Thrombosis

Throughout a life span many changes will take place within your career. Some changes will be good or bad. What drives the change to occur within a career is status, money or health related issues? Career changes are general made to enhance life style. Role transition is moving from one disciple to another, while still remaining in same field. The roles will change as well as the mindset to create a better change. Transitioning from one level of nursing to another usually occur when a person…

Communication of Patient Information Background Communication of Patient Information by Sharon Saracino & Sharon B. Buchbinder (Buchbinder and Shanks, 2017) is a case study regarding a patient named Margaret Burns who’s is 63-years-old and has suffered for stroke. After receiving acute care hospitalization, Margaret was placed in a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility to recover from her stroke (2017). Problem Statement Margaret Burns who should be recovering in the skilled nursing…

The post operation nursing care will include prevention of secondary injury as well as wound care (Nayduch, 2010). A prophylactic low molecular weight heparin dose will be given to prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), along with sequential compression devices, and compression stockings. DVT prevention immediately after the injury are indispensable in patient management (Matsumoto., et al 2015). Low molecular weight heparin side effects include bleeding…

Fasting on Ramadan: effect on glycemic control on type II diabetic patients, observational study for three month at SQUH, Oman Amina, S, Al-Hussaini College of Nursing, SQU Fasting on Ramadan: effect on glycemic control on type II diabetic patients, observational study for three month at SQUH, Oman Introduction Type 2 DM is worldwide health problem affecting 2.8% of population globally in 2000 and expected to be 4.4% in 2030 (Patel, Mirakhur, El-Magd, El-Matty, & Al-Ghafri, 2007).…

Stroke is a very serious medical condition, in the United States it is the fifth leading cause of death. In the United States alone more than 795,000 people will suffer from a stroke, and almost 130,000 will die each year. The total cost of health care services and medications to treat stroke is estimated to be $34 billion each year. Stroke is also the primary cause of severe long-term disability (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2015). African Americans have the highest risk of…

painful. They can move or prolapse, to the outside (usually when trying to have a bowel movement. You can also see and feel it. Also Blood clots sometimes form within prolapsed external hemorrhoids, causing it to be very painful condition called thrombosis. Also that happens, when the hemorrhoids it can turn purple or blue, then could will cause Bleeding. Despite how it looks, it’s usually not that…

exercise combined with a well-controlled diet. Every surgical procedure has its own risks. There are several risks that are associated with bariatric surgery. Some of the immediate or short term complications include: internal bleeding, deep vein thrombosis, and pulmonary embolism among other complications. Certain conditions such as high blood pressure increase the risks of these complications (Kini & Rao, 2012). However, demise after bariatric surgery is quite rare. A study of 157,000…

injuries, but to modify or adjust any part of the body for competition. Name some adverse side effects you would be concerned about. Increase in blood pressure Excessive hematocrit elevation. This can cause cerebrovascular accidents, thrombosis and myocardial infarction. Basically the effect of EPO is an increase in the amount of red blood cells in the blood and this leads to an increase in the viscosity of the blood, aggravated by the dehydration that occurs in intense…

Total Hip Replacement Hip arthroplasty is using a prosthesis to replace hip joint is one of the most common surgical procedures today (Walker, 2007). A good surgical team will increase the success rate of the total hip replacement. However, proper nursing interventions during pre-operative and post-operative phase of the surgery is very important for the patient. Nurses spend more time with patients compared to the other health care personnel. Therefore, a good nursing care will better…

INTRODUCTION Multimorbidity, the simultaneous coexistence in individuals of more than one disease state, has become increasingly common in health care settings (1, 2). Patients who have multimorbidity are more likely to be admitted to hospital, experience premature death or a loss of physical functioning and have poor quality of life (3). Patients with significant multimorbidity are usually excluded from clinical trials. This has led to a scarcity of evidence in relation to appropriate…