...Lithotripsy – treatment for your kidney stones This information sheet has been given to you to help answer some of the questions you might have about having lithotripsy to treat your kidney stones. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to speak with your doctor or nurse. What is lithotripsy? Lithotripsy comes from the Greek words ‘lithos’ and ‘tripsis’ and literally means ‘stone breaking’. The procedure uses shock waves to break your kidney stones into small sand-like particles that can then pass out of your body through your urine. Why do I need this procedure? Your doctor has found that you have a stone or group of stones in your kidney or ureter (tube that links the kidney with the bladder). Kidney stones can be painful and can cause infection or blood in your urine. If nothing is done to remove them, they may continue to grow and could damage your kidney or block your ureter....
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...Kidney Stones This is a research paper on Kidney Stones, also called nephrolithiasis. Kidney Stones are apart and family of the Excretory system. This can happen to anyone and may or may not affect you or your loved ones one day. This may be deadly for some people so I am here to inform you of ways to treat it and avoid it in any possible way. Anything helps when you are desperate with painful stones in your body. There are certain ways to get kidney stones and certain ways to treat them as well. They are treatable. This is not something you have to live with your whole life living in when having quick access to medical treatment. Kidney stones is a painful disease to have. Sometimes the stone is too big to pass so they have to break it up...
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...referral hospital within the Pacific. Queen’s is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Organizations (JCAHO) and affiliated with WHA Inc., the national health care alliance [ (Center, 2011) ]. The Queen’s Medical Center is well known on the Island of Oahu as providing the best medical care and putting patients first. In this paper I will give you the overview of the deliver services provided, how Queen’s Medical Center fits in the continuum of care, the resource options provided in the website, and my review of the website. Delivery Services Queen’s medical center delivers a variety of services through the hospital, emergency room, variety of specialty clinics, variety of physician practices, and resources provided by the Queen’s medical center. Queen’s medical center offers a variety of necessity treatment clinics and specialty physicians, ranging from kidney stone center, cancer clinics, and biomedical research offices (Queen's Medical Center, 2011) . The Queen’s medical center also provides programs for native Hawaiians throughout the state of Hawaii. The program consists of health care training, research, access & outreach and clinical outings. The program is aimed to enhance the well being of Native Hawaiians within the state (Queen's Medical Center, 2011). Queen’s medical center offer more services than I thought prior to accessing the...
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...application in dermatology was reported by Goldmanin1962 . Since then, laser technology has evolved as an important tool in surgical treatment and it is widely used in gynecology and obstetrics. Especially in the treatment of benign and premalignant vulvar and cervical dysplasias the standard treatment involves the application of laser energy . In prenatal medicine, laser coagulation of placenta vessels has shown to be superior to any other intrauter in etherapy of twin- to-twin transfusion syndrome(TTTS) in monochorionic twin pregnancies . However ,not all expectations in laser technology have been fulfilled. In laparoscopy for instance, the use of the laser has been abandoned in favor of high-frequency electric surgery [6]. This paper gives a short introduction to current applications of laser techniques in gynecology and obstetrics. It focuses on the medical treatment and on technical aspects of laser therapy. Laser–tissue interactions : In short, laser–tissue...
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...Middle adulthood is the time period from 35 years of age until 64 years of age. It is the midpoint of a person’s life. Many people have achieved happiness at this point in their lives, but there are some who feel like they are that much closer to death without accomplishing anything. Just like any other point in life this time period brings about many changes and stresses to deal with daily. How a person handles these issues determines if he or she achieves total happiness with their own self. Webster defines middle as “equal distance from the beginning to the end” (Dictionary, 2010). It also states that the word adult is a person who is “fully grown or developed” (Dictionary, 2010). Basically by combining these two words a person is half way through with his or her life. There is not a magic crystal ball that can 100% correctly predict when a person’s ticker will stop beating. Researchers did a study and came up with an approximate life expectancy of women. These researchers took an average of women in 17 different countries and came up with a life expectancy of approximately 82 for the year 2000 (Bongaarts, 2009). There are many factors to be considered that could change these numbers significantly. This number is just an educated guess of women who are in good health and get the proper amounts of nutrition and exercise. Most people probably would not want to know an exact time that their life will end. If people live a good lifestyle then their life expectancy is much longer...
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...development are critical for a firm’s survival and growth (Penrose, 1995) and have stated that one of the core competencies needed to develop new technologies is the ability to assimilate and recombine knowledge in unique combinations (Rosenkopf and Nerkar, 2001). Simply put, successful innovation and new product development require the ability to create and use new knowledge to offer novel products or services to customers. Research indicates that firms who possess prior experience are in a better position to innovate (Carroll et al., 1996; Henderson and Cockburn, 1994; Klepper and Simons 2000; Nerkar and Roberts, 2004). Prior studies have also highlighted the importance of knowledge and experience in enabling firms to successfully adapt to changes in technology (Bartel and Lichtenberg, 1987, 1991; Siegel, 1999; Siegel et al., 1997). This stream of literature specifically states that a firm’s technological and product-market experience enables it to “combine knowledge elements into valuable new products” (Nerkar and Roberts, 2004). Although this research stream makes valuable contributions to the innovation literature, it...
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...00_078973706x_fm.qxd 1/14/08 2:42 PM Page i NCLEX-PN ® SECOND EDITION Wilda Rinehart Diann Sloan Clara Hurd 00_078973706x_fm.qxd 1/14/08 2:42 PM Page ii NCLEX-PN® Exam Cram, Second Edition Copyright © 2008 by Pearson Education All rights reserved. No part of this book shall be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher. No patent liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information contained herein. Although every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher and author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions. Nor is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein. ISBN-13:978-0-7897-2706-9 ISBN-10: 0-7897-3706-x Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rinehart, Wilda. NCLEX-PN exam cram / Wilda Rinehart, Diann Sloan, Clara Hurd. -- 2nd ed. p. cm. ISBN 978-0-7897-3706-9 (pbk. w/cd) 1. Practical nursing--Examinations, questions, etc. 2. Nursing--Examinations, questions, etc. 3. National Council Licensure Examination for Practical/Vocational Nurses--Study guides. I. Sloan, Diann. II. Hurd, Clara. III. Title. RT62.R55 2008 610.73'076--dc22 2008000133 Printed in the United States of America First Printing: February 2008 Trademarks All terms mentioned in this book that are known to be trademarks or service marks have been appropriately...
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