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Caring for obese patients can be challenging and may even bring up personal biases and issues. It is important to become educated on the health implications of obesity so you can provide appropriate care and patient education. Remember that excess body weight negatively affects all body systems and morbidly obese patients are at higher risk for many health conditions, including the following:

• hypertension
• osteoarthritis
• dyslipidemia
• type 2 diabetes
• coronary heart disease
• stroke

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  gallbladder disease
• sleep apnea
• other respiratory problems
• some cancers such as endometrial, breast, and colon cancer
  

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Update your knowledge of a calcium-channel blocker used to treat patients who've suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage. Don't miss Critical Care: Nimodipine: Test Your Drug IQ.
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Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is a rare, but serious, adverse reaction of neuroleptic medications and dopamine receptor antagonists. Learn more about Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome.
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Aspiration pneumonia can lead to severe complications, even death. Brush up on key nursing measures to help protect your patients by reading INFECTION PREVENTION: Risky Business: Aspiration Pneumonia.
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Effective communication is an important element in patient care and can help improve outcomes. Be sure to read Listen Up ... Someone Important Is Talking.
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Assessing Nutrition in Older Adults
Six simple questions can help nurses identify older adults who need further assessment for malnutrition – a JCAHO requirement of everyone admitted to the hospital that must take place within 24 hours of admission. Unfortunately, many assessment tools miss important differences unique to the older adult. So many factors, including income, ability to get to a grocery store, cognitive impairment, depression, etc., put the older adult at risk for being malnourished and can prolong healing and recovery.

The Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA) is a two-part assessment tool that has been developed just for older adults, and is quick and easy for nurses to use. This video demonstrates the assessment process, as well as how to measure calf and upper arm circumference, to determine key information used in the final determination of nutrition status. In addition, viewers will hear a discussion among interdisciplinary team members that identify a broad range of options to address all the risk factors identified for this particular patient, including simple, cost-effective strategies of improving the nutrient content of inexpensive foods.

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The FDA has approved a new dose form for morphine sulfate: 15 and 30 mg tablets and 10 mg/5 mL and 20 mg/5 mL oral solution for the relief of moderate to severe acute and chronic pain.

Roxane Laboratories has issued a nationwide voluntary recall of 2 lots of sodium polystyrene sulfonate 15 g/60 mL suspension unit dose bottles (NDC 0054-0165-51; Lot 856396A Exp April 2010, and Lot 856693A Exp May 2010). A sample from product lot 856396A tested positive for a yeast strain that could potentially affect immunocompromised patients. It is believed to be due to yeast contamination in one lot of high-density polyethylene bottles received from a supplier.

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