NURS 3530: Caring for Adult Clients I HEART FAILURE CASE STUDY Your client‚ Mr. Black‚ is a 72-year-old man who called his TeleNurse Line from home and‚ based on the symptoms he described‚ was advised to go directly to the Emergency Department at his local hospital. His admitting diagnosis is exacerbation of heart failure (HF). His Ht is: 5’9”‚ Wt. 235 lbs. He states that his usual weight is about 220. Upon admission‚ his symptoms are: extreme shortness of breath; unable to tolerate lying
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Medical industry * General public 4. Business Segments 5. Medical Products Division 6. Becton Dickinson VACUTAINER Systems (BDVS) * Formed as a business unit in 1980 * Consisted of three main products * Venous blood collection tubes and needles sold under the VACUTAINER name (70% of sales) * Capillary blood collection tubes and lancets sold under the MICROTAINER name * Microbiology tubes and specimen collector systems 7. BDVS Segment
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Geneva score. Ann Intern Med 144: 165–71 10)Moores LK‚ King CS‚ Holley AB (2011) Current approach to the diagnosisof acute nonmassive pulmonary embolism. Chest 140: 509–18 11)National Clinical Guideline Centre (2012) Venous Thromboembolic Diseases: The Management of Venous Thromboembolic Disease and the Role of Thrombophilia Testing. Clinical Guideline. Methods‚ Evidence and Recommendations. [Full version of NICE ClinicalGuideline 144]. 12)National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
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Christopher L. Stinson ENG110 30 Apr 2010 The Process of Starting an IV While serving in the Navy as a Hospital Corpsman‚ I developed many skills. Perhaps one of the most important skills is the ability to place an intravenous catheter into a vein. This procedure is most commonly referred to as “starting an IV”. In today’s medical community‚ intravenous cannulation is necessary for the administration of many antibiotics and other therapeutic drugs. Listed below are the procedures
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BIOS 255 Week 4 Lab: #7 Effect of Exercise on Arterial Pressure and Vascular Resistance LABORATORY REPORT Activity 7: Effect of Exercise on Arterial Pressure and Vascular Resistance Name: Michelle Blake Instructor: Leon Zacharowicz Date: 1/25/15 PREDICTIONS 1. During exercise: Increase 2. During exercise: Increase 3: During exercise: Decrease MATERIALS AND METHODS 1. Dependent Variable: HR‚ SV‚ BP 2. Independent Variable: level of activity 3. Controlled Variables: gender age 4.
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UNIT 4 Study Guide For BLOOD COLLECTION I. Capillary Blood Collection A. Assemble equipment. 1. Gauze or cotton balls. 2. Alcohol swabs‚ or 70% alcohol. 3. Sterile blood lancet. 4. Three capillary tubes (anticoagulated and plain). 5. Pencil and paper. (In hospital you would have a requisition slip). 6. Gloves. B. Select and prepare the site. 1. Massage the finger to increase circulation.
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OPERATIVE REPORT Patient Name: Richard Cates Patient ID: 002876 DOB: 02/02 Age: 53 Sex: M Date of Admission: 01/25/2012 Date of Procedure: 01/26/2012 Admitting Physician: Bernard Kester‚ MD Surgeon: Bernard Kester‚ MD Assistant: Jimmy Dale Jett‚ RN‚ Circulating Nurse Preoperative Diagnosis: Prostate Cancer. Postoperative Diagnosis: Prostate Cancer. Operative Procedure: Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. Anesthesia: General endotracheal by Dr. Carl Erickson Avalon. Specimen
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Written Report: Prolonged Immobilization I. A. Definition Defined as prolonged inactivity‚ bed rest and immobilization were widely used in the early days of rehabilitative science in the management of trauma and acute and chronic illness‚ before the physiologic effects were well understood. It was generally assumed that rest fostered healing of the affected part of the body. However‚ while it has beneficial effects to soft tissue healing and to bone healing after fractures among a myriad of other
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1. Obesity is the commonest health problem in our community 2. Obesity causes many diseases and markedly increases the risk of Dying prematurely 3. Obesity also reduces quality of life by limiting physical activity and Encouraging social isolation. 4. The costs of obesity through increased health costs and reduced Effectiveness in the community are very high. 5. The body mass index or BMI is the best simple method for measuring How obese someone is. Obesity is
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ANATOMY LAB REVIEW SHEET 37A RESPIRATORY SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY ANSWERS This anatomy lab review sheet 37a respiratory system physiology answers will contain a broad description of the item‚ the name and operations of the different parts‚ step-by-step instructions of how to use it‚ directions in looking after it‚ and other information that a buyer will usually wish to know‚ for example customer care numbers‚ repair information‚ and product return policies. bigheartcreations.com Thursday‚ 5-14-2015
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