Spalter and van Dam’s article‚ Digital Visual Literacy‚ argues that in order for students to receive a well rounded education‚ it is necessary to bridge digital visual literacy with traditional textual and mathematical literacies. Through rhetorical appeal‚ Spalter and van Dam effectively persuade their intended audience to support their argument. The authors of the article successfully gain the reader’s trust by establishing their own credibility. Spalter and van Dam open their article by giving
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FRACTAL TIME (ESSAY) Introduction In his book‚ first published in 2009‚ ’Fractal Time: The Secret of 2012 and a New World Age’‚ Gregg Braden gave wonderful clues into what we would expect to occur in our world and universe by the year 2012. Though years have passed since the first publication of the book‚ the information in the book remains relevant to us today. Gregg labours to elaborate how it is possible to read the past in order to discover what the future holds for us in our world and
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Moss 1 Braden Moss Mr. Boyd 10/27/14 1st Period Indian Removal DBQ Ever since the American people arrived at the New World they have continually driven the Native Americans out of their native lands. The decision of the Jackson administration to remove the Cherokee Indians to lands west of the Mississippi River in the 1830s was not the only viable decision Jackson had in view of the issues‚ but Jackson had many reasons why he thought the decision was valid even though the Supreme Court said it was
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skin breakdown can occur‚ due to the lack of mobility occurring during the injury (Hung‚ 2009). The nurses caring for A.D. need to be sure to move him often and use protective measures‚ such as skin prep‚ to prevent pressure ulcers from forming. The BRADEN scale should be utilized to further identify A.D.’s risk for impaired skin integrity (Ayello & Lyder‚ 2008). A.D. is also at a higher risk for developing edema or deep vein thrombosis (DVT) due to his injury‚ decreased vasomotor tone‚ and impaired
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J.‚ 2000a. An optimisation of the Waterlow score using regression and artificial neural networks. Clinical Rehabilitation 14‚ 102–109 Anthony‚ D.‚ Unsworth‚ J.‚ 1998 Balzer‚ K.‚ Pohl‚ C.‚ Dassen‚ T.‚ & Halfens‚ R. (2007). The Norton‚ Waterlow‚Braden and Care Dependency Scales: Comparing their validity when identifyingpatients’ pressure sore risk. Journal of Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing‚ 34‚ 389-398. Boyle‚ M.‚ & Green‚ M. (2001). Pressure sores in intensive care: Defining their incidence
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Diabetes and the Effects on Wound Care Gordon State College March 13‚ 2013 NURS 1901 Diabetes and the Effects on Wound Care Whether a patient has Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes makes no difference when it comes to the effects on wound care. Several problems arise with diabetics and the way there body works to heal a wound and what problems they face. Throughout all of the articles I reviewed they each list common issues patients face with wound healing. There are several
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care to grown-up and elderly patients at the clinic contained 158 baccalaureate medical caretakers and 49 nursing experts‚ and 450 nursing assistance as a source of data collection It has findings that the use of risk assessment tools for PU example; Braden scale helps to identify patient at risk of PU and associated risk factors. The study result can help to recognize knowledge deficits among nursing team members‚ there it recommended that these scales and their and uses should be a significance in
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and value to themselves and others. Because self-esteem levels tend to be stable and consistent it is sometimes seen as a personality trait even though it is comprised of emotions. There are said to be three components of self-esteem as defined by Braden (1969); it is an essential human need for healthy development; it is an automatic feeling from within based on the person’s beliefs and consciousness; and is develops with a person’s thoughts‚ behaviors‚ feelings‚ and actions. Low self-esteem can
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breathing Bilateral = relating to two sides (left and right) Biopsy = obtaining a tissue sample by syringe or surgery for microscopic examination Borborygmi = gurgling sound heard over the large intestine = normal‚ hyperactive bowel sounds Braden Scale = assessment tool to determine if a person is at risk for developing pressure ulcers. The lower the number‚ the higher the risk for pressure ulcer development Bradycardia = abnormally slow heart rate‚ pulse rate below 60 beats per minute
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The data collected for this study includes patient physiological variables‚ the reason for admission‚ comorbidities‚ the patients’ length of stay in the emergency department‚ operating room‚ and intensive care unit (in hours). Monitoring of patient Braden scores daily and examination of patients heels every 24 hours for the length of the study were conducted by research team members. Inter-rater reliability testing was done on all members of the research team prior to the implementation of this study
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