EFFECTIVENESS OF BASIL ( Ocimum Basilicum Lamiaceace ) PLANT FOR URINARY TRACT INFECTION INTRODUCTION Background of the Study The care of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) is a common costly problem in acute care and home care population. Many therapies have been made for the treatment. Despite this‚ the patient still suffer from pains when urinating and the financial burden. In the locality‚ Urinary Tract Infection was commonly experienced among teenagers due to lifestyle and diet. Nurses in the community
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Patient Education Plan for Uterine Fibroids Ramona Pullum University of Phoenix NUR/427 Barbara Deets May 13‚ 2010 Patient Education Plan for Uterine Fibroids Uterine fibroids are muscular tumors that grow in the wall of the uterus (womb). Another medical term for uterine fibroids is "leiomyoma" (leye-oh-meye-OH-muh) or just "myoma". Fibroids are almost always benign or non cancerous. Fibroids can grow as a single tumor‚ or there can be many of them in the uterus. They can be as small as
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Improving Outcomes in Sepsis Patients in the Emergency Department Sepsis is a left threatening illness that affects millions of people each year. The Center of Disease Control reports sepsis as the 10th leading cause of death in the United States (V). For adults age 65 and over hospital admission because of sepsis have increased 48%. The body’s immune system switches into “high gear” which overwhelms the body’s normal blood flow and oxygenation of tissues throughout the body. This process‚
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on Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections Carley Cade Northwest Mississippi Community College Nursing Seminar Dr. Ellen Williams October 24‚ 2012 Healthcare Policy on Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections The insertion of indwelling urinary catheters has been a common practice accredited to keeping the bladder empty during hospital stays‚ treatments and pre- or post-operative procedures. Through this practice‚ research has shown that many patients will acquire a catheter
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disease. Sarah lives with both parents and two younger brothers in suburban Maryland. It is noted that Sarah ’s maternal grandmother had irritable bowel syndrome. Sarah is planning on going to college in the fall and will need a large amount of education on nutrition‚ medications‚ and symptoms of the disease so that she can manage the disease independently. Sarah states that she learns best by reading. Crohn ’s disease is a chronic disorder that causes inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract
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“The number of deaths from sepsis in the U.S increased from 154‚159 in 2000 to 207‚427 in 2007 and the numbers of hospitalizations with sepsis have overtaken those for myocardial infarction. In the U.S.‚ sepsis accounts for far more deaths than the number of deaths from prostate cancer‚ breast cancer and AIDS combined” (World Sepsis Day‚ 2015). Sepsis is the most expensive condition treated in U.S. hospitals according to the Agency for healthcare
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Psychosocial Factors and Patient Education 09 Oct 11 Zahava Ohana Homework Week Two (1) Give examples of psychosocial factors that affect the health care professional and the effect those factors could have on the patient education; Patient’s background. For example‚ that patient came from a background that does not believe on any medicines. They go to a “voodoo doctor” for some spiritual interventions and they are content on that. Because they are not too well educated or maybe it is
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acquiescing‚ or yielding. The patient is passively abide by the advice and yield to the health care professional. It has a dictatorial connotation. The patient abides by the goals of the health professional. In contrast‚ the terms adherence and collaboration are used to describe implied that patients have more autonomy and independent in following their treatment planning. Adherence is based on patient-centered model; through research‚ it has shown to promote patient satisfaction and health outcomes
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giving a brief summary of a patient I cared for whilst undertaking a placement in an acute setting. This portfolio of evidence will be based on a patient diagnosed with sepsis secondary to her chest infection. I will discuss extensively the aetiology‚ pathophysiology and clinical features of a patient presenting with sepsis treated in an acute care setting. I will explore the role of the different healthcare professionals that were involved in the care of the patient describing how they contributed
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Maternal mortality due to sepsis is worryingly increasing through developed and developing countries. This is despite a worldwide effort towards reducing maternal death‚ maternal sepsis during pregnancy remains one of the worlds leading causes of preventable maternal death. In developed countries 3% of all maternal mortality is due to sepsis‚ whilst that figure jumps to 12% in developing countries. Pregnancy affected by severe sepsis or septci shock‚ run the risk of pre-term labour‚ fetal infect
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