Hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) are an undesirable situation or condition that affects the patient and the care they receive. The condition was not present on admission (POA)‚ it developed while the patient was in the hospital. HACs lead to increase length of stay (LOS)‚ increase in patient care cost‚ poor patient outcomes‚ and even death. It is estimated that in 2010 adult patients experienced roughly 4.8 million HACs out of 32.8 million hospital discharges. There are eight initial conditions
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Two hospitals were surveyed to assess health and safety problems associated to these hospitals. In the thesis a comparison of a government hospital’s safety and health issues with a private hospital is given. Both hospitals were providing adequate facilities regarding to health‚ but some problems were there which cause hazards and the emphasis was given to try the best assess those problems and somehow that may be beneficial for the betterment of health and safety issues in both these hospitals were
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Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) is a nosocomial infection occurring in hospitalized patients who are mechanically ventilated. These infections are common in ICU settings‚ difficult to diagnose early‚ and unfortunately have a high rate of mortality and morbidity. VAP accounts for almost half of infections in ICU settings‚ up to 28% of mechanically ventilated patients will develop VAP and of these patients the mortality rate is between 20% and 70% (Craven & Steger‚ 1998). A patient that develops
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Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Despite the fact that some patients might suffer from Ventilator pneumonia‚ clothes might not. Therefore‚ when critically ill patients get ill‚ they are most likely to develop Ventilator pneumonia. For this reason‚ this illness increases mobility and mortality rates as well. In addition the coast of health cares. Hence‚ the following essay reviews literature with respect to the diagnosis‚ treatment and prevention
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mom as well because my mom stayed home with us growing up. Without my mom’s presence‚ my siblings and I would have had less supervision potential danger. These are just a few career options that weren’t the right path for me. My current career aspiration is to complete a degree in paralegal studies and then eventually become a lawyer. Currently attending school to be a paralegal because it is a good first step towards becoming a lawyer. After earning my degree I can work my way through law school
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Ventilator-Acquired Pneumonia Introduction to Nursing Research February 09‚ 2014 Monitoring Elevation of Head to Reduce Ventilator-Acquired Pneumonia Being responsible for an intubated patient in the intensive care unit (ICU) can be an incredibly demanding job for the registered nurse. The fact that the patient is in need of an artificial airway via endotracheal tube into the lungs brings to the forefront the prospect of a ventilator associated infection‚ primarily pneumonia (VAP). VAP
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Hospital | Philippine Government Hospital | National Center for Mental Health | Manila adventist Medical Center | National Children’s Hospital | Address | | Nueve de Pebrero St.‚ Mauway Mandaluyong City Philippines 1553 | 1975 Donada St. Pasay‚ City | E. Rodriguez st. Quezon City | Former Name | | Insular Psychiatric hospital‚ National Mental Hospital | Manila Sanitarium and Hospital | National Indigent Children’s Hospital | Year established | 10 September‚ 1910 | 1925 | 1929 | February
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December 17th‚ 1899 – exactly seven years since Mr. Pneumonia touched the life of Johnsy. Mr. Pneumonia’s icy cold hands no longer affected the people of Greenwich Village. As he walked along the streets‚ no one seemed to care. He walked briskly passing a squatty flat on the corner of 6th avenue; this small flat was the studio of one of Mr. Pneumonia’s survivors – Johnsy. “Well this is it‚ Sudie.” said Johnsy‚ as she drew out a deep breath and picked up the last of her bags. Johnsy‚ now after
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Career Aspirations My career aspiration is to become a physical therapist. I am going go to school for (PTA) physical therapist assistant. I chose PTA because‚ I like to help people. What started my interest for going into physical therapy was having to help my great grandma‚ that my mom took care of. My Grandma had alzheimer’s and dementia; she lived till she was 83. As we took care of my grandma‚ I watched her health dwindle. In the early stages she could walk fine on her own. Every now and then
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Abstract The team has planned to develop a Hospital Automation System for the well knownhospital called Pannipitiya Nursing Home. Currently the client company depends on an error – prone software system and a large amount of manual work. Development of a new systemwill help the client company to minimize the work load they handle manually and to eliminatethe faults and errors of the existing software system.This proposed system handles the entire hospital work load under seven major functions namely;
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