Archive for year: 2015

1. Infection of bone that results in inflammation, necrosis, and formation of new bone
2. Can be Hematogenous (blood borne infection), Contiguous focus (Contamination from bone surgery, open fracture, or trauma) or Osteomyelitis with vascular insufficiency (Patients with diabetes or vascular disease, most common in feet)
3. High Risk: Elderly, poorly nourished or obese, immunocompromised w/ chronic illness, those receiving long term corticosteroid therapy, IV drug users
4. Clinical Manifestations: Area becomes tender, swollen, warm, painful.  May describe constant, pulsating pain.
5. PREVENTION IS THE GOAL. Treatment is often difficult because drug penetration of the infection is difficult due to low vascularization of the bone. Infection often  requires long-term antibiotics (3-6 weeks).

With love,
Shannon and Darcy

-They are more common in younger and middle-aged adults who participate in risky behavior.

-There is a high mortality rate (as high as 30%) associated with unstable pelvic fractures due to hemorrhage, pulmonary complication, fat emboli, thromboembolic complications and infection.

-S/S: echymosis, tenderness over the symphisis pubis, anterior iliac spines, iliac crest, sacrum or coccyx; local edema, numbness or tingling of the pubis, genitals and proximal thighs; and inability to bear weight without discomfort.

-Hemorrhage and shock are the two most serious complications.

-Nurse Assessment: injuries to the bladder, rectum, intestines, and pelvic vessels/nerves to assess for urinary tract injury check for blood in urine.

By: Marcia Rocha & Marissa Cuomo

Reading log 2

Dirk and Swales for project 2: Dirk is a good reference for writing any type of paper. I can actually look back and read his advice and use it. For Swales, I can apply acknowledging who my audience is, realizing that my audience is part of a discourse community. This means that I will pay attention to details such as the lexis, common goal, and the exchanging of information.

Reading log 3

Dirk and Swales for project 3: Dirk can be applied in the same way that I applied his writing to project 2. The interesting oddity about Dirk is that he talks about so much information but all of it is important. He also boosts the writer with confidence but yet gives direct guidelines in which an excellent writer should follow. In utilizing swales writing I am referring to the specific six criterion to help explain why the CI Climate Symposium is a discourse community. I love the format in swales because the number system makes it convenient to go back and refer to the information.

It is difficult to prove that violent media causes violence. Sternheimer makes this valid point. After reading Chapter 5, it was difficult to value the Levin article, though poverty, neighborhood and friends are tied to behaviors.

I was struck, however, by the “Bobo doll” experiment results on p 111. Kids who watched adults pummel a doll, also hit the doll. Children mimic behaviors they see. Parents who pattern kind behavior often have children who are kind. Soft-spoken parents often have soft-spoken children. Parents with keen senses of humor, often have children who know how to laugh. Tragically, child abuse is often passed down, generation after generation.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/11766010/.

Another point: practice makes perfect. The way we spend our time determines what we become. As a piano teacher, I know that pianists are created from daily, quality piano practice. What do hours of violent video games produce? What do hours of TV produce? What do hours of reading produce? Increased vocabulary, greater proficiency in writing, a higher IQ.  Common sense tell us that we are what we do.