EBP - PICO Task 2 A1: Describe a healthcare problem The problem presented is pain control in children postoperatively. Currently there are no proven ways to accurately measure postoperative pain in children. Hospital staff tend to under estimate the pain of children. Staff have only the word of patients and caregivers‚ combined with pain scales‚ which can be less than reliable due to the fact that many of them are utilizing opinions and visual cues. It is more difficult to gauge the pain of
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CHAPTER 1 In this work‚ the authors argue that studying nursing history provides nursing students with a “sense of professional identity‚ a useful methodological research skill‚ and a context for evaluating information” (Keeling & Ramos‚ 1995). Therefore the purpose of this chapter is to provide the reader with a brief overview of the history of American nursing from the middle of the 19th century through present-day nursing practice. Nursing has indeed evolved over the course of more than
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The Client: Dr. Gregory House is the main character in the House television series. He is currently working as the Head of Diagnostic Medicine with a double specialty in infectious disease and nephrology at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. He is portrayed as narcissistic‚ sarcastic‚ and appears to dislike most people. He prefers superficial relationships with others‚ sometimes using prostitutes to satisfy his sexual needs. Descriptive Information: Gregory is a 52 year old Caucasian male
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increase his niacin or change it to slow niacin 100 mg every day at bedtime‚ he has also recommended a carb restrictions and that he should loose weight. On April 12‚ 2013 Mr. Purgert visited with his Nephrologist Dr. Steven Mischel‚ D.O because of a Nephrology consult which was requested ( who requested it?) to help manage his renal transplant. Dr. Michel noted that he had end stage renal disease secondary to polycystic kidney disease‚ Renal transplant in 1992 with a recent failure requiring dialysis
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MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMT - MIS (Assignment Questions) Institute of Management Technology Centre for Distance Learning Ghaziabad 2 IMT CENTRE FOR DISTANCE LEARNING GHAZIABAD Distance Learning Programme MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS Notes: a. Write answers in your own words as far as possible and refrain from copying from text books/handouts. b. All answers should be of 200 words. c. Write on one side of the paper. d. Answers of Assignments I‚ II‚ III and IV (Case Study)
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East Avenue Medical Center The EAST AVENUE MEDICAL CENTER is a 600-bed‚ tertiary‚ general hospital under the Department of Health. It has the primary goal of providing quality medical care and treatment to patients irrespective of sex‚ socio-economic status and religious creed. Designated by the DOH as a training and teaching center‚ the hospital provides appropriate training programs‚ materials and facilities that aim at providing its medical and non-medical staff with opportunities for professional
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R. M.‚ Lloyd‚ S. A.‚ Henton‚ J.‚ Larson J. (1982). Fairness and rewards as predictors of relationship satisfaction. Social Psychology Quarterly‚ 45‚ 177-181. Fellner‚ C. H.‚ & Marshall‚ J. R. (2005). The donation process of living kidney donors. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation‚ 20‚ (8) 1707-1713. Griffitt‚ W.‚ & Guay‚ P. (1969). Object evaluation and conditioned affect. Journal of Experimental Research in Personality‚ 4‚ 1–8. Hatfield‚ E.‚ Walster‚ G. W.‚ & Traupmann‚ J. (1979). Equity and premarital
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| Hyponatremia in the Older Adult | 168344 | | Vivienne Ellison 09039422 | 8/6/2011 | | Hyponatremia in the older adult. Management of defects in water homeostasis in the elderly is often difficult because of age related changes and diseases that are associated with impairment of water metabolism. The feeling of thirst is often impaired in the elderly (Kugler‚ 2000). Hyponatremia is a serum sodium concentration of less than the
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Pocholo N. Isidro R.N. Philippine Women’s University‚ Master of Arts in Nursing Theoretical Framework for Nursing Practice – Module 1 A. There are defining characteristics that determine nursing practice. Based on your clinical experience‚ explain the meaning of the following: 1. Nursing as a practice-oriented discipline – Nursing exists to provide nursing care for clients who experience illness‚ as well as for those who may experience potential health problems. When we say that
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Student number: 1701974 Unit code: BHS004-1 Assessment number: 2/5 Word count: You were given five samples of patients’ urine and some Uristix® dipstick. Describe how you used the dipsticks to determine if urine sample contained amounts of protein and / or glucose. To test the given samples for glucose or protein‚ dipsticks were immersed into each of the urine samples for 60 seconds. The colour change was compared with the colour chart on the Uristix® bottle. The detection of glucose in urine
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