Lipid-lowering Medicines Statin medicines reduce the blood cholesterol level. This helps to prevent heart disease‚ stroke and related diseases in people at increased risk. Most people are not troubled by side-effects. However‚ if you take a statin‚ tell a doctor if you develop unexplained muscle pain‚ tenderness or weakness (which may be due to a rare‚ but serious‚ side-effect). What are cholesterol‚ lipids and atheroma? Cholesterol is a type of fat (lipid) that is made in the liver‚ from fatty foods
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situation. The physicians say that 15% of their encounters with patients are rated as difficult. When dealing with a “difficult” patient you must recognize the signs of anger‚ know what you should do so the situation doesn’t escalate‚ and get down to the root of the problem with the patient. The first step in dealing with an angry patient is recognizing the signs of anger‚ knowing the physical‚ verbal‚ and characteristics of a patient who is more likely to have an outburst. Clenching fists‚ fidgeting
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receptors on mast cells which ultimately produces IgE antigen-binding sites on the surface of the mast cell. After the exposure of the mast cell with crosslinking of IgE-Fc receptors to an antigen‚ degranulation results and mediators are released causing signs of inflammation (Copstead & Banasik‚ 2010‚ pp. 227-228). 2b.) Why might E.O. react adversely to the
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lbs. (102 kg); Height: 5’11”; BMI: 31.4 (obese) 4. Relevant Life Experience: Type-2 Diabetic; smoker in process of quitting (currently using nicotine patch); CABG 2008 5. Health Care System: Pt arrived at emergency room approximately 04:00 on 10/12/13 with sharp right side abdominal pain 9/10 on pain scale‚ nausea‚ and vomiting‚ Temp: 99.2F. Abdominal U/S confirmed inflamed appendix. 6. Health State: Admitted at 14:36 and appendectomy surgery performed from 19:32 to 20:50 on 10/12/13. Assessment
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and stuporous patient with a diagnosis of a cerebrovascular accident. He has no family members‚ but did have one friend visit him all day‚ every day from home. In a few days‚ the staff found out that the friend has growing dementia. The main ethical dilemma here is the lack of a capable person to make the decision about the patient’s medical condition. The solution to the problem should be based on the best interest of the patient. In hospital setting‚ the principle theme is patient and family-centered
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Patient satisfaction is critically important to the health care industry today due to the competitive nature of the field. Patients have many choices when it comes to seeking medical attention‚ and hospitals are dependent on return business to stay operational. Hospitals have traditionally utilized the semi-private room model in order to increase profitability. A semi-private room is a room shared by two patients. Each patient is given their own bed‚ but they usually share a single bathroom.
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model for patients or clients. 1. Nurses less concern on humanisers care of patient feeling and emotion. Example: A nurses treating patient too strict and focus on doctor’s order until they forgot about patient emotional and spiritual. 2. The patient often labels as bed number or diagnosis rather than treated as individuals. Example: Patient Mr. X admit with the history of the psychological problem for three years. When the nurses passing report called the Mr. X as PSY patient. 3. Nurses
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Along with information technology‚ it can be said that office technology‚ more specifically‚ has had a significant impact on the business community‚ changing the way corporations handle transaction‚ daily tasks‚ and communication. Office technology is generally concerned with programs that deal with information‚ such as word processing‚ data processing‚ graphics‚ desktop publishing‚ and communications (Tansey 31). Most businesses now are supported by what has been called the backbone
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Mobile Computing and Social Networks CIS 500 09/03/2012 “Geolocation in general is the practice of determining the physical‚ real world location of a person‚ device or subject matter using digital information processed through the Internet or other electronic means of communication” (How Accurate is GeoLocation?). You will be using this type of technology to acquire data from one person’s computer/mobile device‚ to try and identify where their actual location is. This type of
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Understanding the unpopular patient. The intention of this reflection is to raise a personal awareness of patients who have a chronic diagnosis and the importance of identifying potential issues surrounding their care. The model of Bowers (2008) will used to structure and guide the reflection as it allows for an accurate analysis‚ whilst acknowledging both good and bad practice. This model promotes forward thinking as well as retrospective study by future recommendations and the use of an action
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