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Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Market and Development of TKI DrugTyrosine Kinase inhibitor (TKI) is a drug that inhibits the action of the enzyme called tyrosine kinase. This drug belongs to the class of medications that deal with chemotherapy. TKI’s have been made out of the understanding and knowledge of the cell cycle, DNA, molecular signaling pathways. Thus, TKI represent a change in the conventional methods of cancer treatment. The drug ...

Search StrategyEvidence based practice is the process of judicious integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise to engage in decision making for the care of patient (Hamer and Collinson 2014). Its importance is realized in health care practice because of its potential to improve the quality of care and delivering specialized care based on individual circumstances (Hall and Roussel 2016). CPR is a common in-hospital proced...

Contemporary Issues in Nursing(1) .In ancient nursing practices, certain educational qualification was not necessary and therefore, caregivers used to acquire their learning through oral discussion, from generation to generation. They also used to learn techniques from observing other caregivers caring for sick patients or sometimes using trial and error technique. .However, in current perspective nursing education, proper training and inter...

Critical Path Method (CPM)The critical and non-critical tasks in a project consisting of an array of activities that interact in a complex manner can be determined by use of the critical path method. CPM was first put to action in 1957 and has since grown to become an important tool for overseeing large undertakings, such as major construction projects. It enhances efficiency through dividing activities that are complicated into a series of ...

Challenges Faced During LVN to BSN Role TransitionTo socialize and enter into a complex and challenging professional role, educated Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs) upgrade their credentials to Bachelor of Nursing (BN) degree. This role transition encompasses professional socialization to become a part of learning process in professional role and to emerge as a part of the occupational culture (Tower et al., 2015). For continuing ...

Critical thinking to evaluate the food service preferences of the customer profile and plan menus to meet those preferencesThis unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to plan and cost basic menus for dishes or food product ranges for any type of cuisine or food service style. It requires the ability to identify customer preferences, plan menus to meet customer and business needs, cost menus and evaluate their su...

Causes of Alzheimer's DiseaseAlzheimer’s diseases can be defined as neurological disorders that affect people usually over 65 years of age. This disorder is characterized by death of the cells in the brain. This disorder results in loss of memory as well as decline in cognitive abilities (Prince et al. 2016). The assignment will mainly portray the causes, sign, symptoms, and recovery interventions of the disorder. This will be done by li...

Causes of Liver CirrhosisThe liver Cirrhosis is the late stage of liver fibrosis that caused by a variety of the conditions and disease of the liver such as chronic alcoholism and hepatitis (Germani, Burroughs & Dhillon, 2010). The liver does many essential functions such as detoxification of the harmful substances, cleansing of blood and synthesis of vital nutrients. Liver cirrhosis arises due to the liver damage. Every time, when liver g...

Nursing Issues and Research QuestionsSome of my nursing issues related to this case include short staffing at both personal and professional levels. Focusing on the case presented, I am lacking the support staffs to help me serve the violet health problem effectively. Meeting of the patient expectations has been another nursing issues related to my case. Moreover, I have a personal health issue because of working on stress-related conditions w...

Explain the critical thesis for the essayIn this paper, the trade war in-between the United States of America and China is being discussed. The main point which is evaluated in this statement is with the tariffs or quotas, which has been imposed on imports from foreign countries, so many countries started to protest against this policy. The president of the US limits the technology transfers to the organizations of China. China wants foreign c...

Presenting Complaints and SymptomsConsider the patient situation- This case study involves a 59 year old female patient, Mrs. Jane Austin who is currently in the operation theatre for a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Her current medications comprise of Lipitor and Perindopril. She had been admitted to the emergency department after she reported severe abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant, in addition to signs and symptoms of vomiting and ...

New product development processesLO1 Explain and demonstrate processes involved in new product or service development. For the new development of the product, it is important to gather the different ideas which are evaluated based on the options of product. It includes the contributions from the different inside and outside of the organization (Armstrong et al., 2015). The use of research techniques like surveys is to get the idea to encoura...

Budget and Commercial ManagementBudget is defined as monetary plan for a set define time interval, generally a year. It includes the sales volume and revenues generated, acquisition of resources, occurrence of cost in addition to expenses, valuation of various asset, liabilities as well as cash flows (Blumentritt, 2006). It is used prepared by many users for the fulfilment of their varied interest and develop deliberate plan of activities or e...

