FACULTY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES Foundation and Undergraduate Programmes 2011 School of Medicine Doctor of Medicine Foundation in Science School of Nursing B.N. (Hons.) Nursing Dip. Nursing Foundation in Science INTRODUCTION Built on the principles of audacity‚ perseverance‚ integrity and excellence‚ UCSI University is a leading institution of higher learning with campuses in Kuala Lumpur‚ Terengganu and Kuching‚ Malaysia. Started in 1986‚ UCSI University is the flagship institution of the
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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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The writer will discuss in this writing assignment how The Emergency Medical Treatment Act included problems with the possibility of complicating hospital compliance. The Emergency Act (EMTALA) is known as the federal law that has been and still is consistent with the knowledge that in an emergent situation in healthcare‚ patients have the right to health care service regardless of their financial status. The United States Congress in 1998 passed an act called EMTALA‚ that coincides with Consolidated
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Uses of echocardiography Echocardiography (echo) can be used to evaluate your cardiac performance‚ the function of your heart valves‚ the thickness and motion of your heart walls‚ and the size of your heart chambers. An echo can help diagnose many heart conditions. Cardiac performance An echocardiogram can show how well your heart pumps blood (cardiac performance). To evaluate your cardiac performance‚ your doctor will mainly be interested in: • Your left ventricle‚ which pumps oxygen-rich
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Medical Surgical Nursing 2 Date: November 6‚ 2012 Name: Judine Douglas ID#: 3111-0427 Respiratory System The primary function of the respiratory system is to supply the blood with oxygen in order for the blood to deliver oxygen to all parts of the body. The respiratory system does this through breathing. When we breathe‚ we inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. This exchange of gases is the respiratory system’s means of getting oxygen to the blood. What makes up the Respiratory System
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M1 Access the biomedical and social medical models of health. Look at the effects and impact of each model. You will need to give valid examples. In the essay i will contrast the two models‚ looking at their impacts and effects. Also will look at which one is more helpful/effective in society. In relation to social perspective‚ Biomedical and socio-medical are both different from each other in terms of how they view society and the way they deal with health. Biomedical model approach to ill-health
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and Lennie’s search for work in the hope of accomplishing their dream of a small farm of their own displays how futile realizing dreams can be. The major themes identified by commentators in Of Mice and Men are friendship and isolation‚ hope and futility(Votteler 334). Through George and Lennie’s friendship‚ the hope to achieve their dream is kept alive. "George‚ little and clever‚ feels that Lennie has been given into his keeping"(Moore 341). "Simpleminded and gentle‚ Lennie possesses great physical
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have used computer programs for administrative functions such as payroll and billing. How do health care facilities use electronic (or computerized) medical records (EMR)? What are the advantages of EMR? Are there any disadvantages? Give an example of at least two challenges faced when implementing a universal EMR system. EMR (Electronic Medical Record) is an information sharing system for both patients and doctors. The doctors add their data‚ research‚ prescriptions‚ etc. into this web based
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requirements of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act. The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) went into effect on August 5‚ 1993. FMLA provides employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave within a 12 month period during which their jobs are protected. With FMLA‚ an employee ’s job restoration is guaranteed unless the employee is unable to perform the essential functions of the job. The following study will discuss the impetus of the Family and Medical Leave act and how it evolved from organized
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contrasts past and present and expresses the loss of youth. Owen also creates powerful visual imagery of his deceased comrade who was helplessly slaughtered “under a green sea” of gas‚ which expresses Owen’s anger and hatred towards the war and its futility. The similes “like a devils sick of sin;” and “Obscene as cancer‚ bitter as the cud of vile‚” express the corpse’s tragic appearance‚ with “the white eyes writhing in his face” and his “froth corrupted lungs”‚ and create the hyperbolic tragedy of
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