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    Nursing Care Plan Assessment | Nursing Diagnosis | Rationale | Objective/s | Nursing Interventions | Rationale | Evaluation | OBJECTIVE:Clinical jaundice evident within 24 hour of birth | Risk for fluid volume deficit related to phototherapy | Phototherapy enhances the excretion of unconjugated bilirubin through the bowel. | The infant will exhibit no signs of dehydration‚ clear amber urine output of 1-3 mL/kg/hr‚ and will display appropriate weight gain. | 6. Initiate early feedings and offer

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    intervention of science and technology‚ doctors are in a position to treat most of these cases. Phototherapy stood out as the effective method of treating the illness because it tends to be noninvasive by nature and provides safety to the mother and child. It has two methods of treatment; Fiberoptic and conventional‚ which tend to have a common methodology. However‚ doctors use conventional phototherapy than Fiberoptic due to several factors despite it being convenient towards administering proper

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    1. Which action should the nursery nurse take first in caring for the infant? A) Dry the infant quickly with warm blankets. CORRECT Drying the infant is a priority to prevent evaporative heat loss. B) Use a scale to immediately weigh the infant. INCORRECT Weighing the infant can be delayed and another intervention done first. C) Apply a servomechanism temperature probe. INCORRECT Applying a temperature probe is a common procedure when using a radiant warmer; however‚ another action

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    psoriatics suffer from severe psoriasis‚ and the site involved is so variable that the treatments must be individualized. Limited disease can be treated with topical agents but more extensive skin involvement will require oral systemic treatments‚ phototherapy with artificial UV light‚ or even injectable agents (biologics). Furthermore psoriasis can affect any part of the body‚ each meriting special measures. Site-specific treatments For instance‚ thick scalp psoriasis is often mistakenly treated

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    Insomnia is a complex and serious condition that is detrimental to a person’s well being; however‚ there are a multitude of different treatment options including: pharmacologically with various medications‚ cognitive behavioral therapy‚ as well as phototherapy with relaxation training techniques.

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    ASSESSMENT | NURSING DIAGNOSIS | NURSING INTERFERENCE | NURSING GOAL | NURSING INTERVENTION | NURSING EVALUATION | SUBJECTIVE:The mother of the patient verbalized “nabara toy anak ko ken sangit nga sangit”OBJECTIVE: v/s taken as follows:RR: 42 BPMPR: 144 BPMTemp: 38.6°CWBC: 8.81^10>skin warm to touch>loud cry | Hyperthermia related to inflammatory process or hypermetabolic state as evidenced by increase in body temperature of 38.6 °C‚ elevated WBC of 8.81^ 10 ‚mild jaundice ‚crying

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    Jaundice

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    Jaundice is defined as the yellow staining of the skin and sclerae that is caused by high levels in blood of the chemical bilirubin. The color of the skin and sclerae varies depending on how high or low the blood of the chemical bilirubin is. When the level is highly elevated‚ the skin or sclerae is yellowish; when the level is high the skin or sclerae is brown. Jaundice occurs when there is too much bilirubin being produced for the liver to remove from the blood. Jaundice also occurs when there

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    How a Baby Changed My Life

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    How a Baby Changed My Life I have heard that if you wait to have a baby until you are ready‚ you will never have one. Even at 39‚ I felt that I was not ready for the changes. I did not even realize the amount of changes that having a baby would have on my life. I also had no idea that I would change my career after the baby was born. I also did not know that I would have to function on little or no sleep. Furthermore‚ the amount of free time that I used to enjoy has been greatly reduced

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    The benefit to indoor tanning can not only make you look and feel better physically‚ but mentally it can cause your mood and state of mind feel younger and happier causing one to live life longer. Another benefit would be the Phototherapy‚ which is given by the UV lights‚ and causing the rapid skin growth to lessen and be controlled and make people also feel better walking around about their selves. Some doctors‚ given the appropriate permission by writing a prescription to tan

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    HE 204 May 1‚ 2013 Sun Exposure References -The Skin Cancer Foundation 149 Madison Avenue Suite 901 New York‚ New York 10016 (212) 725-5176 -World Health Organization Avenue Appia 20 1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland Telephone: + 41 22 791 21 11 Facsimile (fax): + 41 22 791 31 11 getinfo@psoriasis.org 800.723.9166 6600 SW 92nd Ave. Suite 300 Portland‚ OR 97223 Sun Exposure Every day‚ people everywhere live their lives coming into and out of contact with the sun. The sun

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