Essays on Wound

Is it safe to allow teachers and students to carry guns? Will it be safer to give this permission only to the one group? These are difficult questions that create controversial opinions. News show schools, universities and other educational institutions had mostly negative impact of weapons. The history has many examples of deadly shootings in educational facilities. “23-year-old student Seung-Hui Cho [killed] 32 people in two locations and [wounded] an undetermined number of others on campus” (CNN Library) in the Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. There are other examples of students who used guns to kill or wound people in ...

The use of skin care bundle among hospitalized adult sick people can reduce the risk of skin breakdown compared to standard care of practice Pressure ulcers are a common problem in acute care hospitals, specifically among obese patients in intensive care units. Pressure ulcers or sores are common, serious but preventable health issues in the healthcare system. Pressure ulcers are associated with low quality of life, increased expenditure, increase hospital stay, and poor health outcomes (Bhattacharya & Mishra 2015). Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPU) are preventable if repositioning and turning techniques. However, the evidence on the effectiveness on these techniques is ...

It was on a cold January night when the local police were informed of a suspicious activity reported by the neighbors in a locality. An old woman possibly living all by herself had not been seen or heard of since several days, whereas the locals had reported her of being very active and outdoorsy. Yet since two days, she had not been seen outside her home, and when a neighbor visited her, he returned back without an answer even though he waited for several minutes. They tried her number, but she would not answer as well. The police were ...

Colonization and infection

The population of elderly adults has been on a rise within the US, and this has been attributed to the improved healthcare system and especially on increased access to care for these populations. Within this perspective, life expectancy has increased and today the healthcare system is dominated by consumers within this category of elderly citizens (Koyano et al., 2014). Their risks of illness in this population is attributed to the aging mechanisms of tear and wear which therefore means that their systems and organs and particularly the defense mechanism tends to lose its agility with age. The one of ...

Introduction

Skin wounds are painful and cause irritation to their victims. They usually also present an avenue through which harmful microorganisms can gain access to the body and cause more damage. Therefore, they should be appropriately diagnosed and treated as soon as they occur. This paper will evaluate treatment and diagnosis of Herpes Zoster.

Properly Diagnosing Skin Wounds in Frail Elderly

Aging makes the thickness of the skin to reduce, and hence the skin becomes more susceptible to wounds (Burr, 2012). Proper diagnosis of wounds in old people is paramount since it dictates the efficiency with which the wounds would be treated. The skin should be assessed ...

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Introduction Conscience is one of the most commonly experienced psychological faculty of an individual, but is also one of the least understood. For many years, little attention have been given towards understanding conscience; particularly on how it is shaped and who influenced the modern understanding of this concept. Nevertheless, conscience is an important phenomenon that requires significant attention primarily because it impacts all human judgment. The manifestation of conscience delineates man from other animals species as conscience is proof of man’s self-consciousness; an attribute that is only observable among human species. As a learned psychological faculty, ...

Status of the document.

This document is a project proposal for the development of starch-based hemostatic products. Acknowledgement. Much thanks to the project supervisor who offered guidance in every step of the development of this proposal. Developing starch based hemostatic products Project summary. Purpose: This proposal is envisioned to develop a hemostatic agent from purified plant starch. In this case, the product of the reaction should be developed by the formation of microporous hemosphere particles after etherification, esterification and crosslinking of glucose molecules to form ethyl propanetriol (glycerol-ether links (1-3 deoxy propanol)). The second intention of this study is to investigate the properties ...

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Question 1: Pathophysiology of Mr. Jensen’s post-operative hypovolemia

Hypovolemia is a surgical condition that indicates the rapid fluid loss that may result in organ failures. The outcomes of the hypovolemia are mostly due to insufficient circulating volume or scarce perfusion. Often hypovolemia is secondary to hemorrhage the reason of which includes severe internal or external blood loss and GI, thoracic and abdominal bleeding maladies (Devitt, 2001). Hypovolemia involves significant fluid loss other than blood that can be further accompanied by refractory gastroenteritis and widespread burns. Hypovolemia may develop in post-surgical incidence, bone fracture, due to ...

