appetite, nausea and vomiting, joint pain, weakness, fatigue, dark urine, abdominal pain and jaundice. These symptoms can range in severity, with onset from one to four months after hepatitis B exposure (Mayo Clinic, 2014). Some patients do not experience symptoms; these patients have the potential to become chronic carriers and a source of transmission to others without being aware of it (WHO, 2014). Hepatitis B is transmitted from direct contact with infected blood, body fluids, and sexual intercourse
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Ulcerative Colitis A. Description Ulcerative colitis is an autoimmune disorder that, along with Crohn’s disease, is referred to as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). IBD is characterized by diarrhea (up to 20 stools during acute exacerbation), crampy abdominal pain, and exacerbations (“flare-ups”)/remissions. B. Pathophysiology Ulcerative colitis usually starts in the rectum and moves in a continual fashion toward the cecum. Although there is sometimes mild inflammation
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of Medicine report was done by acommittee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and released on October 5, 2010. After twoyears of research to better understand the consequences for nursing and the expected changes inhealthcare, the report outlines the future of healthcare in the United States. It points out that nursesare going to have a critical role in that future by producing safe, quality care and coverage for allpatients in our health care system. The Institute of Medicine report discussed proposals
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the nation`s health care workforce”. (IOM, 2010).So as stated, nursing has a lot of impact in the advancement of the health care system. According to the IOM report, they are many areas in nursing that needs to be tackled but the most crucial ones are nursing education, nursing practice and nursing leadership. The IOM report puts an emphasis on nursing education. Education is an important segment in the nursing profession. The more educated nurses the best patient outcome. According
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month old patient, who reports with his mother to the emergency room with a suspicious fracture. The mother provides a plausible story, and the physician knows the family and does not suspect abuse. I will discuss the action I would take in order to provide the appropriate care for this patient. As a registered professional nurse, I feel the only approach to the case is to report the injury to Department of Family and Child’s Services (DFACS) for their investigation. When a report is made, DFACS
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Changes in the Health Care System and the Practice of Nursing have become complex. Technological changes, complicated client needs, short hospital length of stay, and departure from acute care to community based care, all these changes have underscore the need for professional nurses to think critically in order to provide safe and effective client care. A better educated nursing workforce can provide good health education to patients and their families. The affordable care of 2010 has required the
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Impact of 2010 iom report on future of nursing The nursing profession is a vast expanding profession that is based on new researches and innovations. In this profession attention is directed to the patient rather than on healthcare professionals.it is important for nursing profession to have more educated,skilled,trained nurses in order to provide best care to patients that is changing with more developed technologies .To meet the basic needs of advancing healthcare system some transformations
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final part of the assignment will identify the improvements that need to introducing in the clinical area, in order to improve the management of pain. The student of this assignment works on a busy medical ward admitting both young and elderly patients with acute and chronic pain. However, most of the patient’s admitted to unit have dementia. The British Pain Society (2010) states that, “pain is under recognised and undertreated in older people,it is a subjective personal experience only known to the
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patient’s care. Preparing a patient for discharge involves a multidisciplinary team, financial planning, and educating the patient, family, and everyone who is involved in the patients care. “The discharge plan is the mechanism that guides a multidisciplinary effort to achieve the successful transfer of the respiratory care patient from the health care facility to an alternative site.”(1) A discharge plan includes an evaluation of the patient and their needs, the site of where the patient will be
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The ORIGINAL ARTICLE Heart the MVand Short StaturePolicy implications CASE REPORT Sinking of Failure Doña Paz – II. in a 43 year-old male Table 1. Initial Laboratory Results Heart Failure recommendations to address these to hypothyroidism. with cardiomyopathy secondary factors. The patient had been born full term to a then 31-yearMethod. ReviewPara 3 (G4P3), the 4th of preparedness in the old Gravida 4 of the state of maritime 9 siblings, with an pre-disaster setting and the post-disaster responsefacilitated
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