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Menstruation; Whats happening to my body?

Contents [ hide ] Introduction Actually, what you are experiencing is a normal physiological process that begins once a girl reaches puberty. The first menstruation in a woman’s life is referred to as menarche , this could happen between the ages of 10 to 15 with most (the average) girls having theirs around age 12. It involves bleeding from the uterus at regular intervals. The end of menstruation is termed menopause , this usually happens between the ages of 45 to 55. Menstruation is therefore defined as the cyclical or monthly flow of blood and shedding of endometrium including mucus, some enzymes and unfertilized ovum. So, what really happens? Well in simple terms, it all begins with changes in hormones in the body. You can think of hormones as messengers that are sent by some organs of your body to tell other cells to do something. In this particular case, an organ called hypothalamus which is found in your brain begins the process. [Fast forward] The ovaries release f...

Component Task: Removal of Clips

Requirements

Component Task

1. Establishes rapport and explains procedure to the patient 
2. Wears mask, prepares dressing trolley and takes to bedside and provides privacy 
3. Puts patient into desired position, adjusts bed clothes to expose area to be dressed and 
protects bed linen 
4. Pours out lotions into gallipots and removes plaster or bandage 
5. Washes and dries hands and puts on gloves 
6. Removes soiled dressing with dissecting forceps and discards 
7. Swabs wound with antiseptic lotion using another sterile forceps and places sterile 
swab near the wound 
8. Takes clip removing forceps and dissecting forceps, steadies the clip with the 
dissecting forceps and inserts one blade of the clip remover on top of it 
9. Presses the blades together and then frees the clip from the skin on either sides and 
places it on the swab, noting number of clips removed 
10. Cleans wound, applies dressing and secures into position 
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11. Thanks and makes patient comfortable in bed 
12. Discards trolley and decontaminates instruments 
13. Removes gloves, washes and dries hands 
14. Documents procedure and reports finding

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