In this essay I will discuss what privacy and dignity of women and their families in the everyday work of a midwife means‚ and why it is so important. As an obligation of confidentiality set by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2008)‚ names of trusts and individuals will not be mentioned in this essay. The NMC code of conduct (2008) states that as a midwife one must “make the care of people your first concern‚ treating them as individuals and respecting their dignity.” Without this‚ midwives
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Illness and infections – Blood RH factor – Birth complications – Drugs‚ x-rays‚ envtl. Hazards‚ – Paternal factors-smok‚alcohol‚ radiations ‚ pesticide – Maternal emotions – Diet and physical condition of the mother – Hormones Infancy- neonate. Extreme helplessness Shortest period Radical adjustment Loss of weight Disorganized behaviour High mortality Physical devt. Increase height& weight‚ muscles Bones and skeleton transformed Brain cells grows Breast
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PREPARED BY IRFAN MIR ---- USMLE STEP 2 CK KICK THE BOARDS BEFORE U CONSIDER THESE NOTES PLZ READ THIS. CONTENTS NOTES FROM KAPLAN Q BOOK & MOCK EXAM ---------------------------------------------- page 2 - 24 NOTES FROM PASSING STEP 2CK 2009 - 2010 ------------------------------------------------- page 24 - 65 NOTES FROM KAPLAN REVIEW BOOK 2009 --------------------------------------------------- page 65 - 134 NOTES FORM UW Q BANK 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
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Foundation of Professional Nursing Practice 1. The nurse In-charge in labor and delivery unit administered a dose of terbutaline to a client without checking the client’s pulse. The standard that would be used to determine if the nurse was negligent is: a. The physician’s orders. b. The action of a clinical nurse specialist who is recognized expert in the field. c. The statement in the drug literature about administration of terbutaline. d. The actions of a reasonably prudent nurse with similar
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Homeostatic Imbalances Hypertension is the term used to describe high blood pressure. Blood pressure is a measurement of the force against the walls of your arteries as your heart pumps blood through your body. Blood pressure readings are usually given as two numbers -- for example‚ 120 over 80 (written as 120/80 mmHg). One or both of these numbers can be too high. The top number is called the systolic blood pressure‚ which is the force of blood in the arteries as the heart beats‚ and the bottom
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two thousand years of European history until the late nineteenth century hysteria referred to a medical condition thought to be particular to women and caused by disturbances of the uterus (from the Greek ὑστέρα "hystera" = uterus)‚ such as when a neonate emerges from the female birth canal. The origin of the term hysteria is commonly attributed to Hippocrates‚ even though the term isn’t used in the writings that are collectively known as the Hippocratic corpus.[1] The Hippocratic corpus refers to
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support‚ farming couples without sons are faced with a great dilemma of destitution due to old age. Therefore‚ in certain cases‚ these rural couples have responded to the great dilemma of not having sons by practicing infanticide on their female neonates. “Female infanticide then became common in traditional china‚ through natural hardships such as famines‚ floods‚ widespread disease and overpopulation often converged with cultural norms that favored sons and encouraged hard pressed families to abandon
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someone takes on the subject. Our moral and religious status guides our view. This frame of mind would support life beginning at birth and not conception. A human being or person is one that is aware of their existence. “Neither a fetus nor a neonate (though human) qualify as persons in the morally relevant sense because their subjective awareness has not yet reached the level where they are capable of making aims and attributing value to their own existence”
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Nutrition‚ Fitness‚ and Overall Wellbeing Decreases the Chances of Developing Congenital Hydrocephalus Gabriela Salas Miami Lakes Educational Center Ms. Algaze Period 1 and 3 Abstract Hydrocephalus‚ meaning “water in the brain”‚ is an illness that affects one in every five-hundred Americans. Although the literal translation of the word means “water in the brain‚” it is actually the buildup of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain cavity. There are two kinds of Hydrocephalus: congenital and
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The Belmont Report Following the public outrage over the Syphilis Study at Tuskegee‚ Congress established the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research in 1974. The National Commission was charged with: • Identifying the ethical principles to guide all research involving human subjects • Developing guidelines for the conduct of ethical research involving human subjects The Belmont Report identified three principles essential to the ethical
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