While the bureaucrats ponder and debate ideas about what to do with the current state of our healthcare system‚ realists should be more concerned with their current health and the help they can get from preventative medicine. At the center of preventative medicine and preventative care is education. Understanding the body and processes in which you are attempting to protect is essential. Prenatal care is a specific form of preventative attention aimed at keeping both baby and mother healthy. “Lack
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Dangers of Drug Use i Pregnancy and the Dangers of Drug Use Sarah McVicker Psychology 201 Lifespan Development Professor Sally Vyain October 7‚ 2007 Pregnancy and the Dangers of Drug Use It is very important for a mother to lead a healthy lifestyle when she becomes pregnant. She must eat healthy‚ get lots of rest‚ and exercise regularly. It is even more imperative that she avoids things that may harm her or potentially her baby. Amongst things she must avoid‚ alcohol‚ cigarettes
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Health Promotion: Giving up Smoking in Pregnancy Introduction The object of this assignment is to critically appraise a health promotion initiative related to midwifery practice. The initiative chosen is a NHS Health Scotland leaflet entitled ’Smoking: giving up during pregnancy: a guide for pregnant women who want to stop smoking’ (NHS Health Scotland 2003). It will be referred to as the ’initiative’ or the ’leaflet’ throughout this assignment. The World Health Organisation (WHO) identified that
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Case #2 Maria Bowman Focus questions – Set I 1. What are the implications of this test? An abnormal maternal serum alpha fetoprotein (triple screening test) may reflect genetic predisposition for Down’s syndrome (Trisomy 21) or Edward’s syndrome (Trisomy 18). Alpha fetoprotein is also increased in amniotic fluid in pregnancies associated with open neural tube defects (ONTD) such as Spina Bifida that allow the fluid to leak from the fetus into the amniotic fluid. The implications of positive
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During my observation at Aultman North‚ I learned that the CT scanner is a large white machine with a giant hole in the center‚ as you can see in the image here (“Computed Tomography”‚ 2013). There is a table that the patient lays on that goes into the machine‚ and the patient has to stay there until the CT Tech giving a patient an abdominal scan shown here. scan is over‚ which only takes about five minutes. “CT scans are performed to analyze the internal structures of various parts of the
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Chapter 7 High-Risk Antepartum Nursing Pre-gestational Complications For some women‚ pregnancy represents significant risk because it is superimposed on preexisting illness Cardiovascular Disorders Classifications Risks for woman Risks for newborn Assessment findings Management Nursing actions Cardiovascular Disorders Congenital heart disease is becoming more common as more women are surviving into their reproductive years. Stuff you already know: Normal heart
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Modern orthopedic doctors still believe in Degas’ description‚ yet today they are more aware of the pathology and its effects in utero‚ as well as‚ the postnatal phase. Therefore‚ it is universally accepted that DDH is no more a congenital defect than it can be acquired. Even so‚ the incidence of diagnosis is higher at birth due to the neonatal screening examinations following childbirth (7). At birth‚ Caucasian infants usually have a shallower acetabulum than African infants which is likely the
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Introduction Prenatal care is important for the expecting mother‚ it helps to track keep track of the health of mother and baby there are many conditions that women find themselves faced with during pregnancy such as gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes is a conditions which develops during pregnancy. It occurs when the body is incapable of producing enough insulin to for the mother and fetus. If not properly managed it can cause adverse complications to the mother and the baby. Bassaw et al
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The objective of this article is talking about the Zika Virus of the fetus brain. The objective provides the necessary evidence to support the objective. It explains how the Zika virus is destroying the fetus brain and it is telling why and what is creating this. The author gives very detailed information about the Zika Virus. She explains how the Zika Virus is causing pregnant women to get infected and most likely have more problems and shows the harm of the fetus brain. The Zika Virus is causing
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Intrinsic and extrinsic means inside and outside. Examples of intrinsic factors Biological structures like peel to inhibit microorganisms‚ pH‚ moisture content‚ RedOx potential‚ nutrient content‚ antimicrobial constituents‚ presence of other microorganisms‚ Examples of extrinsic factors Low pH‚ low temperature‚ addition of nitrites‚ casing and packaging to inhibit microbial growth. : http://www.leadership-central.com/types-of-motivation.html#ixzz4XrtSpRVa . Teratogens: Any mediator that can disturb
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