Steven-Johnson Syndrome: Pathogenesis‚ Diagnosis‚ and Management Traci Segar Winona State University Steven-Johnson Syndrome: Pathogenesis‚ Diagnosis‚ and Management In 1976 I was diagnosed with Steven-Johnson Syndrome. I was two weeks shy of my third birthday. I developed a sore throat and was given my first penicillin injection. My parents tell me that‚ several days later‚ I spiked a fever and complained that my arms and legs hurt. I was refusing to move and didn’t want to eat anything
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IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY BASED STRATEGIES IN DELIVERING COMMUNITY BASED MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH Community health strategy is a community based approach through which households’and community take active role in health and health related developmental issue. Its aim is to enhance community access to health care through‚ providing health care services to all cohorts and socio economic groups at house hold and community level; building the capacity of community health extension worker (CHEW) and
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Characteristics Microorganism 1. What is the causative organism (genus and species) for the disease? Legionella pheumophilia Family Pseudomonacea: Pseudomona aeruginosa Family Pasteurellaceae Haemophilus influenza Bordetella pertussis 2. Is the causative organism a virus‚ bacterium‚ protest‚ mold or yeast? Bacteria Bacteria Bacteria Bacteria 3. General characteristics. Morphology: Bacilli pleomorphic-( cocci ->filaments) varies Motility: flagella Gram
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Running Head: IS THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA MORE BENEFICIAL? Is Therapeutic Hypothermia More Beneficial Than Maintaining Normothermia Post-Cardiac Arrest?NUR 2243 Management of Nursing Care IS THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA MORE BENEFICIAL? Is Therapeutic Hypothermia More Beneficial Than Maintaining Normothermia Post-Cardiac Arrest? To what extent does inducing hypothermia benefit patients? What exactly are the benefits‚ and do they come with risks? There have been many trials dealing with therapeutic
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With his main focus of improving healthcare and trying to provide the best care as possible for patients across the nation through series of campaign in the past that started with 100‚000 lives campaign‚ performing the right surgery on patients and giving patients access to their medical records as need be. On December 2008‚ Donald Berwick held his annual conference that was entitled the “Tense”‚ where tackled many improvement ideas and strategies that should be considered in order to achieve the
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Female genital mutilation‚ also known as female circumcision‚ happens to infants‚ young girls and adolescents‚ the entire or part of the clitoris has been removed due to tradition. Female genital mutilation is a tradition that is still practiced and many cultures still continue this outdated practiced. This also violates young girls and women human rights. Female genital mutilation can be prevented by raising awareness about the issue‚ increasing education to women and men about the health risk‚
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Philosophy of Nursing paper February‚ 10‚ 2014 As a nurse in a long term acute care hospital (LTAC). A person to me is an individual‚ families‚ and communities in all ages and backgrounds that are in need of nursing care. A person is a sick patient in the hospital in need of nursing care to promote healing and maintain health. The patients are surrounded by their environment‚ internal and external. Internal environment is their biophysiological self and their families
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epithelial cells lining the intestinal tract. The higher the exposure‚ the sooner the symptoms of nausea and vomiting develop. The presence of these symptoms typically overlaps with the drop in the cell count described previously. As a result‚ sepsis‚ loss of fluids‚ electrolytes and opportunistic infections complicate the picture. Persistent high fevers and bloody diarrhea is an ominous sign despite fluid and electrolyte replacement. Survival time in this syndrome does not vary with dose.
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Pyelonephrosis: More than just a UTI By Tanya A. Woods A Paper Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for NU 327-801Pathophysiological Bases of Nursing University of South Alabama College of Nursing Fall 2010 Pyelonephrosis: More than just a UTI Introduction The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the pathophysiology of pyelonephrosis and to correlate that pathophysiology to the symptoms that accompany this disease process. This paper will also correlate
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The Voice of Choice First Year Seminar 1015 The Voice of Choice The definition of abortion is; “the termination of a pregnancy after‚ accompanied by‚ resulting in‚ or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus.” The abortion controversy is one of the biggest debates that have been going on for years. Many people feel that aborting an unwanted child should be outlawed. Others consider it as immoral and possibly even murder. I support the right to privacy and the idea women
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