...care for clients with acute health problems. Contribute to complex nursing care of clients. Administer and monitor medications. Administer and monitor IV meds. Assessment 2 Post-op Case Study Assessment 2 Question 1. Identify a minimum of 5 nursing actions, in order of priority you would perform related to above information. Mrs Abu has had a considerable change in her vital signs (blood pressure lowered, her pulse is rapid, her respirations increased and temperature has dropped) form the baseline taken before surgery. These findings alone would be reported to the Registered Nurse and monitored. But because of the changes in vital sings, coupled with Mrs Abu reporting light-headedness and nausea, plus her significant blood loss form the surgical wound, you would be assessing for hypovolemic shock which can be life threatening. As the nurse you would be seeking assistance immediately, assessing her airway, breathing and circulation. Applying oxygen, applying pressure at the surgical site and continuing to monitor (airway, breathing, circulation) and vital signs until help arrives. Mrs Abu should be given nil by mouth as she may return to surgery (Gulanick, Myers, Klopp, Galanes, Gandishar & Puzas 2003, p.329). Question 2. Complete the interventions and rationale in Mrs Abu's care plan related to the following diagnosis |Nursing Diagnosis |Interventions |Rationale | |Acute...
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...Background: John Howard was born 26 July 1939, his ancestors being English, Scottish and Irish. Due to suffering from a hearing loss problems, Howard had a slight speech impediment, and he still needs to wear a hearing aid. Howard attended the state schools Earlwood Primary School and Canterbury Boys' High School. Howard joined the Liberal Party in 1957. Ideologies: Howard was, in his own words an "economic radical" and a social conservative. He agreed with pro-market liberalism of the 1980s. Howard promoted the traditional family. There were always questions on where Howard actually stood when it came to the promotion of multiculturalism, he didn't want it at the expense of a shared Australian identity. He had a controversial immigration policy, One Australia, the policy outlined a vision of "one nation and one future”. Howard also publicly suggested that the rate of Asian immigration be "slowed down a little”. Ambitions: Howard wanted to see Australia with a unified identity, as well as a free market and a strong economy. He also wanted to have a socially conservative Australia. Perspectives: Howard was known to be a supporter of the Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War, but now he believes that "aspects of it that could have been handled and explained differently”. In his earlier political career he...
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...Cochlear is one of Australia’s most successful ‘born global’ companies. Choose one overseas market and discuss how macro-environmental factors (otherwise known as PEST – political/legal/regulatory; economic; social/cultural; and technological) would impact Cochlear’s global marketing mix. Introduction Cochlear is a leading global biotechnology company that specialises in the design, manufacturing and supply of Nucleus Cochlear Implant, the Hybrid electro-acoustic implant and Baha bone conduction implant. The company was formed in 1981 with the support of the Australian government to commercialise hearing implants, and today it holds over two thirds of the worldwide hearing implant hearing market (Cochlear, 2013). It is predominantly run in Sweden and Australia, with one of their major offices here at Macquarie University. With sales of $297 million in Americas, $286 million in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and $123 million in the Asia Pacific Cochlear supplies to 100 of countries worldwide, which allows them to use $119.3 million on research and development in 2012. (Cochlear, Annual Report 2012, 2012). Judging by these figures Cochlear have been very success in integrating their assets into global markets. In this report we will discover what adjustments would need to make to Cochlear’s marketing mix in order to fit into the Chinese market. Political In this current day China’s market development the prospects of economic gain has been a major factor within their...
