This care study aims to outline the care provided to a patient during one 12hour shift. It will present the patients cause and course of ICU admission‚ identify problems both potential and actual‚ focussing particularly and two main problems. The nursing interventions preformed will be critically analysed and supported with research. Finally the care will be critically evaluated areas of possible improvement will be outlined. Patient chosen is a 36yr old male pseudonym ‘Frank’ chosen for the purpose
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INTRODUCTION Dengue Fever is caused by one of the four closely related‚ but antigenically distinct‚ virus serotypes Dengue type 1‚ Dengue type 2‚ Dengue type 3‚ and Dengue type 4 of the genus Flavivirus and Chikungunya virus. Infection with one of these serotype provides immunity to only that serotype of life‚ to a person living in a Dengue-endemic area can have more than one Dengue infection during their lifetime. Dengue fever through the four different Dengue serotypes are maintained in the
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Celiac Disease Celiac disease is a disease found in the small bowel. This disease does not have a cure. It can only be treated with a strict diet. There are four types of celiac‚ and all but one can be treated. The disease is a genetically inherited associated with the HL4 locus found on the arm of the chromosome six (schaffner‚small-bowel and bacterial overgrowth 2006 pg.99). This disease can cause a lot of problems with a patient if not treated properly. The proper treatment for most individuals
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hours after hospitalization should be tested. ELISA is the test used to diagnosis C.diff. It checks for the toxin A or B or both. C.diff incubation period is 1 to 2 weeks. Asymptomatic carriage can range from severe diarrhea‚ pseudo membranous colitis‚ toxic mega colon‚ intestinal perforation‚ and death from secondary sepsis. C.diff toxin founded in stool ranges from 1% to 2% in normal population to 10% in hospital inpatients and up to 85% to 90% in patients with proven AAPMC. Some risk
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Chapter 25: Periodontal emergencies * Abscess of the periodontium- an acute‚ circumscribed collection of pus in the periodontium 1) Acute- condition has a rapid onset‚ rapid course‚ and can be accompanied by pain or discomfort 2) Circumscribed- abscess is localized 3) Pus- a collection of dead white blood cells that result from the body defense mechanisms involved in fighting the infection * 3 types of periodontal abscesses 4) Gingival- an abscess of the periodontium
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The purpose of this article is to express evidence that microcins mediate interspecies as well as intraspecies competition among Enterobacteriaceae in the inflamed gut. Enterobacteriaceae are known as a family of gram-negative bacteria that comprise of commensal organisms‚ primary and opportunistic pathogens that are a part of the leading causes of illness and death. Microcins are proteins that contain antimicrobial activity in vitro. The experiment in this article is not based on the collection
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One day in 1932‚ a man by the name of Dr. Burrill Bernard Crohn and his team founded a disease that we have now known as Crohn’s disease. (The Secret History of Crohn’s Disease) Dr. Crohn didn’t know much about the cause and development of Crohn’s back then‚ and it still seems to be that way today. There has been a great amount of improvement on discovering the source of Crohn’s‚ but there is still much to be done. More research and funding need to be put towards Crohn’s disease in order to find
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SMOKING ON CAMPUS Today‚ as in every other day of the year‚ more than 3‚000 adolescents in the United States will smoke their first cigarette on their way to becoming regular smokers as adults (NCI 1994). A number of students on campus are habitual smokers because smoking is addictive; furthermore‚ unless repressed‚ it leads to many health complications. The report by the National Cancer Institute on smoking declares that cigarette smoking in the United States clearly outweighs any other factor
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Clostridium Difficile Bacterial Information and Culture Clostridium difficile‚ commonly known as C. diff‚ is a spore-forming‚ gram-positive‚ anaerobic bacillus (The Mayo Clinic). Although the active bacteria are gram-positive‚ the spores are gram-negative (Horridge‚ et al). Culture of c-diff is performed at normal human body temp‚ on a blood agar (Nadan). After 48 hours of incubation‚ isolates resembling C. diff are anaerobically subcultured on a fastidious anaerobe agar. After the final culture
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YIT1 PROFESSIONAL ROLES AND VALUES CORINNE BRONKEMA WESTERN GOVERNOR’S UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONAL ROLES & VALUES PROJECT My personal nursing mission statement is changing and developing as my career advances‚ however‚ one core piece will remain constant. I will strive to provide the best‚ safest‚ most ethical and compassionate nursing care that I can for all patients and family members with whom I come in contact. I began my post-high school academic career as an accounting major
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