Coronary artery bypass surgery

The maze procedure is conducted during an open-heart surgery. Using a scalpel, doctors create several precise incision in the upper chambers of the heart to create a pattern of scar tissue. Because scar tissue does not carry electricity, it interferes with stray electrical impulses that cause atrial fibrillation…

1. Explain the difference between data and information. Give examples of raw data and information. “Data is raw facts, or facts that have not yet been processed to reveal their meaning to the end user” (Coronel & Morris, 2015). It is a building block. Example: Data inserted into a form and then saved represents raw data in the DBMS. This is illustrated in Figure 1.1 b. below (Coronel & Morris, 2015). However, these raw data are not beneficial to anyone. There is not a complete story. An…

normal blood sugar levels of the diabetic patients who undergoes surgery, it is possible to prevent the SSI (Al-Zaru, Ammouri, Al-Hassan, & Amr, 2009). Reason for Attention The rate of surgical site infection (SSI) serves as a performance measure of a hospital. It reflects the quality and the standard of health care delivered to the patients. Hence, to compare the…

Introduction Open heart surgery is very invasive, requiring the sternum to be spread apart, which enables the surgeon to access the heart. Diodato and Chedrawy (2014) estimate that nearly 300,000 coronary artery bypass graft surgeries occur every year (p.2). Once the surgery is finished the sternum is closed and the patient is sent to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for recovery. This is where patient care needs to have a focus on healing and recovery. Many theorist have developed methods to…

Is bariatric surgery an appropriate intervention? Why or why not? Health risks associated with obesity includes coronary heart diseases, diabetes type 2, hypertension, hepatobiliary disease, osteoarthritis and obstructive sleep apnea. I would recommend bariatric surgery, in a study that followed 91% of all patients involved in a 3 year post bariatric surgery, “The primary endpoint was met by 5% of patients in the medical therapy group, as compared with 38% of those in the gastric bypass group…

Essay Subject – Frontiers of Molecular Biology Topic – Are nonsmokers more affected than smokers from cigarettes? By Manami Tanaka Group Number: 10 Letter Count: 20000 letters Introduction In our daily life, we see many people smoking in many places. I also see them at entrances of our university buildings. At the beginning of my university first semester, my friend told me that she got injured, because her arm was attached to the flame on a…

Medical Management Treatment The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) released the guidelines on the management of STEMI and NSTEMI in 2013 and 2014, respectively. Mrs. B will be treated based on these guidelines. Immediately on arrival, she will receive the following treatments: supplemental oxygen therapy to keep oxygen saturation greater than 90% or relieve respiratory distress, sublingual nitroglycerin to relieve ischemic pain, and chewable 325mg aspirin…

Introduction The admission process of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program includes a formal interview with a faculty member. During my formal interview, I learned students were required to choose a theme that would be incorporated throughout the DNP courses. As I drove away from Quinnipiac University, I started thinking about possible themes I could envision studying for the next three or more years. At this point, I only had four years of clinical nursing experience, much less than…

During my later high school years I discovered how much I enjoyed chemistry’s predictability and logical structure. Balancing a chemical reaction on paper and then seeing it work in the lab made me realize that I had a love for chemistry. It was fascinating and exciting when I saw the transformation of elements into useful products. I loved learning how matter could be reduced into their building blocks, and then by putting those building blocks together in different ways new forms of matter…

A simple five-letter word that holds so much meaning in the world; five single letters that come together to spell a word that not only denotes for a career path, but also shapes a person’s identity. A nurse has the most challenging, yet most rewarding job a person can have. Each day a nurse experiences tragedy and triumphs, as they get to hold the hands of loved ones who have experienced loss, and rejoice with those who get to celebrate life. A nurse not only puts others needs before theirs,…