Faculty of Nursing & Allied Health Sciences NBNS3504 NBNS3504 RENAL RENAL NURSING NURSING Faculty of Nursing & Allied Health Sciences TOPIC TOPIC 1 1 ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT OF OF RENAL RENAL NURSING NURSING Mar 14‚ 2015 NBNS3504 2 Faculty of Nursing & Allied Health Sciences Topic Topic 1: 1: Learning Learning Outcomes Outcomes By the end of this topic you should be able to: • discuss the structure and main functions of the kidney • explain the basic renal process of filtration re-absorption
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Introduction Health is a positive state of well being‚ where every part of the body and mind is in harmony and in proper functioning balance with every other part. In other words‚ when every organ of the body is functioning normally‚ the state of physical well being is known as health. It has been well said that only that person can be called really healthy who has a sound mind in a sound body. Health is the characteristic of life that enables a person to live longer. According to World Health Organisation
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include acute diarrhea and allergic reaction (Gordon‚ 2013). Abdominal pain may be generally difficult to assess in younger children because they may not present with observable symptoms. However‚ extra-abdominal disorders such as pneumonia and pharyngitis may present with pain (Van Heurn‚ et al‚
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Anticholinergic (Parasympatholytic) Bronchodilators History and Development The prototype anticholinergic agent is atropine‚ which is found naturally in the plants Atropa belladonna and the Datura species. Scopalamine is also extracted from the belladonna plant‚ and both atropine and scopolamine are called belladonna alkaloids. |Agent |Date |Event | |Belladonna
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Daclizumab (Biogen Idec and Abbott Biotherapeutics Corp.) is a humanized mAb acting as a blocker of the α-subunit (CD25) of the high-affinity IL-2 receptor [19]. IL-2 is secreted by activated lymphocytes and stimulates production of other proinflammatory cytokines while it is also involved in lymphocytic proliferation. Daclizumab was initially approved for the prevention of renal allograft rejection as part of a combination regimen and evidence was progressively accumulated showing that this drug
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Bacterial diseases: Introduction Bacterial diseases include any type of illness or disease caused by bacteria‚ a type of microbe. Microbes are tiny organisms that cannot be seen without a microscope and include viruses‚ fungi‚ and some parasites as well as bacteria. The vast majority of bacteria do not cause disease‚ and many bacteria are actually helpful and even necessary to good health. Millions of bacteria normally live on the skin and in the intestines and can also be found on the genitalia
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Study Questions: Chapter 28 1.) Archaea and Bacteria are the oldest‚ structurally simplest and most abundant forms of life. 2.) Name and describe seven ways in which prokaryotes differ substantially from eukaryotes? Unicellularity- fundamentally single-celled Cell Size- can vary (large range changes with species) Nucleoid- lack a membrane-bound nucleus but rather a nucleoid region Cell Division/Genetic Recombination- binary fission (does not use spindle) and do not have a sexual cycle Internal
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Phenol‚ also known as carbolic acid‚ is an aromatic organic compound with the molecular formula C6H5OH. It is a white crystalline solid that is volatile. The molecule consists of a phenyl group (-C6H5) bonded to a hydroxyl group (-OH). It is mildly acidic‚ but requires careful handling due to its propensity to cause chemical burns. Phenol was first extracted from coal tar‚ but today is produced on a large scale (about 7 billion kg/year) from petroleum. It is an important industrial commodity as a
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Exclusion Criteria for Childcare and Childminding settings recommended time to be kept away from daycare and childminding Main points • Any child who is unwell should not attend‚ regardless of whether they have a confirmed infection. • Children with diarrhoea and/or vomiting should be excluded until they have had no symptoms for 48 hours after an episode of diarrhoea and/or vomiting. • Coughs and runny noses alone need not be a reason for exclusion but if the child is unwell they should not
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and air. Bacterial pathogens are also transmitted by bodily fluids. The most common infection that is transmitted by airborne pathogens is Tuberculosis. Some of the Bacterial diseases that are transmitted Group A Streptococcus‚ Invasive Group B Streptococcal‚ Haemophilus influenza. Some bacterial diseases transmitted by bodily fluids are Chlamydia‚ Gonorrhea‚ Syphilis‚ and Chancroid. Second‚ they are different in the way they are treated. Bacterial infections are usually treated with
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