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An Article on Nosocomial Infection Reviewed

The problem is important for nursing study because (1) it is so pervasive, and (2) returning to basics - hand washing, surface dis...

Virginia Henderson/Neonatal Application

to nursing practice in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), as the welfare of each high-needs baby is intrinsically tied to fami...

U.S. Nursing Shortage

that they are often asked to take care of more patients with higher acuity levels than they have in the past (Hassmiller and Cozin...

Guillain-Barre Syndrome: Case Report

neck & trunk involvement and vomiting (two-and-a-half year old); tripping, voice change, difficulty swallowing, inability to sit u...

High Nursing Turnover Rate

based on a research study that surveyed over 2,000 RNs who provide direct nursing care in three mid-western hospitals. This result...

Urinary Tract Infections

An additional complicating factor for women is that, unlike males, they do not have the advantages of prostatic secretions that ac...

Symptoms and Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

Cellulitis is an "infection of the skin"; boils are "pus-filled infections of hair follicles"; abscesses are "collections of pus u...

Strict Glycemic Control and the Prevention of Deep Wound Infections in Open Heart Surgery Patients: Proposed Research

in their glycemic index, present many concerns in the post operative environment. This is particularly true for patients that are...

Period and its Impact on the Incidence of Deep Wound Infection in Diabetic Individuals Undergoing Open Heart Surgery

Researchers have identified nutrition as a significant factor in wound healing. In fact, it has been argued that nutritional elem...

Controlling Catheter-Related Infections in Hemodialysis Patients

utilized a taurolidine and citrate solution to eliminate the catheter biofilm which is associated with infection. Taurolidine was...

Incontinence and the Elderly

was that the method was based on the assumption that all the relevant information would be obtained by these experts (National Gui...

Controlling and Preventing Pandemics

Pathogenic organisms have the potential to radically alter human life. Human beings, like all animals, are both directly...

A Study of Methods to Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections

reducing the prevalence of CAUTIs. Research Support A range of supportive research will be utilized to develop the evidence...

An Abstract for a Study on CAUTI in Acute Care

essential to reducing the prevalence of CAUTIs. Research Support A range of supportive research will be utilized to develop...

Overview of Histoplasmosis Capsulatum

of inhaled spores and strength of the immune system. Fortunately, the organism does not spread from person to person, so you canno...

The History and Evolution of Infection Control

estimating it will cost a normal sized office up to $1,200 per year to comply with the new regulations. OSHA wants to see a writt...

2001 Newspaper Research on Anthrax

question to be asked is, "What exactly is anthrax?" The proper medical term for anthrax is Bacillus anthracis, which is the Greek...

Study on controlling MRSA/Article Critique

remained undetermined (Cepeda, et al, 2005, p. 295). The researchers identify associated issues and unanswered questions, which al...

Healthcare and the Dangers of Nosocomial Infections

services. However, the greatest cost of all has been to human life, because nosocomial infections have resulted in patient deaths...

Hospital Patient Safety

for patient safety identified these specific goals. For obvious reasons, these are copied directly from the Commissions Web page. ...

Women, AIDS and HIV in the District of Columbia

2009"). In responding to the crisis, the city government has not recognized the way in which "policies, and structural factors hav...

Upper Respiratory Infection and Stress

almost always changes when that person is feeling great stress. The person does things in an attempt to deal with and control the ...

Total Joint Patients, Decreasing Infections

This research paper pertains to decreasing surgical site infections in total joint arthroplasty patients. The writer draws on rese...

Minority Populations, HIV Intervention

This paper is comprised of two parts, with each part discussing aspects of the high prevalence of HIV infection among Hispanic/La...

Article Review, Morris and Tay (2008)

This article review provides a summary and evaluation of Morris and Tay (2008), which refers to procedures associated with insert...

Search Parameters, Infection Control

This paper indicates that the writer conducting a database search on the topic of hospital-acquired infections. The writer discuss...

How to Utilize Databases

This paper pertains to the health challenge inherent in hospital acquired infection and focuses on the process of searching databa...

Nosocomial Capstone Project, Theory

This paper describes Jean Watson's Theory of Transpersonal Caring as the theoretical foundation for a project on the problems of n...

Decreasing Nosocomial Infection Rates,Hand Hygiene,

This research paper presents project, which is designed to decrease the ratite of nosocomial, that is, hospital-acquired infection...

Mucor Infection, Pneumonia

This research paper presents information relevant to a patient for whom mucor infection has progressed to pneumonia. Lab results a...