Step1: Patient situation:

The first step in clinical reasoning is to describe the patient in the context of the clinical situation. Ms. Melody King, a 36-year-old female was presented for an emergency laparoscopic surgery for a ruptured appendix. She has a medical history of asthma and depression. Her medication list includes Ventolin, Seretide, Sertraline. Postoperatively, Melody developed peritonitis and was treated with antibiotics and analgesic. The biopsy results of Melody’s sample revealed the presence of adenocarcinoma. Melody will need to undergo a few most test, and till then continue her stay at the hospital. The diagnostic tests: CT scan of chest, ...

Introduction

Sub- capital fracture of the femoral neck is a common injury among the ageing population and is regarded as “unsolvable fractures”. This is a growing health concern in every country as the healthcare expenditure is very high. The surgical options, especially for elderly population, highly depend on the patient’s profile, their preference and the experience of the surgeon . Mrs. Pollard, 75- year- old, sustained a left sub- capital fractured neck of femur. Due to her age and her other complications such as hypertension and Type- 2 diabetes, a total hip replacement might be a better surgical option as ...

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Incidence Stage III and IV pressure ulcers is a serious health issue that is difficult to cure. It requires the constant attention of the health care providers. During the III stage, the patient experiences the loss of tissue, subcutaneous can also be visible. Also, during this stage, the ulcer may involve certain undermining or tunneling. Stage IV is characterized by tissue loss, where a bone or muscle is already exposed. Also, at this stage the wound includes tunneling. The incidence of III and IV stage pressure ulcers vary due to the type of the health care facility, yet it ...

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A medication wallet card is a card that indicates a patient's medication names, doses and it’s easily kept in a patient’s wallet for easy retrieval and referral. A wallet card is very beneficial to a patient particularly in regards to creating awareness of the current patient's ailments, which will help improve the patient’s quality of life considerably and also lead to revenue generation by the clinic. Depression is an infringement to the normal way of life of an individual and does disrupt it in a major way. An amount in excess of $210 Billion has been ...

This paper focuses on how to reduce pressure ulcer rates and the tools and strategies to be used to improve the quality of the service provided. Pressure ulcers can mostly be prevented and using initiatives to prevent pressure ulcers from developing can improve the health care process and reduce the rates of pressure ulcers developing (Sullivan & Schoelles, 2013). According to Lyder (2003, p. 223), “pressure ulcers develop when persisting pressure on a bony site obstructs healthy capillary flow, leading to tissue necrosis.” Preventing pressure ulcers is important because it protects patients as well as reduces the cost of care ...

Ms. G is diabetic and she is apparently overweight for her age with a BMI of 32.7 which is extremely above the normal BMI levels. The white blood cell count is extremely higher than the normal levels which indicate presence of an infection. On the other hand, the patient also presents with neutrophilia and on culture growth and isolation of staphylococcus aureus which is a gram-positive bacteria which poses significant complications to vital body systems through various infections that affect the functionality of the systems or organs. On the treatment, the patient will be prescribed on antibiotics to manage ...

The healthcare sector in the U.S has significantly reviewed and modified its technical, policy and structural capabilities to help improve quality of outcomes and patient safety. There has been so much focus on the need to ensure that the healthcare system achieves the optimal value for money though eliminating the cases of illnesses, infections and injuries that have previously occurred within the settings. Despite these measures, the cases of hospital acquired Illnesses and infections have been rife. This has been associated with poor outcomes namely, high mortality rates, high morbidity rates and more glaringly the erosion of the public ...

The skin may result to tissue damage caused by injury, infection, trauma or pathological processes. Wound healing involves a complex sequence of overlapping events, but also consists of predictable sequence of events consisting primarily of tissue regeneration and tissue repair (Flanagan, 2013). Wound healing involves three processes, namely primary, secondary and tertiary intention healing. The major events occuring during the primary intention healing process are the deposition of the connective tissue and epithelialization (Sussman and Jensen, 2007). This process is usually associated to surgical incision healing where the tissue surface has been stitched or stapled when there is very ...

Advantages

Male circumcision is the surgical removal of the foreskin. Circumcision may be performed for various reasons such as medical reasons, religious and cultural reasons and HIV prevention. Firstly, circumcision might be done to treat the following conditions: Phimosis is a condition wherein the foreskin is too tight to be pulled back over the glans penis. This can be a cause for pain during erection and may cause urination to be painful and difficult.

Recurrent balanitis is the inflammation of the foreskin and head of the penis.

Paraphimosis wherein the foreskin can’t be returned to its original position Penile cancer Aside from the medical reasons mentioned above, circumcision is a religious and ...

