Public health is a concern for every person. It encompasses the individual’s health and the health of the community. It is the duty of the public health nurse to ensure that they stay up to date on environmental health issues. Many people get most of their health care information from the nursing that work in the realm of public health. After all‚ it is said that “nurses [sic] are one of the most trusted conveyors of information to the public” (Stanhope & Lancaster‚ 2008‚ p. 217).
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The Importance of Hand Washing and Health Marie Kramer Galen College of Nursing The Importance of Hand Washing and Health Something as simple as washing your hands can help prevent the infections of wounds‚ food poisoning‚ and the spread of deadly viruses such as the flu. According to the CDC website‚ it takes 20 seconds to effectively wash your hands. This is not only for your benefit‚ but for the benefit of others. First let us start with wound infections. Whether you are taking care of
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Communicable Disease Paper The Dengue virus is known to be a mosquito-borne viral infection and is a major threat to health worldwide. It is a mosquito-borne infection that causes a severe flu-like illness and is also known as break bone fever. Fifty to one hundred million people are infected each year mostly in tropical and sub-tropical climates of the world. In the U.S‚ cases seen affected with the Dengue virus are mostly from Americans who traveled out of the country. Infection of the dengue
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Lyme Disease Introduction & Symptoms | Causes & Treatments | Recommended Web Sites Lyme disease is transmitted by tiny ticks of the Ixodidae family and afflicts about 10‚000 people yearly. Initially identified in a group of children in Lyme‚ Conn.‚ the disease has now been found in nearly all states and 18 other countries. About 90 percent of cases are reported in three areas: the northeast and mid-Atlantic states (Massachusetts to Maryland)‚ the upper Midwest (Minnesota and
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The common cold has been plaguing humankind since the beginning of human existence. Even in these advanced times‚ there is no vaccine or cure. There are many symptoms that accompany the common cold. Some of these infamous symptoms are a runny nose‚ caused by inflammation of the nasal tissues‚ resulting in over production of mucus to trap the virus‚ and coughing. there are two different kinds or types of coughs that are common with colds. The first‚ is the less common dry hacking cough‚ these kinds
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Disease in the News Michele Frizzell HCS/245 June 2‚ 20104 Erich Widemark Disease in the News Coccidioidomycosis‚ also known as valley fever‚ is a respiratory disease that can be devastating and problematic to diagnosis if unaware of it. To become infected individuals breathe in microscopic Coccidioid fungal spores in the air. Although the majority of individuals who breathe in the spores do not get sick‚ there are several facts about valley fever that everyone should know. The fungus Coccidioid
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INFORMATIVE SPEECH PLAN Title: Natural Remedies for Colds Specific Speech Purpose: To inform my audience of the different ways to treat colds using natural remedies. Statement: People should learn the alternative ways in treating common ailments such as colds since medicine‚ nowadays‚ are bought at a high price. INTRODUCTION I. Attention Step: It was a lovely day at school. I was walking to the canteen with my classmates
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Cheap Cruises Are Keeping Industry Afloat 1 May 2009 Barron’s Online Copyright 2009 Dow Jones & Company‚ Inc. All Rights Reserved. Susquehanna Financial Group THE RESULTS OF OUR cruise survey for March show a similar trend to that we have seen over the past few months. Cruise lines continue to lower ticket prices in an effort to stimulate demand. In our survey demand fell 4.9% in March‚ better than the 5.4% decline in February‚ and 5.9% decline in January. Prices fell 11.7% in March following
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Michael Chitko Mrs. Schultz Accelerated Biology March 29‚ 2012 What ways do viral illnesses spread and How can we protect ourselves from these illnesses Have you ever got coughed on and then the next day you are at home in your bed resting because you got sick. Well‚ everyone probably knows what I am talking about and got sick this way at least once in their life time. Today I am here to talk about many different ways a viral illness can spread and how you can protect from it. The most common
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Psittacosis (parrot fever): Have you ever heard of the animal disease Parrot fever? Parrot fever is caused by bacteria‚ but it also has the characteristics of a virus. The disease is caused by airborne illness and something in the infected animals waste. Some of the symptoms of this disease in animals are discharge from their nose‚ weight loss‚ loss of balance and weakness. In humans they can get this disease by inhaling the infected waste or digesting the particles. One way to test for this
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