EBP - PICO Task 2 A1: Describe a healthcare problem The problem presented is pain control in children postoperatively. Currently there are no proven ways to accurately measure postoperative pain in children. Hospital staff tend to under estimate the pain of children. Staff have only the word of patients and caregivers‚ combined with pain scales‚ which can be less than reliable due to the fact that many of them are utilizing opinions and visual cues. It is more difficult to gauge the pain of
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Effects of Sleep Deprivation Darren Montgomery || 000249114 QBT 1 Task 5 WGU || Mentor: DeeDee Hessler When Thomas Edison set out to create the light bulb‚ his intention was to reduce the amount of time that people spent sleeping. His idea was that if people had light to work by they could and would work longer hours. In his mind‚ sleep was something that was not needed and stood opposed to progress (Coren‚ 1996). “Anything which tends to slow work down is a waste
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Advanced Pathophysiology Task 2 Diane Dazio WGU Contemporary Nursing Issues GNT 1 Task 2 Advanced Pathophysiology Task 2 Healthcare Issues/ Importance of Issues For a patient returning home after total hip replacement surgery‚ there is a need for the case manager to address any issues that may hinder proper healing or safety issues. In the case of Mr. Trosack‚ there are several issues that the case manager must address prior to discharge. First‚ Mr. Trosack is a newly diagnosed
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WZT 1 Task 2 WGU Sally Perez WZT 1 Task 2 Procedure Until recently it was not uncommon for patients admitted to an acute care facility to have an indwelling catheter anchored for unnecessary reasons. Patients that came in thru the emergency department typically were sent to the units with unnecessary indwelling catheters in place and it was not unusual for a surgery patient
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LWC1 STUDY PLAN Before beginning this study plan‚ it is critical that you have access to both textbooks and the SKillSoft Library. All WGU assessments are created using these textbooks‚ so they will be your primary resources as you move through this work. When you work through this student plan‚ type in your answers to the questions below and create a study guide using the key terms from each section. You may also consider using the key terms to create flash cards that can be used as you prepare
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Competition Bikes Finical Analysis Dan Petersen WGU – JET2 Finical Analysis Task 4 A. 1. To: Vice President This report has been prepared to argue the case that the company’s current costing method should be changed to the activity based costing method. This report will review; the difference between traditional based costing and activity based costing; traditional split and allocations with activity based costing; and discusses the breakeven point for Competition bikes Inc. with
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Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Exam: Macroeconomics 3.1 Practice Exam Code: not applicable (Practice Exam) Coordinator: Prof. dr. E.J. Bartelsman Date: not applicable (Practice Exam) Time: not applicable (Practice Exam) Duration: 2 hours and 45 minutes Calculator allowed: No Graphical calculator allowed: No Number of questions: 8 (4 True/False/Uncertain Questions‚ 2 Short Problems‚ 2 Long Problems) Type of questions:
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Discharge Planning Task 724.2.4-01-07 Western Governors University Discharge Planning Task 724.2.4-01-07 Successful discharge planning is not something that should be initiated when the patient is ready to go home‚ but should be discussed prior to the surgery being performed if possible. The total hip replacement that Mr. Trosack is recovering from was not a planned surgery so case management should have begun working on this once he was admitted to the floor postoperatively. Healthcare
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Should stem cell transplants be done? An in-depth look into stem cell transplants and cancers they can cure. Shannon Lamkins Western Governors University WGU Student ID # 000257114 Stem cell transplants are often one of the last choices a patient has to survive cancer. All have already gone through chemotherapy‚ radiation therapy or both and this is the next step in their treatment. Patients have two choices in transplants autologous or allogeneic. In
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The SARS Epidemic WGU Community and Population Health The SARS Epidemic Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)‚ a form of viral pneumonia‚ emerge as a problem in the first half of 2003 when an unknown virus appeared in Guangdong Province in China‚ and spread to various parts of the world is causing many deaths and panic. "It jolted these countries economic growth‚ disrupted the social life of their citizens‚ and created much stress and strain on their political system and governance"(
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