Abstract

Homecare providers play a significant role in delivering a variety of health care and supportive services to the community. The homecare professional may be for-profit or not-for-profit depending on the agency or the source of funding for the healthcare services offered. The following paper provides an analysis of the Best Healer home based Wound Care Company aimed at offering wound care services to African Americans living in Jackson, Mississippi. The need to overcome health care disparities among minority communities in the country supports the company's establishment. The company is expected to serve more than 700,000 persons. The analysis ...

Coursename Pressure ulcers are damaged areas of the skin, which develop due to the long-term effect of pressure or friction in the areas where the bone is close to the skin, such as heels, sacrum, ischial tuberosity, lateral malleoli and greater trochanters. The epidemiology of pressure ulcers proves that today, despite the profound understanding of them, pressure ulcers are still a serious global health care problem, which affects millions of people worldwide. For example, in the US every year more than 2.5 million people suffer from the pressure ulcers (Cuddigan, Berlowitz, and Ayello 208-215). In 2013 pressure ulcers caused ...

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Trauma / children trauma of separation Trauma refers to an emotional shock or wound often having long-lasting effects. This shock or wound could be caused by any accident, violence, or other such incidents, especially in the childhood, when a child feels completely helpless (Kaduson & Schaefer, 2012). Usually, trauma in the childhood is of great impact as the child is unable to use ordinary coping and defensive processes while facing any intolerable danger, anxiety, or instinctual arousal. These situations have such an overwhelming nature that they may result in an everlasting kind of impact on the mind ...

The works of the artists, Jan van Eyck (c.1390-1441), Caravaggio (1561-1610) and Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) represent almost the entire span of the Italian Renaissance period which occurred from the 14th to the 16th Centuries. Van Eyck was a Flemish painter who painted naturalistic portraits and religious painting on oak panels. Considered to be the leading painter of his day, his works differed from other great Early Italian Renaissance works in that his works recorded his faithful observation of nature , an influence of the Renaissance in the north, rather than the classically idealized works characteristic of the Early Italian ...

The issue/ problem

The case concerns Mr. A. His medical condition relates to terminal cancer that is affecting his lower spine and pelvic bones. The problem with his condition is the complexity of the situation. The patient has decubitus ulcers since the skin around his pelvic bones has developed bed sore and pressure sore. At one point, nurses do not know whether to keep on turning him to avoid any further skin breakdown while other nurses insist that he has to remain in the present position to stop causing pain to the patient. Also, it is critical since Mr. A has a ...

Chamberlain College of Nursing

NR451 RN Capstone Course Term and Year The introduction of technology in the health industry helps medics to run services and procedures faster and safer. The reliance of technology in such services has grown over the past few decades, with hospitals investing heavily in upcoming technologies to increase their efficiency. Its benefits continue to make the industry grow with new medicines, vaccines and surgery procedures. It plays a major part in health care especially towards the weak, old or those in critical care. The medics can monitor their patients from the comfort of their home and provide effective medication ...

Pain is a commonly experienced phenomenon among patients. Despite the commonality of the phenomenon of pain, it is a complex concept to describe and explain. There are different types of pain that are diagnosed using different metrics in primary care –somatic, neuropathic, and visceral pain, depending on the location of the pain on the body. Pain can also be acute or chronic, based on the length of time that a patient has experienced the pain. Due to the complexity of the phenomenon of pain, it is poorly understood in the nursing practice. Performing a concept analysis of pain is ...

Hit and run homicide

A hit and run are normally defined as being involved in a vehicle accident with either a pedestrian, another vehicle or an object and escaping from the scene without being identified or give any assistance to those in need. It is mostly defined by leaving the scene whether you caused the accident or not. However, if you return to the scene maybe you had gone to access emergency assistance will not be considered as a hit and run. In a hit and run accident, there are several wound and injuries that are common and they assist in reconstructing the ...

Introduction

The exchange of respiratory gas is limited by the capacity of the respiratory muscles to circulate air in the lung. Ventilation fails when muscles do not have the capacity to cope with the load brought by the mechanics of the pulmonary system. It is crucial to comprehend the mechanics of respiration/breathing not only for purposes of diagnosing how the system has failed and to offer the correct prescription for treatment of the failure, but to be capable of providing the most effectual temporary respiratory support through the use of a mechanical ventilator, as well. The first category explains the ...

