Hemostasis

Introduction Clyde Crimeson is a 45-year-old male, admitted to the emergency room after falling in his home. He presents a wound located at his right foot with reddened edges, in addition to a hairline fracture. He is a diabetic with a history of forgetfulness and episodes of falls. Functional Patterns The pattern of Nutritional Metabolic is dysfunctional. The following data supports this assessment: The patient has a wound on his right foot. The wound is not drainage but has reddened edges.…

A fixed prosthesis for one tooth or even full mouth rehabilitation is been commonly certified for their reliability and durability. Despite of the conservative procedures of crown preparations, obstacles may occur in each step leading to pulpal exposure. In the past, endodontic treatment or even extraction of the tooth was the only solution to pulpal complications. A recent update shows that pulp capping that resists the death of the exposed or nearly exposed pulp can be explication to pulpal…

the chance of displacing the A. line. If a line is suspected to have tissued, it’s immediate removal is required and pressure is to be applied for a minimum of five minutes; once completed a re-evaluation of the patient is required to establish hemostasis. (Wake County EMS System STANDARDS and PRACTICE 2013,…

Water is essential in keeping the body in balance. There are two significant compartments of the body that exchange fluids and electrolytes to maintain homeostasis, which are intracellular and extracellular. These two spaces continually interchange electrolytes, particles, and water to sustain the same pressure. (PP chap42 pg935) This paper will describe three machinimas that assists in maintaining homeostasis, four main categories of IV therapy, and nursing consideration in relation to infusing…

Wound healing is a complex dynamic process which replacing damaged cells with cells of same origin or with connective tissue scar. Wound healing has four time dependent phases; hemostatic, inflammatory, proliferative, and remolding phase. In each phase, specific resident cells release growth factors and cytokines to move the healing process from one phase to the other till complete healing occurs. Chronic wound stack in or delayed in one of the healing phases commonly inflammatory phase.…

A mother Chelsea Reed and her son Justin were rushed into the hospital after they were injured in a car accident. Mrs. Reed has a head laceration and a fractured wrist. Her son is suffering from internal bleeding and needs to have emergency surgery to stop the bleeding. The doctor informs Mrs. Reed that Justin has lost thirty percent of blood volume and will be transfused before going into surgery to make sure he does not bleed out on the operation table. As a single mother, Mrs. Reed solely…

IV. Pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus A. Mode of Pathogenicity Staphylococcus aureus is both a commensal bacterium and a versatile pathogen. It is commensal because it can harmlessly colonize in the nares, axillae, vagina, pharynx, or damaged skin surfaces (Jenkins et al. 2015). Commensal bacteria supports the superficial layer of our body from pathogenic bacteria. For instances, S. aureus produces bacteriocins (toxins created by bacteria) that impedes pathogenic staphylococcal organism…

According to the Canadian Association of Social Workers “mental health is the capacity of the individual, the group and the environment to interact with one another in ways that promote subjective well-being, the optimal development and use of mental abilities, achievement of individual and collective goals consistent with justice and the attainment and preservation of conditions of fundamental equality” (Regeher & Glancy, 2014, p. 2). This definition gives us a broad overview of what is…

Worksheet 1 1. How would you explain the cell cycle to your patient? (20 points) Scenario: A 21-yearl-old lady came into the primary care network clinic to avail of health teachings and resources for first time mothers. After graduation from nursing school, Alisha Marston got married to her former classmate and now expecting a baby due in 7 months. After being given instructions for the blood work and necessary health teachings, I offered to further discuss how the fertilized egg in her body…

I. INTRODUCTION: Clopidogrel is one of the major drugs used in the treatment of Acute Coronary Syndrome. Along with Aspirin it is the standard of care in Percutaneous Coronary Interventions with stenting, when a long term dual antiplatelet treatment is needed. However the response to clopidogrel shows wide inter-individual variations. Various studies have shown that the polymorphisms in the genes responsible for Clopidogrel absorption and metabolism are a major factor for these variations.…