Venous Ulcer A venous ulcer is a shallow sore on your lower leg caused by poor circulation of the veins. This condition used to be called a stasis ulcer. Veins have valves that help blood return to the heart. If these valves do not work properly‚ blood flows backward and backs up into the veins near the skin. This causes the blood to pool in your lower legs. The blood can then can leak out of your veins and irritate your skin. This may cause a break in your skin and lead to stasis venous ulcer. A
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         The Wound‚ Ostomy‚ and Continence Nurses Society’s (WOCN) guideline for “patients with lower-extremity neuropathic disease (LEND) with or at risk for wounds” states their goal to “support clinical practice by providing consistent‚ research-based information with the goal of improved cost-effective patient outcomes as well as to stimulate increased wound research” (WOCN‚ 2012).The intent of this paper is to examine this guideline and evaluate the parameters of its content
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Diabetics are restricted from many things throughout their lifetime‚ there are more necessities then there are restrictions. It is very important for Diabetics to know what they are eating and the nutritional facts of the food. One reason for this is because before they eat food they inject insulin into their body. In order to find how much insulin they need‚ one aspect is to know how many carbs they are eating. Other than blood sugar‚ some foods can also affect their body in general. The reasoning
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Reaction Paper: Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addictio Liberty University Abstract Dr. Mark Laaser (2004)‚ is a recovering sex addict whose desire is to provide people with a knowledge of sexual addiction. He desires that sex addicts be healed of the cycle of addiction through his book. Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction demonstrates how a family with unhealthy dynamics can attribute to sexual dysfunction. The addict then learns to deal with pain threw escape and co-dependency‚ which
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A Critical Review of Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction Pamela D. McKoy Liberty University Abstract This critical review will attempt to summarize the book “Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction” written by‚ Dr. Mark R. Laaser. Highlighting all the central themes and giving an
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Reaction Paper to Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction Tiffany Carthins Liberty University Abstract Dr. Laaser (2004) provides a detailed look into sexual addiction from a Christian viewpoint in Healing Wounds of Sexual Addiction. The focus of this assignment will be to gain knowledge of what sexual addiction is‚ how family dynamics are affected‚ treatment of sexual addiction‚ and lastly addressing sexual addiction in the church. Exploring the different areas of how sexual addiction
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Pressure ulcers are formed depending on the individual’s lifestyle. Some risk factors that are contributed to pressure ulcer formation are depending on their nutritional status‚ age‚ their medications‚ severity of their illness and immobility. Every individual needs proper nutrition including enough calories‚ proteins‚ vitamins and minerals every day to stay healthy and to prevent any breakdown of the tissues. As the person ages‚ the skin starts getting more fragile‚ less elastic and dry than the
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Paper The purpose of “Effect of nutrition on wound healing in older people: a case study” is to educate the reader about how an elderly person’s nutritional status effects the process of wound healing. It discusses the normal healing process‚ factors that may affect healing‚ and how to treat or prevent those factors. Many factors to contribute to the possibility of malnutrition in older adults and combined with their decline in physical activity‚ healing issues occur. Maintaining skin integrity is
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interviewed Claudette Richardson‚ a wound care nurse at Piedmont Henry Wound Healing Clinic. When I called the clinic I asked if any of the nurses would be available to do an interview or shadow with me. The receptionist transferred the call and the person who answered was Ms. Richardson. At first she was hesitant because she did not have time. We started talking about colleges and I mentioned Brenau University and she decided that she would do it. Job title Wound Care Nurse Qualifications for job:
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equine industry‚ gastric ulcers appear in sixty to ninety percent of horses depending on athletic demand‚ lifestyle‚ and age (Bell et al.‚ 2007‚ Nadeau et al.‚ 2003). While gastric ulcers primarily effect the un-protected‚ non-glandular region of the stomach‚ above the margo plicatus‚ they can appear in any area of the stomach (Nadeau et al.‚ 2003; Videla and Andrews‚ 2009). An overall decrease in performance‚ weight loss‚ and colic are typical indications of gastric ulcer presence‚ although symptoms
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