inspected every 72 hours for signs of erythema and purulent drainage. If erythema and purulent drainage were present‚ it was considered an “exit site infection” (Humar et al‚ 2000). Upon removal of the CVC the catheter tip was cultured. Catheter-related sepsis was determined if the organisms on the catheter tip matched organisms in the patients bloodstream. During dressing changes of the CVC‚ “quantitative exit-site cultures”(Humar et al‚ 2000) were taken from the skin around the insertion site. To maintain
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There are many professions in which the individual of that profession is in it mainly for financial gain. It can be considered a widely accepted fact that nursing is far from such a profession. Nurses are required to possess and display a tremendous amount of dedication‚ patience‚ and empathy. In addition‚ a nurse must display mental and physical stamina in the most challenging situations. I strive to be a nurse that possesses all of those ideal qualities. My mission is to help patients recover both
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Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) is a life-saving treatment for severe respiratory failure irresponsive to mechanical ventilation‚ associated or not with haemodynamic instability‚ and its application fields are widening to refractory sepsis and also to elective thoracic procedures. ECMO is replacing conventional cardio-pulmonary by-pass (CPB) even during lung transplantation due to its potential advantages: the absence of full-anticoagulation and the possibility of maintaining the extra-corporeal
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contribute to maternal mortality. Though interrelated to several of these causes‚ nutrition alone is not the major causative factor in maternal mortality. Some of the major causes of maternal deaths are as follows: anemia‚ preeclampsia‚ hemorrhage‚ sepsis‚ abortion and obstructed labor. Also the lack of proper dietary intake during pregnancy affects both the mother and the growing fetus. This establishes the need for a transformation in the mindset of people in order to prioritize the health of women
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Q1: Causes of atrial fibrillation A 58-year-old woman comes to the emergency department with a-3-days history of difficulty breathing and unpleasant feeling of rapid and irregular heartbeats. Additional history taking reveals that she has a 7- week-history of unintentional weight loss‚ anxiety‚ and difficulty sleeping at night. She smokes 10 cigarettes per day for the past 15 years. Her blood pressure is 100/55 mmHg‚ temperature is 36.5 °C and her pulse is irregular at a rate of 140 to 150 beats
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You’ve gone this far in the pregnancy‚ you might as well hang in there for the sake of the unborn child that you dealt with for the past 14 weeks. And if you feel that you will be unfit to raise this child when it is finally born‚ there is always the choice of adoption. Even if during your pregnancy you know for a fact that what would be best for the child is abortion‚ who knows‚ things may pick up for you by the time the baby is born and you can always change your mind in keeping your child after
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1. Appears as grape-like clusters when viewed through a microscope‚ and has large‚ round‚ golden-yellow colonies‚ often with hemolysis‚ when grown on blood agar plates. 2. Microorganisms that are used to assess the microbial quality of swimming pool and similar environments include heterotrophic plate count – HPC (a general measure of non-specific microbial levels)‚ faecal indicators (such as thermotolerant coliforms‚ E. coli)‚ Pseudomonas aeruginosa‚ Staphylococcus aureus and Legionella spp. HPC
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It’s all about the money‚ money‚ money! Does it sound familiar ? It’s from a famous a song. People actually work for reasons not just money‚ but as well as for honing skills‚ social interaction‚ and self fulfillment . The very first reason when I started working was to improve my skills. As a new graduate of nursing‚ I didn’t know how to insert a nasogastric tube for example‚ even though I read it from the books and our whole class tried inserting it on a mannequin. A living patient reacts differently
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Using notes taken in class with independent research give an account of the changes in the main causes of death over 150 years in the UK. Over the past 150 years‚ the United Kingdom has seen a vast change in causes of death among its people. Cholera was one of these leading causes of death in the 1800s and was a chronic illness. It was introduced to the UK from Asia in the 1830s‚ a spread rapidly through the towns. Cholera is an infectious disease that causes severe diarrhoea‚ which led to dehydration
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Definition Contents [hide] * 1 Definition * 2 Nursing Care Plans * 2.1 Risk for Injury * 2.2 Deficient Fluid Volume * 2.3 Excess Fluid Volume In hemodialysis (HD)‚ blood is shunted through an artificial kidney (dialyzer) for removal of toxins/excess fluid and then returned to the venous circulation. Hemodialysis is a fast and efficient method for removing urea and other toxic products and correcting fluid and electrolyte imbalances but requires permanent arteriovenous
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