Drug and Alcohol Traffic Awareness NOTES (DATA) Final exam is 40 questions; need to get 32 correct to pass. Physiological Factors Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for all people from 6 to 33 years of age. The easiest way to group drugs and alcohol is by their similarities. Classifications and a few more common examples are as follows: central nervous system depressants (alcohol‚ sleeping pills‚ tranquilizers) ‚ central nervous system stimulants (nicotine‚ cocaine‚ amphetamines)
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depressed area over his lower spine and reported this to the nursing assistant. Knowledge and education regarding the Nursing Sensitive Indicator of pressure ulcers would have alerted the nursing assistant to have the nurse check the patient immediately and to reposition Mr. J. to offload the pressure on this area. Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers are a serious complication that can lead to infection‚ pain‚ increased hospital stay‚ and even death. Hospital awareness of this indicator can lead to increased
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consequences of developing plaques in those areas. Case 2 You have two patients with ulcers on their lower extremities. Patient A has ulcers caused by peripheral artery disease and patient B has ulcers caused by chronic venous insufficiency. 1. Describe the pathophysiology of how each type of ulcer developed. 2. List the signs you expect to see when you examine each patient’s extremities. 3. Why do these ulcers look so different? Case 3 KH is a 67-year-old African-American man with primary
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makes sense that they are positive because Tagamet looks less expensive relative to them. But‚ as income goes up‚ it hurts the quantity demanded for Tagamet. My guess for as to why it is negative‚ is for when income increases‚ maybe consumers of “anti-ulcer” drugs prefer to buy a “better” one with their higher income (maybe Zantac‚ i.e.)‚ or get more expensive treatment overall‚ so quantity demanded for Tagamet decreases accordingly. 2) Own-price elasticity of demand is calculated with the following
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Chancroid is spread through sexual contact. Within one day to two weeks after acquiring chancroid a person will get a small bump called the ulcer on their genitals. A ulcer is painful‚ soft‚ and has sharply defined borders. It has a base that is covered with a yellowish-gray material. The base bleeds easily if banged or scraped. Most men only get one ulcer while most women get four. (https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000635.htm) If chancroid is left untreated patients will suffer further sequelae
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This is a 53-year-old black individual a patient of Dr. Shelton‚ who has had diabetes for at least six months‚ but he thinks it has been longer than that. He says his last known blood sugar was in the 300’s. He presents in the ER today with a foot ulcer since January of this year. He stated that it started with blisters where he had soaked his feet too long in hot water. He has had no eye examination for two years. There has been no surveillance of chronic complications of diabetes. PAST MEDICAL
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likely to increase their focus and attention to its need and any development of complications. This increased focus and attention could have led to the development of educational opportunities for the hospital staff on the identification of pressure ulcer related complications. Had the nurse and nursing supervisor been aware of patient/family/caregiver satisfaction as an NSI they may have reacted differently in the situation. According to the physician in the scenario‚ there have been multiple complaints
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None Admitting Diagnosis: Known diabetes mellitus. Ulceration of right foot. HISTORY: The patient is a 53-year-old black individual‚ who has had diabetes for at least six months‚ but thinks it has been longer than that. He has had a foot ulcer since January. Physical exam at the time of admission is significant for his lower extremities where he had good dorsalis and posterior tibial pulses bilaterally. His
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Turning for Ulcer ReductioN: A Multisite Randomized Clinical Trial in Nursing Homes Nancy Bergstrom‚ PhD‚ RN‚* Susan D. Horn‚ PhD‚†‡ Mary Pat Rapp‚ PhD‚ RN‚* Anita Stern‚ PhD‚ RN‚§ Ryan Barrett‚ BS‚†‡ and Michael Watkiss‚ BFA†‡ OBJECTIVES: To determine optimal repositioning frequency of nursing home (NH) residents at risk for pressure ulcers (PrUs) when cared for on high-density foam mattresses. DESIGN: Multisite‚ randomized‚ clinical trial‚ known as Turning for Ulcer ReductioN (TURN Study)
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nonhealing wounds still remain a significant problem. The annual cost of management for these wounds exceeds $20 billion‚1‚2 not including the loss of two million workdays.3 Worse yet‚ the prevalence of nonhealing wounds is on the rise.4 Diabetic foot ulcers alone are so common (affecting approximately 15% of the diabetes patient population) that they account
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