Jan was impatient to get to her chores, Bob soothed her, "Relax, Sugar. You're overdoing things. All these chores will be here when you recover." However, Jan seemed to be getting worse instead of recovering. By evening, she was running a high fever and in greater pain. In spite of his best efforts, Bob could not manage to ease her suffering. And then suddenly, she started to lapse into unconsciousness. It was then obvious that she was seriously ill. What could Bob do? He had no experience
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home provided graduate nurses with the venue and the opportunity to break away from the rigid hospital routine and allowed for a more autonomous practice. These nurses provided care to patients with contagious diseases such as pneumonia and typhoid fever, aided women in childbirth, and supported those with fractures, infected wounds, strokes, and mental diseases. Private duty nurses lived with and worked for their patients, providing 24-hour care, often for weeks at a time (Stoney, 1919). (Creasia
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Septic Shock Medical Careers Institute NUR 255 November 19, 2014 Instructor Y. Rogers Introduction Septic shock is the most common type of circulatory shock. Sepsis or septic shock is systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) secondary to a documented infection. This response is a state of acute circulatory failure characterized by persistent arterial hypotension despite adequate fluid resuscitation or by tissue hypoperfusion (manifested by a lactate concentration >4 mg/dL) unexplained
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vomiting & diarrhea * Fever is higher in the morning than it was in the afternoon * Breathing is accelerated * Furred tongue * Skin is dry & hot * Abdomen is distended & tender * Rose spots appear on the abdominal wall on 7th & 9th day * On the second week symptoms become more aggravated CLINICAL MANIFESTATION (Onset): * Headache * Chilly sensation * Aching all over the body * Nausea, vomiting & diarrhea * Fever is higher in the morning
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word from Part A next to its definition 1The feeling when something hurts you. pain 2The person who controls a business or the workers manager 3 To help someone who is sick ; treat 4 A medical condition with higher than normal body temperature; fever 5. Available for sale; on the marker 6. An organization that sells goods or services to make money; Company 7. Medicine that is not liquid, you can pick it up and take it with water; pill 8. To stop something from happening;
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Evidence-Based Fever Management Teaching Intervention for Emergency Room Nurses Alonya Elgrably Dominican University of California E-MAIL: ERSPRSTAR@gmail.com March 04, 2010 Signature Page This capstone project is assembled under the direction of the candidate’s program advisor and approved by the Director of the Master’s program and the Chair of the Nursing Department. It has been presented to and accepted by the Faculty of the School of Nursing, Dominican University of California
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Diseases THEIR TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL This project is designed to inform or further the reader’s knowledge about the different diseases and how they are transmitted and can be controlled. Therefore, it is divided into three (3) major sections. These sections includes: water borne diseases, food borne diseases and air borne diseases. These subtopics will go into further details as to make it simpler for your understanding. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION WATER BOURNE DISEASES FOOD BOURNE
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infected with the virus and have no symptoms; those that do suffer symptoms are usually teens and young adults. Once the virus is picked up it has an incubation period of four to six weeks (Mayo Clinic Staff, 2012) . The most common symptoms of mono are fever, fatigue, inflamed throat, strep throat, headache, swollen tonsils, swollen lymph nodes in the neck, enlarged spleen, swollen liver, and rash. Mono is a viral infection so antibiotics are not effective; treatment consists of bed rest, drinking fluids
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frequent mode of transmission is intimate salivary contact. It can also be transmitted from shared drinking and eating utensils, toothbrushes, etc. Mono is not likely to spread by sneezing or from hard surface contact. It is also known as Glandular Fever, because it affects the lymph nodes in the neck, arm pits and groin. It may last anywhere from one to eight weeks, and some people suffer from mononucleosis for months at a time. It is all dependent of one’s immune system. Recuperation is a slow process
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the first, and before I had glanced half down the list of "premonitory symptoms", I was sure that I had got it. I sat for a while frozen with horror; and then in despair Г again turned over the pages. I came to typhoid fever — read the symptoms — discovered that I had typhoid fever— began to get interested in my case, and so started alphabetically. Cholera I had, with severe complications; and diphtheria I seemed to have been bom with. I looked through the twenty-six letters, and the only disease
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