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Anorexia Nervosa | Bulimia Nervosa Nursing Care Plan by Memoir Of A Schizo on Jan 19, 2012Anorexia nervosa is an illness of starvation, brought on by severe disturbance of body image and a morbid fear of obesity. Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder (binge-purge syndrome) characterized by extreme overeating, followed by self-in...
Nursing Care Plan | NCP Preterm Infant by Memoir Of A Schizo on Jan 18, 2012Any infant born prior to completing 37 weeks’ gestation is identified as premature. Thus, the level of development and maturity, and often the degree of complications, varies within this group, dependent on the length of gestation. NURSING...
Nursing Care Plan | NCP Adjustment Disorders by Memoir Of A Schizo on Jan 18, 2012The essential feature of adjustment disorders is a maladaptive reaction to an identifiable psychosocial stressor that occurs within 3 months of the onset of the stressor. (The reaction to the death of a loved one is not included here, as it...
Nursing Care Plan | NCP Stage III of Labor Placental Expulsion by Memoir Of A Schizo on Jan 18, 2012Stage III of labor begins with the birth of the baby and is completed with placental separation and expulsion. Lasting anywhere from 1–30 min, with an average length of 3–4 min in the nullipara, and 4–5 min in the multipara, this stag...
Nursing Care Plan | NCP Teen Pregnancy by Memoir Of A Schizo on Jan 17, 2012Statistics for 1995 reveal that 56.9 babies were born for every 1000 females between the ages of 15 and 19. Although these rates appear to be dropping, pregnant adolescents are at risk physically, emotionally, and socially. The impact of ad...
Nursing Care Plan | NCP LABOR Stage II (Expulsion) by Memoir Of A Schizo on Jan 17, 2012Stage II of labor, the stage of expulsion, begins with full cervical dilation (10 cm) and ends with the birth of the newborn. Maternal efforts to bear down occur involuntarily during contractions that are 1.5–2 min apart, lasting 60–90 ...
Nursing Care Plan | NCP Child with Special Needs by Memoir Of A Schizo on Jan 16, 2012The birth of a child with special needs, regardless of whether the condition is temporary or permanent, creates unique concerns for the family, who mourns the loss of a normal, healthy child. Conditions range from prematurity, growth deviat...
Nursing Care Plan | NCP Preterm Labor by Memoir Of A Schizo on Jan 16, 2012Preterm labor refers to labor that occurs after the fetus has reached the period of viability (at least 20 weeks’ gestation but before the completion of the 37th wk). Carrying the pregnancy to term may be contraindicated if associated cli...
Nursing Care Plan | NCP Puerperal Infection by Memoir Of A Schizo on Jan 16, 2012Puerperal infection is an infection of the reproductive tract occurring within 28 days following childbirth or abortion. It is one of the major causes of maternal death (ranking second behind postpartal hemorrhage) and includes localized infecti...
Nursing Care Plan | NCP Prenatal Substance Dependence/Abuse by Memoir Of A Schizo on Jan 15, 2012Substance Dependence/Abuse is a continuum of phases incorporating a cluster of cognitive, behavioral, and physiological symptoms that include loss of control over use of the substance and continued use of the substance, despite adverse mate...
