La Salle University School of Nursing and Health Sciences Undergraduate Nursing Program Spring 2014 COURSE NUMBER: NUR 316 TITLE: Care of Older Adults in Health and Illness CREDIT/CLOCK HOURS: 5 credits 3 hours theory per week; 8 hours of clinical practice for 9 weeks‚ 4 hours Hospital Orientation + Lab day: (84 clinical hours) PRE/CO-REQUISITES: NUR 304‚ NUR 305‚ NUR 307‚ NUR 312‚ NUR 310 Class Day /Time: Class Location: Faculty: Denise Pruskowski Kavanagh‚ MSN‚ RN Office
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Identification Key Facts • Family Medical Group of Companies (FMG) currently has 2 divisions: o Distribution - which began operations in 1924‚ selling medical supplies to local hospitals Vice-president‚ Sam Collins: • promoted internally after having moved through the ranks for over 15 years • known for building rapport with customers • easygoing personality and sharp wit • considered a trusted and loyal employee Five branch offices located across Canada 145 employees – many long-term
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The Spanish Flu was a world wide epidemic that took the lives of an estimated 50 to 100 million lives between 1918 and 1920. It has been recorded as the most devastating outbreak in world history. The disease first appeared in Fort Riley Kansas on March 11‚ 1918 when an Army private reported to the camp hospital with complaints of a fever‚ sore throat and headache. By noon that day the hospital had treated over 100 sick soldiers with similar symptoms and 500 more by the end of that week. Initially
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Nursing: Medical Superheroes Since the start of medical history‚ nurses have been at patients sides and tending to their wounds. Nurses are described as the first line of defense for the patient. Doctors do not spend the time that nurses do at the patient’s side and nurturing them back to health. However‚ nurses do not get the credit they deserve and are mistreated most of the time. Many push past this mistreatment and continue to tent to the lives of their patients. Nurses tend to the young by
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HOST 4114 Spanish Flu Crisis Management January 31‚ 2014 Table of Contents Introduction Page 2 What is Spanish Flu and what happened during the pandemic? Page 2 How the situation was handled in 1918 Page 2-3 Impacts from the Spanish Flu Page 3-4 Impacts of mass gathering Page 4-5 Crisis Management Page 5 Additional information that may have arose from research Page 5-6 Recommendations Page 6-7 How the Hospitality sector should act Page
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Prompt gently “Do you need more time to think about this?” * Avoid distractions * Avoid the impulse to give advice * Avoid canned responses “I know how you feel.” * Ask questions * Assess understanding-your own and the pt’s-by restating‚ summarizing‚ and reviewing Avoiding invasive procedures; if pt has dyspnea- low dose oral morphine is effective in relieving this Avoiding invasive procedures; if pt has dyspnea- low dose oral morphine is effective in relieving this End of life:
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Lorma Colleges City of San Fernando 2500 La Union College of Nursing NCM 103 First Semester School Year 2013 – 2014 Case Study: Management of Patients With Dysrhythmias and Conduction Problems Abby‚ is 21 years of age and is a female patient who received a permanent atrial-ventricular pacemaker for the diagnosis of sick sinus rhythm‚ a disorder that leads to periods of tachycardia and periods of extreme bradycardia or sinus arrest.
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starting August‚ year after year signs with messages displaying flu shot information are almost everywhere we turn. Children‚ health care workers and the immune deficient men‚ women and children are urged to be immunized. Article released September 27‚ 2013 on Government News Networks talks about Governor Pat Quinn rolling up his sleeve and setting a perfect example in Illinois how everyone should get vaccinated for flu this year and to protect our loved ones as well. The Article introduces
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Duties of Healthcare Administrators: It’s More Than Just a Desk Job Abstract This paper discusses and explains how I determined my chosen career field‚ healthcare administration. I began this paper by discussing the process of choosing not only what major you want to study‚ but what you will do with that degree once you graduate. I continue by discussing how and why I intend to aspire to becoming a healthcare administrator. The skills and duties that are needed to be successful
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Swine Flu By Jack Conaghan Swine influenza‚ also called pig influenza‚ swine flu‚ hog flu and pig flu‚ is an infection caused by any one of several types of swine influenza viruses. Swine influenza virus (SIV) or swine-origin influenza virus (S-OIV) is any strain of the influenza family of viruses that is endemic in pigs. Swine flu under a Microscope As swine influenza is rarely fatal to pigs‚ little treatment beyond rest and supportive care is required. Instead‚ veterinary efforts
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