Statins and Other Lipid-lowering Medicines | Health Print | Patient.co.uk Page 1 of 3 Statins and Other Lipid-lowering Medicines Statin medicines reduce the blood cholesterol level. This helps to prevent heart disease‚ stroke and related diseases in people at increased risk. Most people are not troubled by side-effects. However‚ if you take a statin‚ tell a doctor if you develop unexplained muscle pain‚ tenderness or weakness (which may be due to a rare‚ but serious‚ side-effect). What
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of Protein S Deficiency: Treatment of a patient with protein S deficiency depends upon the individual patient’s risk of thromboembolic disease. When a patient has a venous clot‚ regardless of what thrombophilic state(s) they may have‚ they will receive anticoagulation. This is accomplished by several different medications: 1) heparin‚ 2) warfarin and 3) low-molecular-weight heparins. These medications are generally continued for 3-6 months. Patients that have had multiple thromboembolic episodes
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personal Cheryl R. Klinkner Ferris State University Abstract This paper will present an analysis on nursing delegation to unlicensed assistive personal (UAP) within the healthcare setting. Delegation is a responsibility nurses are expected to do in order to coordinate safe and timely care for their patients. With the increase in patients loads‚ increase in acuity of patients and an increase in shortage of nurses; there also comes an increase in delegating tasks to the UAP. Although delegation
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Application of Nursing Theory Leininger’s Transcultural Theory The practice of nursing in today’s multicultural societies calls for nurses to identify and meet the cultural needs of diverse groups of people; to understand the social and cultural reality of the client‚ family‚ and community; to develop expertise in the implementation of culturally acceptable strategies for the provision of nursing care‚ and to identify and use appropriate resources for health teaching that is acceptable
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Patient Education Project The purpose of this paper is to develop a plan to teach a specific target group of clients regarding the risk of skin cancer and the impact that skin cancer has on one ’s health. Included in the discussion will be the assessment of what the patient needs to know‚ readiness to learn‚ and educational methods to be used. Skin Cancer Skin cancer‚ which is caused from ultraviolet rays‚ is extremely prevalent‚ with over a million cases occurring annually
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With an increase in the number of premature babies requiring acute hospital care‚ new and experienced nurses are finding more career opportunities in neonatal nursing. Neonatal nurses work in general maternity wards and in neonatal intensive-care units (NICUs). Those caring for premature and critically ill babies spend their shifts diapering and feeding the infants‚ checking vital signs‚ administering medications and tests‚ and teaching families how to care for their children properly. “For
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Suzette Breitberg Assignment #3 REFLECTION ON WALDEN—SOLITUDE “I have heard of a man lost in the woods and dying of famine and exhaustion at the foot of a tree‚ whose loneliness was relieved by the grotesque visions with which‚ owing to bodily weakness‚ his diseased imagination surrounded him‚ and which he believed to be real. So also‚ owing to bodily and mental health and strength‚ we may be continually cheered by a like but more normal and natural society‚ and come to know that we are never
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Geriatric Project Patient L.G. is a 92 year old black female‚ born and raised in Augusta GA. L.G. is the oldest of 6 children and has an 8th grade education. She had to leave school at an early age to help her parents who were “Field Hands” with her young siblings. L.G. spent most of her youth picking cotton alongside her parents and tending to her younger brothers and sisters and was unable to complete her education. L.G. was a very quick learner and very good with her hands. She always envisioned
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Individual Report Assessment 2 Reflection MGMT20128 Innovation and Business Development The 19th of April 2013 Submitted to: Prepared By Name: Student ID: Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2 2. Evaluation and Analysis 2 2.1 Team Strengths 2 2.2 Team Weaknesses 3 2.3 Team Experience 4 2.4 Lessons Learned 5 3. Conclusion 5 Introduction This paper will be briefly reflecting the author’s experience in the group assignment; his reflection will be supported by some
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lawmakers on how nurse patient ratio can affect the patient’s outcome but not much has changed over the years. Thirty years ago‚ when I was a new graduate nurse‚ I remember the exhausting 12-15 hour days I experienced working in a medical center‚ three days in a row and being responsible for fifteen patients while working with a Licensed Practical Nurse or a Certified Nurses Assistant. During that time I worked on a medical-surgical/telemetry floor where we also had patients on ventilators. Nurses
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