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...APPLY EFFCTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN NURSING Practice INTODUCTION: I am going to talk about Cerebral Palsy which is a nervous system disorder. In this disorder clients have dysarthria, a speech impediment, that makes it difficult for them to communicate. In nervous system the ability to communicate may be impaired by factors that include: * Damage to the speech centres in the brain, * Damage to the temporal lobes, which hinders the perception and interpretation of stimuli, * Damage to the cranial nerves responsible for movement of the lips, tongue, pharynx and larynx, * Limited motor function that hinders non-verbal communication gestures, * Visual or hearing deficits, * Altered levels of consciousness or mental status. ( Maureen farrell et al:(2005) Australia, Medical Surgical Nursing “Neurological Function” (see pp1896-1910), * Funnel, koutoukidis, et al:(2005) Australian, “Neurological Health” (see chapter 43, pg745). CEREBRAL PALSY: Cerebral Palsy comprises a group of neuromotor disorders resulting from prenatal, perinatal or postnatal cerebral hypoxia or damage. Thesedisorders is highest in premature infants or in infants who have experienced a difficulty birth resulting in cerebral damage. There are three common types of cerebral Palsy, although some individual may have symptoms of more than one type. The three types of cerebral palsy are spastic, athetoid or dyskinetic, and ataxic. CEREBRAL PALSY...
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...2012 Assessment Report 2012 Legal Studies GA 3: Written examination GENERAL COMMENTS The 2012 Legal Studies examination was challenging for many students. Many common misunderstandings about various aspects of the legal system were evident in responses to the examination. Few students were able to demonstrate knowledge of a directions hearing. Incorrect cases were used as examples of the High Court protecting rights. In Question 3a. few students correctly identified that the Court of Appeal was higher than the Supreme Court (Trial Division) in the court hierarchy. Many students had a limited understanding of the operation of section 109 of the Constitution and struggled to provide a thorough response to Question 3b. Students should become familiar with the study design throughout the year. Students are expected to demonstrate the ability to discuss, explain and evaluate. Students’ ability to evaluate requires more attention. Students should not rely on rote-learned or pre-prepared answers as they will rarely address the question. Time management was an issue in this examination, with many students writing lengthy responses to questions that only required a shorter response, therefore not allowing enough time for longer questions. A shorter question that asks for an outline (for example, Question 1a.) requires no more than one or two sentences in response. Good examination technique is essential and students should practise their technique throughout the year. If students continue...
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...Women with small social networks were approximately 5 times more likely to retire early than women with large social networks. Retirement may also lead to a decrease in social networks and social network contact, thus leading to social isolation. Retirement can be stressful episode for elderly especially those who are used to working and depending on the support of social network members at work. Social isolation has been shown to correlate with changes in salary and socioeconomic status. Economic constraints and low income are both factors associated with social isolation along with inadequate personal resources. Socioeconomic status has been suggested as a potential risk factor for social isolation. d) Changes in Work and Family Roles The loss of a relative, friends, or even close neighbours may also lead to an increase of social isolation among older people. A stressful negative life event, such as the death of spouse, a close friend or relative, may prevent older adults from participating in social networks, thus will put them in increase risk for social isolation. e) Environmental A study by Fowles and Greenberg in 2009 cited by Nicholson & Prev (2012) reported that about 30 % of the elderly population in the United States lives alone which leads to an increased social...
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...Domestic and family violence is intentional and systematic and often increases in frequency and severity the longer the relationship continues. In Australia, domestic and family violence “is found across all cultures, ages and socio-economic groups, but the majority of those who experience these forms of violence are women. However, it is not possible to measure the true extent of the problem as most incidents of domestic, family and sexual violence go unreported.” (Parliament of Australia, 2015). The World Health Organization (WHO) describes the levels of violence experienced by the world’s women as ‘a global public health problem of epidemic proportions, requiring urgent action’. “In Australia, domestic, family and sexual violence is found across all cultures, ages and socio-economic groups, but the majority of those who experience...
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...are used in the field of Mechanical, Aerodynamic, Electrical and Electronics field. Lakshmikanth et al [4] developed a noise and vibration reduction model in permanent magnet synchronous motors. Noise effects never consider the age limit. As far as the National Institute of Public Health concerned an enormous change in life style even children are adversely affected by noise. Many researchers have analyzed and developed a model to minimize the hearing loss due to noise and gave their suggestions to control factors which create noise. More researches are going on to minimize the hearing loss effect and the factors involved in this hazard are analyzed by software which is developed by their own, according to the situation and environment. Noise Exposure Acquisition Tool (NEAT) is one of the software which gives easy solutions to overcome the hazard within a short period and expenditure. Usually males have a greater exposure than female with noise hazards since mostly they are involved in the industrial activities. Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) will be reduced by adopting engineering controls effectively. It will improve the occupational health among the workers who are exposed to noisy atmosphere. Usage of proper personal protective equipments PPE play a vital role in reduction of noise related burdens [9]. Around 60 noise related case studies under various situations with remedies are given in the Industrial Noise Control Manual [11]. Noise effects are sometime acute and sometime...
