p37-41w29_ART&SCIENCE 18/03/2011 15:20 Page 37 art & science literature review & Improving evidence-based care for patients with pyrexia Scrase W‚ Tranter S (2011) Improving evidence-based care for patients with pyrexia. Nursing Standard. 25‚ 29‚ 37-41. Date of acceptance: December 29 2010. Summary Fever or pyrexia is a common clinical condition which nurses treat regularly. Fever and hyperpyrexia are defined in this article with a physiological explanation for this adaptive response
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is Cholera outbreaks the Communities will be identified and worked with through collective engagement through the S E M. (Coreil‚ J. 2009). Community members‚ leaders and groups will be trained for the intervention of the research. After they are educated on the various steps of the intervention‚ The principle will be applied on how water for domestic uses should be treated‚ and sanitation. Working groups would entail Ministry of Health Officials‚ Health care workers such as Nurses‚ support Organizations
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Goals and targets need to be set to enable outcome based care packages to be tailored to each individual. It involves putting the individual at the centre of every service required and not using a generic template. One size fits all has no place in the modern care systems. Instead at looking at the whole requirements it may be more prudent to break it into smaller pieces to ensure a successful outcome. It is ensuring holistically based approach is used to meet the needs of each individual. There
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TREATMENTS OF DIABETES INSIPIDUS Diabetes Insipidus (DI) is defined as a disorder that causes a high volume of urine in a patient; this massive volume of urine is usually accompanied by intense thirst. Although very different from Diabetes Mellitus‚ the disorder can affect infants‚ children and adults as well. With numerous causes and symptoms‚ there are also several different treatments for DI. I hope to cover and briefly discuss some of the causes‚ symptoms and treatments for Diabetes Insipidus
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meets regularly‚ called Stroller Strides‚ based in Riverside‚ California. The group is currently comprised of seventy-one members who actively contribute to discussions in the online private Facebook group called Fit4MOM-Riverside Mamas. These mothers will be approached
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take on a healthier lifestyle?” To gain the information and evidence needed to answer this question‚ several Journal articles‚ books and online resources that have been searched for through the SHU Library Gateway‚ Inter-nurse and other online nursing databases will be used. The information and evidence gained from these search engines will establish the reasons as to why the relationship between evidence and knowledge being used in practice and study is so important. This assignment will also show
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Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes Mellitus (DM) – “a chronic‚ progressive disease characterized by the body’s inability to metabolize carbohydrates‚ fats‚ and proteins‚ leading to hyperglycaemia (high blood glucose level)” (Black & Hawks‚ 2009‚ p. 1062) Epidemiology: Pathophysiology Overview According to Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System‚ “[i]n 2008/09‚ close to 2.4 million Canadians aged 1 yr and older were living w/ diagnosed diabetes (either type 1 or type 2)” making diabetes as one
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Integrated interventions are treatment program for clients with co-occurring disorders. This particular program combines multiple methods such as sessions or interactions to help change the client’s course of mental‚ physical‚ and social problems. This intervention combination is used while also treating the client for their substance abuse disorder (www.yourdictionary.com). Dual recovery mutual self-help meetings are an example of integrated intervention. The meetings also known as DRA‚ dual
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The CCBT program is the intervention used in this study. It was developed by the researchers based on Beck’s Cognitive Theory (2011) and the ADDIE Model of Instructional Systems Design (ISD) by Seels and Glasglow (1998). The program is designed to socialize the participant to cognitive and behavioral treatment methods‚ offer psychoeducation‚ and reinforce the utility of self-help exercises. The intervention process follows the process of cognitive behavior therapy included identifying‚ evaluating
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LEARN Reflective Based on Previous Nursing Practice Look Back During a night shift in ICU‚ a 65 years old unconscious patient had massive bleeding from his IV catheter because I did not fix the end cap properly after starting the IV line. Elaborate Objective Recall Direct supervisor‚ resident physician and I were involved in this event. I fixed an 18 gauge IV catheter on the brachial vein of the patient’s right hand but I did not do the procedure properly. I put the end cap on the Luer lock but
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