Physical activity recommendations for adolescents with repaired tetralogy of Fallot: review of the literature and guidelines for practitioners Adolescents living with congenital heart defects (CHDs) are a growing population in the United States. While in the 1960s and 1970s, the risk of dying after cardiac surgery was high at 30%, over the past few decades, this risk has decreased to approximately 5%, with the majority of children born with CHD living into adulthood (American Heart Association [AHA]
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March 14, 2011 Pharmacology Dr. Hutcherson PROJECT FOR NON-CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY STUDENT BY SUZANNE NATION PART 1: THE PATIENT’S MEDICATIONS 1. INTRODUCTION a. Mrs. Jenkins is a 73 year old Caucasian widow who lives alone and is a retired school teacher of 35 years. She is fiercely independent but is looked after by oldest daughter who comes every few days to take her to appointments and shopping for groceries. Being a former school teacher Mrs. Jenkins is well educated and
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Congestive Heart Failure FC IV Valvular Heart Disease Secondary to Rheumatic Heart Disease A case Presentation A Presented to: The Faculty College of Nursing Adventist University of the Philippines In Partial fulfillment Of the Course N303 Curative and Rehabilitative Nursing Care 1st Semester By: Tha Hnem Section F Presentation Date: September, 4, 2007 I. Introduction Heart failure, also called congestive heart failure (CHF), is a life-threatening condition in which
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The Future of Cardiovascular Diagnostics THE MARKET, TRENDS & FUTURE DIRECTIONS Extracted on: 20 Apr 2011 Reference Code: BI00021-008 Publication Date: 02 Mar 2010 Publisher: Datamonitor © Datamonitor This content is a licensed product, no part of this publication shall be reproduced, sold, modified or stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of Datamonitor. The information
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Nursing 344 Week 1: Report Writing & GFHP Report Writing Pt records are sometimes called in evidence before a court of law in order to establish events that may have contributed to a pt’s death or injury. They may also be required as evidence for an inquiry or hearing by the NMB of NSW. ▪ Frequency of documentation relies on: - physical/ mental status of the pt. - the type of care provided (self care v. intensive care) - requirements of health care agency - any legal
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Running head: COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING ASSESSMENT Community Health Nursing Assessment Alison C. Jessup Saint Joseph’s College COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING ASSESSMENT Abstract COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING ASSESSMENT Prior to becoming a nurse five years ago I didn’t really give much thought to the community that surrounded me. I independently went about my daily life without really considering my neighbors or municipality and I certainly wasn’t geared towards thinking about how I can give
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Long-term implications of a single home-based educational intervention in patients with heart failure ` ` Ofelia Aguado, MD, Cesar Morcillo, MD, PhD, Jordi Delas, MD, PhD, Mark Rennie, MD, Siraj Bechich, MD, ´ndez, MD, and Franscesc Rosell, MD, PhD Anna Schembari, PhD, Francesc Ferna OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a single home-based educational intervention for patients admitted with heart failure. METHODS: There were 106 patients: 42 in the intervention
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1. Why might this patient have blood in his urine? Diabetes is a major cause of end stage kidney disease in patients. Necrosis within the kidneys or diabetic nephropathy, can be caused by long standing diabetes mellitus. The necrosis in the kidneys causes bleeding into the minor calyces, therefore resulting in blood mixing in the urine. 2. What other abnormalities would typically be found in such a patient’s urinalysis? Glucosuria, Proteinuria, and ketones would all be expected. 3. What is
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014CRNA Interview Preparation Q: Tell me about a time when you had to manage a difficult clinical situation. Q: Tell me about a time when you were working with someone who wasn't pulling their weight, and they had a different value system than yours. How did you deal with this person? Q: Tell me about a time when you failed. What happened, and how did you recover? Q: Tell me about a time when you had an ethical dilemma at work. What did you do? Q: Tell me about a time when you felt
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1. 1500; 500 000; ACCEPT 1400 and 300,000 for 1 max only [2] 2. ability to see (two) objects (that are close together) as separate objects / AW; ACCEPT ability to distinguish two objects see detail; IGNORE clarity / clear [2] 3. (i) transports water (up plant); ACCEPT alternative wording for transport
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