This paper will describe the Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH) which is affiliated with Carson Tahoe Hospital (CTH). Long Term Acute Care hospitals were essentially non-existent in 1979. Now‚ there are over 450 facilities nationwide that are licensed as LTACS (McDaniel‚ n.d.). The discharge plan I will be describing is for a 66-yr-old female who was admitted to (CTH) for revision of a chronic enterocutaneous fistula which was draining from her abdomen through a very large open wound. This fistula
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The Black Plague swept through Europe from 1346-1353 killing an estimated 25-60% of European population; making this one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. The plague caused the infected victim to have purplish-black tumors all over their body. The death of over at least 70 million people caused social‚ economic‚ and political troubles throughout Europe. Since “history is made by the living‚ not the dead‚ who are no longer historical actors‚” people started to abandon their friends
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The 1979 Revolution and resulting government policies have an overall negative effect because economically the government handled the economic oil infrastructure very badly and wasted its money on unnecessary projects. As the price of oil (Iran’s major export) rose‚ the Shah attempted to modernize Iran. This "pushed aside" the merchant class and forced poorer peasants to become migrant workers in towns. The coming of the revolution The Shah spent $100‚000 million on a celebration for the Iranian
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Life Goals There are many things in life people intend to accomplish‚ but never get far at doing them. Having set realistic goals‚ that you are able to achieve‚ and working hard to reach them is a step in helping your personal life now‚ get to where you want it to be for a better future. Starting college has helped me in many ways like setting my own goals for personal reasons‚ academic‚ and career. Personal goal in life at this moment‚ would
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Long term management of client diagnosed with Colorectal Cancer Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide and one of the four leading threats to human health and development along with cardiovascular diseases‚ chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes (WHO‚ 2011). It is estimated that cancer accounted for 13% of all deaths worldwide in 2008‚ of which colorectal cancer along with lung and breast cancers contributed to 45% of world’s total cancer mortality (Ferlay‚ et al.‚ 2010). Cancer continues
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Long-Term Effects of Divorce on Adolescent Boys and Girls Undra Parker Wayland Baptist University Abstract Parental divorce can result in devastating effects on children. These children suffer tremendous long-term consequences as a result of an event that is not their doing. This paper reviews literature and opinions concerning the long-term effects of divorce on adolescents. The paper outlines four major areas of interest: aggression as a result of parental conflict and the different types associated
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substitute teacher works in a dilapidated one-room rural schoolhouse. Heeding the words of the absent teacher‚ the substitute’s main goal is to prevent children from dropping out of school. The story centers around her journey to bring back a boy who left school to earn money in the city to help pay his mother’s medical expenses. “Not one less” has been China’s long-term goal in providing rural children equal access to education. After 1990s‚ with the introduction of market socialism‚ rural migrants
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HOW TO MEASURE THE SUCCESS OF YOUR RECRUITING PROCESS IN THE SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM Recruiting process often requires a necessary financial dealings and a larger amount of time and money. Many businesses have this recruiting process and they want to know how successful their recruitment efforts are. By measuring the success of recruiting process‚ one could better decide if any strategic changing or alteration for getting optimal success is needed or not. The one real measure of the success
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“The Long Tail is only relevant to buying products and not any other aspect of the Internet.” Discuss. The Long Tail refers to the marketing strategy which involves selling a large selection of goods with relatively little quantity of each sold. The term “long tail” was popularised by Chris Anderson in his article in Wired magazine which had mentions of how this strategy was incorporated by firms such as Amazon.com. The Internet can be credited for the plausibility of the Long Tail form of marketing
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All through history of America education has served very crucially in both the political and economic needs. The goals of education in America include: all children have access toll start school ready to learn‚ 90 percent increase in High school graduates‚ development of graduates who demonstrate competency in various areas‚ create a lead in mathematics and science achievement in the world‚ literacy among all the adults and possession of the knowledge and skills essential to strive in a global economy
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