SAN COLLEGE CENTRAL ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING RNSG 1341 COMMON CONCEPTS OF ADULT HEALTH Original Spring 2001 Revised May 2012 Revised Spring 2013 MISSION The San Jacinto College Central Campus Department of Associated Degree Nursing (ADN) will provide an educational environment of the highest standards‚ to prepare graduates committed
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PPA-1-ABBREVIATIONS CHART Abbreviation Letters Represent Context Definition or Application within the Patient’s Chart Source Document From Jane’s Dare Medical Record found on bottom of Medical Record pages… 1. ICD International Classifications of Diseases‚ Ninth Revision Published by WHO This is a systematic classification of diagnosis codes. These codes are numeric and alphanumeric codes that represent medical diagnoses ADMISSION SUMMARY 2. CM Clinical Modification This abbreviation
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“THE IMPACT OF MESOTHELIOMA LUNG CANCER “ DATA RESEARCH PAPER HSA 590 A DIRECT STUDY RESEARCH PROJECT UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF HEALTH ADMINSTRATION MANAGEMENT DEGREE OF MASTERS OF HEALTH SERVICES ADMINSTRATION INSTRUCTOR PROFESSOR MADLYN BONIMY STUDENT CARDELLA REED-SMITH NASHVILLE CAMPUS STRAYERUNIVERSITY IN TENNESSEE 2011 Table of Contents “The Impact of Mesosthelioma Lung Cancer “ Chapter I- The Purpose of the Study Context of the Problem Statement of the Study
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RESPIRATORY SYSTEM Respiration (processes) 1. Ventilation and breathing‚ which is the movement of air into and out of the lungs 2. Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the air in the lungs and the blood 3. Transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the blood and tissues 4. Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the blood and tissues. Function 1. Regulation of blood pH 2. Voice production 3. Olfaction 4. Innate immunity ANATOMY OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM A. Upper respiratory
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India: Dumping Ground For Developed Countries? By Chaitanya Gaikwad M.Sc. Environmental Science Paper presented at Vasantdada Sugar Institute (VSI)‚ Pune‚ India Basel Convention Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous wastes and their Disposal In the late 1980s‚ a tightening of environmental regulations in industrialized countries led to a dramatic rise in the cost of hazardous waste disposal. Searching for cheaper ways to get rid of the wastes‚ “toxic traders”
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Chapter 17 End of life care includes: palliative care- comprehensive care for patients whose disease is not responsive to cure; care also extends to patients’ families; management of psychological‚ social‚ and spiritual problems as well as control of pain and other physical symptoms; to improve pt and family’s quality of life hospice- care provided to terminally ill patient’s and their families; death has been accepted‚ bereavement for family; generally associated with palliative care that is
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Many people think of pollution as the air that we breathe outdoors. Not everyone realizes that the air we breathe indoors is much more polluted. There are pollutants in the atmosphere that have reached a level that is causing a threat to the health of individuals. Pollution began in the early times from the gases of molten volcanic activity being released into the atmosphere. Additional pollutants were caused by the combustion of biomass‚ volatilization of organic compounds‚ and the release of
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Systemic Lupus Erythmatosus Table of Contents Introduction Brief description of what SLE is Body paragraph #1 A. Effects and symptoms B. Treatment for effects and symptoms Body paragraph #2 A. Living with Lupus Interview Body paragraph #3 A. ITP- Autoimmune disease related with Lupus Conclusion Brendan Kelley 11/22/10 Intro to Biology Lupus Many people look past these rare diseases as if they are simply a myth but they are but all too real. This disease is called
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Chapter 35: Nursing Management: Heart Failure Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. While assessing a 68-year-old with ascites‚ the nurse also notes jugular venous distention (JVD) with the head of the patient’s bed elevated 45 degrees. The nurse knows this finding indicates a. decreased fluid volume. b. jugular vein atherosclerosis. c. increased right atrial pressure. d. incompetent jugular vein valves. ANS: C The jugular veins empty into the superior vena cava and then into the right atrium‚ so JVD with
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BRONCHOPNEUMONIA Bronchopneumonia or bronchial pneumonia or Bronchogenic pneumonia is a type of pneumonia that is characterized by an inflammation of the lung generally associated with‚ and following a bout with bronchitis. This inflammation starts in the small bronchial tubes the bronchioles‚ and irregularly spreads to the peribronchiolar alveoli and alveolar ducts with a diameter of about 3 to 4 inches. The result is that the inflammatory changes lead to the localized
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