protect the mother and her unborn fetus from any unjust harm. While many of these states enacted these laws to provide protection to the mother and fetus from a third party‚ they have been used to prosecute mothers for various reasons. In Iowa‚ a pregnant woman fell down a flight of stairs and was reported to the police after seeking help at a hospital. She was arrested for “attempted fetal homicide” (New York Times). In Utah‚ a woman gave birth to twins‚ one of which was stillborn. Health care providers
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Drinking while pregnant is a bad decision. Sometimes the child will result in certain health problems‚ and at times they will be perfectly healthy. The effects are referred to as FASD (Fetal Alcohols Spectrum Disorders). FASD can take form as many various effects. Many people are aware of these effects but they do not realize that moderate alcohol exposure to the fetus can be just as harmful to the baby as frequent exposure. Though this might leave some people thinking that some pregnant women do
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MALARIA IN PREGNANCY; THE NURSES ROLE IN PREVENTION AND CARE PRESENTED BY NWAKWUE NNAMDI U SEMINAR PAPER SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR NSS 507 - NURSING SEMINAR TO THE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY‚ NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA JULY‚ 2014 TABLE OF CONTENT Title page …………………………………………………..………………1 Table of content …………………..…………………...……….…………..2 Abstract ……………………………………………….…..…………..……3 Introduction ………………………………………..…………….………...4 Life cycle of Malaria Parasite
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talked about it in our presentation. First‚ I looked up and found information on healthy pregnancies. Mainly essential nutrients‚ prenatal vitamins‚ brain development‚ and safe weight gain is what the information that I found consisted of. A pregnant woman’s diet should include proteins‚ carbohydrates‚ vitamins‚ minerals‚ and fats. They should eat at least five portions of fruits and vegetables a
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Holding a Balance” I. This is a religious piece of art. A. The painting that Vermeer placed in the background is “The last Judgement” by Jacob de Backer which depicts Jesus Christ in heaven with extended arms. B. The woman in the image is pregnant which creates a sense holiness to the eyes of the viewer. C. The balance which the woman is looking at and holding is empty and implies the acquiring and maintain of a balanced life which will lead you to your final judgement. II. It is
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women or a young women is pregnant she must alter some of the things she may be doing in her everyday life. Harmful things such as drinking and smoking should be at the top of the list of things not to do when carrying a developing human being. Some women‚ and most teenage girls do not understand the repercussions that smoking and drinking may have to their unborn child‚ so they continue to be the life of the party. Some of the outcomes of drinking and smoking while pregnant include Fetal Alcohol
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increasing is because of the media. This interested me a lot because I’m a teen mom as well and I wanted to know what statistics showed about them. My overall goal in writing this is to come to conclusion as to why more and more teen are becoming pregnant. 2. Provide a brief summary of the topic. Explain the current issues surrounding the topic and share at least two different positions on the topic. As this is a summary‚ this section should be written in your own words; however‚ you must first
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The words such as “stupid” “pregnant” “daddy” and “wino” have an apologetic tone. To begin‚ Gregory was thought as stupid. “The teacher thought I was stupid. Couldn’t spell‚ couldn’t do arithmetic. Just stupid. Teachers were never interested in finding out that you couldn’t concentrate
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Ovulation * Many women learn how to calculate their ovulation when they first talk to a doctor about birth control. But some may still question whether they can get pregnant if they aren’t ovulating. The answer to that question is not as straightforward as it seems. One would think that if a woman isn’t ovulating‚ she can’t get pregnant. This is only partially true. Generally‚ a woman isn’t fertile if she isn’t ovulating. If she isn’t ovulating‚ she has no egg present to be fertilized outside the ovulation
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P3 - Explain how to plan a small scale health education campaign relevant to local or national strategies. We first started doing our health campaign on smoking and aimed it on people that were 16 years old and pregnant women. Smoking causes health problems such as several types of cancer which have been broadcasted through advertising and several other campaigns warning people about the repercussions of smoking. There have been many national health strategies to help promote the negative impact
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