Stress Management Proposal Name of technique: Progressive Relaxation/Deep Muscle Relaxation Description of technique: While inhaling tense a group of muscles such as you fist‚ your arms‚ your legs‚ or your back. Relax the muscles while exhaling. Repeat. Summary or analysis of personal experience: I used the Progressive Relaxation Technique by taking a deep breath in and tensing a group of muscles in my body for a slow count of five‚ and then slowly
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Practice for Infection Prevention I am a Medical Assistant in ambulatory care. Today‚ a patient visited our office with symptoms of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI). I check in the patient by verifying his name‚ date of birth and address congruent with his photo ID and his insurance card. When front office transit the patient’s file over to the back office‚ I pick up the patient’s chart and bring the patient to the exam room to measure his vital sign. Before proceeding‚ I record chief complaints and
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Development though the life stages Physical effects on aging In older age (64+) many things happen on the inside and the outside the body. As you hit older age‚ you will start to notice that many things will happen on the outside of your body. Your hair may start to go grey or you may start to go bald. The hair goes grey because as you get older your hair loses pigment which is the colouring in your hair. Also your skin may lose elasticity; this means your skin may appear to get wrinkles. Your
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Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection that occurs in any part of the urinary system. Patients with indwelling urinary catheters have an increased risk of acquiring a urinary tract infection. Seventy-five percent of hospital acquired urinary tract infections are associated with patients that have or have had an indwelling urinary catheter during their hospital stay. Approximately 15-25% of hospital patients receive urinary catheters during their
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Decreasing Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections Urinary Tract Infections are one of the most common hospital-acquired infection and many are associated with an indwelling catheter. For each day a catheter is in place the risk of developing a CAUTI increases 3%-7% (Kahnen‚ Flanders‚ & Magalong‚ 2011 ). Although indwelling urinary catheters are widely used in hospitalized patients and can provide an appropriate means of therapeutic management‚ they are often used without clear indications
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Micro-extraction of urine and/or stomach contents and analysis by TLC Abstract Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) is one of the oldest chromatographic techniques used for the identification of compounds and for determination of the presence of trace impurities. The aim of the experiment was to determine two unknown samples (X and Y) by comparing results to the known standard drugs‚ of which there was five‚ using a specific TLC method. The same technique was used for the determination of
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Notes on Case “Newland Medical Technologies” Overview: Newland Medical focuses on the entrepreneurial adventures of a medical engineer turned MBA student; not an uncommon phenomenon. It chronicles the process of formal learning‚ career experience that leads to an MBA degree and an entrepreneurial alertness that result in an innovative medical device. This case is very effective illustrating the intersection of technological awareness and entrepreneurial alertness. While in Newland this intersection
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MELAMINE 1. Introduction This report discusses what Melamine is and its uses‚ the effects of consuming food contaminated with Melamine‚ and precautionary measures to take to prevent Melamine food contamination. Melamine contamination has been widely reported in the news recently as four babies were killed and more than 53 000 others were affected after consuming milk contaminated with Melamine (The Straits Times 2008). This caused a worldwide recall of Chinese-produced milk
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Scientists also suspected a possible link of the formation of kidney stones with the consumption of soda. A survey of thousands of people who have previously had kidney stones was conducted. They all drank at least 150 ml of carbonated beverages. Half of the patients were asked to reduce the consumption of drinks twice. After three years of observations it appeared that a new kidney stones three times less likely to be formed among those who began to drink less Cola. For other types of drinks such
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Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a bacterial infection or inflammation of the bladder (cystitis)‚ kidneys (pyelonephritis)‚ or urethra (urethritis)‚ leading to bacterial colonization of the urine. Infection of the urinary tract is a common problem‚ causing more than eight million office visits annually in the United States. UTI is the second most common infection that affects women. UTIs typically affect young‚ sexually active women. A lower UTI is an infection or inflammation of the bladder or urethra
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