Pico v. Board of Educationn The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Board of Education v. Pico discussed the issue of whether the school’s board acted morally. The school board decided to remove nine books that they deemed to be anti-American‚ anti-Christian‚ anti-Semitic‚ and just plain filthy. The Supreme Court was asked to decide if the school board had valid reasons to remove these books from the school’s library. The books weren’t required readings and were optional information for the students
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The Braden Scale is a tool that is used to measure patients at risk for developing pressure ulcers. A pressure ulcer is an injury to the skin over a bony prominence on the body. Pressure ulcers are staged depending on the severity of the injured tissue. A registered nurse administers the Braden Scale in a hospital setting or long-term care facility. The Braden Scale is administered by assessing the patient’s risk for developing pressure ulcers depending on the scores from the specific subscales
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common and serious complication of diabetes mellitus is diabetic foot ulcer. Approximately 15% percent of diabetic patients will develop a foot ulcer in their lifetime and 6-40% of diabetic patients must receive a limb amputation (Kajagar‚ Godhi‚ Pandit‚ & Khatri‚ 2012). Currently‚ diabetic foot ulcer accounts for more than 60% percent of non-traumatic lower limb amputation (Tchanque-Fossuo‚ et al.‚ 2016). Diabetic foot ulcer is very difficult to treat and manage due to impaired wound healing related
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A peptic ulcer is a mucosal contusion in the stomach or duodenum. Peptic Ulcer disease results from when the mucosal defenses get incapacitated and no longer shield the epithelium from the result of acid and pepsin. There are three types of ulcers that may occur gastric‚ duodenal‚ and stress ulcers. Most ulcers are caused by H.Pylori infection‚ which is carried through the fecal-oral route and thought to be received in childhood. It also can be received through contaminated endoscopic equipment.
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In the United States pressure ulcers affect 3 million adults across the health care setting. Pressure ulcers have a major impact on quality of life‚ health status‚ and the cost of health care. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that they will not pay for additional costs due incurred for hospital-acquired pressure ulcers. They consider pressure ulcers acquired after admission to be preventable and will not reimburse hospitals for pressure ulcer treatment‚ these are considered
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Question 1 Q - Interviewer (Alexander Martin) A - Rosemarie Alecio Q - You’re listening to Roads of Adventure with Alexander Martin‚ and today‚ folks‚ we have with us a very special guest: Rosemarie Alecio! A - Hi‚ everybody! It’s wonderful to be here today. Q - Now‚ if you weren’t aware‚ Rosemarie here just came back from her trip to the – wait for it – Andes Mountains! Now‚ Rosemarie‚ can you tell us what you hoped to experience in the Andes? A - Well‚ the Andes have always been on my bucket
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Venous Ulcers Homework 1. True/false: The medium and large veins in the leg have bicuspid valves to prevent retrograde venous blood flow‚ but the perforating veins do not have valves. False 2. What causes the ulcers to form in patients with venous insufficiency? [The question is what causes ulcers to form‚ not what causes venous insufficiency (people can have venous insufficiency and varicose veins for years without ulceration)] Ulceration is caused by hypoxia‚ which is a decrease in the amount
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The topic of my nursing research is about ulcer prevention in hospitals. Mainly pressure ulcers which are a big problem in hospital. There should be ways to identify if repositioning of patients is needed without having to wait the routinely 2 hours to reposition. Also identifying the area that are prone to pressure other than the most common which are bony prominences. Several studies have been done with the use of map devices to monitor the pressure of the body or mattress overlay to alleviate
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Hydrocolloids in pressure ulcer prevention Carolyn DelVecchio‚ R.N. SUNY Empire Hydrocolloids in pressure ulcer prevention INTRODUCTION TO PROBLEM Hospital Acquired ulcers (HAPU) are a common problem in healthcare facilities-They are a financial burden to healthcare facilities and can cause an adverse outcome to patients. An estimated 60‚000 patients die each year from complications due to (HAPU) and can cost up to $362‚000 to 28 billion a year (Duncan‚ 2007‚ p.605). Since 2008‚ the
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Kristi Vaughn Eng 101 Pico Iyer “The Joy of Less” Iyer is a writer who is very talented and fortunate to have a good job‚ a small apartment and enough cash flow to travel several destinations. This man you would think would be as happy as could be with his many accomplishments‚ he is not. Iyer ponders the fact that when he visits these third world countries the inhabitants seem much more content
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