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    Wschler Intelligence Test

    Weschlers test of intelligence for children The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC), developed by David Wechsler, is an individually administered intelligence testfor children between the ages of 6 and 16 inclusive that can be completed without reading or writing. The WISC takes 65–80 minutes to administer and generates an IQ score which represents a child's general cognitive ability.    ------------------------------------------------- History The original WISC (Wechsler, 1949) was an

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    Rtt Task !

    Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership RTT Task 1 Nursing-sensitive Indicators Nursing- sensitive indicators are defined as those outcomes that improve in the presence of greater quantity(higher staffing ratios) or quality(educational levels and competence of nursing staff) of nursing care (www.nursingworld.org). These nursing-sensitive measures help healthcare organizations to analyze the quality and quantity of nursing care services. (www.americansentinel.edu )Nursing sensitive-indicators

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    Evidence Based Practice

    The Significance of Having a Multidisciplinary Team 3 Abstract The growing prevalence and hospital acquired pressure ulcers is an immediate concern. The major challenge is the A major challenge is the lack of knowledge and skills in wound identification, management, treatment and prevention. This, along with other factors, creates poor patient care and vast costs to the pertinent facilities. The solution is to have interprofessional collaboration. The utilization of current advanced

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    Undertake Agreed Pressure Care

    Paula Kain Undertake agreed pressure Area care (HSC2024) Unit 4222-229 Outcome 1 1) The skin is the largest organ of the body, covering and protecting the entire surface of the body. The total surface area of skin is around 3000 square inches or roughly around 19,355 square cm depending on age, height, and body size. The skin, along with its derivatives, nails, hair, sweat glands, and sebaceous glands forms the integumentary system. Besides providing protection to the body the skin has a host

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    Blink - the Power of Thinking Without Thinking

    ALSO BY MALCOLM GLADWELL The Tipping Point To my parents, Joyce and Graham Gladwell Introduction The Statue That Didn’t Look Right In September of 1983, an art dealer by the name of Gianfranco Becchina approached the J. Paul Getty Museum in California. He had in his possession, he said, a marble statue dating from the sixth century BC. It was what is known as a kouros—a sculpture of a nude male youth standing with his left leg forward and his arms at his sides. There are only about two

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    Wound Care

    ambulate for short distances. He has orders to get up in a chair twice a day. Joan, a student nurse, is caring for Mr. Gordon this morning. She has reviewed his medical record and is now ready to start caring for him. Joan assesses Mr. Gordon using the Braden Scale and determines that his score is 12. What does this score indicate about Mr. Gordon’s pressure ulcer risk? Joan is assessing Mr. Gordon’s skin and notices that he has a 3 cm blister and a shallow crater on his buttock. Mr. Gordon winces when

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    On the Use of Quality of Service in IP over ATM Bruce A. Mah1 bmah@CS.Berkeley.EDU The Tenet Group Computer Science Division University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-1776 (510) 642-8905 (voice) (510) 642-5775 (fax) ABSTRACT The future Internet will very likely include some components based on Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), as well as existing network technologies. This environment produces the possibility of using one of the strengths of ATM (namely, quality-of-service

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    Med Surge Process Paper

    Med Surge Process Paper Nur122-201 Human Needs in Health and Illness II Patient is an 80 year old female and her initials are ERH. She is a white, protestant, widow who currently lives at home with her daughter-in-law and grand-daughter. They live in a rancher style home with a wide landing and steps that enable her to use her walker to ambulate in her home. Her birthdate is June 14, 1931. During the initial assessment with the patient, she said that she was formerly employed with the Singer

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    Bi and Bi

    TDWI BEST PRACTICES REPORT FIRST QUARTER 2007 PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS Extending the Value of Your Data Warehousing Investment By Wayne W. Eckerson Research Sponsors MicroStrategy, Inc. OutlookSoft Corporation SAS SPSS Sybase, Inc. Teradata, a division of NCR www.tdwi.org PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS Extending the Value of Your Data Warehousing Investment By Wayne W. Eckerson Table of Contents Research Methodology and Demographics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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    North American Civilization

    Cambridge University Press 0521817404 - Ancient Cahokia and the Mississippians - Timothy R. Pauketat Excerpt More information 1 Civilization in North America This wasn’t a chiefdom; it was a kingdom! Robert Carneiro1 “Civilization” is not a word typically associated with ancient North America. The cities

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