Influenza infections are the leading cause of death. In 1918 Spanish flu killed so many people in the united state‚ and spread quickly like wild fire throughout the entire world. Many people died within the first few days after infection and others died of complications soon after. Nearly half of those who died were young‚ healthy adults. One of the most unusual aspects of the Spanish flu was its ability to kill young adults. The reasons for this remain uncertain. Even today there is no specific
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The Sophists believed that truth is based on relativism. Relativism is the belief that knowledge is determined by specific qualities of the observer‚ including ethnicity‚ age‚ gender‚ religious training‚ and cultural conditioning. The Sophists taught that we only believed things that seem true according to our culture. They also taught that individuals only believe that their ways are best because that is what truth within their culture is. The Sophists also break down relativism into two basic
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NAME MASENG THABO lethata STUDENT ID: 200901924 BNS311 (internship) ward: p.s.w Third CLINCAL REFLECTION ( week 28 May-01 june 2012) Learning objectives: 1) Function collaboratively as members of staff 2) Serving as client advocate 3) Developing leadership and managerial skills Activities done to achieve the objectives Functioning collaboratively as members of staff In order o achieve this objective I carried out
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infected with more than one species of Plasmodium at the same time. Currently‚ about 2 million deaths per year worldwide are due to Plasmodium infections. The majority occur in children under 5 years of age in sub-Saharan African countries. There are about 400 million new cases per year worldwide. Most people diagnosed in the U.S. obtained their infection outside of the country‚ usually while living or traveling through an area where malaria is
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Clinical Reflection: This week in clinical I had my first real labor and delivery experience. My patient‚ RW‚ was admitted for pre-Eclampsia and headache. She was my first patient to be married and older than me‚ so my experience was a little different. One of the most striking complications of her pregnancy was her obesity. She had a BMI of 49.89‚ which complicated her FHR monitoring‚ mobility‚ and labor progression. RW had also had back surgery which was complicated by osteomyelitis
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Self-Reflection on personal practice While on placement‚ I completed three tasks directly linked with the care of the patients. During the task I was observed by the nurse Amy who supervised me in doing the task. The three tasks involved where; • To assist a patient with eating a snack / meal • To transfer a patient from bad to wheelchair and transfer him to his Physio • To assist a patient with washing their hands before a snack or a meal. During some of these tasks I felt really anxious
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Reflection Assignment Description In a placement during my second year when I was working on a surgical ward‚ I was working under the supervision of my mentor‚ caring for a seventy-two year old gentleman‚ Mr Khan (pseudonym)‚ who had undergone abdominal surgery. I had been asked to remove his wound dressing so that the doctor could assess it on the ward round. I removed the dressing under my mentor’s supervision‚ using a non-touch procedure‚ and cleaned the wound‚ as requested
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The term "lower urinary tract symptoms‚" or LUTS‚ is nonspecific. It has been used as a general term to refer to any combination of urinary symptoms or as a more specific term to refer to those symptoms primarily associated with overactive bladder (frequency‚ urgency‚ and nocturia). An international consensus conference identified LUTS to include symptoms relating to storage and/or voiding disturbances common among aging men [1]. The prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms in men increases with
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or making sure that they don’t step on anything sharp. It wasn’t until years later that I was prompted to revisit my curiosity about this part of a horse. The prompt came from a difficult situation: my own horse had developed a persistent fungal infection in his hooves‚ and in searching for treatments‚ I discovered that there was much more to them than I ever imagined.
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Readings: Graham‚ J; Bradshaw‚ C‚ and Trew‚ J. (2010). Cultural considerations for social service agencies working with Muslim clients. Social Work. 55(4). pp. 337-346. Jim‚ J. & Pistrang‚ N. (2007). Culture and the therapeutic relationship: Perspectives from Chinese clients. Psychotherapy Research‚ 17(4)‚ 461-473. Discussion: The Graham article emphasized that just because a Client is Chinese‚ that doesn’t necessarily mean that he/she would fare better‚ therapeutically speaking. Also‚
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