THE NEWBORN WITH SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS A preterm infant is usually defined as a live-born infant born before the end of week 37 of gestation; another criterion is a weight of less than 2‚500 grams (5lb 8oz) at birth I. INCIDENCE Occurs approximately 7% of live births of white infants‚ in Afro-American infants the rate is doubled 14% (Thilo & Rosenberg‚ 2003) CAUSES/FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PRETERM BIRTHS 1. Low socio-economic status 2. Poor nutritional status 3. Lack of prenatal care 4
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Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership RTT1: Task 2 Sections A through D A. Root Cause Analysis (RCA): A Systems Approach To Error The RCA seeks to answer four questions: 1. What happened? a. Patient admitted to triage with probable dislocated / fractured hip status post fall at home. b. Vital signs: B/P 120/80‚ HR-88 NSR‚ T-98.6‚ RR-32‚ weight: 175 pounds. c. Pain rated 10/10. d. Assessments reveals: Patient appears to be in moderate distress‚ left leg appears shortened with
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Order Pseudophyllidae Cyclophyllidae Family Diphylobothriidae Taeniidae Species Diphylobothrium Latum (Broad or fish tapeworm) Diphylobothrium Mansoni Taenia Saginata (Beef tapeworm) Taenia Solium (Pork tapeworm) Geo D - Common in Europe‚ in Baltic countries‚ central Europe & Ireland - Asia‚ in Russia‚ China‚ Japan & Manchuria - Africa‚ in Uganda & Madagascar - America‚ in the Great Lakes region & Canada Far East & USA A human tapeworm of worldwide distribution - Worldwide
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laboratories with regular contact with tuberculosis patients or infectious materials. Epidemiological studies have also verified an increased risk of infection from activities that involve close contact with patients’ breath (e.g. bronchoscopy‚ intubation) or close contact with patients in need of care in geriatric medicine or geriatric nursing. In occupational disease claim proceedings on account of tuberculosis‚ the burden of proof can be eased for insured persons who work in these or other comparable
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Psoriasis is a complex autoimmune inflammatory disease that occurs in genetically susceptible individuals and presents with the development of inflammatory plaques on the skin (picture 1A-B). Although early concepts of the pathogenesis of psoriasis focused primarily on keratinocyte hyperproliferation‚ dysregulation of the immune system is now recognized as a critical event in this disease. The evolving knowledge of the role of the immune system in psoriasis has had a significant impact on treatment
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Abstract The scope of this paper focuses on Salbutamol as a drug and the mechanisms behind; 1) The drug function. 2) Development of drug resistance. 3) The clinical features of drug resistant individuals. 4) How to diagnose them. 5) Management of these patients. Salbutamol resistance Salbutamol is a beta 2 adrenergic receptor agonist that is short acting and used in the management of conditions that cause bronchospasms/bronchoconstriction. These conditions mainly include
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TEST ONE 1. A 75-year-old man with a 40-pack-year history of smoking and hypercholesterolemia is diagnosed with severe atherosclerosis. Atherosclerotic occlusion of which the following arteries would result in insufficient perfusion of the urinary bladder? (A) external iliac (B) Inferior epigastric (C) Internal iliac (D) Internal pudendal (E) Lateral sacral 2. A 36-year-old woman is hospitalized for treatment of a stomach ulcer has been progressively worse over several months. Radiographic
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EFFECTIVENESS OF BASIL ( Ocimum Basilicum Lamiaceace ) PLANT FOR URINARY TRACT INFECTION INTRODUCTION Background of the Study The care of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) is a common costly problem in acute care and home care population. Many therapies have been made for the treatment. Despite this‚ the patient still suffer from pains when urinating and the financial burden. In the locality‚ Urinary Tract Infection was commonly experienced among teenagers due to lifestyle and diet. Nurses in the community
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Introduction Crash carts are very important in the medical field. They provide many advantages and little to no disadvantages when it comes to providing for the medical staff. Not only do they provide the necessary tools needed to take care of several different circulatory and respiratory complications but also have the necessary medications neatly organized for easy access. After concluding my research I found out a lot of interesting facts about not only the items that area inside the cart but
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has become one of the major leading causes of mortality worldwide and the prevalence has increased in the last decades (Konstantikaki et al.‚ 2011‚p. 275; Macedo & Usmani 2009‚p. 39). A report compiled by WHO described COPD will be the third leading of mortality rate in the world by 2020 ( Jain‚ Rohan‚ Sharma & Thakkar 2011‚p.258; Macedo & Usmani 2009. p. 39.It has become a serious economic and social burden in individual‚ family and society/ ( Konstantikaki
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