311‚ Saudi Arabia In recent years businesses have been striving to optimize their processes and improve efficiency by using ERP systems for workflow management and GIS for location based information management. Many advances have been observed in both fields but no direct integration was accomplished due to the complexity
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EMBRACING GIS‚ GPS‚ INERTIAL NAVIGATION AND LiDAR SENSORS TECHNOLOGY IN EVALUATION AND COSTING OF HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECTS (A Case Study of Kenya Electricity Transmission Company-KETRACO) Robert G. Waithaka January 14‚ 2011 Electricity is an essential part of our everyday lives. Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO)‚ which is responsible to plan‚ design‚ construct‚ own‚ operate and maintain high-voltage electricity transmission lines‚ fiber optic cables
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LANDSCAPE PATTERNS (FOCUSES ON THE USE OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM) WHAT IS GIS? A software program linked to a database containing massive amounts of geographic information. Common tool used in studying the spatial patterns of landscape. This tool was first developed in Canada in the 1960s for the “systematic digitization and scanning of maps‚ analysis of data‚ and output of new map products” (Tulloch 2000). GIS PHOTO GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM It provides: a. Maps b. Tables c
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Environment and Urban Planning‚ Ecology and Geographic Information Systems amongst many others. I also have a good knowledge of Mathematics‚ Physics and Statistics since it was essential during my studies. Due to the wide range of different disciplines that Environmental Science involves‚ soon after starting my studies I realized that the environmental management was the specialty where I really wanted to focus on. After graduating‚ I was selected to do an internship for an environmental consultancy in
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Normal and abnormal changes within the GI system for the elderly (905) Mouth: gingival retraction‚ decreased taste buds‚ decreases sense of smell‚ decrease volume of saliva‚ atrophy of gingival tissue; loss of teeth‚ dentures‚ difficulty chewing‚ diminished sense of taste‚ dry oral mucosa‚ poor fitting dentures Esophagus: lower esophageal sphincter pressure decreases‚ motility decreases; epigastric distress‚ dysphagia‚ potential for hiatal hernia and aspiration ABD wall: thinner and less taut
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Do warts bleed? Yes‚ warts can and do bleed‚ especially if you bump them. The bleeding is seldom serious and can be stopped within minutes. Continual bleeding may need medical intervention. Do Warts Bleed and What Should I Do If Mine Bleed? My Warts Are Bleeding and I Don’t Know What to Do Having a wart wouldn’t be so bad if it hadn’t chosen such a visible place on your hand on which to grow. But it’s there and you want it gone. You keep bumping it and it bleeds. Is that normal? Your wart also
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