nausea and vomiting‚ constipation‚ alopecia‚ loss of appetite‚ changes in thinking and memory‚ and reproductive issues. The chemotherapy can also cause blood disorders due to bone marrow suppression characterized by anemia‚ neutropenia‚ and thrombocytopenia (NIH‚ n.d.). There are certain chemotherapeutic drugs that cause nerve damage and the patient will exhibit the symptoms of tingling‚ burning‚ weakness or numbness in the hands and feet‚ weak‚ sore‚ achy muscles‚ loss of balance ‚ shaking
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Monica Franco Biology 1A Lab Erik Arevalo Parvovirus Parvovirus is one of the smallest eukaryotic viruses that exist. It is a disease that attacks an organism’s cells and can go into the bloodstream‚ allowing other types of illnesses such as subclinical infections‚ dermatologic‚ hematologic‚ and rheumatologic manifestations to attack the body (Cotmore et al.‚ 2013). A key characteristic of parvovirus is that it replicates itself rapidly through an organism’s cells. It is a part of the parvoviridae
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Alcohol related liver diseases are a wide range area which refers to a general term named as alcoholic liver diseases. Millions of individuals around the world get affected with liver diseases due to high alcohol consumption. Several risk factors have been analysed that affects the risk of development and evolution of liver disease. The primitiveness and estimation of alcohol related alcoholic liver diseases depends on the pattern and term of alcohol consumption‚ presence of liver inflammation‚ diet
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DRUG STUDY DRUG ACTION INDICATION / CONTRAINDICATION NURSING RESPONSIBILITIES Generic Name: Cephalexin Classification: Cephalosporin Dosage: 500 mg capsule Frequency: TID Route: PO Mechanism of Action: They stop or slow the growth of bacterial cells by preventing bacteria from forming the cell wall that surrounds each cell. The cell wall protects bacteria from the external environment and keeps the contents of the cell together. Adverse Reactions: diarrhea‚ nausea‚ sore
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weight heparins (LMWH)‚ as well as direct thrombin and factor Xa inhibitors‚ and finally vitamin K inhibitors” (Budny‚ 2009‚ p.135) are medication of choice for DVT prophylaxis. Risks for bleeding‚ allergic reactions including heparin-induced thrombocytopenia‚ physical pain caused by subcutaneous and/or intravenous administration‚ emotional pain caused by fear of prolonged medication regimen‚ as well as financial burden are
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Pediatric Healthy People 2020 The organization Healthy People 2020 establishes benchmarks while monitoring the progress over time (healthypeople.gov). They empower individuals to make healthier decisions while trying to prevent infection/illness‚ and they collaborate with different groups and organizations for the best outcome by using evidence base practice (healthypeople.gov). One of the most common vaccinations is the measles‚ mumps‚ and rubella also known as the M.M.R. A child receives this
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cells than normal; polycythaemia which means there are too many red blood cells due to various causes; leucopoenia which means there are too few white cells due to various causes; leucocytosis which means there are too many white blood cells; thrombocytopenia which means there are too few platelets and thromnocythaemia which means there are too many platelets due to a disorders which affect cells in bone marrow which make the platelets. Blood Clotting Tests are tests which are used to diagnose and
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STUDY GUIDE FOR NR 340 EXAM ONE *Remember: The exam questions will test more of the higher level thinking skills (application‚ analyzing and evaluating) and fewer lower level (remembering‚ understanding)‚ within the nursing process‚ teamwork/collaboration‚ patient-centered care and QSEN application. Critical care IV medication and formula calculations Enteral feedings for critically ill patients Pharmacodynamics (and nursing implications) for the following medications (generic/brand names):
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The Shiga toxin comprises a family of related protein toxins produced by bacteria Shigella dysenteriae. The bacteria S. dysenteriae was discovered by Japanese bacteriologist Kiyoshi Shiga in 1898. Shiga studied 36 patients at the Institute for Infectious Diseases (Tokyo‚ Japan) and isolated a bacterium from the intestinal tissue of dysentery patient. Bacterial isolates were cultured and fed to dogs; that resulted in dysenteric disease (Shiga‚ 1898). Shigella belongs to enterobacteriaceae bacterial
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temperature‚ pulse‚ respirations‚ and white blood cell counts. When sepsis is associated with one or more organ dysfunctions‚ it is referred as severe sepsis. Organ dysfunction can be defined as acute lung injury; coagulation abnormalities; thrombocytopenia; altered mental status; renal‚ liver‚ or cardiac failure; or hypo-perfusion with lactic acidosis. Septic shock is defined as sepsis-induced hypotension with lower than 90 mm Hg or reduction by 40 mm Hg or more from baseline in the absence of
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