Nursing Standards and Legal Requirements in Providing Quality CareDuring my last clinical placement, I encountered one case that I believe was very significant in my studies. I was placed in a medical ward where my role was to take care of a patient who was undergoing a total hip replacement (THR). My main role was to follow the standards of nursing in conducting complete assessment and administering medications to the patient. From the stud...

Factors Contributing to Health Disparities among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in AustraliaThis paper gives a detailed description of the health disparities experienced between Australians of indigenous descent and their non-indigenous counterparts. Pieces of evidence reveal that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in Australia experience unfavorable health outcomes as compared to their non-aboriginal counterparts. This paper, ther...

BackgroundThere is lack of information on how mindfulness intervention can be useful for reducing stress in university students. The aim of this paper is to conduct a critical review of the paper by McConville et al. (2019) which explores the views of a physiotherapy student regarding participation in a mindful stress reduction (MSR) intervention. The paper will evaluate the authorship, research question, research design and key findings obtai...

Selection process overviewDataTech, which is one of the data management company have proposed some of the recruitment method for recruiting people with different job positions. The recruitment methods that are proposed by the company is quite helpful for analyzing the ability of the candidates to fit in the specific job position. However, it is identified that the selections methods does not provide appropriate indication about the efficienc...

Risk Identification and Intervention Appearance: The patient Dimitrie appeared to be quite young with lean body structure. He appeared physically healthy and well groomed; he was wearing a black t-shirt with loose fitted shirt and a pant and had combed his hair. He had a habit of biting his nails, which showed that he lacked good hygiene. Dimitrie had long black hair with thin black moustache. He was wearing spectacles and had no notable char...

Primary and Secondary Causes of Cushing's Syndrome1.Exogenous Cushing’s syndrome is a condition caused by elevated levels of cortisol that results from excessive intake of glucocorticoids. Cushing’s syndrome is an endrocrinopathy as it results from inability of an endocrine gland to function properly. Cushing syndrome can be as a result of a primary cause and a secondary cause. The primary cause is independent of the ACTH hormone p...

Overview of the CaseOne of the fundamental aspects of nursing is the duty of care which most of the nurses view it as a vital part of their professional duties. The legal underpinnings of duty care have however been overlooked hence nurses tend to get stranded on what to do in cases of emergency, especially when off duty (Dowie 2017). Some of the ethical obligations involve confidentiality, accuracy, safety, and workplace relationships (Willia...

Causes and Risk Factors1.There is a disease in the liver called cirrhosis that might cause loss of the liver cells and irreversible scarring of the liver. Nathan is a chain smoker and also consumes two glasses of beer every day. He also used to take drugs and was diagnosed with hepatitis C. These are the main facts behind the Nathan’s liver problem because the main cause of liver cirrhosis disease is the consumption of alcohol and viral ...

The Impact of Respiratory Complications on Medical-Surgical Clients Respiratory complications have been reported as common incidences in Canada; research has shown that majority of respiratory complications occur due to post-operative surgical procedures and during general anaesthesia in hospital settings. These often contribute to acute respiratory failure in patients who have undergone surgical operations. Incidences of respiratory complicatio...

Clinical Reasoning Bias in Nursing PracticeThe given case is based on the health condition of a 47-year-old female who was currently shifted to the medical rehabilitation for the purpose of the ongoing physiotherapy needs mainly because she had had a left knee tibial plateau fracture following a mechanical fall with the non-operative management in Westmead hospital. When the patient was admitted to the hospital she had no past medical histor...

Leaders with Positive Attitude It can be observed that the leaders should be positive as it can help in maintaining the engagement and performance of the employees in the workplace. Positivity can help the leader to maintain control over the activities. It is the responsibility of the leader to evaluate the overall activities in the work place and it has been examined that it is important for them to focus on attaining the positive results. Le...

Nursing Interventions for JulieThe Mental Status Examination conducted on Julie led to the conclusion that the patient under consideration is psychotic. The fact that Julie depicts the attributes of being anxious and guarded plays a role in demystifying the fact that she is suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. Based on this analysis, the current study seeks to suggest the most effective interventions, the rationale for these interventions, a...