Task D Orchid View Care Home Orchid View opened as a care home in West Sussex in 2009‚ providing care and nursing for up to 87 people who were elderly‚ frail‚ had nursing‚ or dementia care needs. The £3000-per month care home that was run by Southern Cross‚ closed in October 2011 following an investigation by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) that found it had failed to meet eight of its essential quality and safety standards. While it was open‚ Orchid view had a number of adult safeguarding alerts
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In the medical field there is a heavy use of prescription drugs. These over the counter drugs can cause side effects that are ultimately worse and can cause worse ailments than the disease they are treating. I totally disagree with the use of these harsh chemicals and compounds. In past years nearly 8 out of 10 deaths in the United States were directly caused as a result of prescription drug abuse. For example‚ Adderall is a drug that has been classified as a type of legalized form of Methamphetamine
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Unit 24 1 - 1.1 For many people risk is an accepted part of everyday life. Every day activities such as catching the bus‚ travelling on holiday‚ playing football‚ setting up home and starting a family all carry some element of risk. Risk plays a part in our health‚ safety‚ security‚ well-being‚ employment‚ education‚ daily activities‚ using resources and equipment and in community participation. But some adults‚ for example disabled people or older people‚ are often discouraged from taking risks
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Pharmacology Teaching Plan The patient is a 70 years old man‚ admitted in Clinton Cardiology Center for repeated chest pain‚ fainting‚ hypotension‚ thoracic discomfort and cough‚ which appeared suddenly the same day. The clinical exam showed: cold‚ pale‚ sweated skin‚ dyspnea‚ tachycardia‚ a diastolic murmur in the third intercostal space near the sternum edge‚ a third degree systolic murmur above the lower sternum‚ and a blood pressure of 80/60
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As mentioned in the previous chapters‚ there are lots of treatments available for erectile dysfunctions. Patients can be prescribed with medications that are taken orally‚ injected into their penis or applied as a suppository. They can even undergo surgery to put an implant into their penis‚ which will allow them to full control over their erections. All of these are effective to some degree‚ but they have gained many criticisms over the years because of several reasons. Oral‚ injectable and suppository
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Care Plan Worksheet Student: Date of Care: Age/Gender: Rm Number: Code Status: full Allergy: NKA Admitting Diagnosis : embolic cerebral vascular accident (CVA)‚ right side Current Medical/Surgical Diagnosis: chronic left ventricle thrombus on anticoagulant‚ hypertension‚ chronic kidney disease stage 3 Past Medical/Surgical History: metastasis of prostate cancer‚ primary; bone cancer‚ secondary; cardiomyopathy‚ a central hypertension‚ left bundle branch lock‚ past substance abuse
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ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE HEART Anatomy: The heart and heart wall layers: The heart is located in the left side of the mediastinum; it consists of three muscle layers the Endocardium‚ myocardium‚ and epicardium. The epicardium is the outermost layer of the heart. The myocardium is the idle layer of and actual contracting muscle of the heart. The endocardium is the innermost layer and lines the inner chambers and heart valves. Pericardial sac: The pericardial sac encases and protects
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Q7) Describe how the following factors may cause patient anxiety: a) Past experiences Patient may have previous bad experience (e.g. treatment was painful‚ patient was anxious but dental team didn’t really care‚ patient may have had dry socket following extraction); maltreatment; no LA or topical gel with previous treatments (not every dentist using topical gel before administering LA or automatically offering local anaesthesia if he believes the nerve is death‚ but patient may be more sensitive
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PH 131 BIOCHM FNDTN THERAPEUTICS DR. JOSEPH 1. Select the predominant form of Amoxicillin (shown above) at pH 5.3. The pKa of the phenolic -OH is 9.6‚ the NH3+ is 7.4‚ and the COOH is 2.4. 2. At what pH would amoxicillin most readily cross a chloride channel? A. 1.8 B. 5.7 C. 8.0 D. 10.5 E. 3.6 3. Using the pK values shown in parentheses in the above diagram‚ select the pI of the tripeptide Arginiyltyrosinylcystyl from the following choices: A. 11.6 B. 5.0 C. 5.6
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CU2624 Administer medication to individuals and monitor the effects. 1.1 Identify current legislation‚ guidelines policies and protocols relevant to the administration of medication. Handling medicines and drugs are overseen by a number of Acts and health and safety regulations. • Health & Safety at work Act‚ 1974‚ Health and safety legislation applies to everyone who works. Employers have a duty to ensure health‚safety and welfare of their employees and other people and others affected
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