Skeletal System Notes (Part 2) 9-19-13 1. Ribs are flat bone‚ meaning they provide protection w/o taking up a whole lot of space or being to stiff 2. Atlas (named after Greek god) first cervical vertebrae‚ has a weird shape to it. Atlas sits on top of Axis so it can pivot while supporting head. 3. Shoulder Girdle a. Scapula a.i. Spine (basically a ridge) a.ii. Acromion Process a.iii. Glenoid Fossa —where upper arm bone will attach…a fossa is an indentation or saucer-like. b. Clavicle—support
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DOI: 4/11/2015. Patient is a 56-year-old right-hand dominant female housekeeper who sustained a work-related injury to her left hand and right knee after being trapped in an elevator for one hour. MRI of the right knee on 8/12/15 shows thinned cartilage of the medial femoral condyle and medial tibial plateau which causes narrowing of the joint space. Linear increased signal in the posterior horn of the medial meniscus is noted‚ which likely reflects internal degeneration. There is a 7.6 mm osteochondral
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Comforting the Neonate; application of the Comfort Care Theory Introduction An anonymous author once said‚ "In the last stages of a final illness‚ we need only the absence of pain and the presence of family." The comfort care theory by Katharine Kolcaba exemplifies this by creating a baseline of quality care that both nurses and doctors can utilize in providing care to a dying patient. Comfort has been called a distinguishing characteristic of the nursing profession yet‚ until Katharine Kolcaba‚ had
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NM5004 Nursing Management of Care Delivery and Therapeutic Interventions Summary Management of a Proposed Service Improvement Word Count: 1‚051 The following assignment will discuss a proposed service improvement. It will detail what the proposed improvement will be‚ why this is a significant improvement to current services. How the plan would be managed and implemented. The student has chosen to plan an improvement to physical health needs assessments for mental health
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A polymer‚ metal‚ or ceramic could be potentially used for a knee implant. Each has its own benefits and disadvantages‚ because of this each material is utilized for a different part of the knee replacement. The three parts of the knee replacement are depicted in Figure 1 and are the femoral component‚ the plastic surface‚ and the tibial plate. The material that is the best fit to use for a biodegradable friendly knee replacement wouldn’t be a metal‚ though currently most common used‚ because when
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The knee joint is formed by the articulation of the distal end of the femur and the proximal end of the tibia. The fibula is only involved to the extent that it serves as an attachment site for connective tissue. In this paper‚ the anatomy of the joint will be discussed. The knee is a hinge-type‚ diarthrotic‚ or freely moveable joint. Also referred to as a synovial joint‚ the 2 articulating ends of bone are encased in a capsule that lubricates the joint with synovial fluid to reduce friction
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the stability of the knee joint. The ACL specifically prevents the tibia from sliding too far forward‚ making the joint unstable and prone to dislocation. When someone experiences an injury to the ACL‚ they often complain of the feeling that their knee will “give out” due to the lack of stability of the knee joint when the ACL is torn. An ACL injury makes the knee more prone to arthritis and cartilage tears. When you tear your ACL‚ you might hear or feel a pop in your knee. There will probably
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importance of the Battle of Wounded Knee and its impact on the white population‚ it is essential to understand the attitudes and presumptions held by Native Americans and whites during this time. By the time that Wounded Knee took place there had been decades of hostility between Native Americans and Europeans. These feelings created deep prejudices and biases between whites and natives. Such deep biases were not easily forgotten which attests the importance of Wounded Knee. The battle‚ which would later
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Financing Long-Term Care in Nursing Facilities Long-term care in nursing facilities is very expensive and is paid for by both public and private payer sources. Long-term care is defined as services needed by a person when their ability to care for themselves has been diminished by an illness‚ aging process‚ or a disability. Most persons living in the U.S. at sometime or another will require some sort of long-term care whether it is given in a facility or at home. It is estimated that there
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Introduction This paper presents the care to a patient during one shift in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Tony*‚ a 79 year old‚was admitted to ICU with suspected anoxic brain injury;post Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest; and Head Injury. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation was initiated by his son. When the EMTambulance arrived Tony was pulseless‚ cardiac monitoring showed Ventricular fibrillation – he was cardioverted twice at the scene. Inthe Emergency Department (ED) he developed Ventricular tachycardia
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