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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parties‚ sleepovers and waiting for a Saturday so you can sleep late‚ to the world of doctor appointments‚ diapers‚ baby formulas‚ bills‚ and day care. Experts say that girls have babies from lack of self-esteem. "Too often‚ adolescent pregnancy is what happens to poor kids‚" says psychologist Judith Musick. "It can be a symptom of having no better options." They need someone to love and someone to love them back. What’s cuddlier and cuter than a baby is? A baby gives them something
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An ectopic pregnancy‚ or eccysis‚ is a complication of pregnancy in which the embryo implants outside the uterine cavity.[1]With rare exceptions‚ ectopic pregnancies are not viable. Furthermore‚ they are dangerous for the mother‚ since internal haemorrhage is a life-threatening complication. Most ectopic pregnancies occur in the Fallopian tube (so-called tubal pregnancies)‚ but implantation can also occur in the cervix‚ ovaries‚ and abdomen. An ectopic pregnancy is a potentialmedical emergency‚ and
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In a normal pregnancy‚ a fertilized egg travels from the location of fertilization (the fallopian tube) to the uterus. Sometimes however‚ the egg grows in the wrong place‚ which is known as an ectopic pregnancy. Ectopic pregnancy was first documented as early as 1693 during a routine autopsy performed on a female prisoner condemned to death and executed (Speroff‚ pg. 947). In order to understand ectopic pregnancy one must understand the normal physiology of conception‚ how and why things can go wrong
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Speech 2:00 T-TH How to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Teenage pregnancy carries high cost in terms of both the social and economic health of mothers and their children. Teenage mothers are less likely to receive prenatal care‚ and their children are more likely to be born before term‚ to have low birth weights‚ and to have developmental problems. Teenage mothers are also less likely to complete their education than moms over twenty years of age. Teenage pregnancy and birth rates both dropped in the
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Teen Marriage In today’s world‚ teens’ take marriage for granted. Marriage should be something special and sacred. In some religions teens’ have to get married at an early age and sometimes even arranged marriages. Teens’ are not mature enough to make a decision and to deal with life changing circumstances that come with marriage‚ like teen pregnancy. Peer pressure sometimes play’s a part in teen marriage because one or the other feel’s forced to make decisions they don’t want to. Today‚ many teens’
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2012 Teenage Pregnancy Prevention 750‚000 girls in the United States will get pregnant before the age of 20. Research has shown that teens that become pregnant may originate from disadvantage backgrounds. They may originate from backgrounds with single parent homes‚ poverty‚ substance abuse‚ uneducated or miseducated parents of a history of teen pregnancy and low self-esteem‚ to name a few. Being miseducated by peers of even family members may be a contributing factor in teen pregnancy. High rates
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Teen Parenting Program Vanessa Sonnon Com 220 Week 6 One Million teens get pregnant every year. How scared would you be if you had a child that you loved so much‚ but could not provide for? You had no help‚ and everyone just left you. That’s how many pregnant teens feel today. Only 8 out of 10 teen fathers stay with the mother and child. That is one less person that will help out the mother‚ financially and mentally. If these teens graduated high school‚ they would have some sort
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5005/jp-journals-10006-1177 Judith Angelitta Noronha et al NURSING PRACTICE Anemia in Pregnancy—Consequences and Challenges: A Review of Literature Judith Angelitta Noronha‚ Esra Al Khasawneh‚ Vidya Seshan‚ Shanthi Ramasubramaniam‚ Savithri Raman ABSTRACT Anemia during pregnancy is a global public health challenge facing the world today‚ especially in the developing countries. Anemia in pregnancy is an important contributor to maternal mortality/morbidity as well as to the low birth weight
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will find up to three million viewers tuning in to watch the show Teen Mom‚ which is a spinoff of the reality show 16 and Pregnant that started in 2009. The girls on the show have volunteered themselves to put their lives on television and have people across the nation watch them struggle to survive as a teenager with a child right by their side. Today’s pop culture celebrates teen pregnancy by having shows on television like MTV’s Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant‚ not to mention‚ the stars on the show
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