Heroin is a highly addictive and illegal drug. It was first made in 1898 by the German drug company and sold as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction‚ but it proved to be even more addictive than morphine. By the late 1990s‚ the mortality rate of heroin addicts was estimated to be as high as 20 times greater than the rest of the population. The first time it’s used‚ the drug creates a sensation of being high. A person can feel extroverted‚ able to communicate easily
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Introduction Tele-nursing is the use of telecommunications technology such as videos‚ computers and tele-monitoring technologies to provide nursing care and advice at a distance. This growing technology offers many advantages in the delivery of healthcare information‚ disease monitoring‚ health promotion and disease prevention services‚ as well as nursing diagnosis‚ treatment and education to patient at home from a centralized location. Tele-nursing can be instrumental in helping patients
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THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE Habit 4 -- Think Win/Win Principles of Interpersonal Leadership Six Paradigms of Human Interaction Win/Win Lose/Lose Win/Lose Win Lose/Win Win/Win or No Deal Win/Win Agreements or solutions are mutually beneficial A belief in the Third Alternative -- a better way Win/Lose Use of position‚ power‚ credentials‚ possessions or personality to get one’s way. The win/lose mentality is dysfunctional to interdependence
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In the book 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens‚ Sean Covey lays out seven ideas to help teens become more open‚ productive‚ and successful people. Covey’s seven points are simple ones that can be easily adopted. He achieves this effect by providing concrete examples which teenagers can relate to. This technique as well as his use of diagrams‚ pictures‚ and inspirational tidbits show his understanding of the teenage individual’s place in life. Each of the seven habits was significant to some
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Introduction Over time in health care there have been times in which‚ the directors of the hospital have been trying to get rid of Licensed Practical Nurse or LPNs and want their nursing staff to only be Registered Nurses or RNs. If LPNs are eliminated there will be a huge nursing shortage in the hospital setting. If a LPNs is currently working in a hospital setting are told to get their RN by a date or they will be fired. This is a problem because older LPN that is close to retirement they are not
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Nursing Organizations Lindsay Tafs Daytona State University Nursing Organizations Nurses are among the largest group of healthcare personnel in the United States. There are approximately 3.6 million registered nurses (About ANA). Organizations exist at the national and state levels as well as numerous specialties‚ from emergency medicine to hospice. Each organization can have multiple functions but all serve to represent nurses and maintain high standards of clinical practice
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Sabiha Zaman SHC 33: Promote equality and inclusion in health‚ social care or childrens and young peoples setting. 1.1) Diversity- Diversity mean difference‚ it recognises that even though people have things in common with each other they are also unique and different. Everyone is unique and different for example; skin colour‚ race‚ disability‚ gender and religion. Equality- Equality mean treating everyone equally in a way that is appropriate for their needs. Inclusion- Inclusion
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score the overtime winner but the one thing that boosts the excitement in every fan is a good solid drop of the gloves between two players. Although‚ fighting causes a five minute penalty for their actions‚ it is very exciting for the fans and is a highly effective tool for lots of teams. One of the National Hockey League’s (NHL) biggest and most exciting brawlers of this time is Colton Orr of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Orr and many other major fighters give fighting in hockey a entire new meaning from
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BED POSITIONS AND USES PRONE The prone position is a position of the body lying face down. It is opposed to the supine position which is face up. Using terms defined in the anatomical position‚ the ventral side is down (which is towards the abdomen)‚ and the dorsal side is up (which is towards the back or posterior of the body). Prone refers to that pattern for the forearm‚ where the palm of the hand is directly behind the head‚ or at the sides and the radius and ulna are crossed. The main physiological
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Nursing career is one of the few fastest growing fields in the health care industry‚ not only in the United States‚ but also in the world. Nurse practice has drastically changed in the last decade and as a result the need for changes in nursing practice is becoming more and more important. The Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) will place many demands on health professionals and offer them many opportunities to create a system that is more patient centered. The legislation has begun the long process
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