Paediatric perfusion Compare the anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology of Tetralogy of Fallot(TOF) and Double Outlet Right Ventricle (DORV) Congenital heart anomalies are described as any defect present at birth of the heart or the great vessels. They are one of the most common causes of death in the newborn and are a major cause of…
Congestive Heart Failure: Causes- Types and Symptons
Heart failure is caused by the heart not pumping as much blood as it should and the body does not get as much blood and oxygen that it needs. The malfunctioning of the heart chambers are due to damage caused by narrowed or blocked arteries leading to the muscle of your heart. This Heart failure…
Congestive Heart Failure: Complications and Affects
Congestive heart failure is a cardiac disease that causes many complications and affects many individuals in multiple ways. Aspects of one’s life that are impacted by CHF are: activities of daily living, including social, family, and spiritual involvement. It can be very difficult for someone with heart failure to manage the disease and deal with…
Congenital Heart Defects (CHD) and Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitors
Congenital Heart Defects (CHD) and Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitors Congenital Heart Defects (CHD) are abnormalities that occur during the development of a fetus’s heart during gestation (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 2019a; Ni, Lv, Ding & Yao, 2019). Because of the advances in medical technology, individuals with CHD are surviving into adulthood at larger rates…
Aortic Valve Stenosis: Symptoms- Causes and Treatments
Aortic Valve Stenosis is a condition caused by the narrowing of the hearts aortic valve. This congenital heart defect is very common among people in the U.S., as over 200,000 cases are noted per year (Mayo Clinic, pg. 28) . This condition presents itself with many signs and symptoms, and can eventually cause many issues…
The Relevance of Evidence-based Practice in Primary Care
Applying scientific principles to prevent disease and disability is essential to the primary care practice. Diligent use of best current evidence in making decisions about patient care is the evidence-based practice (The Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses, 2019). Evidence-based practice process is a systematic method used by providers to assess the research, clinical guidelines and other…
Application of Evidence Based Practice to Nursing
Evidence Based Practice Evidence based practice or EBP is a problem-solving method used to make clinical decisions. Utilizing various resources related to the problem being solved, ensuring the best care is being delivered to the patient. EBP doesn’t take just one scenario and determine that to be the gold standard. Instead EBP takes many scenarios…
Evidence Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research
Evidence Based Practice and Applied Nursing Research (UG, C361, XAP1-0219) Evidence Table A 1. Quantitative A r t i c l e : Duthie, E., Favreau, B., & Ruperto, A. (2015, February 4). Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Medication Errors. Retrieved February 8, 2019, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20445/. B a c k g r o un d…
Challenges and Opportunities for Evidence Based Practice
Introduction In recent years Evidence-based practice (EBP) has been advocating in nursing profession, however until now there still encounter many difficulties, conflict impact on evidence-based practice development. In this essay will be discussed the challenges and opportunities of future direction of evidence-based practice in nursing. EBP is a decision making approach introduction in 1992. Sackett…
Evidence-Based Practice on Wound Packing
Evidence-Based Practice on Wound Packing Following Incision and Drainage Arlena Davis The first article was related to MD’s not using any packing when it comes to treating I & D’s. Many times packing is used to debride the wound and keep fluids from pooling under the skin as well as keep area free of infection….