Nursing can take place in a variety of different environments from physician offices, schools, clinics, hospitals etc. Each environment consists of different skills competencies and knowledge to specify level of care. Hospitals in the United states are differentiated by levels, which are recognized by a designation and a verification process. Levels range from 1-5 and…
Evaluation of Manchesters Trauma Network
Introduction Major trauma is serious or multiple injuries that could result in death or significant disability and is the leading cause of death in all groups under 45 years of age in the UK with more than 20,000 incidents resulting in 10,000 deaths annually (2,2,3). A report by the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome…
Clinically Isolated Syndrome and MS
CHAPTER 1 – GENERAL PRINCIPLES 1.1 Terminology Clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) is a central nervous system demyelinating event isolated in time that is may or may not lead to the development of multiple sclerosis (MS). It is a term that describes a first clinical episode with features suggestive of multiple sclerosis (MS). It usually occurs…
KHA-CARI Guidelines for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
As part of the profession nurses work to uphold and follow all relevant guidelines to shape the care given to patients to ensure effectiveness. The KHA-CARI Guidelines work are used by Renal nurses to ensure best possible outcomes for Chronic Kidney disease patients living within New Zealand and Australia (KHA – CARI nd). These guidelines…
Dental Prosthetic Options
Introduction: Prosthetic options to replace a missing tooth fall into two main categories: Fixed prostheses and removable prostheses. When choosing the suitable treatment option to replace a missing upper incisor, multiple variables involving the patient wishes, expectations, dentist skills and training, cost of treatment, and clinical findings should be taken into consideration (Al-Quran et al.,…
Effects of Obesity on Pregnancy
In 2015-2016, the CDC found 71.6% of the American adult population exceed healthy weight standards. More of the population was considered obese at 39.3% compared to 31.8% for the overweight population (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019b). Overweight is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or greater and obesity as…
Health Intervention Plan: A Case Study
Brief summary of concerns about the child’s health and well-being. An overview of Joshua would conclude that he is essentially a healthy six year old boy. Apart from being shy on an initial encounter, all his interactions and physical indices appear to be within normal limits. There were no obvious concerns about his developmental stage….
Overview of the Function of Sleep
Sleep is a complex physiological process that occurs in some extent in all animals, indicating its physiological importance. Sleep plays an important and intrinsic role in many behavioral and physiological functions. However, although sleep is important and is critical and exists within every living things life, it still remains unknown what the function and purpose of sleep…
The effects of smoking in the human body
Hazardous Effects of Smoking on the Human Health Since modern people live and eat satisfactorily, they began to concern themselves more about their health. These days we frequently can see many male adults who are smoking. Moreover, the smoking rate of teenagers and women has lately been getting higher; thus, the problem becomes very serious….
Management of Poor Nutrition in Child
In each phase of life, human beings have specific dietary needs. During the first six months of life an infant acquires all its dietary needs from either breast milk or formula milk (Department of Health, 2005, p2). However after the age of six months it is important that the infant begins to complimentary feed in…