Ketamine Description: Ketamine is a nonbarbiturate, sedative hypnotic used parenterally to provide anesthesia for short diagnostic and surgical procedures. It is also used as an inducing agent, as an adjunct to supplement low-potency anesthetics such as nitrous oxide, and as a supplement to local and regional anesthesia. Ketamine can be used concomitantly with muscle relaxants without complication because it does not provide muscle relaxation of its own. It is a fairly short-acting agent that provides
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area for Nightnigale included the four areas: • • • • Information Management Medication Management Infection Control Communication All these priorities focus on the national patients safety goal as the most important in patient management and treatment, and guide the hospitals toward appropriate policies and protocols to follow and to minimize any possible mistakes or patients harm. I choose the priority focus area of Communication to discuss the current compliance status of our organization concentrating
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Title: Difference in Competences between Nurse Prepared at Associate Level vs. Baccalaureate Level Nursing- Patient Case situation Education ensures remarkable imprint on cognition, proficiency and capabilities of the clinical nurse and as well as all other workers involved in health care system. Nurses should be motivated enough to go for further education as wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning. This educational
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The Influenza Virus Susan Helmuth Grand Canyon University Concepts in Community and Public Health NRS-427V December 14,21014 Communicable Disease Communicable diseases have been a global problem for many years. Influenza Virus infection is an internal public health burden. This paper will include a description of influenza and the demographics involved. The health factors that contribute to the virus, the epidemiologic triage as related to the virus. The explanation of the role the
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Words of Comfort: What to Say When Someone is Dying Candace Rotolo Being diagnosed with a terminal illness is traumatic. But sometimes, what people say in an effort to offer comfort is equally distressing. The truth is, many of us just don't know what to say to a loved one who is facing their mortality. "Most of the time I really liked when people said nothing," notes Michelle Colon-Johnson, who has been diagnosed with stage four cancer five times and survived. "If I wanted to talk about
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Instructions Complete the medical abbreviations chart. (Note that the medical abbreviations are the same as those highlighted in yellow in Jane Dare’s Health Record). In the second column, list what each of the individual letters in the abbreviation represents. In the third column define the context or meaning of the term that the abbreviation represents. Use simple terms. Finally, in the far right column, identify the source document. For example, face sheet, discharge summary, progress notes,
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| Pulmonary Fibrosis | University of South Dakota NursingPathophysiology 351 | | Amanda J Neugebauer | 10/21/2013 | | Abstract Diseases of the lung are an increasing problem in today’s population. The likely hood that healthcare professional will deal with lung disease in their practice setting is very possible. Pulmonary fibrosis is a lung disease that can present as many different health problems and affect multiple systems of the body. Through this reviewed of pulmonary
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narcotic+non narcotic pain reliever | moderate to severe pain | schedule 2 | PO | esomeprazole | Nexium | proton pump inhibitor | GERD/esophagitis/H. pylori | not controlled | PO | warfarin | Coumadin | anticoagulant | blood clot prevention and treatment | not controlled | PO, IV | ibuprofin | Motrin,
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Educational Preparedness in Nursing Nikole J. Martel, RN Grand Canyon University: Nursing History, Theories, and Conceptual Model NRS-430V 3 May 2015 Introduction Nursing education has been at the center of debate for many years. Differences between Associate degree nurses and Baccalaureate degree nurses are at the center of the educational debate. While studies have shown that an increase in Baccalaureate educated nurses decreases patient deaths, rates of readmission, and improves
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CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an abnormal functioning of the heart or blood vessels. Heart disease (HD) is a general term for a variety of heart conditions. The most common form of HD is coronary heart disease (CHD), also called coronary artery disease (CAD) because it involves the coronary arteries. Other types of CVD include hypertension, congestive heart failure, stroke, congenital cardiovascular defects, hardening or narrowing (atherosclerosis) of the blood vessels
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