Introduction:- Pollutants in the air threaten the lives of everything living on earth. They cause acid rain and smog‚ weaken the ozone layer‚ increase the chances of cancer and contribute to changing the climate of the world. Pollutants can be invisible and often we don’t even realize that we’re making them. Polluted air travels with the wind‚ affecting all of us‚ whether or not we are responsible for it. Smog aggravates heart and respiratory diseases. Acid rain erodes buildings‚ hurts
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These exercises must be done in slow rate‚ as to prevent dislocation under rapid action. By the way of such mild exercises‚ they can strengthen leg muscles‚ enhance knee movement from stiff‚ promote body circulation in lower extremities and prevent thrombus[4]. Nurse should encourage Susan not to abandon even undesirable sensation found during exercise‚ with also provide reassurance to Susan that these series of exercises are effective for
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and tissue. If it’s too high‚ vessel walls stiffen and capillary beds may rupture. As you get older you have a decreased hematocrit which is how much space in the blood is occupied by red blood cells. Or it can cause the vessels to be blocked by thrombus (blood clot). Also as you get older you can form varicose veins which are pooling veins in the legs resulting from faulty valves. Valves keep blood flowing towards the heart. Blood transforms oxygen‚ carbon dioxide‚
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in acute reduction of blood supply of a small portion of the heart. Blood platelets stick to tears in the plaque and form a blood clot that blocks blood from flowing to the heart . Approximately 90% of myocardial infarctions result from an acute thrombus that obstructs an atherosclerotic coronary artery. Without blood supply the living tissues in the heart muscle die. This is the leading cause of death in the U.S. There are complications such as myocardial ischemia or heart failure might develop
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elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) was considered only after a "cooling-off" period. This negative attitude was in part justified by the lack of effective antithrombotic adjunctive therapies and devices in the management of lesion containing thrombus and the subsequent early hazard of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The delay—many days or weeks after hospital admission—to interventional treatment could result in an apparent stabilization of the acute coronary syndrome (ACS) with a high
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While there are many healthcare problems that can be discussed I chose to discuss the problem of management of acute and chronic pain. The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects proper pain management on nursing practice‚ population most effected by chronic and acute pain‚ ways to improve pain management from a nursing perspective. Practice Setting Problem The proper managing of acute and chronic pain is a hot topic in the field of nursing. The poor management of pain by nursing is
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Cardiovascular System Medical Terminology Worksheet Please write the meaning of the terms in the right column. Prefixes‚ Suffixes‚ Root Words a | No‚ not without‚ away from‚ negative‚ and noun ending. | -ac | Pertaining to | -al | Pertaining to | angi/o | Angina. Cjoking‚ strangling | aort/o | Aorta | -ar | Pertaining to | arteri/o | Artery | -ary | Pertaining to | ather/o | Plaque‚ fatty substance | atri/o | Atrium | bi | Twice‚ double‚ two | brady | Slow | calc/i | Calcium
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QUIZ NO. 2 : RESPIRATORY DISORDERS DIRECTION: Select the best answer by encircling the corresponding letter. 1. The patient is recovering from a left partial lobectomy. Which of the following nursing actions is most likely to result in the positive re-expansion of the affected left lung? a. Positioning the patient in a right side-lying position b. Encouraging the patient to deep breathe and coughing every hour c. Regularly assessing the patient’s ability to inhale and exhale comfortably d.
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Body fluids are maintained at a constant level by several homeostatic mechanisms: Osmosis- is the diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane known as a plasma membrane. Water is highly polar it is repelled by the lipid core (nonpolar) of the plasma membrane but can easily pass through the aquaporins created by the proteins in the membrane‚ so osmosis is happening all the time as water moves into and out of cells. Diffusion- Is where ions move away from an area where they are
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ACCOUNTABILITY OF NURSING PROFESSIONALS Jayamole Cherian NRS 430V August‚ 20‚ 2001 Melissa Pasqua Accountability and Concepts Accountability means that somebody is able to explain or answerable for their actions‚ whatever the consequences are regardless of success or failure. Accountability and responsibility
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