Vulnerable Populations Nursing 2312 2/13/12 The School of Health Sciences Division of Nursing RN-BSN Option I will discuss two theories and apply them to different vulnerable populations. Vulnerability is an important factor for nurses to consider when working with clients across the lifespan. Vulnerability is a result of uncontrollable individual factors over which the patient has no influence (Creasia & Feiberg, 2011). Vulnerability is a general concept meaning “susceptibility”
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What makes a Top 100 Hospital Abstract This paper explores the reasons Kaiser is one of the top 100 hospitals, using research conducted online and offline, by using patient and customer feedback, and also by explaining how Kaiser Permanente achieves its quality of care to become a top hospital. Kaiser Permanente has marketed itself as one of the top 100 hospitals in the U.S., proclaiming their exceeded cares for those who are Kaiser Permanente Members. They have been administering healthcare
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Case Study for Final Exam Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disease characterized by varying degrees of weakness of the skeletal (voluntary) muscles of the body. The name myasthenia gravis, which is Latin and Greek in origin, literally means "grave muscle weakness." With current therapies, however, most cases of myasthenia gravis are not as "grave" as the name implies. In fact, for the majority of individuals with myasthenia gravis
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Karen Pontifex TMA 1 1. Describe the four basic human body structure units and their functions The four basic human body structure units and their functions are: Cells, Tissues, Organs, and Systems. Cells Humans and all living things are made up of about 100 trillion small cells that can only be seen via a microscope. Cells can reproduce themselves and live independently. Some cells are specialized and become a different shape and size (elongated, oval, square, flat etc)
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Health History Biographical Data Patient: JT is a 69-year-old female who resides in Joliet, Illinois Date of Birth: July 30, 1946 Occupation: retired as a data entry clerk Marital Status: Divorced Race: Caucasian Religious Orientation: Roman Catholic and attends church every Sunday Education: High School Graduate (4th Year) and graduated from a trade school where she studied data entry Present Health Issue Patient stated “that she has been feeling dizzy and light headed lately” She
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Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2Office 3Environmental B ackground : Exposure to ozone has been associated with adverse health effects, including premature mortality and cardiopulmonary and respiratory morbidity. In 2008, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lowered the primary (health-based) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone to 75 ppb, expressed as the fourth-highest daily maximum 8-hr average over a 24-hr period
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been removed in keeping with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct (NMC, 2008) the patient will be referred to as Mr X. Mr X was an 80-year-old male admitted to ITU, from the Medical Assessment Unit, with increasing respiratory failure. His initial clinical observations were: Systolic Blood Pressure: 100mmHg MAP: 58mmHg Heart Rate: 120 beats per minute Lactate: 3.2mmol/l Temperature: 38.6* These clinical observations indicated that the patient was experiencing a
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Economic and Global Health Economic growth and the financial prosperity of a nation are proven to have a positive effect on population health. The causative paths that lead from increased wealth to improvements in health are well understood and broadly recognised. Populations with greater economic opportunities tend to have ready access to quality healthcare, less exposure to environmental hazards, better access to clean water, and improved opportunities to develop better preventative behaviour
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INTRODUCTION The 19th century saw a "strong awakening of interest in humane treatment of the mentally retarded" (Anastasi, 1982 p.5). However, examining some of the writings of the 20th century (Huey, 1912; Fernald 1912 in Anastasi, 1982; Foster, 1990), the attitudes of those purportedly concerned with the mentally retarded seemed anything but humanitarian. Parekh and Jackson (1997) make an important point, that a common perception exists that mentally retarded children are social outcasts, due
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combustion process is not precise or controlled throughout the progression. Humanoid sources of carbon monoxide include a number of fuel-burning domestic appliances, including fuel burning stoves, water heaters, and dryers for clothes, heating systems, fireplaces, power generators, and furnaces. Cigarette smoke and the burning of biomass happen to be big factors as well. The incomplete burning of fossil fuels in central combustion engines is also a human cause of carbon monoxide, from that point
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