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    Hospital Sketches

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    Susan Brinson Journal Entry for Hospital Sketches by Louisa May Alcott I thoroughly enjoyed this reading‚ and having never read Little Women‚ this was my first experience with Louisa May Alcott. I am impressed and amused at Nurse Periwinkle’s candor‚ and her overall enthusiasm for life. After all “the Periwinkles are a hopeful race” and “they all wear rose-colored spectacles”. For some reason‚ and I expect it’s simply because I never really delved into it‚ I expected a writer from that time

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    Falls In Nursing

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    Falls Introduction To Rise from a chair and walking around require muscle power‚ proprioception and balance. Inactivity results in muscle weakness‚ loss of sense of the joint position and loss of balance (Kröpelin et al.‚ 2013). Falls are one of the geriatric syndromes threatening the independence of elderly and it is a misdiagnosed and underdiagnosed problem in the primary health care with an important impact on healthcare costs (Rao‚ 2005). Annually‚ from 30 to 40% of the community dwelling elderly

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    The Principles of Infection Prevention and Control 1.1 The employees’ roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control include to ensure they are aware and adhere to all policies‚ guidelines‚ and protocols relevant to infection prevention and control‚ employees are required to take all necessary precautions to ensure that no action or omission on their part places an individual at risk of infection‚ to be aware of the current version of policies and guidelines and how to access

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    Determining Levels of Prevention Jessica Beverly HSM/210 July 20‚ 2011 Laneisha Searles In scenario one: Violence Prevention in a High-Risk Community‚ I believe that the prevention strategy was the Primary Prevention strategy. I choose this strategy because the primary prevention “involves building the strengths‚ resources‚ and competence in individuals‚ families‚ and communities that can reduce the flow of a variety of unfortunate outcomes.” (Human Services in Contemporary America‚ page

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    External Loss Prevention

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    Tavaski Gordon March 27‚ 2013 External Loss Prevention External theft is often caused by shoplifting‚ break-ins‚ robberies or other acts by outside sources. Although it does not cause as much loss overall compared to internal theft (National Retail Security Survey‚ 2008)‚ shoplifting and external theft most certain causes a substantial amount of loss annually to the retail industry (National Retail Security Survey‚ 2008). Controlling external theft requires a commitment to educating your employees

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    Sexual Assault Prevention

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    stop the circumstances from beginning. But in reality‚ that is easier said than done because of the complexity of the prevention. After all‚ sexual violence is not necessary a crime that is placed in the public eye. On the other hand‚ some acts of sexual assault can be witnessed by others because of the lack of privacy where the crime is been committed. Meanwhile‚ prevention efforts should ultimately decrease the number of individuals who perpetrate sexual violence

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    Virus Attack Prevention

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    Virus Attack Prevention Based on Hulme (2004) article‚ many companies are now using firewalls‚ antivirus software and intrusion detection systems‚ but hackers and worms still break through business systems and cause serious damage. Lately it seems that more and more prevention and protection is required. Based on the article‚ attacks such as Blaster‚ MyDoom‚ and Witty cost businesses more than ten billion dollars a year. There is a need for more intelligent shields to ward off new attacks as they

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    Accident Prevention Program

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    ACCIDENT PREVENTION PROGRAM (APP) (Enter your Company Name here) SAMPLE PLEASE CUSTOMIZE THIS Accident Prevention Program ACCORDING TO YOUR WORKPLACE. ALSO‚ YOUR WRITTEN Accident Prevention Program CAN ONLY BE EFFECTIVE IF IT IS PUT INTO PRACTICE! You may follow this outline‚ however it is provided as an example only. You must tailor your own Accident Prevention Program to your actual business operations and the potential hazards that may be encountered by your employees. If you

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    Situational Crime Prevention Situational Crime Prevention is crucial because it eliminates certain crimes by reducing the opportunity for the reward. Most prevention can start with people locking their doors and windows‚ or placing bars on their homes and business. The opportunity for crime can happen at any time due to what the target is‚ what is motivating the offender to commit that certain crime‚ and the lack of guards in the area during the time of the incident. (Clarke) To decrease criminal

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    Water Pollution and Prevention Nellie Dawn Karafa Miller-Motte College Online GS275 SUMid10 Environmental Survey October 31‚ 2010 Instructor‚ Tanya Lee Abstract Water Pollution and Prevention are terms that are used quite often. Polluted waterways have extreme effects on all living organisms. Pollution has been a problem in our world for centuries‚ and will continue to be a concern. Laws and regulations are an important part of protecting our waterways and living organisms. Organizations

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