C. difficile affects mostly older adults in log-term health care facilities or hospitals. C. diff usually occurs after one use’s antibiotic medications for long periods of time. Now-a-days C. diff is affecting people who are not normally considered high risk‚ such as healthy adults and younger adults without exposure to health care facilities or without a history of antibiotic use. Clostridium difficile is shed in feces. Any material‚ device‚ or surface that may become contaminated may transmit C
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Final Project Public Awareness Melissa Silvia HCA 240 Instructor: Marnie Bingham 8/29/2010 Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) is the condition in which the heart can ’t pump enough blood throughout the body. Heart failure does not mean that your heart has stopped working or is about to stop working‚ it is just an indicator that your body is no longer functioning at its full potential. CHF is most common among people 65 years old and over. The causes however‚ depend very much on the individual
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basis?. □ 2. Do you suffer from shortness of breath?. □ 3. Do you suffer from abdominal pain or sensitivity to touch in that area? □ 4. Do you feel pressure in your chest‚ neck‚ or arms?. □ 5. Do you have cold sweats on a regular basis?. □ 6. Do you have high blood pressure?. □ 7.Do you feel fatigued or tired a lot?. □ 8. Have you ever been diagnosed with a rapid heart beat?. □ 9. Have you ever been diagnosed with an enlarged heart? □ 10. Do you ever feel like there is so much pressure on your
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Christena Isaac 1/29/12 CJS 240 Week 6 Assignment When a juvenile offender is committed of a crime there are different courses of action that the court may proceed with to help them become rehabilitated in the community. A juvenile offender can be offered a community based treatment or be institutionalized. A community based treatment can consist of probation‚ restitution‚ vocational programs‚ or counseling. Depending on the type of crime that is committed helps determine what is necessary
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What is happening to Ms. Jones’s kidneys‚ and why is it causing the observed symptom? Ms. Jones may have gotten kidney stones while she was in the process of getting open-heart surgery. When a person has kidney stones they do not have a very high amount of urine output because they are unable to urinate without severe pain. 2. What other symptoms and signs might occur? She may have an intense pain that will eventually spread down into her groin and become even more painful until
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Associate Level Material Appendix D Read each scenario and write a 25- to 50-word answer for each question following the scenarios. Use at least one reference per scenario and format your sources consistent with APA guidelines. Scenario A Acute renal failure: Ms. Jones‚ a 68-year-old female‚ underwent open-heart surgery to replace several blocked vessels in her heart. On her first day postoperatively‚ it was noted that she had very little urine output. 1. What is happening to Ms. Jones’s
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Choosing lifestyle or medication HCA/240 Choosing lifestyle or medication 1 We have all had some form of gastrointestinal distress at one time or another; it is not a fun time. Some individuals suffer from gastrointestinal disease. One disease I would like to discuss is spastic colon also known as irritable bowel syndrome‚ which is fairly common. Women are more likely to get spastic colon over men and about 20% of the American adult population has it. The types
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beverages‚ limit your consumption. * Exercise . CAncer and YOu Delete text and place photo here. Enter Contact Information Here | 1127 Lombard Blvd. San Francisco‚ CA 59802 | phone 555.555.5555 | fax 555.555.5555 Anita Jackson HCA/240 University Of Phoenix www.cancer.org Support Groups * Reach to Recovery Program (Breast Cancer Support) * TLC (Hair loss and mastectomy products) * Man to Man (Prostate Cancer Support) * Patient Navigator Program (Personal
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Mental Illness Paper Autism HCA-240 Mental Illness Autism WHAT CAUSES AUTISM? You will hear many theories about what causes autism. To date‚ no one has found the exact cause of autism. In the early 1950’s-1970’s it was thought that the mothers of children with autism were neglecting and not loving their children which in turn caused them to regress into a world of their own. These mothers were labeled "Refrigerator Mothers." Thanks to Dr. Bernard Rimland‚ we’ve come a long way since
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Associate Level Material Appendix E For this assignment‚ complete this chart to create an easy-to-read reference that will help you understand how the two forms of diabetes mellitus differ. Maintaining proper levels of insulin is critical for diabetes patients. The means by which insulin can be regulated depends upon which type of diabetes a patient has. Complete the chart with a 25- to 50-word response for each box. |Form of diabetes |Age of onset |Defects in
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