Describing Body Mass Index 3) Classifications of Overweight and Obesity in Adults 4) Risk Factors Associated with Obesity 5) Etiology of Obesity 6) Treatment of Obesity 7) Management of Obesity 8) Summary of Weight Loss Medications The preceding subcategories use information provided by the WHO, which provides statistical information regarding obesity around the world, and the IOTF that presents statistical information regarding the treatment, and prevention of obesity as
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A vulnerable population is a group of individuals who have a high risk of exposure to harm, injury or, disease. Predictors used to determine a person’s vulnerability are race, age, education, and economic status. The population most vulnerable is the uninsured adult. The elderly and children is another group that is at a high risk of not having adequate health coverage as well. However, federally funded programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and, the Children’s Health Insurance Program insure
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Advance Professional Roles and Values Project Falls Keri Cochran October 20, 2014 Western Governor’s University The problem and explanation: The hospital I am employed at is currently having an issues with patient falls. The hospital is a “no restraint facility” and strongly discourages the use of any form of restraint including leather, soft, posey vests, or chemical. Currently the line of defense is using staff sitters, moving the patient to a visible room when available and or family
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of administration to be employed, and the risks of failure, cesarean delivery, or fetal compromise. A physician capable of performing cesarean section should be readily available during the induction or augmentation of labor (2). UNIT STRUCTURE Each hospital’s department of obstetrics should develop a standardized, single, universal written protocol for the use of oxytocin for labor induction or augmentation. Standardization of an oxytocin infusion protocol is recommended to reduce medication dosing
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quoted on August 14, 1935 to say: "This law represents a cornerstone in a structure which is being built but is by no means completed--a structure intended to lessen the force of possible future depressions, to act as a protection to future administrations of the Government against the necessity of going deeply into debt to furnish relief to the needy--a law to flatten out the peaks and valleys of deflation and of inflation--in other words, a law that will take care of human needs and at the same
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and in addition access to clinics, dental surgery and extra therapeutic administrations. With a couple of exemptions, all citizens qualify for health coverage regardless of medical history, personal income, or expectation for everyday life. Canada's health care system is the subject of much political contention and levelheaded discussion in the nation. Some question the efficiencies of the current system to convey medications in an auspicious manner,
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health care system and consequently worse health care. Researchers estimate that about half of all medication errors are preventable. They suggest that when a medication error occurs, it is not the result of a single mistake, but rather a series of breakdowns in the health care delivery system therefore, this suggests that more checks and balances in patient care could prevent or remediate medication errors. Medical errors are significant issues affecting patient safety and costs in hospitals often
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several reasons to legalize marijuana for medical use, let me tell you about one of the reasons. Six-year-old Charlotte is a little girl who suffered from an untreatable form of epilepsy. By the time she was two years old, her parents had tried all medications to cure her some of which almost killed her. She suffered nearly fifty seizures a night. Her parents managed to get her a medical marijuana card in Colorado. Her parents reported her seizures stopped after her first dose of cannabis oil. Charlotte
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America’s problem with overweight or obese conditions. Dieting and exercise can be hard for many people who are busy or just to lazy; this is where diet pills come in. Could they be the perfect solution for America’s weight problem? Pills and medication for dieting are fairly new. In the 1950’s and 60’s, people took pills to reduce appetite such as amphetamines. These worked fairly well because why eat if you aren't hungry? More drugs used until about the mid-1990’s were fenphen and dexfenfluramine
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emotional distress. 2. A Rationale: Client/patients has the right to refuse treatment; medication administration, treatment, procedures, etc. As the nurse, defining the underlining problem as to why client/patient refused treatment and document. In this case, the client/patient is emotionally distressed and may need the nurse to empathize, listen, care and providing presence during this time. As for her forcing medication, its unethical and demeanors client/patient autonomy as well as legal
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