RUNNING HEAD: PAIN MANAGEMENT IN A PATIENT WITH MASSIVE BLOOD LOSS Pain Management in a Patient with Massive Blood Loss Without the Use of Analgesia and Sedation due to Severe Hypovolemia Mollie Meador NSG 441 May 7‚ 2010 Introduction A twenty three year old female was admitted to the ICU at South Central Medical Center following uterine rupture and massive blood loss. The patient was ten weeks pregnant and experienced a miscarriage as evidenced by spontaneous vaginal bleeding
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Running head: INTERVENTION PAPER Intervention Paper: Treatment Paradigm of Elderly Trauma Patients N569 Darren J Hunt‚ RN College of Nursing University of New Mexico Abstract As the population of our world grows older on average‚ the question of how to care for them becomes increasingly complex. With the longer life expectancy there exists a kind of Achilles heal regarding elderly trauma patients and the response to treatment for life-threatening injuries. The older trauma patient
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION The appendix is a closed-ended‚ narrow tube that attaches to the cecum (the first part of the colon) like a worm. (The anatomical name for the appendix‚ vermiform appendix‚ means worm-like appendage.) The inner lining of the appendix produces a small amount of mucus that flows through the appendix and into the cecum. The wall of the appendix contains lymphatic tissue that is part of the immune system for making antibodies. Like the rest of the colon‚ the wall of the
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Notes for ASHA Trainers Part 1 (Includes Content for Rounds 1 and 2 of ASHA training) Notes for ASHA Trainers (Includes Content for Rounds 1 and 2 of ASHA training) Part 1 ii Notes for ASHA T rainers Acknowledgements The sections on maternal and newborn health in the Notes for the T rainer are excerpted from SEARCH‚ Gadchiroli’s Manual on ‘How to T rain ASHA in Home-Based Newborn Care’. The training methodology for Integrated Management of Neonatal Childhood Illnesses (IMNCI)
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patients who have undergone sacrectomies‚ all end up with neurogenic bladder. This neurogenic bladder problems may be temporary or a permanent problem with lifelong intervention so as to prevent complications like the urinary tract infections and sepsis. As this is one of the major concerns among the rehabilitation group of spinal cord injury patients‚ creating awareness and helping the nurses understand its importance helps in providing the patients with optimum care. Understanding Orem ’s theory
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21/04/2013 Lymphatic System & Immunity Manuel Desco Dept. Bioingeniería Principles of Human Anatomy and Physiology‚ 11e Anatomy and Physiology I 1 INTRODUCTION The ability to ward off the pathogens that produce disease is called resistance – Lack of resistance is called susceptibility Resistance to disease can be grouped into two broad areas – Nonspecific resistance: general defensive mechanisms effective on a wide range of pathogens – Immunity: activation of specific
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There are many monumental eras throughout musical history. The Baroque musical period dates from the end of the Renaissance era‚ approximately 1600 to the beginning of the Classical music era‚ around 1750. The baroque musical era is notable for many changes in the arts including the development of the opera and the castrato. The castrato‚ introduced to the society during the 16th century‚ famously known for their male sopranos with voices of great range‚ flexibility and power. Also
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SECTION 1 1.2 A) INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY TO DATE (Timeline) Information gathers from Eli Lilly web site 1880s Lilly was one of the first companies to initiate a bona fide pharmaceutical research program‚ hiring a pharmaceutical chemist as its first scientist. 1920s Our researchers collaborated with Frederick Banting and Charles Best of the University of Toronto to isolate and purify insulin for the treatment of diabetes‚ then a fatal disease with no effective treatment options. The work resulted
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Homeostasis and Pain Management in Patient with Multisystem Failure Western Governor’s University Multisystem organ failure‚ also known as multiple organ dysfunction syndrome‚ is defined by The Principles of Internal Medicine as the “dysfunction of more than one organ‚ requiring intervention to maintain homeostasis” (Braunwald et al.‚ 2001). To adequately assess multisystem organ failure in regards to Mrs. Baker‚ the emergency room nurse caring for Mrs. Baker must be concerned with maintaining
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Abortion is one of the most argumentative topics of all times. Abortion is defined as the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy (dictionary.com). Aborting has caused innumerable confrontations between individual’s opinions. There are two types of common abortions the in-clinic abortion‚ and the abortion pill. The in-clinic procedure is a suction-aspiration abortion the opening to your womb (cervix) must be stretched open wide. This is difficult because the
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