Chapter 58: Nursing Management: Stroke Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. After a patient experienced a brief episode of tinnitus‚ diplopia‚ and dysarthria with no residual effects‚ the nurse anticipates teaching the patient about a. cerebral aneurysm clipping. b. heparin intravenous infusion. c. oral low-dose aspirin therapy. d. tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). ANS: C The patient’s symptoms are consistent with transient ischemic attack (TIA)‚ and drugs that inhibit platelet aggregation are prescribed
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together for assessing the client with catheterization. Mun was a person who provided it but we were there to help her. The client was unable to express herself and she did not respond. We were connected well with each other doing her care. It was so difficult to find out the place for catherization because it was not in a proper place as we studied in anatomy class. Fortunately‚ our clinical instructor helped Mun and she did it well. After catheterization I was helping Michaella to provide care
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Healthcare fraud is a major issue in our Healthcare system. It affects our overall economy and well-being of our citizens. There are many different types of healthcare frauds such as insurance fraud‚ drug fraud and billing fraud. Insurance fraud occurs when the insurance provider is given false insurance claims with the intent to defraud. As a result of frequent false insurance claims‚ the inspection procedure uses the best available experts and verification process to check the false claims
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HLTEN505C L.G. Due Date: Week 11 (13 May)‚ 2013 As per Ehow web and Nursing Times.net‚ the following table compares the neurological and neurovascular observations. | Neurovascular Observation | Neurological observations | Why to observed | Nerve function and blood flow to an injured extremity | Examination of patient’s nervous system to assess the responses to various stimuli. | What & how to observe | 5 P’s: pain‚ pulses‚ paraesthesia‚ paralysis and pallor | Vital signs and
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Addison’s disease From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search | It has been suggested that Autoimmune adrenalitis be merged into this article or section. (Discuss) Proposed since March 2009. | Addison’s disease | Classification and external resources | ICD-10 | E27.1-E27.2 | ICD-9 | 255.4 | DiseasesDB | 222 | MedlinePlus | 000378 | eMedicine | med/42 | MeSH | D000224 | Addison’s disease (also chronic adrenal insufficiency‚ hypocortisolism‚ and hypocorticism)
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Name: Date: Case study 76: Endocrine INSTRUCTIONS: All questions apply to this case study. Your responses should be brief and to the point. When asked to provide several answers‚ list them in order of priority or significance. Do notassume information that is not provided. Please print or write clearly. If your response is not legible‚ it will be marked as is and you will need to rewrite it. Scenario Y.L.‚ a 34-year-old Asian woman‚ comes to the clinic with complaints of chronic fatigue
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Week 3 Overview | | | | From the long tube of the gastrointestinal system and the lungs of the respiratory system last week‚ we move on to that very sensitive system of the body—the skin‚ and to that miraculous system of the body—the heart and the related circulatory system. You will add words related to the integumentary system and the cardiovascular system to your vocabulary of medical terms. Start this week by reading the online lectures. Use the textbook to learn medical terms related
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A Bill of Health That Doesn’t Add Up At the request of the Tampa Tribune‚ three insurers allowed a reporter access to hospital cost and quality information they post on password-protected Web sites for their members. The companies were Humana‚ United Healthcare‚ and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida. A Tribune analysis shows the range of prices that Bay area hospitals charge for the same procedures. I believe the statistical procedure used in this report is mentioned in Chapters 2 under Data
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Running head: THE STARK LAW The Stark Law Grand Canyon University HLT 418 May 7‚ 2009 Abstract In this paper we will define what the Stark law is‚ its purpose and benefit to the health care industry and some major points of how it has evolved over the years. The Stark law was originally enacted in order to prevent physicians or physician groups from abusing their self-referral programs. Since its conception‚ it has evolved into three separate provisions which will be discussed in detail
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l Fibrinolytic vs. PCI therapy Grant Proposal Francesca Tierney UWF‚ College of Letters and Sciences‚ Biology Department‚ SAHLS Health Science Research Seminar‚ HSC4050 James Hunt 11/16/2012 Executive Summary Fibrinolytic therapy has been a significant 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
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