Clinical Feature A stroke is a serious medical situation that normally befalls when a clot within the blood has clogged the flow of blood to the brain. When the brain fails to get the blood and the suitable quantity of oxygen‚ the brain cells literally die. Brain cell function necessitates a continuous delivery of oxygen and glucose from the bloodstream. The deficiency of oxygen and glucose rolling to the brain leads to the death of brain cells and brain impairment‚ often occasioning in impairment
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management of dysphagia in stroke patients whether in long term or acute care is an important care delivery that nurses must pay close attention to. Nurses must take the time to assess stroke patients for dysphagia in order to prevent or reduce the risk of nutritional and hydration deficiency. Stroke occurs when there is inadequate blood flow (ischemia) the brain or hemorrhaging around the brain resulting in death of brain cells (Lewis‚ 2010). When a person suffers a stroke‚ parts of the body become
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Unit 4 Assignment Keeping children safe E1 Identify legislation which influences healthy‚ safe and secure environments for early years settings And D1 Explain how the 5 pieces of legislation in E1 establish and maintain healthy‚ safe and secure environments Five main laws that underpin the provision of health‚ safe and secure environments for young children are: Health and Safety At Work Act 1974 Under the act 1974‚ both employers and employees have duties. Employers must produce a written policy
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Stroke Name Herzing University Stroke Sensory perception is the way our body receives stimulus‚ that stimulus then creates a nerve impulse‚ and that nerve impulse is sent to a part of the brain to interpret that information. We use our nose‚ mouth‚ ears‚ eyes‚ and touch‚ to see the experience the world around us. People recovering from strokes may have a hard time adjusting to life depending on the severity of the stroke and what part of the brain becomes affected. One of the ways a stroke
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P1 In order to ensure a safe pre-school environment settings have in place policies and procedures which are followed by the staff and management. A health and safety policy outlines emergency procedures including Fire Evacuation it will also have procedures for pupils with medical needs and Risk Assessment. In my settings‚ staff follows a safety check every morning of the inside and outside play area‚ ensuring there are no hazards like broken glass‚ animal mess‚ broken toys‚ wet and slippery
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“Stroke: Strategies for Primary Prevention” This article educates both patients and health care providers alike about preventing strokes before it becomes too late. Strokes are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in North America. If the population becomes educated about the prevention of strokes‚ one day it will no longer be a major cause of death in the United States. Primary prevention involves a program of activities directed at improving general well-being while also involving specific
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There are a few risk factor that contribute to Hemorrhagic Stroke that Steve’s is having. The primary risk factor would be long history of hypertension. Based on the case scenario given‚ it was not stated that he wasn’t taking any medication for his hypertension. Hence we can derived that his blood pressure was not properly controlled. This situation is worsen due to his daily alcohol consumption habit which is above the moderate drinking level for his age. The normal moderate drinking for man
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Introduction Stroke is a is a medical emergency and can cause permanent neurological damage and death.Risk factors for stroke include old age‚ high blood pressure‚ previous stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA)‚ diabetes‚ high cholesterol‚ tobacco smoking and atrial fibrillation.1 High blood pressure is the most important modifiable risk factor of stroke.1 It is the second leading cause of death worldwide.2 Trends of mortality from stroke Stroke was the second most frequent cause of death
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With ~800‚000 stroke cases every year in the United States‚ stroke is considered the major cause of disability in adults [1]. The ability of the brain to reorganize in response to pathological or environmental changes such as lesions is critically important to the recovery of motor function after stroke [2]. Re-establishment of ipsilesional cortical excitability has been associated with improved functional outcomes of the paretic limb following stroke [3‚4]. Numerous approaches to modulate cortical
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Hagen. "Stroke patients’ informal caregivers patient‚ caregiver‚ and service factors that affect caregiver strain." Stroke 30.8 (1999): 1517-1523. http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/01.STR.30.8.1517 2) Indicate the research questions of the article. - What is strain level of caregivers for stroke patients in the early phase after stroke? - What patient and caregiver factors are accountable for caregiver strain levels? 3) Which sampling methodology has been used in order to recruit participants. Stroke patients
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