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...studied ear problems among Army personnel who were exposed to multiple traumas during eight years of war in Iran. Hearing loss, tinnitus, ear discharge, vertigo, tympanic membrane perforation, audiologic findings and the type of trauma were considered. Bone Conduction threshold over 15dB was considered as hearing loss. In the sample population, 21.5% complained of audiologic problems. 94.6% had hearing loss, 83.6% tinnitus without hearing loss, but there was a hearing loss on the audiologic findings. 80% of hearing loss was bilateral, 10.9% only on the right and 9.1% only on the left side. 89% of hearing loss was sensorineural (88% in high frequency). 6.4% of them had tympanic membrane perforation and none had complained of vertigo 32. AUDIOMETRY Pure Tone Audiometry (PTA) is the commonest test performed to assess hearing loss following exposure to noise from firearms. Standard technique for assessment of pure tone threshold at individual frequency is by modified Hughson-Westlake method33. Pure tone average is taken as average of pure tone thresholds at 500, 1000, 2000 Hz frequency. Degrees of hearing impairment as defined by WHO (World Health Organization) is given in table below. TABLE-...
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...Nowadays, Intellectual property (IP) is one the main concern to international business or multinational firms. According to Australia government, Intellectual property can be defined as an idea or an information and knowledge of a person that can be transfer to an invention or trademark or particular use of that idea (2013). A company often owned 3 form of IP which is patents, trademark and copyrights. Firstly, Patents can be seen as a legal permission or licenses from government to creators that prohibit other to transfer product itself or using the exclusive method of that product for a period of time. To support this idea, Partel & Ward (2011, p.886) claims that innovators is provided the right to ban other competitor to reinvent the invention by patents. For example, if the company is operating in technological industry, it will have patent on it product such as software, hardware. In addition, a company can also patent on it production process such as production of cosmetic product. Moreover, Patents are significantly important to multinational firms. The reason for this is that patent protect firm comparative advantage to it competitor, making the firm market value increased. Partel & Ward (20111, p.887) concluded that the value of firm daily stock market is higher when a patent is granted. However one important feature of patent that multination enterprise (MNE) has to consider is that there are no global patents. A patent is only valid with in a country border...
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...[pic] Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) Report of the WWDA Telecommunications Survey Contents Page Acknowledgments...... ..........3 Chapter One: Introduction 4 1.1 Preamble 4 1.2 About Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) 6 1.3 Executive Summary 7 1.4 Recommendations 13 1.5 Gender and Disability 17 1.6 The Interaction Between Gender, Disability and Telecommunications 21 1.7 The Context of the Study 23 1.8 Survey Framework and Methodology 25 Chapter Two: Summary of Major Findings of the Telecommunications Survey 26 2.1 Characteristics of Respondents 26 2.2 Use of Telecommunications Equipment 26 2.3 Barriers to Telecommunications 26 2.4 Service Providers 27 2.5 Telecommunications - Assistive Devices and Equipment 28 2.6 Online Communication 29 Chapter Three: WWDA Telecommunications Survey Analysis 30 Appendix 1: Telecommunications Questionnaire Tables 65 Appendix 2: WWDA Telecommunications Questionnaire 84 Acknowledgments Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) wishes to thank all the respondents who contributed their time to complete the survey questionnaires and whose heartfelt, insightful comments gave so much to enhance the interpretation of the statistical results. Our thanks go also to the Blind Citizens Australia Project Telecommunications, Disability and Consumer Representation funded by The Department of Communication, Information Technology and the Arts. This Project provided the funding...
