After reading the article I would agree that the technology of smart pumps would help in reducing medication dosing error. Infants in the NICU are extremely vulnerable and any mistake can be life threatening. In my opinion, the information in this article would be useful for a Nurse who works with new born infants, even more in the NICU. Works
Screening is a common practice that has been widely adopted to curb the rate of cancer and preventable diseases. Screening refers to medical approach used to detect disease in individuals early when signs and symptoms are not present. The purpose of this paper is to identify the shortfalls of the Every Woman Matters program and define necessary strategies to implement change. Every Woman Matters Every Woman Matters is solely a federally sponsored program that is controlled by the State of Nebraska to help low- income women to gain access to health care through screening. EWM offers breast exams, mammograms, pelvic exam a pap smears, along with diabetes and cholesterol testing.
Within the studies researched there were possibly skewed results due to a small number of participants, some of the studies had a short duration, and dosing protocols were different. But the studies did discover that patients showed improved hemoglobins with short intervals of receiving vitamin C post dialysis treatment and also showed that the need for large doses of Epogen changed with addition of vitamin c to their regimen. Nephrology nurses can use this knowledge when monitoring lab values, as they may see increased Hgb levels when Vitamin C is introduced and will need to adjust the patients epogen doses. Lastly nurses need to be apprised to side effects related to vitamin C use and monitor and assess their patients for signs of hyperoxalemia such as noted crystals in the tissue of the body, cardiovascular changes and symptoms and vascular changes. Summary In summary, this research found that there was some benefit of using Vitamin C for improving hemoglobins in patients with ESRD receiving hemodialysis.
Patients with drug induced lupus have symptoms that affect the joints, heart and lungs. Neonatal Lupus occurs with antibodies cross the placenta in pregnancy from the mother to the child. Children that are born to women who test positive for the antibody SSA/RO are at greater risk of developing lupus, although this occurring is rare. The children who do end up with neonatal lupus will see symptoms like skin rashes and even liver underdevelopment. There is an even rarer chance that they could develop a life-threating heart condition called congenital heart block or
The vaccination programme is only temporary to deal with the heightened risk of whooping cough infection during this outbreak. A similar programme is already under way for pregnant women in the US, although the evidence for its effectiveness is still unclear. Dr Mary Ramsay, the head of immunisation at the Health Protection Agency (HPA), welcomed the measure. "We have been very concerned about the continuing increase in whooping cough cases and related deaths. "It's also important we continue to remind all parents to ensure their children are vaccinated against whooping cough to continue their protection through
Assignment Three Michele Tola Chamberlain Collage of Nursing Dolores Jones November 12, 2014 Assignment Three Genital Herpes - CDC Fact Sheet Basic Fact Sheet | Detailed Version Detailed fact sheets are intended for physicians and individuals with specific questions about sexually transmitted diseases. Detailed fact sheets include specific testing and treatment recommendations as well as citations so the reader can research the topic more in depth. What is genital herpes? Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the herpes simplex viruses type 1 (HSV-1) or type 2 (HSV-2). How common is genital herpes?
Assist expert or other employers explore more effective prevention and treatment of obesity in childhood. Third, collaborator can be one of the role of nurse in promote targeting children obesity. Ribbitt also holds that nurses should work with a number of the multidisciplinary team in addressing childhood obesity as it is a major health issue with long-time morbidities. Cemden and Gallagher (2009) also state that dietician may be needed to give guidance and help client to meet their nutrition goal. The community nurse also work as clinician.
A vaccine for TB does exist; it is called bacilli Calmetter-Guérin (or simply, “BCG”). Although BCG immunization provides optimal protection for infants and young children, its efficacy for adults is inconsistent. Several confounding variables are thought to contribute to the varying outcomes; nevertheless, demand for the advancement of BCG exists due to the increasing drug-resistance of TB (wikipedia.org). WORKS CITED Jefferson, Cord. ““Thousands Possibly Exposed in a Tuberculosis Outbreak Among L.A.’s Homeless.” Gawker.com, 22 Feb 2013.
• Originally called them “mongoloids” but was changed to “down syndrome” • Caused by a copy of a chromosome • Physical signs: - one crease in the individual’s hand - flat face with an upward slant to the eye - short neck - small hands and feet • There are many health conditions that are often seen in people with down syndrome due to having an extra copy of Chromosome 21. • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development houses a good website which contains much information about both the background of the disability and ways to make it work for the individual. • There are prenatal tests to discover whether a child will have down syndrome. This leads into the debate on abortion and prevention of
I would like to have conducted a more in depth discussion with these girls about the benefits of breast feeding versus bottle feeding and educate them on the pros and cons and then do a study to see how many would breast or bottle feed. In conclusion, the article did in fact pull down some statistics on the correlates of adolescent feeding practices and the information could be used to address the concerns caused by breast feeding versus bottle feeding. However by using only a specific group of disadvantaged women the sample and results are skewed based on not using an overall