prevent them Specific Purpose: To inform the class about the 3 most common dental problems and how they can be prevented Thesis Statement: I am going to tell you about the 3 most common dental problems which are gum disease‚ bad breath‚ and mouth ulcers and also ways to prevent them. Introduction: Don’t you wish we could get away with eating anything and not worry about problems occurring in the mouth like cavities which then lead to getting fillings‚ your gums turning black from smoking or doing
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treatment of wounds is often left up to the nurse to decide and get approved by the physician. Every nurse has different experiences with what has worked in the past for different wounds. A female resident with an amputated foot developed a pressure ulcer on the stump. An ADN nurse may just apply the house standard treatment of silver sulfadiazine‚ for example. The BSN nurse would use the researching and critical thinking background of her education to further investigate why the resident has the wound
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electrolytes‚ promotes proper hydration to the integumentary system to maintain skin integrity. The rich protein diet will provide the essential building blocks for muscle and skin growth and repair. If pressure ulcers are developed‚ prescribed ointments and lotions are applied to the pressure ulcer and dry dressings. Then the dry dressing will be wrapped in dry gauzes to add additional relief of pressure. Furthermore‚ proper teaching of diet and medication regiment will support skin health and prevent
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Nursing care study In this assignment I will document and reflect on the care that I gave to one of the patients I was looking after while on clinical placement. I will be referring to the patient as ‘Mr x’ for confidentiality reasons. ‘Mr x’ was 69 years old. He initially presented with left sided unilateral weakness‚ expressive and receptive dysphasia‚ slurred speech and he suffered from nocturnal incontinence. He had been transferred from A&E to the ward. He had a provisional
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Anne-Kathrin Brill wrote in How to avoid interface problems in acute noninvasive ventilation that “Interface-related pressure ulcers are medical-device related pressure ulcers and the longer the treatment lasts the more likely they are to develop. A number of patient-dependent risk factors facilitate their occurrence‚ but the literature shows that the main cause for theses pressure ulcers is often associated with a lack of understanding of how and how often to remove devices and inspect the skin‚ and how
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blood flow to the heart. Diagnosis of a heart attack has to be made quickly to prevent further damage or death. Patients usually get medical attention when they experience chest pain. Many patients assume the chest pain is from indigestion or acid peptic symptoms. These patients waste time with antacids. Chest pain may be accompanied with vomiting‚ sweating and breathlessness. It is known that 15-20% of heart attacks can be painless especially in diabetics and elderly. Severe chest pain can be caused
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Patient Centred Care Essay This essay is based on the Case study of a patient named as Mrs Ford. It will be written as a logical account‚ adopting a problem solving approach to her care. She is elderly and has been admitted onto a medical ward in the hospital‚ following a stroke. This essay analyses the care that she will receive and focuses on the use of assessment tools in practice. Interventions will be put in place directly relating to the assessment feedback and in line with best practice.
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This is a case study on a 76 year old man.Mr Alan Chari(pseudonym used to protect the identity of a patient)‚was admitted over night in my department.He is a divorcee who stays with son.He is a retired teacher and his son is permanently employed by a local company as an electrician.He is independent with activities of daily livings but is occasionally limited by his ill health.He used to be a heavy smoker .After realising the burden COPD has on general New Zealand population ‚affecting about15%
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MEDICAL CENTER REQUEST FOR CONSULTATION 1 Patient Name: Gerald Edwards Hospital No.: 11058 Consultant: Gary Sheldon‚ Podiatrist Requesting Physician: Catherine Baker‚ MD‚ Emergency Services Date: 07/16/2011 Request for Consultation: Right foot ulcer‚ complications of diabetes mellitus. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: The patient well known to me is pleasant 53-year-old diabetic male‚ with a one week history of a six cm diameter grade two diabetic ulceration beneath the medial cuneiform of the right
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Introduction In this assignment the author will explore Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and the role of the community nurse. The author will explore the assessment‚ challenges and role of the community nurse in order to gain a better understanding of Community Health Nursing. The following is the case study to which the assignment will be based: Liam Byrne is an 8-year-old boy who lives with his parents Elaine and Michael and his two siblings Fiona aged 4 years and Deirdre aged 6 years. They
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