Background

Wound healing is one of the most important processes in maintaining the health of a person. Multiple factors affect wound healing in humans regardless of age. A partial list includes diabetes, hereditary healing disorders, obesity, drugs, alcoholism, smoking and compromised immune condition. Infection, stress, nutrition, and radiation therapy can also contribute to delayed or incomplete wound healing (Guo & DiPietro, 2010). In the start of a wound, an inflammatory response is initiated. Blood vessels expand, helping white blood cells and nutrients to reach the wound. Wound healing is achieved through the processes of hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. Proper sequence ...

Introduction

Advances in research have brought a substantial progress in the field of nutritional therapy provisions. The current advancement has seen researchers combine Arginine and Proline dietary that have been fed to diabetic rats to accelerate wound healing in these mammals. A combination of the two nutrients has several important functions, which include; enhancement in wound healing and angiogenesis as well as improved repair of damaged tissues, help keep both cartilage and collagen production at optimal levels. It is also important in protein synthesis by working as a primary substrate, triggers cell proliferation when it breaks down to Polyamines and ...

Compliance data measured by electronic monitoring, permits distinct aspects of patients’ behavior to be quantified over time. Several compliance parameters have been delineated from those data according to aspects of patient behaviors (Lee & Byun, 2008). Preliminary analysis suggests that many clinicians hold strong negative attitude about the validity and utility of standardized outcome data protocol. In addition to qualitative data on the acceptance of standardized outcome protocols, data on collection compliance ensures patients are taken care of while outcome data involve goals archived as well as patient’s ability to get better in their health conditions. An example, in ...

Authors may use statistics in a biased way with the intention of making their points plausible. This paper cross-examines three articles; one by Los Angeles Times, The Forbes Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal on rising minimum wages in the USA examining their approaches and possible biases. Kitroeff (2016) quoting the UC Berkeley’s Centre for Labor Research and Education noted that those who stand to gain from higher minimum wages in California are the low-income adults comprising of a majority of the housed breadwinners. In the article, Kitroeff argues the about 5.6 million low earners stand to earn $ ...

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One of the greatest assets that we as Americans have is our freedom which includes freedom of speech meaning that no individual can be denied the right to express his/her opinions or judgement, freedom of worship though there are still times when people may feel persecuted because of their religious preference, and freedom from want which is considered a new principle of social and economic behavior (Murray, 1943). But sometimes we forget that there is a cost for this freedom. Freedom is fought for on the battle field by men and women who ...

Assignment 2

PART A - (Total 15 marks)

Cephalexin and Gentamicin The mechanism of action of amoxicillin is focused on the prevention of the synthesis of the bacteria’s cell wall through the binding and inhibiting of the cell wall transpeptidases (Katzung, Masters, and Trevor, 2012). Specifically, it attaches to the penicillin-binding protein 1A found in the cell wall of bacteria. Then, the agent disintegrates the lactam ring to allow the acylation of the penicillin-sensitive transpeptidase C-terminal domain. The formation of the cross-link of the linear peptidoglycan strands is prevented by the inactivation of transpeptidases. Since the third and last stage ...

Appendectomy also known as appendicectomy is the removal of appendix through the surgical procedure. The appendix is a finger-shaped pouch that protrudes out from the start of the colon. The inflammation causes a condition known as appendicitis. Appendectomy is done by use of spinal anesthesia or general anesthesia. A small cut is made from the right side of the stomach to get rid of the appendix. In the case of infection, the abdomen is washed during surgery. Some of the symptoms of appendicitis are pain around the stomach, fever, reduced appetite, diarrhea, and nausea. The patient is prepared before ...

Discussion and Application of “The Other Wes Moores”

Choice and expectations are among the factors that determine the path that a person takes in life. In everyday life, human beings have to make certain choices that determine the path they take from when they make the choices. A choice according to Wes Moores does not guarantee a good outcome; the credibility and how genuinely one makes the choices determine the direction it provides. In a lecture, Wes Moores said that the choice one makes greatly matters and in many cases, the second chance given is mainly the last chance. The author also added that the expectations make ...

