In their article published in the June‚ 2012 issue of Critical Care Nurse‚ authors Estilo‚ Angeles‚ Perez‚ Hernadez‚ and Valdez discuss the issue of pressure ulcers on patients in intensive care units. These patients are high risk for pressure ulcers for several reasons. They usually are unable to turn themselves from back to side to relieve pressure on bony areas of the back such as the tailbone. If caregivers do not turn the patient properly‚ friction and shearing can occur which can lead to
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While most of those providing care may focus on a system or type of problem‚ the genetics nurse is able to address the impact of the condition as a whole and the issues that arise from the potentially inherited nature of the condition(ANA‚ 2004). Furthermore‚ the genetics nurse offers holistic family care that addresses the needs of the affected individuals‚ family members at risk for
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CURRENT RESEARCH ABOUT ACUTE TONSILLOPHARYNGITIS TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF STREPTOCOCCAL TONSILLOPHARYNGITIS Author Michael E Pichichero‚ MD Section Editors Daniel J Sexton‚ MD Morven S Edwards‚ MD Deputy Editor Elinor L Baron‚ MD‚ DTMH Disclosures All topics are updated as new evidence becomes available and our peer review process is complete. Literature review current through: Dec 2012. | This topic last updated: Oct 17‚ 2012. INTRODUCTION — Group A streptococcal (GAS) tonsillopharyngitis presents
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is the research question? In "Palliative Care Nurses ’ Views on Euthanasia"‚ Verpoort et al (2004) are inquiring "what are the views of palliative care nurses about euthanasia"? "It is essential to know how nurses‚ who are confronted with terminally ill patients every day‚ think about it." (Verpoort et al‚ 2004‚ p. 592). Verpoort et al have taken the stance that nurses are scarcely heard in debates on the legalization of euthanasia in Belgium‚ and that nurses "are in a position to offer valuable ideas
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1. A physician is called to the intensive care unit to provide care for a patient who received second- and third-degree burns over 50 percent of his body due to a chemical fire. The patient is in respiratory distress and is suffering from severe dehydration. The physician provides support for two hours. Later that day the physician returns and provides an additional hour of critical care support to the patient. 2. A 23-month-old infant with a heart condition presented to the ED. The physician examined
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Acute Chest Syndrome And Sickle Cell Disease In The Pediatric Patient. Sickle Cell Disease: Is a generic disease that affects hemoglobin‚ oxygen transport in the body and patient quality of life. This disease is most common in African American‚ Hispanic‚ Greek and Arabs. Note: Sickle Cell is inherited from both parents. Sickle cell is a blood disease in wish the red blood cells that are responsible for carry oxygen from the lungs to other part of the body are behaving in an abnormal way because
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Recruiting in Labor Markets AHMAD AZMY‚ S.E‚ M.M TANRI ABENG UNIVERSITY OBJECTIVES ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Identify different ways that labor markets can be identified and approached. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of internal and external recruiting. Specify three internal sources for recruiting and issues associated with their use. List and briefly discuss five external recruiting sources. Explain why Internet recruiting has grown and how employers are conducting it. Discuss
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Acute Cholecystitis [pic] kulasekar Definition Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder‚ usually resulting from a gallstone blocking the cystic duct. • Gallbladder inflammation usually results from a gallstone blocking the flow of bile. • Typically‚ people have abdominal pain that lasts more than 6 hours‚ fever‚ and nausea. • Ultrasonography can usually detect signs of gallbladder inflammation. • The gallbladder is removed‚ often
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ETHICS OF RECRUITING AND SELECTION Executives are often surprised to discover how many ethical dimensions exist in recruiting‚ probably because selection is typically viewed as a practical‚ rather than philosophical‚ decision-support system. Our experience has demonstrated that personal and corporate ethics influence not only who is selected‚ but how jobs are defined and who becomes a candidate. In the pages that follow‚ we will explore the implications of those (often subtle) ethical issues
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(State of New Jersey Department of Health‚ 2017). Adverse events are preventable within acute care hospitals and are inclusive of medication errors‚ pressure-ulcers‚ falls‚ suicide or attempted suicide in a facility‚ and numerous surgical mishaps including the wrong patient‚ wrong procedure‚ wrong site‚ intraoperative or postoperative event or death. The adverse event that we will dissect and recommend strategies for prevention include a medication
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