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DRAFT: To what extent is adenotonsillar hypertrophy the greatest risk factor associated with paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea? Introduction Paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea (POSA) is a condition which affects approximately 2% of children (Gulotta et al., 2019) and is characterised, according to Shen et al (2018), by the recurrent partial or complete upper airway obstruction during…

Development of Intervention to Promote Healthy Sleep Sleep is vital to overall health and healing. In a hospital setting sleep can be interrupted by a multitude of internal and external factors. This project is aimed at exploring ways to increase sleep/rest on an acute care unit and decreasing factors that disrupt sleep quality.  Sleep deprivation…

This essay is a critical reflection on the NMC mentor outcomes of assessment and accountability and Leadership. The changes brought about by development of nursing education was explored as well as NMC providing guidance through standards. Assessment and accountability and leadership was examined extensively. A practical observation of assessment in my clinical area was critically…

Introduction The sudden and unexpected death of an infant less than one year is termed sudden unexpected infant death (SUID).   There are two common causes for SUID one is termed Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) which is the unexplainable death that typically occurs in healthy infants under the age of one year old.  The second…

Background Human milk is the preferred nutrition for preterm infants. (WHO/UNICEF, 2003) Human milk has been proven to be beneficial to reduce the risk of short term and long term complications related to prematurity.(Victora et al., 2016, Belfort and Ehrenkranz, 2017) Not all mothers are able to provide adequate breast milk to meet their babies…

According to Hart & Ng (2011), “Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)”. Kavic (2015) explained, “This disease is characterized by periods of relapsing symptoms caused by immune mediated inflammation”. Around two million people in the world are affected by Crohn’s disease (CD) and includes anywhere of the gastrointestinal tract being affected by…

The childhood period is the most important stage for the overall development during the lifespan. Brain and biological development takes place at this stage Muller and Jahn, 2009. These developments are influenced by sufficient of stimulation and nutrition, and these development effects of physique, the immune system, cognition, as well as social and emotional growth…

B. Trimble Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia (FM) is a condition of unknown etiology, characterized by extensive pain, atypical pain processing, sleep disruption, fatigue, and often psychological distress. People with fibromyalgia may also have added indications, such as morning rigidity, tingling or numbness of the hands and feet, headaches, migraines, irritable bowel syndrome, sleep disorders, cognitive problems, problems…

Diagnosis and Chiropractic Management of Post-Traumatic Piriformis Syndrome: A Case Study Chief complaint A 37-year-old male patient presented himself at a local chiropractic clinic with a chief complaint of persistent low back pain that was radiating into his left buttock, all along the posterolateral aspect of his left thigh and calf, and to the lateral…

Introduction The author aims to discuss the role of an adult nurse and the regulatory body Nursing and Midwifery council (NMC). NMC has been a statutory body since 2002. Nursing is profession regulated by the nursing and midwifery council NMC (2008). NMC was set up by parliament to safeguard the health and wellbeing of public…