Population 103‚775‚002 (July 2011 est.) Age structure 0-14 years: 34.6% (male 17‚999‚279/female 17‚285‚040) 15-64 years: 61.1% (male 31‚103‚967/female 31‚097‚203) 65 years and over: 4.3% (male 1‚876‚805/female 2‚471‚644) (2011 est.) Median age total: 22.9 years male: 22.4 years female: 23.4 years (2011 est.) Population growth rate 1.873% (2011 est.) Birth rate 24.98 births/1‚000 population (2011 est.) Death rate 4.98 deaths/1‚000 population (July 2011 est.) Net migration rate
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Chapter 33: Nursing Management: Hypertension Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which action will the nurse in the hypertension clinic take in order to obtain an accurate baseline blood pressure (BP) for a new patient? a. Deflate the BP cuff at a rate of 5 to 10 mm Hg per second. b. Have the patient sit in a chair with the feet flat on the floor. c. Assist the patient to the supine position for BP measurements. d. Obtain two BP readings in the dominant arm and average the results. ANS: B The patient
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Hypertension (63 yr old) Hypertension or high blood pressure is a common disorder when blood pressure remains abnormally high 140/90 or greater for a period of time and doesn’t go down. Seniors with high blood pressure‚ a single specific cause is not known. Factors that can raise blood pressure are eating too much salt‚ drinking too much alcohol‚ not excising‚ taking certain medicines‚ having long lasting stress‚ and smoking. If high blood pressure is not brought down to normal it can have
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make up a portion of the more than 50 million people living in the United States that identify as Hispanic or Latino. Hypertension is among the most common degenerative diseases that affects the American population‚ as the CDC estimates about 75 million adults -- almost 30% of American adults -- has high blood pressure (CDC‚ 2016). According to Dr. Thomas Pickering‚ hypertension rates among Hispanic Americans are the least of the 4 groups studied that included non-Hispanic African Americans‚ non-Hispanic
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DISCUSSIONS Definition and explanation of teenage Pregnancy Teenage pregnancy is simply defined teenage girl who became pregnant at an early age. The term connotes that the girl has not reach the legal adulthood before conceiving. Like United States‚ our country‚ Philippines also facing this kind of problem. Our government discusses how to prevent and low down the rate of pregnancy especially in the teenagers. Most cases of teenage pregnancies are observed in the lower economic strata of society
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Inaccessibility of appropriate resources for care‚ specifically physical inaccessibility Goal: The family will be able to verbalize the nursing care management for hypertension Short-Term Goals: Within 3 days of nursing interventions and health education‚ the family will be able to: a. Determine risk factors that contribute to hypertension such as age‚ lifestyle‚ family history‚ dietary intake and obesity b. Incorporate low-sodium and low-fat foods into diet c. Acquire information on alternative
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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES Save $$$s onottled water!!!- Unplanned Teenage Pregnancy and the Support Needs of Young Mothers Part B: Review of literature Prepared by Krystyna Slowinski Research‚ Analysis and Information Team November 2001 Contents Executive Summary ………………………………………………………….. 1 1.. Introduction …………………………………………………………….… 5 1.1 Background ………………………………………………………………. 5 1.2 Methodology …………………………………………..…..……..….…. 6 1.3 Language and Terminology ……………………..…..…….…….. 6 2. Adolescent
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Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension HCS/245 Kristene Diggins November 21‚ 2014 Jamikka Waremercer The respiratory disease that I chose is Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. This disease is very interesting to me because‚ I just had to research about it because my husband just had to go to the doctor because they think this is what he may have. I have learned a lot‚ Pulmonary arterial hypertension of variable degree is commonly associated with adult congenital heart disease. Doctors say
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Hypertension is often associated with obesity‚ and losing weight can result in a significant drop in blood pressure. Sodium has long been linked with an increased occurrence of hypertension. However‚ reducing salt intake can decrease the incidence of hypertension. People often used diuretic drugs to treat high blood pressure and the most common drug is called “thiazide” diuretics
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PREGNANCY OUTSIDE THE WOMB An auction for Marilyn Monroe’s plastic surgery notes‚ x-rays and other medical records was announced last October 7‚ 2013 in Los Angeles‚ USA. In one of her medical record‚ it is stated that the famous actress had ectopic pregnancy in the year 1957 (Reuter‚ 2013). Here in the Philippines‚ same pregnancy case was reported last December 2013 (Sun-Cua‚ 2013). Pregnancy starts in fertilization. In normal pregnancy‚ fertilization occurs when a woman’s ovary releases
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