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Adolescent and Youth Reproductive Health Trending!
Adolescent refers to any person between ages 10 and 19. Youth: The stage between 15 and 24 years, during which young people continue to develop and establish their identities, responsibilities, and social roles. Reproductive Health: A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being in all matters relating to the reproductive system, including the ability to have a responsible, satisfying, and safe sex life, the capability to reproduce, and the freedom to decide if, when, and how often to do so.
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DISORDERS OF PENIS, URETHRA Trending!
Priapism is a prolonged and painful erection of the penis lasting more than four hours and occurring without sexual stimulation. It is a urological emergency because it can lead to permanent erectile dysfunction if not treated promptly
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GIT Drugs Trending!
Ulceration and erosion of the lining of the upper portion of the GIT are common problems that manifest as Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease, gastric and duodenal peptic ulcers, and stress related mucosal injury
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GENDER AND SEXUAL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH Trending!
The socially constructed roles and responsibilities assigned to women and men by society. These roles are learned, vary across cultures and change over time. Gender is dynamic, geographical, learned and socially constructed.
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NUR 229:BACTERIAL MENINGITIS Trending!
Bacterial meningitis is a severe infection characterized by inflammation of the membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord. It is caused by specific bacteria, including Streptococcus pneumonia, Neisseria meningitidis, and Haemophilus influenzae type B
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DERMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS Trending!
Dermatological refers to disorders or disease that affect the skin, hair and nails. This conditions manifest in different ways including rushes, itching, swelling blisters, discoloration and sores. Dermatological conditions are caused by variety of factors such as infections(bacterial, fungal or viral), autoimmune disorders, allergies, genetic predisposition, hormonal imbalance and certain medication
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HISTORY TAKING AND HEALTH ASSESSMENT FOR A MALE Trending!
Full Name: for proper identification of patient Age: Certain conditions, such as prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia, become more prevalent with advancing age Birth date and place: Sex: some conditions manifest differently based on sex Religion: important for cultural competence in nursing Occupation: Helps to identify risk factors to certain conditions (e.g people who use motorbikes) Marital Status: [Single/Married/Divorced] Ethnicity/Nationality: Ethnic and national groups may experience varying health outcomes due to socioeconomic factors, access to care, and systemic inequalities.
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PAEDIATIC NURSING Trending!
A burn is an injury to the skin or any other organ tissue, primarily caused by exposure to heat, radiation, electricity, excess friction and contact with chemicals. • Young children especially those less than 5 years of age are at a high risk for burns and have the highest mortality rate among the paediatric population (burns are the leading cause of death from unintentional injury among children, 1- 4 years). • Most burn related injuries in children result in death; extensive burns, however, can result in serious body deformation and disfigurement • Carbon monoxide poisoning often occurs in conjunction with burns, children and infants being at a greater risk as compared to adults.
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SICKLE CELL
This is name given collectively to a group of Haemoglobin S abnormalities. • The haemoglobin S is recessive and can only be inherited from both parents, symptoms manifest in those with homozygous [HbSS], normal haemoglobin trait is [HbA] • This is a condition arising from a mutation in the haemoglobin [HbS] leading to the red blood cells being sickle shaped and decreasing the oxygen carrying capacity. This is also hereditary, parents with the sickle cell trait have a 25% of having a child with sickle cell disease
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INTERGRATED SCIENCE
The main feature of this level is a broad curriculum for the learner to explore talents, interests and abilities before selection of pathways and tracks at the Senior Secondary education
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Notes on Human Resource Management Trending!
This document discusses various methods for performance appraisal in organizations. It describes traditional methods like confidential reports, ranking, and graphical rating scales. It also outlines modern methods such as management by objectives, assessment centers, and behaviorally anchored rating scales. The key steps in performance appraisal are establishing standards, communicating standards, measuring actual performance, comparing performance to standards, and taking corrective actions if needed. Performance appraisal aims to systematically evaluate employee performance and potential for development.
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BHR 209: FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TOPIC 4-6
Performance Appraisal is systematic or formal evaluation of an employee’s performance over a given period of time.
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EDF 210: HISTORY OF EDUCATION
History of education is the study of the past educational development especially of education systems, theories and institutions within the general historical context of social economic political or cultural scientific and technological change
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GRADE 8 IRE NOTES (HIGH QUALITY) Trending!
NOTES FOR ALL YEAR
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Grade 3 mathematics activities term 1-updated lesson plans Trending!
Grade 3 mathematics activities term 1-updated lesson plans
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GRADE 1 KISWAHILI UPDATED LESSON PLANS- KARIBU DARASANI Trending!
GRADE 1 KISWAHILI UPDATED LESSON PLANS- KARIBU DARASANI
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RIGHTS OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION Trending!
Is an act of giving a treatment, such as drug, to a patient. It includes the way it given, the dose or how often it is given. Drugs can be administered orally as liquids, capsules tablets or chewable. Understanding the rights of drug administration can help a nurse to provide effective and appropriate medication to a patient without any medication errors, ignoring these rights may lead to severe pain, sufferings and even death to the patients. Nurses, who primarily involved in the administration of drugs “medication”, benefit from this simplified memory aid to help them to administer medications safely with high quality.
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PEDIATRIC NURSING ASTHMA AND STATUS ASTHMATICUS Trending!
Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition where airways become inflamed thus they narrow, swell and produce extra mucus causing difficulty in breathing, recurring episodes of wheezing , chest tightness and coughing.
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FLUID AND HYDRATION STATUS ASSESSEMENT IN CHILDREN Trending!
Body fluids contain water and solutes, the solutes are electrolytes e.g. Na+, K+, Cl- and non electrolytes e.g. glucose and urea. Osmolality is the concentration of solutes (electrolytes and proteins) per liter. Fluid homeostasis is present when fluid and electrolyte balance is maintained despite variation in dietary intake, metabolic rate and renal function.
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Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): Trending!
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): Comprises all procedures involving partial or total removal of the female genitalia or any other injury to the female genital organs or any harmful procedure to the female genitalia, for non-medical reasons and includes clitoridectomy, excision and infibulations but does not include a sexual reassignment or a medical procedure that has a genuine therapeutic purpose.(NATIONAL ADOLESCENT SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH POLICY 2015 ) • Comprises all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury tothe female genital organs whether for cultural or other non-therapeutic reasons.(WHO)
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