hospital pain-management clinic specialising in back pain A viability study for the proposed hiring of a trained acupuncture practitioner Prepared for: Pain management clinic specialling in back pain Prepared by: Iain McKay Toowoomba 27 SEPTEMBER 2013 Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to make argument both for and against acupuncture when treating back pain. Acupuncture is a form of Chinese medicine. Acupuncture involves inserting needles into acupuncture point on the
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[pic] Douglas College Faculty of Health Sciences Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program Nursing Practice Decision-Making Worksheet highlight or * to identify patterns contributing to salience |DATE: ________________ |AGE: __________________ |CODE STATUS: ___________________________________ HT:__________cm | |ROOM: _______________ |GENDER: ______________ |ALLERGIES: ___________________________________________
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Chapter 57: Nursing Management: Acute Intracranial Problems Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Family members of a patient who has a traumatic brain injury ask the nurse about the purpose of the ventriculostomy system being used for intracranial pressure monitoring. Which response by the nurse is best? a. “This type of monitoring system is complex and it is managed by skilled staff.” b. “The monitoring system helps show whether blood flow to the brain is adequate.” c. “The ventriculostomy monitoring system
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Nikko’s future growth. Nikko’s executives believed that if they could do well with the Essex house in the competitive NY market‚ then they would do well in other markets within the United States. 3. Can you describe the cultural diversity of the management team at the Essex House? When Nikko took over the Essex house they invited all of the on site Marriott managers and staff to stay with the new company‚ since they were being replaced by Nikko to manage the Essex. Six managers decided to stay
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Post-Operative Pain Control Jenifer S. McFarlane Grand Canyon University: NRS-433V Introduction to Nursing Research December 2‚ 2012 Unrelieved post-operative pain is one of the leading clinical challenges in the health care field. Despite vast research and numerous analgesic approaches in the management of pain‚ members of the health care profession continue to struggle in controlling or minimizing it in post-operative patients. Statistics indicate that about 43 million
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Nursing Practice and Palliative Care Palliative care is a specialized segment of health care which involves minimizing and preventing the patients’ pain and suffering. Patients suffering from chronic illness‚ end of life or curable illness may be placed in palliative care. The goal of palliative care is to improve the quality of life for the patient and family. The role of the BSN prepared nurse regarding palliative care is to be knowledgeable on palliative and gerontologic nursing practice. The
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abide by to practice nursing. First there is the Board of Registered nursing(BRN). This agency is responsible for communicating what is appropriate and legal for a nurse to do in the state of California. The BRN also enforces an education requirement‚ which forced graduates to pass the NCLEX prior to practicing (What is the board of registered nursing‚2016). By doing this‚ the agency is protecting the public and community from unsafe nurses. For example‚ after I graduated the nursing program‚ I studied
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Practice Density Problems Solve the following problems showing all your work including equations and units. 1. Calculate the mass of a liquid with a density of 3.2 g/mL and a volume of 25 mL. (answer = 80 g) 2. An irregular object with a mass of 18 kg displaces 2.5 L of water when placed in a large overflow container. Calculate the density of the object. (answer = 7.2 kg/L or 7.2 g/mL or 7.2 g/cm3) 3. A graduated cylinder has a mass of 80 g when empty. When 20 mL of water is
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Patient is a 52-year-old male nursing assistant who sustained an injury while he was repositioning a patient when he heard cracking sound and felt pain and burning in his low back. He is status post anterior retroperitoneal exposure of the L5-S1 space with mobilization of the bilateral iliac vein and artery on 10/02/12. Per OMNI‚ he was declared MMI on 09/18/13. Based on the progress report dated 03/02/16‚ the patient reports increased pain for about a week. He rates the pain 5/10 with medications and
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Bond Practice Problems II 1. Seven years ago your firm issued $1‚000 par value bonds paying a 7% semi-annual coupon with 15 years to maturity. The bonds were originally issued at par value. a. What was the original yield to maturity on the bonds? They were issued at par…so the YTM = Coupon rate: 7% b. If the current price of the bonds is $875‚ what is the yield to maturity of the bonds TODAY? 1000 FV .07(1000)÷2= PMT (15-7)*2 = N -875 PV I/Y = 4.623*2 = 9.25% c. If the yield
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