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    Tetralogy of Fallot

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    See Figure 1. The first is a ventricular septal defect (VSD)‚ which is a hole between the left and right ventricles. The second is an overriding aorta. The aorta‚ instead of rising from the left ventricle‚ is located further to the right‚ directly above the VSD. Third‚ there is pulmonary valve stenosis. The narrowing of the pulmonic valve induces the right side of the heart to work harder to push blood through it and results in the fourth defect‚ right ventricular hypertrophy (Children’s MN‚ 2012)

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    Amiodarone Project

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    guidelines and processes and even modernize old protocols or initiate new ones. The initiation of the Amiodarone Protocol is one such process that will improve quality care and reduce morbidity and mortality rate by decreasing the rise of Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) post coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). The purpose of this paper is to finalize and complete the various sections of the project charter and the scope statements. Project Charter According to Harding (2014)‚ the project charter is a

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    Mr. Hamilton Case Summary

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    SUBJECTIVE Mr. Hamilton was readmitted to MCCRC on 03/02 and seen on 03/05/2018. Mr. Hamilton had been here after a motor vehicle accident‚ leaving here with fractured ribs‚ pneumonitis‚ fractured sternal‚ and a complicated right acetabular hip fracture. He recuperated and was able to return home on analgesics. He was on amiodarone‚ Lasix‚ metformin‚ and glimepiride for his diabetes. He did not check his blood sugar‚ although I had advised him to do so. He has been thinking his diabetes is a

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    RTT TASK 2

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    Running head: RTT1 TASK 2 RTT1 Task 2 Angela Kroemer Western Governors University Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership RTT1 Task 2 A. Complete a root cause analysis that takes into consideration causative factors that led to the sentinel event. (This patient’s outcome) The terms failure analysis‚ incident investigation‚ and root cause analysis are used by organizations when referring to their problem solving approach.  Regardless of what it’s called there are three basic questions

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    Obesity is the term that describes those who have too much body fat or a high Body Mass Index (BMI). Obesity has become an epidemic in the United States‚ causing health crises among various age groups from young children to adults. Obesity is the culprit behind illnesses such as diabetes‚ high blood pressure most importantly‚ heart conditions. If you are obese and have severe impairments of the heart valve‚ arteries‚ capillaries and veins then you may be eligible for Social Security Disability

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    attentive but has episodes of confusion. Past Medical History According to the patient’s medical records‚ she was diagnosed with hyperlipidemia‚ vascular dementia with behavioral disturbances‚ anxiety‚ hypertension‚ myocardial infarction‚ atrial fibrillation‚ allergic rhinitis‚ asthma‚ gastro- esophageal reflux disease without esophagitis‚ dysuria‚ and transient cerebral ischemic attack. Patient states she was involved in a car accident‚ as a teen‚ and “broke all [her] front teeth.” Patient denied

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    Homeostasis Homeostasis Is a technical term for the process of maintain a constant internal environment despite external changes. The internal environment‚ compromises; blood‚ tissue fluid‚ body cell contents and all the metabolic processes taking place. Constant in this instance is not absolute or fixed it is much more flexible and dynamic as it refers to the physical and chemical composition being kept within a limited range or variables for maximum efficiency‚ well-being of the whole body and

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    the heart muscles and it is known to cause the heart to become enlarged‚ thick‚ or rigid. There are several types of this disease which are dilated cardiomyopathy‚ hypertrophic cardiomyopathy‚ restrictive cardiomyopathy‚ and arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia. All of these are known types of cardiomyopathy and within each type are subcategories of other different types of cardiomyopathy. These diseases all have different causes‚ but the signs and symptoms are very similar. Also the treatments

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    English 2

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    1/Nastic Movement: "Nastic movements are non-directional responses to stimuli (e.g. temperature‚ humidity‚ light irradiance). The movement can be due to changes in turgor or changes in growth. Nastic movements differ from tropic movements in that the direction of tropic responses depends on the direction of the stimulus‚ whereas the direction of nastic movements is independent of the stimulus. The rate or frequency of these responses increases as intensity of the stimulus increases. An example of

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    different structures in the cerebrum a. Cerebral hemispheres b. External anatomy c. Lobes d. Fissures/sulci e. Cross-sectional anatomy f. Microscopic layers of the cerebral cortex g. Subcortical white matter h. Subcortical grey matter i. Ventricular system 2. Function: know the significance of each structure of the cerebral hemispheres in the normal human being I. OVERVIEW OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM A. Architecture of the Cerebrum Hollow tubular structure in the embryo‚ derived from

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