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    corroborate this concern? • Cough  ➢ When the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract get irritated‚ they secrete more mucus.  ➢ Bronchospasm and increased mucus production lead to reflex coughing.  ➢ The mucus may be either clear or black depending on the degree of burned particles deposited in the lungs and trachea. • Shortness of breath  ➢ This may be caused by direct injury to the respiratory tract‚ leading to decreased oxygen delivery to the blood‚ the decreased

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    Heart Failure is a disease state caused by a dysfunction or structural deviation in the cardiac system that inhibits the heart’s ventricles from filling and ejecting blood in its fullest capacity. When the heart’s ability to effectively pump blood decreases it lacks the ability to meet the need for blood in all other areas of the body. 1-3 Heart failure is considered a progressive condition that originates from a cardiovascular event that damages the function of the heart to contract and relax.1

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    Heart failure (HF) is a progressive disease which affects more than five million Americans (Yancy et al.‚ 2013). HF negatively impacts quality of life and it is associated with frequent hospitalizations and high mortality. Evidence-based practice guidelines aid health care professionals with treatment management and provide pathways to optimize individual patient care. The main goal of treatment is to slow the progression of the disease and control its symptoms. These pathways address all stages

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    Congestive Heart Failure Christina Cabrera Mayra Cortez Serina Markham Irina Peters Prevalence & incidence of CHF  Mortality Rate: 4.1%  5.1 million people in the US have CHF  National Cost is $32 billion each year  550‚000 are diagnosed each year. Congestive heart failure (CHF): Clinical Presentation  Also known as Heart Failure  Impaired cardiac pumping and/or filling action  Associated with  Cardiovascular diseases  Chronic hypertension  Coronary artery disease

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    Identify self-care deficits most commonly associated with respiratory conditions and how would those affect your initial assessment? Based on Orem’s Theory of Self-Care‚ respiratory illnesses affect several aspects of a patient’s ability to provide care to themselves and maintain independence. A patient with end-stage COPD may be unable to be without oxygen supplementation‚ they may not have the ability to cook or clean themselves without being exhausted from their lack of oxygen. Just the

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    Research Analysis #1 Significance & Contribution The article by Britz & Dunn (2010)‚ Self-care and quality of life among patients with Heart failure‚ has significant implications for practice. Britz & Dunn (2010) clearly express the ominous situation between self-care deficit among heart failure patients and decreased quality of life. They report that heart failure: can be extremely costly -with repeated hospitalizations‚ claims the lives of many and patients have very poor quality of life. The problem

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    that governments should intervene to correct market failures? (Be sure to explain what market failures are and why they are significant without providing superficial‚ rote definitions.) Contrast this with the argument that laissez faire is preferable to intervention. (If possible‚ link this to the idea of government failure‚ the iron law of public policy‚ rent seeking‚ and unintended consequences.) Imagine a grading rubric in which failure is considered everything except perfection. In the

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    Acute renal failure (ARF)‚ also know as Acute Kidney Injury/Impairment (AKI) is described as a condition where there is a rapid decline in kidney function which results in an increase in accumulation of waste materials in the body and decreased urine output‚ usually over hours to weeks‚ occurring in a person with or without a previous pre-existing renal disease (Van Biesen‚ W.‚ Vanholder‚ R.‚ & Lameire‚ N.‚ 2006). Acute loss of renal function can be due to poor perfusion to the kidneys‚ called prerenal

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    Market Failure In Provision of Unemployment Benefit Market failure occurs when resources aren’t used efficiently. This can be seen in any market‚ whether a publics good or a private good. Market failure can also be seen in the provision of unemployment benefits and unemployment insurance‚ as the resources could be used inefficiently and misused in different ways. For the purpose of this essay I will focus on how MORAL HAZZARD‚ prevents the efficiency in unemployment benefits and insurance

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    LONDON  AMBULANCE  SERVICE  COMPUTER  AIDED  DISPATCH  FAILURE  1992     #1.  Summarize  all  aspects  of  the  system  failure  based  on  the  mind  map  across  references  (350  words)   The  LASCAD  system  was  launched  on  October  26‚  1992  and  it  failed  miserably  on  the  very  first  day  for  various  reasons‚  causing  major   delays

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