Chronic Kidney Disease Eileen Daza-Gallego The Center for Allied Health Nursing Education Abstract An estimated 26 million adults in the United States have Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Persons with CKD are unlikely to be aware of their disease and seek appropriate treatment before it is too late. Among those that have the disease‚ a large majority of them are obese and are suffering from diabetes or hypertension or both. The majority of the individuals with hypertension and/or diabetes will
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Kidney Disease- The kidney is a very vital organ to a human’s healthy existence. The pair of bean shaped organs are responsible for many important functions‚ they aid in the Urinary system as was as the Endocrine system. Their main functions are to filter wastes from the blood and secrete hormones. Due to the fact that the kidneys are responsible for maintaining regulation of the body ’s salt‚ potassium and acid content‚ they also play an important role in maintaining a proper homeostasis. According
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benefits of kidney transplants. Kidney transplantation is the organ transplant of a kidney into a patient with end-stage renal disease. In the Early 1900’s European doctors attempted to save patients dying of renal failure by transplanting kidneys from various animals‚ including monkeys‚ pigs and goats. None of the recipients lived for more than a few days. And In the late 1940s and early 1950s‚ a team of doctors at Boston’s Peter Bent Brigham Hospital carried out a series of human kidney grafts
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donors are recruited (or learn through word-of-mouth and volunteer) and flown to another nation‚ where the organ is removed in a makeshift operating room. KIDNEY THEFT While at first believed to be a true but surreal horror story (often involving the victim waking up in a bathtub full of bloody ice cubes)‚ and then dismissed as an urban legend‚ kidney theft has been known to happen. A day laborer‚ Mohammad Salim Khan‚ who lived close to Delhi‚ India‚ was looking for a day’s wages when he agreed to go
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Memorandum To: Hospital Trustees CC: Peer Review Committee From: Dr. Jonathan Kesler Date: 6/20/2011 Re: Heart Transplant The purpose of this memorandum is to inform you that the recipient of the heart transplant has been decided. The following will describe to you the process from which the decision was made. Although the time in which to make the decision was limited the decision was made with professional and ethical choices. There were three qualifying candidates who were in need of the
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Core offering to drive constant maximization of the Washington Medical Center assets and resources as a standard procedure of organizational practices and trusted partner for health care growth. By aligning‚ adjusting and coordinating proper resources toward providing relevant offerings that deliver satisfaction and Washington Medical Center improved cost centers efficiency. Objective: Demonstrate the value of the Washington Medical Center Joint Commission accreditation directives to current‚ new and
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goals for the future (Buchbinder & Shanks‚ 2012‚ p. 78). A strategic plan is a process by which managers develop a carefully devised plan of action to achieve the goals of the organization. For example the mission of the Community South Medical Center is to enhance their health services for the population it serves. Essentially since the organization mission is to enhance their health care services to the population it services then the strategic planning should support the fulfillment of
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new facilities to accommodate the growing population. Community or facility need for the building or renovation An emergency room is an area in a hospital that provides treatment to patients with acute illness‚ trauma and other medical emergencies. Harlan Medical Center provided emergency care to 25‚000 patients last year. This makes the facility the most experienced and busiest hospital in the area. To accommodate the growing demand of services I have decided to renovate the department. Renovating
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1. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the balanced scorecard in this type of an organization. Brief summary of Montefiore Medical Center: * MMC started off in 1884 as a home for the chronically ill that other hospitals couldn’t help‚ dedicated in honor of Sir Moses Montefiore. * In 1963‚ Montefiore agreed to operate the patient care facility of the Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Both hospitals remained as distinct entities with separate administrations for the
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Here at RCMC Medical Weight Loss Center‚ we take great pride in our clients’ achievements and successes. This success has allowed us to open a new location to better help more people lose weight fast and get the body they have always dreamed of. What is RCMC Medical Center? RCMC Medical Center was founded to help people lose weight and get healthy. Using the latest in medical weight loss advances‚ RCMC Medical Center has helped hundreds of people jump start their weight loss and keep it off. The
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