accurately record the patient’s vital signs and take into consideration the appearance of the child and inform the nurse of any deterioration‚ identifying their actual admission condition‚ observation‚ the paediatric early warning score and the Glasgow coma
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Roberts and Zimmerman‚1995) 1-Disease-specific severity systems e.g.: *Acute myocardial infarction *Acute pancreatitis *Adult respiratory distress syndrome(ARDS) *Liver cirrhosis 2-System-specific severity system e.g.: Glasgow Coma Scale Score(GCS) 3-General severity scoring systems e.g.: *Therapeutic intervention scoring system(TISS) *Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation(APACHE)systems: -original APACHE -APACHE II
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Critical Appraisal of “The Effect of Earplugs During the Night on the Onset of Delirium and Sleep Perception: a Randomized Controlled Trial in Intensive Care Patients” John Little Alcorn State University Critical Appraisal of “The Effect of Earplugs During the Night on the Onset of Delirium and Sleep Perception: a Randomized Controlled Trial in Intensive Care Patients” Introduction The title of this scholarly work is strong in that it includes the target population of the study‚ intensive care
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seizure in the helicopter on the way to the hospital and the crew had to revive him. When he entered the hospital he was given a 1 to 3 on the Glasgow Coma Scale test. A normal‚ conscious brain would receive a score of 15. In order to keep the swelling down on his brain‚ a normal reaction after a traumatic brain injury (TBI)‚ he was placed in a drug induced coma where he remained for several days. Upon waking up Alan was officially diagnosed with diffused axonal injury‚ with subdural hematomas in the
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INTRODUCTION Head injury is including injury of scalp‚ skull and also the brain. Approximately statistic in Malaysia from year 2009 to 2010 that more than 6‚000 people accidental death sustain with a head injury. According to Deputy Minister of transport Malaysia ‚ Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri said most of the cause of death among the passengers and pillion riders is head injury (56.5%) ‚ brain injury (38.1%)‚ head and brain injury (34%) and head fracture (27.9%) .(nuffnang.blogspot). This scenario should
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Health Teaching A Paper Presented to Rima Nepangue RN‚ MSN‚ College of Nursing Adventist University of the Philippines In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Course Advance Health Assessment By Aris Calangi HEALTH TEACHING This is the profession of educating people about health. Areas within this profession encompass environmental health‚ physical health‚ social health‚ emotional health‚ intellectual health‚ and spiritual health. It can be defined as the principle
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Chapter 57: Nursing Management: Acute Intracranial Problems Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Family members of a patient who has a traumatic brain injury ask the nurse about the purpose of the ventriculostomy system being used for intracranial pressure monitoring. Which response by the nurse is best? a. “This type of monitoring system is complex and it is managed by skilled staff.” b. “The monitoring system helps show whether blood flow to the brain is adequate.” c. “The ventriculostomy monitoring system
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Oxford University press. Oxford. 1991. 17. Trauma and Emergency Medicine. The medical algorithm project. Chapter 29. 22 Sept. 2008. 23. Tafida DS. Accident Care in Nigeria: There is a better way: Presented at the Nigerian Medical Forum Conference Glasgow‚ Scotland‚ 1994. 27. Champion HR et al. Trauma Score. Journal of critical medicine 9: 672-676‚ 1981. 30. Keene AR‚ Cullen DJ. Therapeutic Intervention Scoring Systems. Critical Care Need. 1983 Jan; 11(1): 1-3. 31. Knaus WA‚ Draper EA‚ Wagner DP
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68-year-old gentlemen called Mr Greens‚ who has suffered a right side ischaemic stroke. He is experiencing weakness in the left side‚ dysphasia and sporadic periods of unconsciousness and has been admitted to the medical ward. Nursing care will be explained over the first 48 hours of Mr Greens’ care with evidence-based rationales from academic sources. The integration of the multidisciplinary team will show the importance of ongoing treatment and rehabilitation of Mr Greens. INTRODUCTION:
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studies used a different method of cooling‚ the timing ideal for cooling‚ cooling temperature selected‚ and the duration of cooling. The patients in each study were chosen on admission to the hospital‚ if they had a closed head injury‚ and a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) of three to eight. One research study used to water-circulating cooling blankets that were noninvasive and posed no risk of
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