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HIV & AIDS in Children
HIV & AIDS in Children HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a unique type of virus (i.e. a retrovirus) that invades the T- helper cells (CD4 cells) in the body of the host (defense mechanism of a person). AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) is a disease of the human immune system caused by infection with human immunodeficiency…
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Bipolar Affective Disorder
Bipolar Affective Disorder Bipolar Affective Disorder is formerly called manic-depressive illness (MDI). B.A.D is severe and persistent condition that causes serious lifelong struggle and challenge. Bipolar affective disorder is a mental health condition characterized by mood swings, from deep and prolonged low mood (profound depression) to extreme euphoria (mania), with intervening normal periods. Episodes of…
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Mood Disorders in Children and Adolescents
Mood Disorders In Children and Adolescents Mood disorders are chronic, often debilitating illnesses that affect people of all ages. Mental health problems ranging from depression to bipolar disorder are known as mood disorders, or affective disorders. In any of these disorders, a serious change in mood shapes the child’s emotional state. Unlike a normal bad…
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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is the most commonly diagnosed mental disorder of children and teens and which can also continue to adulthood. Children with ADHD may be hyperactive and unable to control their impulses or they may have trouble paying attention Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a brain disorder marked by…
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Standards of Care
Standards of Care In Mental Health Standards of Care are a means for improving the quality care for mentally ill people. They were enunciated by the American Nurses Association (ANA) in 1973. Development of Code of Ethics This is very important for a psychiatric nurse as she takes up independent roles in psychotherapy, behavior therapy,…
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Law and Mental Illness
Law and Mental Illness Law has relevance in nearly all aspects of nursing practice, but in no other area of nursing is the law more intimately involved than in psychiatric nursing. This is because psychiatric clients may; be placed on treatment against their own will pose a risk to them selves have been charged to…
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Resuscitation
Resuscitation of a Newborn Resuscitation is a mean of restoring life to a baby from the state of asphyxia. It is a single intervention of birth asphyxia (Devi, Upendra, and Bard, 2017). Resuscitation is helping a baby to breath. The first 28 days of life is called neonatal period and incontrovertibly, it is the most vulnerable…
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Obstetric Anatomy Q & A
Obstetric Anatomy Q & A Obstetric Anatomy, Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum periodQuestion 1 (a) Describe the vagina. (b) Outline indications of vaginal examination. (c) What information must you note on vaginal examination? (d) List contraindications of vaginal examination SOLUTIONS. A vagina is a muscular fibrous canal…
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Ectopic Pregnancy
ECTOPIC PREGNANCY Ectopic pregnancy is a gestation that implants outside of the endometrial cavity. Ectopic pregnancy is an implantation of a fertilized ovum outside the uterine cavity. An ectopic pregnancy most often occurs in a fallopian tube. This type of ectopic pregnancy is called a tubal pregnancy. An ectopic pregnancy is estimated to occur…
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Family Planning Counseling
Family Planning Counseling Family Planning Counseling is a continuous process that you as health care provider, as a counselor provide to help clients and people in the community or health facility make and arrive at informed choices about the size of their family (i.e. the number of children they wish to have) Counseling is a face…
