shrinks in size and after a lifetime of aging it becomes less efficient at accessing that knowledge and adding to it. Reaction time and performance of tasks may become slower because the brain processes nerve impulses more slowly. I have witness an elderly women whom was effected by the process change in her brain. When I met her she was a very kind and outspoken women. Always had a conversation going. Throughout the time she changed her moods. She started being very quiet and would not say much. At
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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN BIOMEDICINE‚ VOL. 11‚ NO. 5‚ SEPTEMBER 2007 507 A Mobile Care System With Alert Mechanism Ren-Guey Lee‚ Member‚ IEEE‚ Kuei-Chien Chen‚ Chun-Chieh Hsiao‚ and Chwan-Lu Tseng Abstract—Hypertension and arrhythmia are chronic diseases‚ which can be effectively prevented and controlled only if the physiological parameters of the patient are constantly monitored‚ along with the full support of the health education and professional medical care. In this
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GNT 1 – 724.2.4-01-07 Contemporary Nursing Issues Mary Purvis Healthcare Issues In order to determine the safest and most appropriate discharge plan for this patient the case manager will work closely with the interdisciplinary team who is directly caring for the patient; together they will come up with the most effective‚ appropriate‚ and safest discharge plan. In this case study‚ there are several important healthcare issues the case manager needs to address with the team prior to
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For example‚ persistent pulmonary hypertension in the newborn (PPHN) is a disorder of the heart and respiratory system in a newborn baby which causes breathing and circulation difficulties. According to the article “Antidepressants: A focus on SSRIs and SNRIs” by Shah‚ B and Jadhav‚ B they
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and positive patient outcomes depend upon health care to keep up with the changing trends. Community based services can be defined in a number of ways. Many people‚ including health care professionals‚ think of home health and services for the elderly and disabled when they think about community based health care services. It is true these services make up a large majority of community focused healthcare‚ but public health nursing is also an important provider of community services. Public Health
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Spinal Cord Injury with Complication of Autonomic Dysreflexia Ashley Audette‚ Shelby LeBel‚ and Jocelyn Neufeld Nurs 361 Nursing of Adults Sandra Fritz and JoDee Wentzel March 14‚ 2014 Autonomic dysreflexia is a complication of spinal cord injuries. “It is a massive‚ uncompensated cardiovascular reaction mediated by the sympathetic nervous system” (Lewis‚ 2014‚ p.1784). There are many factors that need to be explored in relation to the complication of autonomic dysreflexia
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there was the “baby boom” era population increased rapidly. Now in this day all of those babies born during the baby boom are now older. This causes us to take on additional problems such as healthcare coverage‚ housing‚ and prescription’s for the elderly which is hurting our country as a whole financially. There are many different things in the environment that prevent us from aging in a healthy way. Medical research reveals that environmental factors play a major role in the majority of cases of
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N330 Care of the Older Adult and the Family in Retirement Study Guide for Final 1. Why is it important to study gerontological nursing? Our society is rapidly aging‚ with an increasing proportion of the population being over the age of 65. This growth of the older population is expected to increase dramatically over the next 25 years. Consequently‚ there is a growing need for professionals to be trained to work with older persons. 2. Review the roles of the gerontological nurse.
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The study of interest for this statistical paper is within Applied Nursing Research. The Validity of the Braden and Waterlow subscales in predicting pressure ulcer risk in hospitalized patients. “ Pressure ulcer is a public health problem‚ which involves the biopsychosocial aspets of patients and their families. The development of pressure ulcers has an important impact on the patient’s quality of life‚ may affect metabolism‚ and results in prolonged hospital stay and need for specialized care
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Techniques used to amend the hypermetabolic response include early surgical intervention‚ warm environment (28-33 C)‚ catabolic nutritional support and pharmacological agents such as insulin and ß- antagonists. The clinical manifestations are systemic hypertension‚ increased muscle protein degradation‚ persistent tachycardia (up to 2 years post burn)‚ insulin resistance‚ elevated core temperature‚ liver dysfunction and hyperventilation. Urine output is an accurate sign of successful fluid replacement
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