Guillermo Del Toro’s Spanish horror-fantasy film The Devil’s Backbone is a unique ghost story for its time, given the film’s setting during the Spanish Civil War and the morally ambiguous nature of the ghosts found in the film. In telling the story of a small orphanage in rural Spain in the early 1930s, haunted by a small boy named Santi whose death provides one of the central mysteries, The Devil’s Backbone mixes the high fantasy of fairy tales with the gritty despair of one of Spain’s most tumultuous historical periods. As evidenced in the ...

The scene of the incident doesn’t look like an altered one. The pick-up has heaps of glass outside the passenger door; this points to the probability that the window to the passenger window was broken on the scene. The pick-up doesn’t seem to be a four wheel drive since only the rear wheels have dug into the ground. The rear wheel having burnt off the rim; there is a possibility that the driver lost control of the pick-up and plunged into the fence, but the rear wheels continued to turn. The position of the lady at the ...

Overview

The case follows the events that led to the unfortunate death of Whitney, a patient at a local hospital. Other main characters include Kelly (a visiting caregiver), Nathan (the unit director), Janice (an infections preventionist), Manuel (a third-year medical student), and Dena (an RN). In this case, the sentinel issue is the death of Whitney following an episode of untreated Hospital Acquired Infection (HAI). Whitney was undergoing treatment at the facility for appendicitis. Upon a successful appendectomy, the staff had her transferred to a recovery unit for an overnight stay. However, events following the stay led to an acquisition ...

Myelomeningocele is a very severe form of spina bifida among fetus. It is a condition where the spinal cord fails, making it a very delicate procedure during surgery of a fetus. This is in the sense that it can impact the nervous system, kidneys, bladder, muscles and bones. The only safe and recommended way of treating myelomeningocele is carrying out a surgery on the fetus after birth (Mitchell, et. al., 2004). During delivery of the fetus, the safest and recommended way of carrying out a cesarean section delivery on a pregnant woman is through open fetal surgery, that involves ...

Nursing Class Name

Introduction The importance of a successful research summary lies in attaining a balanced study appraisal. Summaries allow readers to explore the strengths and weaknesses of techniques applied as well as the paper’s applicability to clinical settings. This paper is a summary of Jill Cox’s (2011) study on the predictors of Pressure Ulcers (PU) in adult patients under critical care. It proves that the author provides content that fits the logic and objectivity of scientific inquiry in PU research.

Background

Ingham-Broomfield (2009) states that a good study contains a precise background information that is precise in addressing its basic ...

In terms of both our vocations and hobbies, we often aspire to become great. What happens, however, when this very desire consumes and overtakes us? The 2010 film "Black Swam" starring Natalie Portman as a high-profile ballet dancer, shows its viewers that unchecked ambition can be a dangerous and ultimately deadly thing. This message is achieved primarily through the film's use of detail-heavy camerawork, its character depiction, and its embrace of magical realism and distortions of reality. The main character Nina loses her identity, herself to become perfect and on this way to the culmination of her transformation she ...

Iron

Iron is a mineral that is abundant in plant foods, meat, seafood, and poultry. Green leafy vegetables have high levels of iron and are most suitable in cases of deficiency. Low levels of iron among young adult women can cause iron-deficient erythropoiesis (red blood cell production) and anemia (Harland et al., 2010, p. 325). These deficiencies can result in impaired immune and cognitive functions and can affect energy levels of an individual. Women of reproductive age usually experience menstruation on a regular basis. Heavy menstrual bleeding during this time increases the loss of iron, therefore, causing the deficiency.

Calcium

Calcium ...

After more than two hundred years of the first publication, the heroic poem about the adventures of Beowulf is still of high interest to the public. Not only do the scholars investigate Beowulf as an example of Old English literature, but a wider audience also finds this epic poem an important representation of Scandinavian culture. What attracts them is the fact that Beowulf is the only complete surviving text dates from the 8th and the early 11th century. The poem is indeed written in Old English language, but the stories take place in Denmark and Sweden. England is not ...

INVENTORY OF STATEMENTS ABOUT SELF-INJURY (ISAS)

This will help us to establish, among others, the following: Effect-regulation, interpersonal boundaries, self-punishment, self-care, anti-dissociation/feeling-generation, anti-suicide, sensation-seeking, peer-bonding, interpersonal influence, toughness, marking distress, revenge, autonomy. It takes the following stipulated format as per the previous studies by Glenn et al (2013).

