Monitoring Vital Signs and Understanding Core Body Temperature Most people consider the average body temperature to be 98.6oF (37oC). Normal, however, is a range throughout the day based on your activity and can also be influenced by things like menstrual and sleep cycles. The normal body temperatures may fluctuate in healthy adults by as […]
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Monitoring Your Vital Signs and Understanding Your Blood Pressure Your blood pressure has two numbers: Systolic blood pressure (top number)- The top number of the blood pressure represents the amount of pressure the heart needs to push blood out of the heart against the artery walls’ resistance when the heart beats. Diastolic blood pressure
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Monitoring Your Metabolism Metabolism is how we convert food into energy and use that energy to make the body function properly. That process is essentially a chemical one and occurs through a series of organs doing their part to mechanically break down the food and chemically decompose it into energy. If our organs don’t work
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CBC – Complete Blood Count A Complete Blood Count (CBC) is one of the most common tests ordered. The test’s purpose is to check the count of all the cells in your blood and identify how many are present. A CBC includes a count of the red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, hemoglobin,
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Understanding Legal Terms Related to Medical Decisions What is a power of attorney (POA)? A “Power of Attorney” (POA) means that you have designated someone to act as your agent if you are incapable of making decisions for yourself. Usually, a written, legal document spells out the agent’s decision-making authority. Most general POAs give agents
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Care Agreements and Medicaid Eligibility Previously, I shared how to determine what duties you might continue to perform and which ones you should give to a paid caregiver. Once you decide, it’s important to verbally discuss the expectations with the caregiver and follow that conversation up with a summary of what you said. Make the
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Relieve Pressure on the Skin – Rotate Pressure Areas Lift and turn your family member away from areas where boney areas press the skin against the bed or other hard surfaces, previously receiving all the pressure based on how they were sitting. When helping them move, do not slide them because sliding causes friction, which
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Holy Trinity God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are One being in three forms called the Holy Trinity. (Colossians 2:9) Three at one time — how is that possible? Think about water. Water can exist as steam, ice, and a liquid; however, it’s still water in all forms. The Holy Trinity exists in all three
Holy Spirit Guides Followers Followers of Jesus have an advantage when making decisions because when Jesus rose from Earth, He sent the Holy Spirit to live within each of His followers. Thus, the Holy Spirit is another form of God/Jesus, a spiritual being, that resides in the follower and acts as a spirit helper, helping
Souls Must Be Sinless to Enter Heaven Souls Must Be Sinless to Enter Heaven When God created humankind, He gave us a body, soul, and spirit. (1 Thessalonians 5:23) The body creates the outward shell of what others see when they look at us. The spirit and soul reside inside the shell of the body.
