In Neal Shusterman’s Downsiders‚ Talon lives Downside‚ that is‚ underneath New York City. There is a strict code of secrecy among the Downsiders‚ taboos forbid them from going Topside‚ but the two worlds collide when Talon ventures up looking for medicine for his sickly sister. Through his journey‚ he meets Lindsay‚ a Topside girl who intrigues and lures him so much that he breaks a crucial rule and takes her into the tunnels‚ to show her his “amazing” side of life right under Grand Central Station
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Journal 1-Walt Whitman-The Wound-Dresser I believe the experiences that Walt Whitman had as a nurse during the outbreak of the Civil War‚ inspired him for the poem “The-Wound-Dresser.” The descriptions of the wounded soldiers in the poem is very real and vivid‚ “From the stump of the arm‚ the amputated hand‚ I undo the clotted lint‚ remove the slough‚ wash off the matter and blood” (line. 45-46‚ p. 72). From reading the poem‚ I feel pain and suffering‚ “Hard the breathing rattles‚ quite glazed
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 03.21.17 DBA‚ Wound K-Air Management (Innovative Technologies Inc. Awarded schedule 65IIA contract Innovative Technologies Inc. DBA Wound K-Air Management has been awarded a 5 year contract for wound care of patients through different products‚ including Pensar Wound Pro Negative Pressure Pump & supplies‚ and air matrasses. The company makes these products in the U.S to help people save lots of taxes. The contract would remain for 5 years to service the VA/GSA in the Medical
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Wound Care Essay This essay will focus on a chosen client and how‚ as a registered nurse‚ evidenced based practice was implemented to prevent the development of a pressure ulcer‚ as indicated by National Institute of Clinical Excellence NICE (2005) and European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel EPUAP (2009). Important and marked changes have taken place over the last 15years in the development of clinical practice guidance. As Van Zelm et al (2006) noted‚ the demand for evidence
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already. I have experienced things that I enjoyed and experienced things that I have not enjoyed. Since this was my first week‚ the externship instructor only had me job shadow. To work with my schedule‚ I’m going to externship (which is at Mercy Wound Clinic) two times a week. The very first day of externship for me was on Wednesday‚ August 10th. That day I was so nervous walking through those doors. Luckily for me‚ all the girls there are so nice and welcoming. They showed me where the scrubs were
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turning the patient on a schedule‚ protective moisture barriers‚ skin protectants‚ proper elevation of head of bed‚ and beds with mattresses that allow adequate blood flow needed for circulation. If a pressure ulcer develops even with these efforts‚ a wound care nurse is called in right away. The integumentary system has not been considered a priority in the care of critically ill patients according to the authors‚ but they are trying to change
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The second piece I reviewed was entitled The Wound Dresser. This is a composition for chamber orchestra and baritone singer. John Adams based this piece off of The Wound Dresser‚ a poem by Walt Whitman. The poem was written in in 1865 and was based on Whitman’s experiences working as a nurse in the American Civil War. John Adam’s is most often recognized as a minimalist‚ and well known for his pieces Doctor Atomic‚ and Short Ride in a Fast Car. You can hear examples of minimalism all throughout
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Some Wounds Dont Heal Life is terrible for the 3.7 million kids who get abused. What happen in the parents child abuse? The adults who do this were most likely abused when they were little. Its their way of saying “Alright my turn to put someone out of their misery.” Adults who normally do this have a issue in their life and taking it out on a child. 1 It’s hard to think when the child was younger no one helped him/her so it causes them to lead to child abuse. When someone abuses it means that
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The collegiate world was awakened in 2012 to years of child abuse on a huge scale by football coach Jerry Sandusky of Penn State University. Sandusky was recently imprisoned for these crimes. His victims‚ much like main character Melinda Sordino in the novel Speak‚ suffered in silence until they revealed their secret helping to finally express inner emotions. As I read this novel I compared scenarios and found the similarity between Sandusky’s victims and Melinda‚ they needed to speak in order to
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Foreword: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy better known as Topical Negative Pressure (TNP)‚ stands to be a vacuum assisted procedure for the treatment of ulcer by employing a negative pressure of 60-125 mm Hg on the bed of the wound. The procedure has been employed ever since the year 1995 for the treatment of surgical wounds‚ severe wounds and more rarely for the ulcers that are hard to heal. Treatment with TNP is employed within the departments of high technology like the department of cardiothoracic
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