Essentially‚ the term abuse is an issue facing the nursing profession today. Many unreported cases of encountered verbal and physical abuse have been found to be ample in acute and complex care settings. These cases are amongst professional individuals (nurse-nurse and nurse-physician abuse) and also among the patient abusing the nurses. Effectively‚ abuse is not only a Canadian issue. It has been reported internationally as well. Thus‚ many nurses today are lobbying for the decrease of abuse within
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Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: A Quantitative Research Study Vanesia Davis Kelly Grand Canyon University Intro to Nursing Research-NRS/433V April 15‚ 2012 Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a bacterial infection that occurs in the lower respiratory system within the first 48 hours of endotrachal intubation (Lewis‚ Dirksen‚ Heitkemper‚ Bucher‚ & Camera‚ 2011). Although any hospital patient is susceptible to pneumonia‚ ventilator dependent patients are at the highest
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Associated Pneumonia | Heather Heim‚ Erin Lovett and Crystal Inchiocca | | Molloy College | | | Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a nosocomial‚ or hospital acquired‚ infection that affects people who need mechanical assistance to breathe. VAP is the leading cause of nosocomial infection and nosocomial related death in adult critically ill patients when defined as new onset nosocomial infection that occurs more than 48 hours after the patient is intubated
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RS ESSAY; Describe and explain how Christians respond to the issue of abortion There are many different opinions on abortion in Christianity as some denominations are stricter than others. For the Roman Catholics‚ they believe strongly against it and believe life begins when the ovum is fertilised and gains the full status of a human being therefore in this denomination abortion is considered as murder and ‘thou shall not murder’is in the 10 commandments. Moreover‚ the Roman Catholics believe abortion
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(1) Definition: Lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection. (2) Pathophysiology: Pneumonia is an excess of fluid in the lungs resulting from an inflammatory process. It is an acute infection of the alveoli. This is a global problem‚ and the WHO (World Health Organization) suggests that it is the most common cause of death in children and that 1.4 million die each year as a result of pneumonia. Pneumonia may also occur as a complication in hospital settings‚ secondary to surgery.
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TITLE: Pneumonia Most Common Infection After Heart Surgery DATE: Nov. 30 ‚ 2011 SOURCE: http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/ The study also revealed that most infections occur about two weeks after surgery‚ not one week as physicians previously thought. "It’s not what we expected to find‚" said Michael A. Acker‚ M.D.‚ the study’s lead researcher and professor and chief of cardiovascular surgery at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center in Philadelphia
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Describe and discuss at least two features of the psychodynamic approach. One of the main assumptions of the psychodynamic approach to psychology is that the personality consists of three separate divisions; the id‚ the ego and the superego. The id represents all of your selfish needs and wishes‚ and your desire to have them satisfied immediately. The superego is your morality‚ the part of your brain which conflicts with the id‚ for example if your id tells you that you need a new X-Box game
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Pharynx and Trachea Microorganism enters and affects both airway and lungs Bacteria will lie on the alveolar sacs in the lungs Sacs swell fill with fluid exudates Inflammation of the lungs PNEUMONIA S/S: Fever‚ Chills‚ Chest Pain‚ Difficulty in Breathing Red blood cells and fibrin will begin to enter the alveoli Lung tissue will appear redden and firm Difficulty or Rapid breathing Fibrin and dying red and white blood
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Nursing is universal in the sense that nurses can be found almost in all countries around the world (Henderson‚ 1978). They are in the hospitals‚ in school clinics‚ in the community centres‚ residential homes and even play major roles in some of the popular soap operas in television. There are even television shows that mainly revolve around nurses and which chronicles what they do at work - both the positive and the negative. It is one of the most visible and easily identifiable occupations as compared
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of the nine African-American students who attended the 1957 integration of Central High School. Elizabeth was born October 4‚ 1941(Wikipedia). Elizabeth is 74 years old today. There are two words that describe Elizabeth Eckford. The two words I chose were determined and courageous. Elizabeth is determined because she volunteered to try to integrate Central High School. She was determined to try to integrate. She stayed at Central High School‚ even after all
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