Heart valve replacements are more common than most people think. In the United States it is said that over 99‚000 heart valve surgeries are performed yearly. The majority of the valve replacement surgeries are to replace or repair the mitral or aortic valve‚ since the left side of the heart works harder than the right. There are several types of valve disease‚ the two most common are valvular stenosis and valvular insufficiency. Valvular stenosis occurs when the opening of the valve is smaller
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Research is defined by Parahoo (2006‚ p. 472) as “the study of phenomena by the rigorous and systematic collection and analysis of data”. Nursing research is necessary as up-to-date knowledge is vital for appropriate nursing and midwifery decision making. In order to improve upon health outcomes and provide effective care‚ research should inform best practice and provide an evidence base with which to underpin nursing care. The two studies to be analysed in this assignment are‚ ‘Final-year student
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New Hampshire Board of Nursing‚ the Oncology Nurses Society‚ the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics‚ Kristen M. Swanson’s (1999) middle range Theory of Caring and Florence Nightingale influence or influenced my nursing career. Functional Differences There are functional differences between the New Hampshire Board of Nursing (NHBON) and the Oncology Nurses Society‚ (ONS). NHBON protects
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Introduction The student nurse chose this case study to discover more about the disease process and how to impart more therapeutic interventions that would lend a hand to the patient to recover better as soon as possible. Cast an eye over more facts about the disease and how significant each signs and symptoms the patient is manifesting and its effect to the body of the patient. This case abets the student nurse to obtain appropriate knowledge as well as gain understanding that will be used further
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comprehensive nursing care to patients but their families as well. The Nurse Practice Act defines the LVN and the Professional Nurse. “‘Vocational nursing’ means a directed scope of nursing practice‚ including the performance of an act that requires specialized judgment and skill‚ the proper performance of which is based on knowledge and application of the principles of biological‚ physical‚ and social science as acquired by a completed course in an approved school of vocational nursing”(Texas BON
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Double Replacement Precipitation Reactions Determine whether an ionic double replacement reaction has occurred.If I place different amounts of ionic solutions in a well plate‚ then I will be able to determine which of the solutions has had an ionic double reaction placement because I will use the solubility rules to decide which product produced the solid precipitate.Place five drops of silver nitrate into well A1 through A4. Place five drops of Iron (III) Nitrate into rows B1 through B4. Place
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registered nurse is a graduate who have successfully passed a state board examination. Furthermore‚ an individual with the appropriate development of educational preparation and competence for practise who have been registered and licenced to practise nursing in Australia (nurse in Australia‚ 2018). Triage nurse are also known as emergency room (ER) nurse who is patients first point of contact on their visit within the ED. They asses patient on their arrival and categorised patients priories based on
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Foster (2005) implemented a randomized control study that examined whether removing particular postoperative function restrictions (PFR) reduced the incidence of hip dislocations. Foster (2005) followed 265 patients that received an uncemented THA and divided the patients into two evenly distributed groups: patients who had PFR and patients who were not PFR. The criteria for PFR was that the patients were to use an abduction pillow while in bed‚ restrict the patient from driving an automobile‚ patients
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PN 0004C Weekly Clinical Planning Sheet Student Name: S.H Care plan #5 Patient Initials: t.l Age/Sex: 73/f Allergies: Potassium Nurse on Duty: Regin Admission Date: 06/29/2013 Admitting Physician: Dr. Cole Consulting physician: Code status: Hospice‚ dnr Activity Level: As tolerated Diet: nectar thick/puree Patient History and Diagnoses: primary
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Mid-Atlantic Nursing Center Mary Ann Lewis is the CEO of Mid-Atlantic Nursing Center (MANC). She has come to the knowledge that a former patient’s son would like to endorse a new facility to expand MANC. MANC is an assisted living facility whose clients are taken care of in a home like environment. MANC has two open facilities in northern Virginia and in suburban Maryland. The two already running facilities comprise of the Virginia‚ Washington D.C.‚ Maryland metro areas. Both the facilities are well
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