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with other health libraries that are part of this program and training on various computer programs that are available. In addition literature search services are also provided and the website houses some consumer medical web sites such as PubMed, Medline plus, md consult…

Each year there are series of cases of child abuse and protective service taking them away from their home. Majority of the victims suffer from neglect, but a few also encounter the effects of physical, psychological and or even worst sexual abuse. Physical abuse is characterized by physical injury, inflicted as a beating. Sexual abuse includes for molestation, incest and rape. Inflicting a sexual act on an individual. Neglect is an abandonment failure to be there. I personally haven’t…

Perception is not the same as sensation. Sensation is transformation of energy from external stimuli into neural signals within our bodies (Schacter, Gilbert, Nock, & Wegner, 2016). Because the energies of the external stimuli are intrinsic properties of the stimuli themselves, different people have more or less the same “sensory” response. However, perception is the interpretation of these sensory neural signals and imbues sensation with meaning. Oftentimes, perception can be prone to…

1.0 Introduction Dehydration is a potentially dangerous state of a reduction of the amount of water in the body, which is associated with increased mortality, morbidity and disability (Hooper et al., 2014; WHO, 2011). While severe dehydration (10% loss of body weight) is life threatening, even a fluid loss equivalent to 1-2% of body weight can have an adverse effect on physical and mental performance, particularly in older people in hospitals (Jéquier and Constant, 2010). However, there are no…

Critique of Systematic Reviews Two systematic review articles will be critiqued and compared in this paper. Article A is titled systematic review and meta-analysis of adverse events of low-dose aspirin and clopidogrel in randomized controlled trials authored by Kenneth McQuaid and Loren Laine. Article B is titled platelet function testing in transient ischemic attack and ischemic stroke: a comprehensive systematic review of the literature by Soon Lim, Catherine Coughlan, Stephen Murphy, Israel…

1.2 Evidence based practice In nursing, practice is a dynamic function which changes over time due to new scientific and empirical evidence (Sackett, Rosenberg, Gray, Haynes, & Richardson, 1996). Regardless of this concept, some provide care as a routine and this can be avoided by combing the right professional approach with the best known recent evidence (Gerrish, Communicating and Disseminating Research, 2006). EBP is guided into practice by various valid processes. First of all, a problem…

were adults and children who had been administered antibiotics for any purpose. Both inpatient and outpatient population groups were used. These RCTs had the appropriate design to complete this systematic review. Research studies until the databases MEDLINE, Cochrane Library and EMBASE were included in the systematic review and…

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate and critique a quantitative journal article, “Return of Bowel Sounds Indicating an End of Postoperative Ileus: Is it Time to Cease this Long-Standing Tradition?” written by Robert L. Massey, PhD, RN, NEA-BC. The article is related to the reliability of bowel sounds as an indication of an end of postoperative ileus after abdominal surgery. Every aspect of the study was first explained before the information from the study itself was presented using clear…

researchers answer the questions? This is contained in the methodology section or some equivalent. The author answer the questions by researching and gathering information covering the period of 1999-2011 from academic research databases CINAHL, MEDLINE, and ERIC. v. What are the answers to the questions? 1. The factors that influence childhood obesity are: • Genetic factors-Deals with the metabolism of the child and the heredity factors. • Behavioral factors-Lack of exercise, and eating of…

refers to a medical problem, which is affected by unhealthy eating, dieting, losing or gaining weight and some medical conditions can increase a child`s appetite. Hormones disorders and some medications will lead to the increase of child obesity (Medline Plus, 2016). Another factor of child obesity is attaching their time to the screen by playing computer games, spending hours watching TV and using smartphones all the time without any physical activities, they will likely gain weight and this…