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    RESPIRATORY ASSESSMENT

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    Using the guidelines in Wilson & Giddens ’ Ch. 11 and videos‚ perform a respiratory assessment process on a patient or a significant other. Write up your findings following the guidelines and post them here. It is important for nurses in all practice settings to be able to perform a basic respiratory assessment. This includes taking a pertinent patient history and using the techniques of inspection‚ palpation‚ percussion‚ and auscultation. Immediately upon meeting a patient I am looking to

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    Breastfeeding Infant

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    McNaughton NUR 2421 November 24‚ 2012 Breastfeeding the Late Preterm Infant The late preterm infant encounters many disadvantages when it comes to breastfeeding and life in general. The late preterm infant is at an increased risk for “airway instability‚ apnea‚ bradycardia‚ excessive sleepiness‚ excessive weight loss‚ dehydration‚ feeding difficulties‚ weak sucking‚ jaundice‚ hypoglycemia‚ hypothermia‚ immature self-regulation‚ respiratory distress‚ sepsis‚ prolonged artificial milk supplementation‚ hospital

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    Respiratory System

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    A&P II Instructor: David Armoogam September 10‚ 2010 The respiratory system helps with breathing‚ inhaling and exhaling. The respiratory systems main function is to give oxygen to the body’s cells and get rid of the carbon dioxide the cells produce. Breathing would be impossible without the respiratory system‚ which includes the nose‚ throat‚ voice box‚ windpipe‚ and lungs. In this essay I plan on explaining how the respiratory system functions as well as its parts. The exchange of two gases

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    Infant Feeding

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    Infant feeding Introduction The most important thing the mothers used to worry about is how they can provide healthy life for their children. Therefore‚ the appropriate and healthy food is one of the most important things they try to make it available. They usually start that during pregnancy period. After that‚ they begin to think how to feeding their infant and provide all the nutrients that they need. Many mothers around the world depend on feeding their infant by their breast milk while many

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    Infant Immortality

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    Infant Mortality in the United States Trends in infant mortality are considered to be a barometer of technology and an accurate indicator of the health of a society. Despite technological excellence and numerous social programs offered throughout the country‚ the infant mortality rate (IMR) in the United States continues to be a national concern. For many‚ "infant mortality" brings to mind the deprivation and poverty found in third world countries. Yet in the United States

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    The Respiratory System

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    The human body requires many things to function. One of the most important requirements is oxygen. Oxygen is used by the entire body to make energy. The Respiratory System collects and filters the air we breath to get that precious oxygen. The respiratory(breathing) process begins when you inhale and air is taken in through the mouth and/or nose. The air flows into the pharynx(throat) and enters the trachea(windpipe). The air then flows into one of two bronchi‚ left bronchus and right bronchus.

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    Affecting The Elderly

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    types of issues are what the elderly go through everyday. There are many issues which the elderly go through everyday ranging from mental to physical to issues which one has no control over. A few of the basic concerns for the elderly are health (chronic disease)‚ death‚ and loneliness in which every older person will have to deal with one of these at some point in their life. If the elderly are lucky one would only have to deal with one of the three major concerns but most individuals experience

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    Aging and the Elderly

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    AGING AND THE ELDERLY PATRICIA BUNTIN DR: GORTNEY LITHONIA CAMPUS SOCIOLOGY 100 08/16/11 STRAYER UNIVERSITY Aging is the length of time during which a being or thing has existed length of life (Webster dictionary). Growing old and becoming an elderly person can be challenging but‚ yet it can be very rewarding‚ it can bring a lot of good and bad. Aging has its rewards‚ but it presents the challenges of all stages of life. Growing old consist of gradual‚ ongoing changes in the body

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    Respiratory Examination

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    Respiratory Examination General Knowledge Focus points GENERAL APPEARANCE General state of health and sick or not sick?The examination is performed with the patient sitting over the edge of the bed or on a chair Observe for nasal prongs‚ oxygen masks‚ metered dose inhalers (puffers) and other medications‚ and the presence of a sputum in tissues/mug Respiratory pattern / Signs of dyspnoea at rest. Tripod leaning forward with their arms on their knees‚ this compresses the abdomen and pushes

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    Respiratory Assignment

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    Tanya Hicks Anatomy & Physiology Respiratory Assignment. ! 1.) The control center inside of the brain is called the medulla oblongata. Our breathing is controlled by the level of carbon dioxide that we have in our blood. The pons sends out a signal from the medulla to the diaphragm to activate. The diaphragm is also sent a a signal from the phoenic nerve‚ that comes from the cervical plexus in the spinal cord. This makes the diaphragm contract and flatten and increases the space inside of the thoracic

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