ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS OF VOICE IN HABITUAL PHONATION AND ADHARA SHRUTHI IN CARNATIC CLASSICAL SINGERS The term singing has been defined simply as producing musical tones by means of the voice (Vennard‚ 1962). Although definition appears to be fairly simple‚ the act of singing is much more involved and requires a variety of phonatory‚ articulatory and resonatory adjustments. Singing differs from speaking‚ quantitatively and qualitatively on some parameters like rhythm and melodic qualities (Luchsinger
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NUR 2075 = Diversity in Health Care (3 credits): Focuses on variety of cultures‚ ethics and beliefs within the health care field. Students will learn the benefits of cultural sensitive and adapting to differences of others. Students will learn meaning of egocentricity and how it may affect one’s day to day operations. Rationale: Health care settings today tend to patients with various cultures‚ races and religions aspects. Students will benefit from recognizing differences and diversity that patient
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and pay‚ and LVN’s can specialize in a field of medicine that they find most interesting. LVN’s are frequently paid more and are in very high demand in some positions such as in long-term care facilities or nursing homes. LVN’s who specialize in geriatrics can find a job more easily. Because of the cost difference in salary‚ many facilities prefer hiring an LVN to an RN. An LVN can almost do all tasks performed by an RN in a facility or in a doctor’s office. An LVN can take vital signs‚ measure
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GNT1 Task 1 Advanced Pathophysiology Assessment of Geriatric Patient with Multisystem Failure The key immediate assessment of the patient to assess homeostasis‚ oxygenation and level of pain would be: breath sounds oxygen saturation respiratory rate and pattern vital signs cognitive ability urine output finger stick glucose restlessness If available lab results‚ I would like to see the resulted complete blood count with differential and complete metabolic
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The Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada (ISMP Canada) defines medication reconciliation as “a formal process in which healthcare providers work together with patients‚ families and care providers to ensure accurate and comprehensive medication information is communicated consistently across transitions of care.”1 It is based on “a systematic and comprehensive review of all the medications were taking by patient and to ensure that medications being added‚ changed or discontinued are carefully
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(TCAB)‚ developed by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); and how it supports the ethical principles of patient autonomy‚ beneficence‚ and nonmaleficence in patients‚ especially amongst the geriatric population. By describing and focusing on three main points of the TCAB‚ safe and reliable care‚ patient-centered care‚ and value-added care and their relative goals and high leverages; this will show how they benefit the nurse’s care at the bedside
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functional performance of institutionalized elderly Hiramatsu‚ T. & Izumi‚ K. (1998). Shisetsu koureisha no tentou: roujin byouin to roujin hokensisetsu no chigai [The prospective study of falls in institutionalized elderly: the comparison between a geriatric Kato‚ M.‚ Izumi‚ K.‚ Hiramatsu‚ T.‚ & Shogenji‚ M. (2006). Development of an exercise program for fall prevention for elderly persons in a long-term care facility Gerontol. 1974;29(2):157-61 Slesenger‚ N
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Medications has an important role to manage and treat chronic diseases‚ alleviate and pain and improve quality of life especially to the geriatric health care. Due to their multiple pathologies‚ elderly patients are prescribed with multiple medications that they concomitant use. Increasing number of elderly patients have multiple morbidities. Because of this reason‚ they are treated with a vast array of medications. Polypharmacy‚ a common and important problem related to drug use‚ occurs in the
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No matter gender‚ ethnicity‚ or race‚ aging affects every individual in different ways as unique as their own personality. As the Baby-Boomer generation begins to reach retirement age‚ there is becoming an urgent need for expanding the national geriatric medical services. Even though there is an increase in a healthier population of seniors in today’s world‚ there are still many elderly people with multiple chronic illnesses‚ ranging from kidney failure to high blood pressure. Many of the illnesses
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sequence and proper guidelines of physical examination in a form of a role play (a 15 minute role play) | 1 hour | 1 hour | | | After the one-hour lecture the students will be able to: a. Differentiate the general guidelines in terms of geriatric adaptation from pediatric adaptation. b. Utilize the physical examination modifications in the elderly for a better clinical outcome. c. Appreciate the importance of knowing the modifications and guidelines in
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