required for the future. Search Process To formulate the specific question to begin my search process‚ I explored the PICO (Brun‚ 2009) template to determine the key components I would use. This template enabled me to structure and evaluate the pertinent answers I required and plan the subsequent stages incorporating tissue viability in clinical practice. Using PICO I configured my thoughts to formulate a clear and answerable question: Problem.............. Tissue Viability and Pressure
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Evidence-based practice is “the conscientious‚ explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of the individual patient. It means integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research.” (Sackett D‚ 2000). That is do the best in the client care and service delivery‚ and stay in contact with the literature to use it in the clinical decision making. Evidence-based practice weighing the value of the
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OSTEOPOROSIS Stroehlein OBJECTIVES Osteoporosis • Porous bones • Systemic skeletal disease-loss of bone mass (low bone density) • Increased bone fragility-risk for fracture • 44 million Americans‚ more than one tenth of the population • One of the most common disorders associated with aging ‚although NOT a consequence of normal aging Risk Factors and the Effects on Bone Typical Loss of Height Associated with Osteoporosis and Aging Manifestations • Loss of height • Pain does not occur unless
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Company Overview Chevron was found in Pico Canyon‚ Los Angeles in 1879 with the name of Pacific Coast Oil Co. Later it was renamed to Standard Oil Company of California. The company was known as Chevron after the acquisition of Gulf Oil Corporation in 1984. This merger was the largest merger till that time in the history of the United States and it doubled the oil and gas reserves of the company. Chevron merged with Texaco in 2001 & formed a new company named ChevronTexaco. Texaco was one of the
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Censorship in Schools: Banning Books and Self-Expression According to Webster’s Dictionary‚ censorship is “stopping the transmission or publication of matter considered objectionable.” (Webster 115). Book-banning has been going on for a long time in the United States. Today‚ there is a group of reviewers who read questionable books to determine whether the objectionable material‚ such as racism and vulgar language‚ is outweighed by the educational value of the books in question. (Petress
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Analytic and Continental Philosophy of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Hospital acquired infections (HAI) have become a major problem for patients’ outcomes and hospitals due to increase costs. The advancement made in medicine‚ technology‚ and general knowledge has increased the life expectancy. With this increase‚ patients are however sicker and have multiple comorbidities that make their care increasingly complex. Barrett‚ Smith‚ Elixhauser‚ Honigman‚ and Pines (2014) researched the utilization
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Maternity Health nursing Kholud Rajab Yousef is 29 years pregnant woman in her 32 gestational weeks‚ G: 8. P:4 admitted to antenatal wards at 6/12/2011 with complain of dizziness ‚ shortness of breath‚ palpitation and fatigue‚ she also have history of varicosities since 5 years ago‚ which cause acute pain in her legs. The pt. is on regular diet‚ not smoker‚ educational level is high school‚ she is house wife‚ her husband educational level is secondary school‚ he work as taxi driver ‚ he is
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References: 1. Alkassab‚ A. (2008) Using the PICO Format Clinical Question to Build an Efficient & Effective Search of the Biomedical Literature. Available at: www.authorstrem.com 2 7. Crist‚ J. & Tanner‚ C.A (2003) Interpretation/analysis methods in hermeneutic phenomenology nursing research
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Caso: Wald Press I. Antecedentes Ante el aumento de ventas de libros de la Campbell Brothers (en adelante CB)‚ principal cliente de Wald Press (en adelante WP)‚ se hacía necesaria una mayor capacidad de impresión‚ por lo que la Campbell Brothers presionaba a la WP a dejar a sus otros clientes (Contratos Exteriores) y concentrarse en las impresiones de la CB. II. Análisis Del análisis realizado‚ se pueden resaltar lo siguientes puntos: * Capacidad de planta casi al límite para
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6/28/2012 Number Systems Chapt. 2 Common Number Systems System Base Symbols b l Used by humans? Used in computers? Decimal 10 0‚ 1‚ … 9 Yes No Binary 2 0‚ 1 No Yes Octal 8 0‚ 1‚ … 7 No No Hexadecimal 16 0‚ 1‚ … 9‚ ‚ ‚ ‚ A‚ B‚ … F No No 1 6/28/2012 Quantities/Counting (1 of 3) Decimal 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Binary 0 1 10 11 100 101 110 111 HexaOctal decimal 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4
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