Chapter 33: Animal Nutrition * Nutrition: food is taken in, taken apart, and taken up * Herbivores (plants or algae) vs. Carnivores (other animals) vs. Omnivores (All) * Most animals are opportunistic feeders – eat outside their standard diet when their usual foods aren’t available * Animals must eat * But, to survive and reproduce balance their consumption, storage, and use of food 33.1: AN ANIMAL’S DIET MUST SUPPLY CHEMICAL ENERGY, ORGANIC MOLECULES, AND ESSENIAL
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Burns (relates to Chapter 24, “Nursing Management: Burns,” in the textbook) Burns Occur when there is injury to the tissues of the body caused by heat, chemicals, electrical current, or radiation Types of Burn Injury Thermal Burns Chemical Burns Smoke Inhalation Injury Electrical Burns Cold Thermal Injury Full-Thickness Thermal Burn Partial-Thickness Burn to the Hand Partial-Thickness Burns Due to Immersion in Hot Water Types
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00_078973706x_fm.qxd 1/14/08 2:42 PM Page i NCLEX-PN ® SECOND EDITION Wilda Rinehart Diann Sloan Clara Hurd 00_078973706x_fm.qxd 1/14/08 2:42 PM Page ii NCLEX-PN® Exam Cram, Second Edition Copyright © 2008 by Pearson Education All rights reserved. No part of this book shall be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher. No patent liability is assumed
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HCA 240 May 7, 2011 Public Awareness and Human Diseases Introduction Obesity is an issue that is growing rapidly every day. According to WebMD (2010), “Obesity is an excess proportion of total body fat. A person is considered obese when his or her weight is 20% or more above normal weight.” More and more adults are overweight, but what is worse is that there are more and more children who are obese, or are on the fast track to becoming obese. Families are more inclined to eat out because of
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FINAL EXAM REVIEW Know which residents make up the majority of Long-term Care facility admissions [page 1] Difference between a policy and a procedure [page 5] Policy is a course of action that should be taken every time a certain situation occurs. (Example, a very basic policy is that healthcare information must remain confidential.) Procedure is a method or way of doing something. (Example, your facility will have a procedure for reporting information about residents. The procedure explains
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Argument for Animal Rights Ever since the society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in England in 1824 was formed, there have been long running debates on the topic of animal rights. The first societies were formed to protect and maintain humane treatment of work animals, such as horses, cattle, and house hold pets. Towards the end of the nineteenth century more organizations were formed, this time to protest the use of animals in scientific experimentation. Today groups such as People
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KANGAROO MOTHER CARE POLICY INTRODUCTION Millions of low birth weight (weight less than 2500gms) infants are born every year, mostly in undeveloped countries. The cause is either impaired preterm growth or premature birth. They commit to a high rate of the newborn death rate. In undeveloped countries, the rate of low birth weight babies is too high and modern technology is not present or there is the absence of skilled staff. Under such conditions, LBW infants are more prone to hospital-acquired
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Clinical guidelines Diagnosis and treatment manual for curative programmes in hospitals and dispensaries guidance for prescribing 2010 EDITION © Médecins Sans Frontières – January 2010 All rights reserved for all countries. No reproduction, translation and adaptation may be done without the prior permission of the Copyright owner. ISBN 2-906498-81-5 Clinical guidelines Diagnosis and treatment manual Editorial Committee: I. Broek (MD), N. Harris (MD), M. Henkens (MD), H
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PROJECT REPORT FOR AWARDING OF CERTIFICATE ON COMPLETION OF SUMMER INPLANT TRAINING (1st JUNE- 22nd JULY 2011) AT IOCL Gujarat Refinery (Vadodara) SUBMITTED BY: SHREYASH GUPTA Integ.Btech(APE)+MBA(O&G Management) University of Petroleum and Energy Studies,Dehradun PREFACE Though it has been said that best friend a man can ever get is a book but we at this juncture realize that only books cannot give all the information a person
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Acknowledgement First, the proponents would like to thank our beloved Professor, Mrs. Jasmine Fontanilla in giving us this opportunity to make this feasibility study. We really learned a lot in this study especially when we are having our brainstorms, we enjoyed it so much. Great thanks to our parents who give their support to us in doing this study. They give us the financial support, accommodation and inspiration in doing this study. The proponents would also like to acknowledge the respondents
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