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...Changing rights and freedoms and human wellbeing By Yasmin Hayward On Australia Day’s 150th anniversary, in 1938, William Cooper, a member of the Aboriginal Progressive Association, declared the day a “Day of Mourning”, alluding to the annual re-enactment of Phillip’s landing. Aboriginal people call it ‘Invasion Day’, ‘Day of Mourning’, ‘Survival Day’ or, since 2006, ‘Aboriginal Sovereignty Day’. The latter name reflects that all Aboriginal nations are sovereign and should be united in the continuous fight for their rights. Aboriginal people refused to participate in the re-enactment because it included chasing away a party of Aboriginal people. “I refuse to celebrate, and every Australia Day my heart is broken as I am reminded that in the eyes of many, I am not welcome on my own land.” —Nakkiah Lui, Aboriginal woman “We won't stop, we won't go away / We won't celebrate Invasion Day!”—Chant during protests on Australia Day 2012 “January 26th marked the beginning of the murders, the rapes and the dispossession. It is no date to celebrate”—Michael Mansell, National Aboriginal The Day of Mourning Speech. The Aboriginal perspective of Australia day was that is was not a celebration Aboriginal people but in fact a commemoration of a deep loss. The issues outlined in the Day of Mourning speeches in 1937 led by three Aboriginal men were for the Aboriginal people to be able to access the same citizenship rights as those of white-Australians. This included their land being returned...
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...Case Studies to accompany Auditing and Assurance Services in Australia by Gay and Simnett Prepared by Renee Radich and Philip Ross [pic] McGraw-Hill Australia [pic] A Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies Copyright © 2002 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Limited Additional owners of copyright are named in on-page credits. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. Enquiries should be made to the publisher, marked for the attention of the Publishing Manager, at the address below. Copying for educational purposes Under the copying provisions of the Copyright Act, copies of parts of this material may be made by an educational institution. An agreement exists between the Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) and the relevant educational authority (Department of Education, university, TAFE, etc.) to pay a licence fee for such copying. It is not necessary to keep records of copying except where the relevant educational authority has undertaken to do so by arrangement with the Copyright Agency Limited. For further information on the CAL...
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...workplace is vital to ensuring successful completion of tasks and accomplishing goals. Programs have been put in place, and legislative measures have been introduced, to assist these individuals in not only gaining employment, but also in maintaining a healthy and happy work environment that can lead to career longevity. The first step to ensuring open channels of communication among both the deaf and hearing communities is to form a standard of education. After Arizona entered the Union in February of 1912, one of its first state legislatures enacted a provision to form the Arizona Schools for the Deaf and Blind (Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, 2011). Starting classes in October of that year with just 19 children with hearing loss, the school continued to grow over the years to eventually become a public corporation. This school has many services for eligible students; including early childhood and family education, to athletics, and even career and technical education. This program was introduced through the legislature to assist the deaf and hard of hearing in living a normal life just like any other person, while still fulfilling individual needs required by their disability. Education on the part of the individual alone is not enough to ensure that the path to...
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...INTRODUCTION It is obvious that we are faced with an aging population. Within three decades individuals aged 65 years or older are expected to make up 23% of the Australian population (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2013). This is a stable increase from 13% in 2007, emphasising Australia as an aging country (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2013). This is evident not only within the demographic regions of metropolitan and rural cities and towns of Australia but also among other countries in the world. It is with this discrepancy that presents such a large challenge within the population and from a health perspective. This essay will explore the social, cultural and psychological health related issues linked with growth in the aging population and will focus on the baby boomer generation and the co-morbidities that are notably prevalent in the elderly. This essay will also consider the future role of the nurse and how their profession will be impacted in response to these trends. WHY DO WE FACE AN AGING CRISIS? As fertility rates decline and longevity increases we are coming to face a shift in population distribution with a greater proportion of older adults (Anderson and Hussey, 2013). It is important to note that this increase is due particularly to the Baby Boomer generation growing older and associated aging co-morbidities on the rise. The Baby Boomer generation consists of those born from the years 1945-1964 (Berman et al., 2012). As this generation grows older...
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