Management of croup in children in A&E – are we doing it the right way? Introduction – Croup (laryngotracheobronchitis) is triggered by viral infection in most cases.Diagnosis is mainly clinical and management is based on Westley croup score‚ where dexamethasone is administered and the child admitted or discharged. Methodology – Retrospective study . 50 casualty cards with the diagnosis of croup was picked up randomly between the months of October and November 2005 and the management of each
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numbers = very shocking but even more shocking about them = keep on increasing every year. We‚ as a group‚ went to interview ABCD’s director: to get much more in depth in the idea of their organization as a whole. We wanted to understand how this organization really function. We researched it: very interesting subject for us all. Through my inter com class‚ I was asked to choose an organization & work with them; that is how I first learned about them. Introduced it to my group. Chose it = we
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Childbirth encompasses one of the most important essences of being a female. After reading The Score‚ how childbirth went industrial‚ really made me think about how lucky I have been to have given birth to two children vaginally with no complications. I had to be induced with medication with my second child‚ but everything else went smoothly and I had them both natural. I never realized‚ I was young when I had them‚ how many things could have gone wrong. Most people might not even think about all
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make specific predictions about answers to pose hypotheses. Answer: According to my personal experiences in clinical settings I wish to conduct a study to solve the following problem: Study title Ineffective nurse’s role in pain management in Jordanian hospitals. Problem
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Persuasive Speech Preparation Outline Edit 0 3… Persuasive Speech Outline : Topic area: Animal Rights Title: Animals should be kept in zoos General purpose: To convince Specific purpose: To convince my audience that those animals should not be kept in zoos Central idea: The reason animals should not be kept in zoo are because it might lead to their survival‚ poor conservation and the problem in the ecosystem. Organizational pattern: Problem- no solution I. INTRODUCTION A. Open with impact/Attention
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have I. I guarantee that kind of stuff doesn’t look good on a resume. By the end of this speech I will have you convinced that people shouldn’t be trolls. You shouldn’t‚ and neither should anybody else. Over the course of this speech you will know that people online are posting hurtful things about others‚ which shouldn’t be happening. My harms including people may become depressed‚ you won’t feel good about yourself as a person‚ people won’t like you and many will begin to even hate you. Move Right
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Pain Management in the Elderly Pain is a complex‚ subjective‚ and unpleasant sensation derived from sensory stimuli and modified by memory‚ expectations and emotions (Merck & Co.‚ Inc.‚ 1995). It is a multidimensional and universally experienced phenomenon‚ however‚ the reactions and sensitivity to pain varies widely among individuals‚ especially for the geriatric population (65 years and older). Pain is a common experience for many elderly individuals that has negative consequences on their
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insertion and pain management. Half of the health care providers (50%) rated themselves “good” at IV line insertion skill. The majority (95%) reported that continuous professional development on comforting strategies for pediatric pain management was necessary (Table 3). 3.3 Perceived barriers to implementing comforting strategies for pain management during IV line insertion procedure A number of barriers that affected implementation of comforting strategies for pain management during IV line
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Topic: Multiple Sclerosis I. Introduction a. Attention Device: i. How many of you know somebody living with multiple sclerosis (MS)? ii. According to the National MS Society‚ it’s estimated that some 400‚000 Americans have MS‚ with women developing the disease at twice the rate of men. b. Thesis: i. Multiple sclerosis is a very devastating and debilitating disease. MS is important to me because my mother was diagnosed with MS the summer of 2009. I’ve witnessed the long-term effects of this disease
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Introduction I. By a show of Hands‚ how many of you could tell me at least one thing that you did yesterday? II. Keep your hand up if you could recite your entire day without needing a moment to recap? III. The majority of you‚ including me could not complete my request because the events of yesterday were not significant enough to be stored in your memory. IV. Dr. Douglas Mason defined memory as “A mental process of storage and retrieval of information and experience.” V. Today
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