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Showing 1 to 20 of 77 for “"Special Care"”.
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Stress Experiences of Parents with Premature Infants in a Special Care Nursery
… infants born from 30-35 weeks gestation being cared for in a tertiary special care nursery (SCN). Sixty mothers and 59 fathers of premature infants and 60 mothers and fathers of term infants were recruited into the study. A range of repeated selfreports and biochemical markers of stress …
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Special Care Unit Nursing Staff to Resident Ratio Relationship to Quality Indicators
… to describe the: 1) staff to resident ratios in special care units (SCUs) for residents with dementia, 2) incidence of falls, urinary tract infections and significant weight loss in SCUs, 3) relationship between the staff to resident ratios and the incidence of falls, urinary tract infections …
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Elder abuse in nursing homes: The impact of dementia/special care units
… everyone in America at some point in their life. Special care units also called dementia units are protected areas in a nursing home that are specially designed for dementia/Alzheimer patients. This thesis reviewed how a special care unit in a nursing home affect the number and severity of …
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An exploration of the challenges hindering implementation of learning programmes at special care centres
The high demand for special care centres for children with severe to profound intellectual disabilities (CSPID) in the Cape Metropole, led to several special care centres (SCCs) emerging in recent years. However, implementing the learning programmes (LPs) in SCCs pose problems regarding the quality …
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An exploration of the challenges hindering implementation of learning programmes at special care centres
The high demand for special care centres for children with severe to profound intellectual disabilities (CSPID) in the Cape Metropole, led to several special care centres (SCCs) emerging in recent years. However, implementing the learning programmes (LPs) in SCCs pose problems regarding the quality …
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Understanding effective communication in dental primary care: the dentally anxious patient, an example of special care dentistry
Background: More than 10% of UK adults suffer extreme dental anxiety. Effective verbal and non-verbal communication (VNVC) in the dental dyad following handover of a completed Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) had been hypothesised to reduce dental state anxiety. This study aims to consider …
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Exploring the Decision-Making Process Behind the Loss of a Clinical Placement: Second-Year Nursing Students in the Special Care Nursery
The purpose of this study was to explore how a Special Care Nursery (SCN) in a southern Ontario hospital decided to stop taking second-year nursing students for clinical placement. A qualitative intrinsic case study approach was utilized to guide and analyze twelve participant interviews. …
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Special Care Units: a Practical Guide to Establishing and Maintaining a Therapeutic Environment For Those Affected By Alzheimer's and Other Dementing Diseases
Special Care Units are the future for long-term geriatric-care facilities. The advances in technology in modern health care, and the aging of the Baby Boomer generation fuel this trend in health care. Life expectancies have increased, allowing people to live longer than ever before. Unfortunately, …
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utilising a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): a narrative inquiry on the experiences of caregivers in special care centres with online professional development
… did not have access to education. Consequently, caregivers were often unprepared to shift from a social welfare care model to educational provision due to their limited training opportunities. This study examines experiences of caregivers with online professional development in the provision of …
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Survey of medical, dental and nursing services in centres for intellectually and physically disabled children in Cape Town and its environs
… total of 3480 children are included. Twelve are Special Care Centres, 15 Training Centres and 6 are Special Schools. The number of children enrolled ranges from 9 to 400. At the time of the study 9 of the centres were for white children, 17 for coloured children, 5 for black children and 2 were …
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An experimental apparatus to study enhanced condensation heat transfer of steam on horizontal tubes
… heat transfer of steam on horizontal tubes. Special care was taken to ensure a leak-tight apparatus so that the non-condensable gas content of the steam can be kept to a few parts-per-million. The boiler and steam piping is made of glass and stainless steel with rubber gaskets. Copper is used …
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On Multiplication Groups of Quasigroups
… groups. Along the way we take the time and special care to pose specific questions that may lead to further work in the near future.</p>
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ΝΕΑ ΥΛΙΚΑ ΘΩΡΑΚΙΣΕΩΣ ΕΝΑΝΤΙ ΦΩΤΟΝΙΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΝΕΤΡΟΝΙΩΝ ΠΑΡΑΓΟΜΕΝΩΝ ΑΠΟ ΙΑΤΡΙΚΑ ΜΗΧΑΝΗΜΑΤΑ.
… THREE TIMES LESS THAN USING ORDINARY CONCRETE. SPECIAL CARE IS REQUIRED FOR THE SHIELDING OF THE DOOR OF TREATMENT ROOM OF ACCELARATORS. SEVERAL INEXPENSIVE MATERIALS, SUCH AS POLYETHYLENE IN FORM OF PEARLS, "XYLOTEX", "NOVOPAN", CAN BE USED TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE COST OF THE DOOR. THE …
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Thor: The Hybrid Online Repository
… identity or that they posses certain attributes. Special care is taken to protect these credentials and their associated private keys during transaction time. However, protection of these items outside of the transaction is often delegated to a secure credential repository. A mobile environment …
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A comparison of oral feeding and total parenteral nutrition in infants of very low birth mass
… work was car'red out in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, from July, 1972, to December, 1973, under the guidance of Dr. A.F. Malan. This was a newly opened Unit for Coloured and African Neonates requiring special care, well-equipped with trained staff and …
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Ensaios de filtração em solos com geotêxteis
… conservative in this study. It was verified that special care should be taken to avoid the appearence of ferruginous sediments in the water during long term filtration tests.
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Design and construction of an autonomous ornithopter
… computer and sensor package and is designed specially for the application of controls research. The design takes special care to optimize payload capacity, crash survivability, and field repair abilities. This thesis covers the design process of both the mechanical and electrical systems of …
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Nursing Home
… variations require new settings, and of course special care. A nursing home is a place dedicated to help with this situation. Sometimes nursing homes can be perceived as mere institutions by society, and even by future residents. Inside, senior citizens are suppose to spend the rest of their …
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Space Communication Channel Emulation Using Digital and Analog Signal Processing
… channel, and thus were the focus of this thesis. Special care was given to the design of each digital and analog component to maintain the integrity of the original signal by minimizing all undesired noise introduced. The final design can accurately produce a given dynamic transmission signature …
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