Stroke has been around for many years. Galen first recognized stroke over 2‚400 years ago. Americans managed to cut the stroke death rate in half during the 1970s and the 1980’s. Greek physician Hippocrates described it as a medical condition in which people suddenly lose the ability to walk or speak. Because of the typically sudden and extreme nature of the symptoms‚ Hippocrates referred to the condition as apoplexy‚ a Greek term meaning‚ “struck with violence.” Today this condition is known as
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Only two studies were retrospective studies out of twenty studies. All other studies reviewed for paper were prospective studies. There were nineteen studies conducted in older age population. Only one study was done to analyze youth stroke (Zhang et.al‚ 2014). All nineteen studies had enrolled both men and women for their research while only one study was piloted for men only. Ten studies were conducted in United States‚ two each in Japan‚ United Kingdom and Spain while one each in Sweden‚ Germany
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Difference in competences between Nurses Associate Degree/Diploma vs. Baccalaureate Degree. Patient Care Situation-BSN versus Diploma/Associate Degree Student: Gurdeep Kals Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V JAN 11th‚ 2015 competences differences between Nurses ADN/Diploma vs. BSN Nurses play a very critical and important part in patient care and safety‚ bedside care regardless of degree. Education has an important effect on all health care providers. We are
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Offenders with Special Needs CJA 234 June 3‚ 2013 Mitchell Jessip Offenders with Special Needs When people think of the offender population all they may picture is a healthy person in his or her 20’s or 30’s. People never think about the fact prisons house juvenile offenders‚ drug addicts‚ mentally ill‚ aging offenders‚ violent and sex offenders. The reality is that correctional staff deal with these issues on a daily basis. Special offenders are those offenders whose circumstances
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Case 1: Keep a healthy perspective When Alex Vanier‚ a logistics officer with the Canadian Army‚ returned from a tour of duty in Kandahar‚ he was assigned to work for Major Newton*‚ a maintenance officer in Petawawa‚ an hour and a half northwest of Ottawa. Alex found the major to be standoffish and quick to criticize. Even worse‚ the major often unloaded work on Alex. "He gave me things that were his to do and were inappropriate for me to handle‚" he says. The major didn’t mentor the people below
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Six-stroke engine From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search The six-stroke engine is a type of internal combustion engine based on the four-stroke engine‚ but with additional complexity intended to make it more efficient and reduce emissions. Two types of six-stroke engine have been developed since the 1890s: In the first approach‚ the engine captures the heat lost from the four-stroke Otto cycle or Diesel cycle and uses it to power an additional power and exhaust stroke
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of these factors do play a role in how a nurse has to manage their time they should not prevent a nurse from following safety guidelines. Yet‚ unfortunately‚ this has been seen to be the case within several studies. Kim and Bates (2012) conducted an observational study in Korea to see how well the nurses were adhering to the local medication administration protocols‚ basic infection regulation and accurate drug regulation. After observing a total of 293 cases of medication activities‚ they
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Article Critique: Ethical Problems Observed By Student Nurses Article Critique: Ethical Problems Observed By Student Nurses This article was based on a descriptive study conducted to determine nursing students’ observation of ethical problems encountered in their clinical practice. This research article contained a clearly stated title and also an introduction section regarding the study. The purpose of the study was clearly stated within the article: the primary aim was
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Maryland State Board of Nursing Discipline and Rehabilitation Program Isabella Allegrezza Saint Luke’s College of Health Sciences Substance use disorder within the nursing community is a major concern and many state boards have statutory authority for implementing nurse assistance programs‚ including alternative to discipline programs. The Maryland Board of Nursing has a Discipline and Rehabilitation Committee that was established in 1989. The purpose of this committee
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CHEMUNG COUNTY (WENY) - After working in the community for nearly 20 years‚ a non-profit dog rehabilitation program has announced it’s closing down. Since 1999‚ 936 dogs have single handedly been welcomed into the founder of the Kramer Foundation‚ Juli Lathrop’s home. However‚ Juli says without proper housing for the dogs‚ she no longer can keep the program going. She’s no longer taking in new dogs and over teh next years will be phasing out theO foundation as current dogs get placed in new homes
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