Pediatric Points Winter Sports Safety Well‚ with the turkey gobbled up‚ the holiday lights being hauled down from the attic and (for better or worse) snow on the way‚ at least in my neck of the woods‚ the time seems about right to talk about winter sports safety. Whether your kids are boarders or skiers‚ sledders or skaters‚ there are measures you can take to ensure their sport stays fun and minimize the occurrence of injury. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reported that a total of
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Pediatric Healthy People 2020 The organization Healthy People 2020 establishes benchmarks while monitoring the progress over time (healthypeople.gov). They empower individuals to make healthier decisions while trying to prevent infection/illness‚ and they collaborate with different groups and organizations for the best outcome by using evidence base practice (healthypeople.gov). One of the most common vaccinations is the measles‚ mumps‚ and rubella also known as the M.M.R. A child receives this
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Paediatric nursing is a very demanding and exciting profession‚ but the rewards are worth the challenge and I believe I am ready to undertake on this career. The commitment and compassion of a paediatric nurses who go further than just treating young patients‚ but supporting families and becoming a source of comfort and trust is truly inspiring. This is the primary reason why I have chosen to train in this field giving my foremost effort and help to young people who depend on us as professionals
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A pediatric nurse is something that will allow me to help others in need and work with children simultaneously. It is important to me to accomplish my goals in life and this health career is one of those goals. My success in the future will help me support my family I plan to have one day and will allow me to do good in the world. As a pediatric nurse‚ you will provide medical care for children from the time they are born to age eighteen. Specific duties for a pediatric nurse vary on the work place
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gravitated to me and me to them which led me to choose my career of becoming a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. I have researched and mapped out my pathway to achieving such a goal and I am very excited at what lies ahead. I love helping people; especially children. As a little girl I would always help the people around me. As I grew older‚ the desire to help people grew stronger. This made my decision to become a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner an easy one. My love for children has been shown in the
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1. Play audiometry http://youtu.be/qN5qvovloT4 This YouTube video shows a pediatric audiological screening called play audiometry. In the video‚ the lady audiologist is conducting an audiological screening to a boy‚ Sean. She starts the screening by telling Sean that they’re playing a listening game. She tells Sean to sit on the floor with her and play the game using blocks and earphones. As instructed‚ the boy puts the block next to his ear he uses to listen and puts it in the bucket when he
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Explain how drugs are administered to pediatric patients and how these methods would differ in an adult patient. According to Lippincott’s Nursing Center‚ the age related differences in drug disposition‚ metabolism‚ excretion‚ and pharmacodynamics effects‚ coupled with the special pharmacologic considerations of the ill child‚ could make the pediatric patient a pharmacotherapeutic challenge. Health care professionals must understand the differences between the pediatric patient and the adult patient. For
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14 August 2008 Case Studies Paper Many potential business owners start up companies or invest in companies without conducting the proper research. This causes numerous businesses to fail. I investigated a business that I as a business owner would like to establish. My analysis of the potential business will address several important topics. I will research the background of the industry‚ trends‚ how to finance the
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To: Julian Day‚ CEO From: Aric Donnelly‚ Director of Human Resources Date: 01/25/2012 Subject: New Layoff Recommendation E-Layoff PR issue RadioShack Corp. took a PR hit with the layoff notices being delivered by e-mail. The media decided to leave out all of the important details and portrayed RadioShack as heartless and “dehumanizing”. This bad PR leads to a bad image and lowered sales. RadioShack is already struggling to compete with big names like Best Buy and retail stores with large
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possible to save these children’s lives. Pediatric Oncologist specialize in all types of cancer in children and young adults. A pediatric oncologist must explain the diagnosis and stage of the cancer with the patient. As well as‚ discussing all the treatment options and recommendations from the oncologist. Pediatric oncologist’s work on a team of doctors‚ nurses‚ social workers‚ pathologists‚ and pediatricians to help provide the best pain relieving techniques. Pediatric Oncology is a broad topic‚ therefore
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