Chapter 50 A nurse has to administer 0.06 ml/kg of hep B immune globulin IM to a pt. the total body weight of the pt is 50 kg. How many ml of the drug should be administered to the pt. 3 ml A nurse is required to administer a varicella vaccine to a female pt planning to start a family. How long after the vaccination should the nurse instructs the pt to wait before getting pregnant? 12 weeks A child is brought by his parents to the HCF for MMR vaccination. On taking the medical hx‚ the nurse
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beta-blockers. Anticoagulant or antiplatelet therapy; these drugs reduce the risk of blood clots and stroke‚ these include warfarin or aspirin. Another blood thinner called Pradaxa (dabigatran) was approved in 2010 to prevent stroke in people with atrial fibrillation. Because everyone is different‚ it may take trials of several medications and doses to find the one that works best for
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Health Prevention September 15‚ 2013 Health Prevention Health promotion according to World Health Organization‚ “Is the process of enabling people to increase control over‚ and to improve their health. It moves beyond a focus on individual behavior towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions.” In this assignment I have chosen three articles talking about the different health promotions. I will start with my article on teen suicide and primary prevention‚ then stroke
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the risk factors and warning signs did Mr. Dexter possess based on the clinical history? Risk factors for ischemic stroke include hypertension‚ age‚ cigarette smoking‚ male gender‚ family history‚ race‚ previous stroke‚ carotid stenosis >80%‚ atrial fibrillation‚ congestive heart failure‚ mitral stenosis‚ prosthetic cardiac valves‚ myocardial infarction‚ and drug abuse (e.g.‚ cocaine). 7 Other factors that may contribute to stroke are diabetes‚ obesity‚ a
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Abstract #1 Copd is at the apex of causes for mortality worldwide‚ with a greater incidence rate than ten years prior; systemic infections are the mainstay of the disease process. Periodontal disease has been vividly studied and the absolute foundation of the multifactorial process restrictive airways. The infection leads to inflammatory responses that perpetuates the diseased state via inflammatory mediators‚ and thus mediating copd. Counter arguments
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Mount Carmel College of Nursing Columbus‚ Ohio Nursing 521: Advanced Pathophysiology CASE STUDY#1: CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE Stephanie Barber September 21‚ 2011 INITIAL HISTORY: 66 year-old white male increasing shortness of breath over the last month noticed feet and ankles swelling by end of the day has occasional episodes of chest tightness has been waking up in the middle of the night with acute
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1. What is the most likely etiological factor for Mrs. Baksh’s primary hypothyroidism? Explain in detail the pathophysiology of primary hypothyroidism using the complex feedback mechanism. According to the American Thyroid Association‚ the three most common causes to hypothyroidism are: the surgical removal of the thyroid gland‚ radiation treatment and the body attacking thyroid tissue as a result of autoimmune diseases like Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (American Thyroid Association‚ 2014). In Mrs. Baksh’s
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It is initiated by the P wave of the electrocardiogram. Atrial depolarization starts contraction of the cardiac muscle. When the atria contract‚ pressure within the atrial chambers increase‚ this forces more blood flow across the open atrioventricular valves‚ leading to a rapid flow of blood into the ventricles. Directional flow to vena cava is restricted to one
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recent studies that had as an objective to prove the efficacy of rivaroxaban in recent ACS (3). Rivaroxaban is an anti-Xa antithrombotic factor that was firstly studied for the prevention of stroke and embolism in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation with positive results (4‚ 5‚ 6). Factor Xa initiates the final pathway of the coagulation cascade and results in the formation of thrombin (3‚ 4). In the aforementioned
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January 25th‚ 2018‚ Competency 2B.3: When my dyad partner and I were going through the charts of our first patient for the day‚ we saw that he was diagnosed COPD‚ and he was receiving tiotropium‚ a bronchodilator‚ and Advair‚ which is an anti-inflammatory inhaler. From this information‚ we had a good idea of what to expect from the respiratory assessment‚ and how we could make it easier for him if he had any issues throughout. We discussed things that could make it easier for him if necessary‚ such
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