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96The Differences Between Arterial And Venous Ulcers
mixed etiology; arterial AND venous ulcer Arteial ulcers Recognizing the differences between these two difficult and often complicated types of ulcers is important for the following reasons: · Correct diagnosis will result in correct as well as...
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96Simple Wound Care Instructions Step by Step
Wet to dry dressing changes can be a very effective form of autolytic debridement for wounds with over 50 % slough and soft tissue that is pulling from the healthy tissue. However, although it is an old form of debridement there are still...
125 comments94Documentation Basics for Home Health
It is easy to become complacent about documentation. As nurses, we must always be trying to raise the bar on ourselves and on each other to stay professional and above all, to show that we are using best practice and evidence based techniques in...
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93Complications related to chronic weeping edema of the lower extremities
The simplest way to explain edema is to say that edema is the left over fluid from the blood your heart pumps every day. This is erroneous because heart failure is just one diagnosis that can have the additional effect of swollen legs. Edema is more...
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89The Story of The Seven Sisters
The Story of the Seven Sisters There are several versions of the same myth. Depending on the research and your own personal preference the information actually remains pretty much the same. In a nutshell, the seven sisters were mortals whose...
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88How Do You Know When You Are In COPD Crisis?
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is a respiratory disease process that is actually the result of both chronic obstructive bronchitis and emphysema.The damage is the result of repeated episodes of infection and respiratory distress that results...
109 comments87Petit mal versus Grand Mal Seizure Activity in Children
Children who begin to show signs of petit mal (or absence) seizures are experiencing changes in the electrical activity within their brain. There are neurons and synapses that transmit the information across the brain and with a petit mal seizure;...
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87Ode To First Aqaurium Owners
This wish for an aquarium seems overwhelming. Should it be a ten or even a fifty-five gallon? Should the front be straight or bending? Or perhaps the stands show its filters or look like a million? When you come right down to it can I count on...
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85Well, Maybe Not As Inept With An Ax As I Thought
this says Florida snake, Mr Hargis' book called it a King snake and was much fatter and longer but its close Here is the pic of the one I chopped to pieces! Just finished reading a hub of Bayoulady/hers are always so wonderful/and I mentioned I was...
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85Things To Do In Baldwin County, Alabama
Besides the obvious; Gulf Coast, fresh seafood, sun, sand, golf courses, intracostal canal; there are other places of interest that can go unnoticed in the mad rush to the beach. Fot that reason you will NOT...
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