prone to catheter associated urinary tract infections. In long term health care facilities the chance of an elderly person developing a urinary tract infection from a catheter is greatly increased. Elderly patients with urinary retention problems receive indwelling urinary catheters which typically remain in place for 30 days or longer. Indwelling catheters cause a patient’s chance of contracting bacteremia to increase by 30 times. The longer a patient has a long term indwelling catheter‚ the greater
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Introduction: Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs) are one of the most costly occurring nosocomial infections seen today. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) (2015) stated that the risk of developing CAUTIs is 3%-7% in the acute care setting‚ and CAUTIs comprise 40% of all institutionally acquired infections with an 8% prevalence rate seen in the home care setting. The CDC (2015) further implied that more than 1 million patients who either resides in an acute-care hospital or extended-care
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Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection Urinary tract infections are the most common type of healthcare-associated infections; accounting for more than 30% of healthcare-associated infections reported by acute care hospitals. Almost all healthcare-associated urinary-tract infections (UTIs) are caused by instrumentation of the urinary tract for example insertion of catheters. Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) has been associated with increased morbidity‚ mortality‚ hospital
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R2R Pico dell Mirandola and the angle of Humanism The Renaissance was a period of time during which Classical Greek culture was being reintroduced into philosophical circulation. It was also known as a time of “rebirth”. This period began as early as the mid-14th century and lasted into the 18th century‚ where the age of Enlightenment began. The Enlightenment was noted as a philosophical movement and characterized by theorizing and questioning authority. Through the movement‚ there was an emphasis
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influences their journey of interpreting the world in which they are immersed. Throughout the duration of semester one we’ve read and annotated novels‚ poems‚ of finding out our cultural identities British born journalist‚ novelist‚ and travel writer Pico Iyer‚ in his essay‚ “Where Worlds Collide”‚ he describes the way immigrants feel when they enter a new country with different cultural perspectives. “... they come out‚ disoriented‚ heads still partly in the clouds‚ bodies still several time zones
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12/6/10 AUTHOR’S NOTE: CENTRAL PARK The general topic of this book falls under the category of the “Gilded Age”. This particular period of time took place between 1869 and 1896. The Gilded Age was a time in American history when rapid economic growth generated vast wealth‚ new products as well as new technologies‚ and improved middle-class quality of life. The specific topic of this book is the architecture that was produced during the Gilded Age‚ particularly Central Park‚ which is located
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Central Campus The Dome that rests atop Beardshear Hall was almost never a part of Iowa States’ architectural wonders as it was removed from the original budget due to a lack of funding. Beardshear Hall has a very rich history that dates back to over a century ago. Beardshear Hall has been an integral part on campus even before it was fully completed‚ housing multiple programs‚ which were eventually transferred to other buildings‚ as more administrative space was needed. The story of Beardsheer
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Central University Suppose you are the network manager for Central University‚ a medium-size university with 13‚000 students. The university has 10 separate colleges (e.g.‚ business‚ arts‚ journalism)‚ 3 of which are relatively large (300 faculty and staff members‚ 2‚000 students‚ and 3 buildings) and 7 of which are relatively small (200 faculty and staff‚ 1‚000 students‚ and 1 building). In addition‚ there are another 2‚000 staff members who work in various administration departments (e.g.‚ library
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------------------------------------------------- Chapter I – The Central Idea Part I. Examples of subjects and central ideas Subject | Central Ideas | My fall walk in the forest | My fall walk in the forest was inspiring. | Electric cars | Electric cars can replace gasoline models. | The Battle of Gettysburg | The Battle of Gettysburg was the turning point of the Civil War. | Homeless children | The government should guarantee homeless children proper nutrition‚ education‚ and health
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What is central tendency? Explain three important measures of central tendency? • Measures of central tendency are scores that represent the center of the distribution. Three of the most common measures of central tendency are: – • Mean Median Mode – – The Mean The mean is the arithmetic average of the scores. – Mean is the average of the scores in a distribution _ X = _________ i N Σ Xi Mean Example Exam Scores 75 91 82 78 72 94 68 88
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