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    Patient Narratives

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    "Narratives" or stories have been used throughout the history of the human race to allow and help people to express themselves in ways that promote personal growth and enhance physical well-being. Even in the simplest of contexts‚ narratives are a core factor in the advancement of the humanity/society and all of its facets. An illustration of this can be seen in the transfer of a family ’s lineage‚ history‚ and values from generation to generation. This allows for the recipient of this information

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    Renal Nursing

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    BACHELOR OF NURSING SCIENCE WITH HONOURS COURSE TITLE: RENAL NURSING MATRICULATION NO: 871001305396001 IDENTITY CARD NO. : 871001305396 TELEPHONE NO. : 0166695545 E-MAIL : annbukutty0110@gmail.com LEARNING CENTRE: PPW Melaka CONTENTS NO | TITLE | PAGES | 1 | INTRODUCTION * URINARY SYSTEM * WHAT DO NORMAL KIDNEYS DO? | 3 | 2 | RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY * HEAMODIALYSIS * PERITONEAL DIALYSIS | 4 - 7 | 3 | RENAL TRANSPLANTATION * TRANSPLANT PROCEDURE * TISSUE TYPING

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    Renal Calculi

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    Renal Calculi Kristan Michele Heil Our Lady of the Lake College Renal Calculi Renal calculi‚ commonly called kidney stones‚ are one of the most common‚ painful disorders of the urinary system. The condition of having kidney stones is referred to as nephrolithiasis. These stones are usually formed inside of the kidney and can be composed of various elements collected in the human body. Some stones may pass right through the urinary system never causing a problem‚ while others may cause

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    The Renal Diet

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    The Renal Diet 1.The kidneys: * The kidneys are a pair of bean-shaped organs that lie on either side of the spine in the lower middle of the back. Each kidney weighs about ¼ pound. * It is important to keep the kidneys in good working order to allow them to work at an optimum level. * The main function of the kidneys is to remove waste products and excess water from the blood. The kidneys process about 200 l’s of blood every day and produce about 2 l’s of urine. * The kidneys

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    Renal Calculi

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    Renal calculi literally translates to kidney stones. These kidney stones form inside your kidneys but can affect your entire urinary tract as it travels (which includes the bladder‚ urethra‚ and ureters.) Stones form when urine is too rich with minerals and salts causing them to stick together creating a small‚ hard‚ pebble-like sediment. Kidney stones are a collection of proteins and mineral salts that aggregate into a solid crystalline structure. The stones structure is made of two phases‚ crystalline

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    renal autoregulation

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    Renal autoregulation: new perspectives regarding the protective and regulatory roles of the underlying mechanisms Rodger Loutzenhiser‚1 Karen Griffin‚2 Geoffrey Williamson‚3 and Anil Bidani2 1Smooth Muscle Research Group‚ University of Calgary‚ Alberta‚ Canada; 2Department of Internal Medicine‚ Loyola University Medical Center and Edward Hines‚ Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital‚ Maywood‚ Illinois; and 3Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering‚ Illinois Institute of Technology‚ Chicago

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    Physioex Renal

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    EXERCISE 9:  RENAL SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGYHere is 9 got 95% Still need help on final 132 | ACTIVITY 1:  The Effect of Arteriole Radius on Glomerular Filtration   Answers 1.   According to your lab manual‚ in humans the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ranges from _____ to _____ ml/minute.   80 140 2.   When the radii of both the afferent arteriole and efferent arteriole were set at 0.45mm‚ the GFR was approximately ______ ml/minute. a.   40 b.   60           c.   80 d.   120   C. 3.   True or

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    Chronic Renal Failure

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    1 RENAL FAILURE Prof. Stroehlein 2 OBJECTIVES  Identify patients with Actual /Potential Acute or Chronic Renal Failure and respond with appropriate care  Describe alterations in body functions related to Renal self care deficits.  Discuss and interpret diagnostic tests related to Renal self care deficits.  Discuss social‚ economical‚ cultural factors that impact an individuals self care.  Use effective teaching and therapeutic communication skills with parents ‚patients families

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    Narrative/Patient Journey

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    HEARING VOICES Hearing voices also called auditory hallucinations are usually manifested as “voices”‚ which can be experienced as external voices. People suffering psychotic symptoms regularly report sensory abnormalities; therefore hallucination can happen in different way such as auditory‚ olfactory‚ gustatory and tactile but the most common are auditory hallucinations which are reported by around 70% of sufferers. Hallucinations can be frightening as they may be unexpected or unwanted‚ but

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    assignment is to discover through narratives the mental‚ ethnic and sociological viewpoint of a patient journey with a long-term illness (asthma). Patient narrative is a means towards achieving more understanding about the individual‚ accepting patient-specific implication of a sickness and managing strategies (Kalitzkus and Matthiessen‚ 2009). The acceptance of sickness and wellbeing conduct models has been renowned to bear substantial effect on the care given to specific patients and the health care provision

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