SECTION I: BEHAVIORS

This questionnaire asks about a variety of self-harm behaviors. Please only endorse a behavior if you have done it intentionally (i.e., on purpose) and without suicidal intent -i.e., not for suicidal reasons (Glenn et al 2013). 1. Please estimate the number of times in your life you have intentionally (i.e., on purpose) performed each type of non-suicidal ...

Initial Patient Assessment

Overview The patient is 67-year-old Mrs. Finch.

She lives with her husband in their marital home.

Recently, she suffered a CVA and had been in the hospital’s rehabilitation ward recovering from her latest episode. Before her CVA, Mrs. Finch had a healthy and active lifestyle.

However, her condition has brought with it numerous other complications including a chest infection.

She is also having difficulty staying mobile due to residual weakness on her left side. She has had a dark wound on her heel for about a week now. This wound keeps deteriorating into the present wound. A series of CVA specific issues such as limited mobility, the risk for infection and reduced nutrition hinders Mrs. Finch’s capacity to heal. Wound ...

Postpartum infection is also referred to as puerperal infection and it comprises different entities which occur during cesarean or vaginal delivery or even at breastfeeding with a fever of 100.4F (38C) or even higher for at least two days after the first twenty four hours after delivery or postpartum. The infection may occur at the cesarean section incision or even within the woman's reproductive tract (Ricci & Kyle, 2009). Postpartum infection occur due to risk factors such as the ones listed here: precipitous labor; prolonged labor; microscopic tears found in birth canal; forceps or vacuum assisted delivery; PROM or prolonged ...

Introduction

There were many terminologies in nursing that pertain to the same thing. As such, there were confusions since one may document differently from another or perform another method differently. Furthermore, to address this, a standardized nursing language with standardized terminologies was born. Moreover, a standardized nursing language is defined as a language that are understood by every nurse with regards to health care (Rutherford, 2008). The use of standardized terminologies in nursing is likewise considered important in the health care industry to ensure that the services delivered are of high quality. This helps documentation and data management to become ...

In the process of wound healing, angiogenesis is also known as neovascularization. The process commences in lined with the proliferation of the fibroblast when the endothelial cells mover towards the wound site. Oxygen and other nutrients are required for the formation of epithelial cells and the activity of fibroblasts. In comparison to the fibroblast and epidermal mitigation, angiogenesis is crucial for other stages of wound healing. The process of angiogenesis is complex and occurs in the following stages: Latent period: In this stage, vasodilation and premeabilisation are known to permit leukocyte extravasation during the haemostatic and inflammatory phase. Decontamination ...

Discuss the conflict between pietas and furor in the relationship of Aeneas and Dido. How does the concept of Stoicism in Rome help you, as a modern reader, to understand the conflict of duty and love as a conflict of pietas and furor? Pietas and Furor are quite complicated philosophical phenomena. Pietas symbolises peace, calmness and a strong devotion to doing one’s duty. In Rome it was believed that an ideal citizen should first of all think about how to carry out the duties and not about the fulfilment of his own needs. Those duties concerned the devotion ...

Perhaps the most heart-wrenching scene in the first quarter of the narrative of Mary Prince, the sale of Prince and two of her sisters at a slave market portray the pains of a family separated on the grounds of black slavery. After the death of her first mistress, to whom Prince’s mother and siblings also belonged, the master of the house sought to take another wife and as a means to his ends, decided to sell the three female slaves. As a slave in the same household, Prince’s mother performs the task of preparing her daughters for ...

Introduction

Every other day, new study get published in different prominent journals which highlight the importance of the study, the changes, costing, etc. Critical appraisal of a paper has the ability to adversely affect the quality, output, cost of care, especially when the proposed changes are not relevant to the study’s data. It also helps in pointing out the issues that need considerations and which are essential for making a decision. Based on the critics one can recommend or to not recommend an intervention. The purpose of Research critique is to discover whether the methods and results of the ...

One Sunday afternoon while I was relaxing and listening to some soft music, I heard a loud scream from the living room. I hurriedly jumped out of my bed and run towards the living room only to find my mother writhing in pain. In fact, blood was oozing out of her forehead. I was shell-shocked. At that moment, I reflected on the important role that she had played in my life as well as the numerous conflicts that arose between us. She gained some strength and requested me to help her stand up. I yielded to her calls, and ...

