#3 #3 Reason for admission: High blood pressure STUDENT: Jeannette Sutton PATIENT INITIALS: HPT ROOM #_____ Nursing Diagnosis: Risk for imbalanced fluid volume r/t decreased sodium level AEB patient taking hydrochlorothiazide. Supporting data: Thiazide drugs promote excretion of Na‚ CL‚ K and water. First time pt will be taking this drug. STG: Pt will maintain sodium levels of 135-145 by 1700hrs after taking initial dose this morning. Interventions: 1. Administer medication
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Regulation of Blood Pressure and Blood Volume One way the body regulates blood pressure and blood volume is through the body’s use of baroreceptors‚ a mechanoreceptor of the nervous system. If there were low arterial blood pressure‚ the baroreceptors in one’s blood vessels could detect this. One’s baroreceptors in the aorta and carotid sinus of the cardiac system are constantly monitoring blood pressure. They send messages containing any changes through the central nervous system to the medulla oblongata
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Peer pressure is not bad thing. We all are influenced by our peers‚ both negatively and positively. It helps define who we are and how we feel about subjects in our lives. It is how we chose to react to peer pressure that defines who we are as an individual. Are we a leader or a follower? Both types of people are needed to make the world go around. ’A healthy part of every child’s development is involvement with their peers. This is especially true during adolescence as teenagers develop a sense
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Effectiveness of Negative Pressure Therapy on Wounds Heather Downey ECPI University Effectiveness of Negative Pressure Therapy on Wounds Negative Pressure Therapy (NPT) is a non-invasive treatment using negative pressure to treat open wounds with the assistance of foam or gauze as the wound filler (Lee‚ 2011‚ p. 114). NPT also goes by the name Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT)‚ Topical Negative Pressure (TNP)‚ and Vacuum Assisted Closer (VAC). According to Thompson (2008)‚ NPT can be
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‘Low pressure atmospheric systems have more of a short term impact than high pressure systems.’ Discuss. Low pressure atmospheric systems are also known as depressions or cyclones and they form in mid- and high-latitudes. They are formed by the mixing of cold and warm air‚ the warm air is lighter‚ so it rises above the denser‚ cold air and forms a centre of low pressure. High pressure atmospheric systems are also known as anticyclones and have very different characteristics to depressions. Anticyclones
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The Negative Effects of Peer Pressure in the Teenaged Years He’s in the store‚ there’s ten dollars on the counter and the cashier isn’t paying attention. His obnoxious friend yells "Do it!!!!" Then you’re facing a battle in your mind whether you should or not. He start sweating‚ and he sees his friend getting frustrated as he says‚ "Come on…bitching out?" He feels stuck. Instead of doing what he know is right‚ he slowly reach out his hand and steals. Ever experienced a similar situation? If so
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Peer pressure is defined as the social influence a peer group exerts on its individual members‚ as each member attempts to conform to the expectations of the group. No matter the generation‚ peer pressure plays a big role throughout people’s lives. Whether it starts with how people dress or who they hang out with‚ peer pressure is virtually everywhere. People may think that they are not affected by peer pressure‚ but every choice they make is centered on the opinions of others. Peer pressure can get
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important to fit in and feel accepted. I can see that Alice was just trying to fit in‚ although she was getting negative peer pressure to do the wrong thing. Negative peer pressure is one of the most powerful themes in Go ask Alice Anonymous. As her writing continues‚ we discover that she even sells drugs to primary school kids and to her classmates because of the negative pressure from her boyfriend‚ Richie. Toward the end of the book‚ when Alice is attempting to stay clean once again‚ she realizes
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CHAPTER TWO Introduction Peers become an important influence on behavior during adolescence‚ and peer pressure has been called a hallmark of an adolescent experience. Peer conformity in young people is most pronounced with respect to style‚ taste‚ appearance‚ ideology‚ and values. Peer pressure is commonly associated with episodes of adolescent risk taking (such as delinquency‚ drug abuse‚ sexual behaviors‚ and reckless driving) because these activities commonly occur in the company of peers. Affiliation
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going through the "proper" rites of passage. These things create dilemmas‚ which can help or hinder lifetime goals. Two of the dilemmas that young people face today are peer pressure‚ and adult pressure. Kids today in the modern society encounter things such as smoking‚ drinking‚ and violence. In a Gemeinschaft society peer pressure is not going to be a really big issue in a teens life. All of the people in that society are probably going think and have the same ideal as everybody else in their community
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