Vitamin A and Birth Defects
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A 5 page paper that provides an overview of the current findings that relate the overuse of vitamin A in the form of retinal to cranial neural crest defects. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Abirthd.wps
Essay Title: Vitamin A and Birth Defects

The Return Of Thalidomide
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A 6 page paper discussing the birth-defect causing drug thalidomide prescribed to pregnant women as a sedative and defense against nausea. Despite the terrible problems it caused in the 1950s and early 1960s, the drug is being reintroduced for use in treatment of several diseases. Bibliography lists six sources.
Filename: Returnt.doc
Essay Title: The Return Of Thalidomide

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
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A 12 page research paper on S.I.D.S. (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). The writer discusses frequency of occurrence, research funding, seasonal variation, infant epidemiology, and ways to reduce the risk of S.I.D.S. altogether. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Sids.wps
Essay Title: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

Margaret Newman Theory
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This 7 page paper looks at this theory which focuses not on the pathology but on the idea of wholeness of the patient and the way in which treatment may be aided by moving away form the separation of patient and illness to looking at the whole. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEnewmanm.rtf
Essay Title: Margaret Newman Theory

The Individual, Society, & Health In Education / An Historical Perspective
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A 12 page paper discussing what the work of four educational theorists -- Maria Montessori, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi -- can offer to health professionals in the field of nursing. Bibliography lists ten sources.
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Essay Title: The Individual, Society, & Health In Education / An Historical Perspective

Malignant Hyperthermia in an ICU Nursing Setting
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A 6 page research paper that gives an overview to the diagnosis, treatment, pathophysiology, etiology and expected patient outcomes of episodes of malignant hyperthermia (MH). MH is a rare skeletal muscle disease that causes patients to develop life-threatening hyperthermia in response to inhaled anesthesia. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: 90fever.rtf
Essay Title: Malignant Hyperthermia in an ICU Nursing Setting

Holistic Nursing & the Perspectives of Martha E. Rogers
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Martha E. Rogers is one of the founding theorists who has related spirituality and a non-medical knowledge of the patient to the process of providing nursing care. This 5 page paper considers the central components of her nursing philosophy, and then also considers the implications for the development of holistic nursing as a whole. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Nursrog.wps
Essay Title: Holistic Nursing & the Perspectives of Martha E. Rogers