When evaluating the play, “Shadows on Oak Island,” it tells the story of a married couple, Jackson and Rene Barlow, who have lost their son. I attended the production of this play on DATE directed by Lindsay Smith. Glenn Dodson and Julie Reinagel were the star cast members playing married couple Jackson and Rene Barlow. This play worked because of the storyline and some of the mystery behind it but there were sidebars that could have been elaborated on or even explored. To try to cope with the circumstance that the Barlows have lost their son, they have went ...

The nursing profession and the scope improvement in the care delivery process are expanding with the increase in knowledge, technology and discovery of new medicines. Pressure ulcers are still one of the major issues in nursing practice. Thus, with time passing by it is getting important for the nursing professionals to increase their awareness about the disease in order to apply right procedure and use right medication to deliver better care. Additionally, it is a major concern for both hospital staff and patients due to elongated hospital stay and increase in healthcare expenditure. The nurses are now relying on ...

The beginning of America was marked by a revolution. During this period, only men were called to arms though a significant number of female Americans dressed in the attire of the then Revolutionary Army battled against the British Army. Deborah Sampson was one of those women. For Deborah Sampson, joining the army was not an easy task; she had to overcoming insurmountable challenges as a child, and though she was determined to join the coveted army, she was denied that chance at first, and had to disguise herself as a man to be allowed in the army to fight ...

Introduction

Pressure ulcers (PU) are also known as decubitus ulcers occur due to the presence of pressure on a particular location of the body for an elongated period of time leading to scarring or other skin injuries. They have been one of the major concerns for several years for nursing professionals especially in the intensive care units because the physical consequences associated with it ranges from mild to severe tissue damage. The major risk factors of HAPUs are long term immobility, old age, sensory deficiency, abnormal circulation, inadequate nutrition, dehydration and other comorbidities . Internationally, PU is a patient safety issue ...

How to Manage Diabetes

Managing diabetes is a daily challenge that is worth the effort. The most important thing in managing diabetes is to ensure the blood sugar maintains the levels recommended by the physician (Yee Cheng et al. 3). Eating the right foods and substituting regular soda and juice with drinking water, eating foods such as bread pasta, rice, and whole grain cereals since they contain more fiber helps maintain the right blood sugar levels. Also, it is advisable to avoid high-calorie foods and instead, choose foods like vegetables, whole grains, cereals, and skim milk. It is also important to be active ...

Healthcare professionals are responsible for not only facilitating recovery of a patient from health issues, but also preventing injuries to the patient during and after care. Despite the immense efforts by stakeholders in health to ensure safety of the patients under care, zero cases have not yet been achieved, as sentinel events are still a major challenge to patients and the healthcare industry. Park-Lee and Caffrey (2009) estimates that 9.2% of all people admitted in hospital acquire one or more nosocomial infections. The Joint Commission (2015) defines a sentinel event as an unexpected situation that leads to the physical ...

First, when looking at labile cells, it can be said that ultimately these are continuously dividing cells of short life span, which directly pass from M to G1 phase of the cell cycle (Abuhashim). The surface epithelium of gastrointestinal and genito-urinary system, epidermis of the skin, and hemopoietic cells of the bone marrow are placement examples of labile cells. “Injury of these cells is followed by complete regeneration providing that the supporting stroma is intact” (Abuhashim). Second, when looking at stable cells, it is understood that these tiny units are subjected to very scant postnatal divisions yet they are ...

Synopsis:

I witnessed the body of a victim lying supine on an outside deck on arrival to the location of the reported shooting. From observation, it is evident that the victim is an elderly man since he has grey hair. The victim is dressed in a blue jacket (that is zipped up past the halfway point), blue shirt, and blue pants. The victim is wearing wire-rimmed silver glasses with blood spatter on the left lens. Closer examination of his face reveals that there are numerous evident blood spatter patters below his nose on his upper lip, chin, and upper left ...

Introduction

While this crime has happened decades ago, it still haunts the minds of investigators, experts, and historians. The assassination of John F. Kennedy is one of the mysteries that has remained unraveled until these days. Myriads of conspiracy theories linking together the CIA, FBI, KGB, Cuba, and Lyndon B. Johnson, were the result of, as experts admitted, an ambiguous and negligent official report. The assassination of JFK was particularly sudden and shocking for the American people, which required a close and meticulous examination. On November, 1963 President of the U.S. Lyndon B. Johnson has created a special commission for ...