’against’ arguments with regard to innate and learned behaviour. A. The ’nature versus nurture’ debate is a subject much discussed in the subject of psychology. It concerns an individual’s ’innate’ qualities versus that of ’learned’ experiences. The behaviour which people are born with is called innate behaviour‚ as opposed to learned behaviour‚ which is gained through experience. Nativists believe this behaviour to be natural & instinctive. Reflexes are innate behaviour‚ and infants are born
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admitted to the hospital via Assisted Living Facility. She has Hospital Acquired Pneumonia and is having acute confusion episodes. She cannot describe any pain‚ but says “ow” when she is being examined. She is aware of herself‚ but is not oriented to time or place. Subjective: Patient states “Ow” during examination Objective: Temp: 97.5‚ Pulse: 66‚ BP: 142/71‚ Resp: 20‚ O2: 98% Room air Medical diagnosis of Hospital Acquired Pneumonia Medical history includes atrial fibrillation‚ hypertension
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Effects of hospital-acquired infections in public hospitals of low-income countries Hospital-acquired or nosocomial or healthcare associated infections (HAIs) are those which are transmitted to the patients during their treatment in a hospital or any other healthcare facility but which are not present or incubating before admission (Bagheri Nejad‚ Allegranzi‚ Syed‚ Ellis‚ & Pittet‚ 2011). Patients in low-income countries mostly depend on the public hospitals for their treatment‚ whereas public hospitals
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health care problems that are in the constant eye of health care organizations to fight as transmission can be quick and insidious and prevention is far more cost efficient and manageable than treatment of the infections. For a long time‚ healthcare acquired infections (HAIs) were a major hassle for health care settings to deal with as they not only put the patients at risk of negative health outcomes and complications; their treatment presents a heavy cost on the setting as health insurances refuse
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HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS - R. Howard‚ R. Lata‚ T. Tennekoon‚ R. Mirza & K.Yang Figure 1: Selected hospital acquired infections in Queensland‚ July-December 200814 • Introduction Hospital acquired infections‚ (HAI) also known as nosocomial infections refer to those infections that occur within 48 hours of hospital admission‚ 30 days of an operation‚ or 3 days of discharge10. Nosocomial infections can be quite traumatic and can have significant consequences to the patients16
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Q: In your own words‚ details the ‘for’ and ‘against’ arguments with regard to innate and learned behaviour. A: There are two types of behaviour‚ innate and learned. Innate behaviour (also known as nature) is defined as natural and instinctive. It is the behaviour present at birth‚ the fixed‚ unchanging behaviours.Nativists believe that various aspects of behaviour are innate. They argue that behaviour is due to genetics as we inherit the qualities that decide the kind of person we will be. For
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4 Surprising Causes of Hospital-Acquired Infections The last place anyone imagines they will get a severe infection is at a hospital. Yet according to statistics from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention‚ over 1.7 million people are affected by a nosocomial or hospital-acquired infection (HAI) every year. The severity of the infection can widely vary‚ but these infections are also responsible for over 99‚000 deaths annually. These infections could could appear as early as 48 hours after
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Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAIs)‚ or healthcare associated infections‚ encompass almost all clinically evident infections that do not originate from a patients original admitting diagnosis. Most infections that become clinically evident after 48 hours of hospitalization are considered hospital-acquired. HAIs represent a frequent nonspecific clinical problem with potential consequences for morbidity and mortality. The highest rates of HAIs are observed in intensive care units (ICUs)‚ which are
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According to Schub and Cabrrea (2015)‚ Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) is an infection of the lung parenchyma that develops outside the hospital or healthcare facility or developed in the hospital within 48 hours after admission. After 48 hours‚ it is considered Hospital Acquired Pneumonia. CAP is the eight most common cause of death in the United States. Annually‚ it usually affects adults but the incidence of CAP is 1: 20 in older adults over than 85 years old. Potential complications that could
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Hospital Acquired Pneumonia October 7‚ 2010 Hospital Acquired Pneumonia Hospital acquired pneumonia is currently the second most common nosocomial infection in the United States and is associated with high mortality and morbidity (Seymann‚ 2008). This paper is a case study of a 52 year old female who was in the hospital for a scheduled gastric bypass surgery. During a post-op test she aspirated dye thus beginning the process of her developing nosocomial pneumonia. The patient was
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