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90Complications related to chronic weeping edema of 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...
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74Drug Resistance, What is It and What Does The WHO Have To Do With It?
Perhaps it would be easier to start with exactly what the WHO is and what it does. It's a given Roger Daltrey will NOT be part of the hub mob this week, perhaps next week? The World Health Organization,...
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79How To Calculate Drop Rate per Minute for an IV Without Using a Pump
In this high tech world, a lot of nurses, especially the youngest, do not know how to count drops per minute for intravenous fluid and or medication. It used to be fairly simple; the physician orders 1000 ml...
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82How To Make Tortilla Soup
What is it about soup anyway? No matter what time or season, There doesn't have to be a rhyme or reason If I start to droop or life tries to fling me away; I try not to despair, or cry in my hair ...
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88The 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,...
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83How 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...
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87A Brief Look At Plastic Surgery Through the Ages
The History of Cosmetic Surgery dates back to the Greeks. The word plastic is from the Greek word plasticos for "to fit or mold" and this still a part of the mission of plastic surgeons today. They are...
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84Who's Afraid of Shark Liver Oil?
This mean old nurse will be the first to admit that when things change and something new comes along its time to push that big red button in our brains. You know the button that says "In case of pain PUSH!" ...
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80Remembering When I was a Student Nurse
Remembering When I got permission at the age of fourteen to become a candy striper at Children's Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama. That permission had to come from 1) My parents 2) My School...
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82What is the Critical Thinking Behind Choosing the Type of Wound Care for Chronic wounds?
Reason for This Hub dijon says: 10 hours ago "i have a question moist material or damp cloth can harbor bacteria is it ok to include it in the wound dressing? i know its sterile but chances are bacteria...
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