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Pearson (2013) explains that clinical decision making is crucial in all aspects of patient care (p. 214). It involves the ability to gather information and make decisions that will be applied in a specific situation. Evidence-based decision making requires selecting from various possibilities and combining knowledge through research and scientific evaluation. The purpose of this…

Introduction In the present age, we have witnessed a number of changes in almost all life aspects, especially in living standard. More particularly, it is in the customer buying behavior. In fact, it is a norm for citizen to access the modern life. Increasing in incomes leads to the fact that their understanding about the…

A group of clinical syndromes characterized by hyperglycemia arising as a result of absolute or relative insulin deficiency is known as diabetes mellitus. There are mainly 2 types of diabetes mellitus, namely, type-1 and type-2. Type-1 diabetes mellitus occurs commonly in younger people with no hereditary factors and is due to absolute insulin deficiency resulting…

West Florida Regional Medical Center (WFRMC) located on the north side of Pensacola, Florida competed strongly with sacred heart and Baptist hospitals for patients. WFRMC’s CEO John Kausch was an active member of the Total Quality Council of the Pensacola Area Chamber of Commerce (PATQC) (McLaughlin, C.P., Johnson, J.K., & Sollecito, 2012).. PATQC’s vision was…

Hollywood stars are always trying new diets, from the Low Carb to the Zone Diet. Kirstie Alley is a spokesperson for Jenny Craig, and Jennifer Hudson raves about Weight Watchers at every opportunity. There is a new diet trend in Hollywood called “The Blood Type Diet. ” Celebrities such as, Demi Moore, Cheryl Cole, and…

Certain animals lack lungs and cannot survive in environments with inadequate lung function. Instead, these creatures rely on gills to obtain oxygen from water. It is noteworthy that the amount of oxygen present in water is just 1/20th of that found in the equivalent volume of air. Gills greatly increase the area available for gas…

Child AbuseMaltreatment of children is not a new phenomenon. It dates back farinto history, as far as the colonial times and even back to biblical times. During the recent years child maltreatment has had an increase in the publicseye. There are many factors to child maltreatment. There are four generalcategories of child maltreatment now recognized….

The biological basis for sleep is replenishment and it is essential to our minds and our body. Without getting the amount of sleep our bodies need it begins to affect us mentally. Sleep deprivation can affect normal motor functions, weight and eventually shorten your lifespan. While you sleep your brain goes through stages called rapid…

Cigarette? Why not? How about I’ll tell you why? Smoking can be considered one of the most dangerous habits that any one individual can have. Smoking kills an average of 450,000 people each year. More deaths are caused each year by cigarettes and tobacco use than by all deaths from human immunodeficiency virus, illegal drug…

Anatomy and Physiology, Windham High School Case Study: The Hot Tub Mystery! Text taken and questions adapted from the following case study: House, Herbert. The Hot Tub Mystery: The Story of a Very HOT Tub. Buffalo: National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science, 2005. PDF file. Part I—The Discovery Cast of Characters: • Sam…