Ashley Peterson‚ 9-27-11 T‚ TH 9:30-10:20 Essay 2 What’s Your Plan B? In the United States‚ half of all pregnancies are unplanned. This is where emergency contraceptives come into play. Approved by the Food and Drug Administration‚ the Plan B pill is used as a backup plan after unprotected sex or birth control failure. According to the Plan B One-Step website‚ taking the pill in the first 72 hours this pill in 89 percent effective on preventing the fertilization of an egg. However‚ taking Plan
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Plethysmography is used to measure changes in volume in different parts of the body. This can help check blood. The test may be done to check for blood clots in the arms and legs‚ or to measure how much air you can hold in your lungs. Lung plethysmography: You will breathe or pant against a mouthpiece. Clips will be put on your nose to shut off your nostrils. Depending on the information your doctor is looking for‚ the mouthpiece may be open at first‚ and then closed. You will be breathing
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Grand Canyon University NRS-430V October 12‚ 2014 Differences in competencies between BSN and ADN Differences in competencies between BSN and ADN According to the AACN Nursing Fact sheet‚ Nursing is the nations largest health care profession‚ with more than 3.1 million registered nurses nationwide. And by 2008‚ nurses with bachelors degrees make up 36.8 percent and 36.1 percent with associates degrees. With this said‚ when a person steps in a hospital or any medical setting and is about to receive
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Culture by definition of Giddens (2013) is “a pattern of shared attitudes‚ beliefs‚ self-definitions‚ norms‚ roles‚ and values that can occur among those who speak a particular language‚ or live in a defined geographical region” (p.29). As a nurse‚ it is of utmost importance to consider the patient’s culture when providing care. Because cultures and customs that are followed vary so much from patient to patient‚ the nurse should be educated on how to provide culturally competent care. Being culturally
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providing they are medically fit (Ahern et al.‚ 2016). Achieving early surgery is said to reduce mortality rates with the first-year post surgery (Colais et al‚ 2015). It is also said to reduce the risk of complication such as pressure sores‚ deep vein thrombosis‚ urinary tract infections and length of stay post-operatively (Rodriguez-Fernandez et al.‚
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STROKE(cerebrovascular accident/Disambiguation) A stroke‚ or cerebrovascular accident (CVA)‚ is the rapid loss of brain function(s) due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia (lack of blood flow) caused by blockage (thrombosis‚ arterial embolism)‚ or a hemorrhage. As a result‚ the affected area of the brain cannot function‚ which might result: In an inability to move one or more limbs on one side of the body. Inability to understand or formulate speech.
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means of establishing reperfusion in patients whom have had a myocardial infarction or some sort of blood clot. However‚ limitations to the use of thrombolytic therapy that must be taken in to account are intracranial bleeding‚ inability to start thrombosis in Myocardial Infarction flow in patients‚ and high percentage of recurrent ischemia and reocclusion. Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has become known as the ideal reperfusion strategy. The proposed research will be a
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Obesity Takes Over Obesity is a growing worldwide problem causing “over 400 million people to become obese” (Obesity). The numbers will keep climbing to be about “700 million in 2015” (Obesity). As the numbers keep growing in both adults and children‚ people will remain obese until they can make their life healthier. Throughout the United States‚ obesity has affected a large number of people from lack of exercise‚ consuming too much food and causing various types of health problems. People have
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Venous Ulcer A venous ulcer is a shallow sore on your lower leg caused by poor circulation of the veins. This condition used to be called a stasis ulcer. Veins have valves that help blood return to the heart. If these valves do not work properly‚ blood flows backward and backs up into the veins near the skin. This causes the blood to pool in your lower legs. The blood can then can leak out of your veins and irritate your skin. This may cause a break in your skin and lead to stasis venous ulcer
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laparotomy or laparoscopy due to the high mortality associated with the rupture of appendix‚ which may lead to severe complications such as peritonitis. CAUSES Primary obstruction of the appendix increases the pressure within the lumen which causes thrombosis and occlusion and stasis of lymphatic flow which in turn causes infection due to bacteria. As bacteria begins to leak out through the dying walls‚ pus forms within and around the appendix. The end result of the cascade is appendicular rupture causing
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