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Urinary Tract Infections

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

Paranoid Schizophrenia

potential need for treatment for impaired skin integrity due to immobility. Therefore, the nurse will begin precautions prior to a...

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 ...

Hospital Patient Safety

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Culturally Competent Care

within the students healthcare institution. The discussion concludes with a proposal of possible solution and suggested conclusion...

Teaching About STIs to Young Teens

discuss and name the various methods for preventing the transmissions of STIs; and also, they will demonstrate ability to resist p...

Research Study Proposal/Hand washing

to wash their hands both before and after attending each patient. However, one physician-investigators asserts in reference to doc...

HIV/AIDS & African American Women

"African American womens rights and underscores their physical, emotional and sociocultural vulnerability to HIV/AIDS" (Williams, ...

MRSA Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

of settings ranging from nursing homes, to prisons, to athletic teams (Turabelidze, Mei Lin, Wolkoff, Dosson, Gladback, and Zhu, 2...

Mucor Infection, Pneumonia

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

Search Parameters, Infection Control

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

Device-Associated Nosocomial Infection in an ICU

This paper gives an overview of a study that took place in a Polish ICU and pertained to the rate of device-associated nosocomial ...

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...

Food-Borne Illnesses From Listeriosis Bacteria

"special life style," which enables this bacterium to escape from phagosome and circulating antibodies (Jin, 2002). One of the pri...

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...

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...

Century of Controlling Infections from 1850 until 1950

In five pages this paper discusses the milestones regarding the control of infections during this time period in a consideration o...

Nursing History and Controlling Infection

This history of nursing considers how antibiotic and antisepsis control of infections developed in five pages. Two sources are ci...

Overview of Skin Disorders

and keratin fragments to adhere to the sebum and block the follicle opening. Bacteria trapped with free fatty acids within the fo...

HIV Prison Inmates and the Problems They Face

In six pages this research paper discusses the problem of HIV and AIDS infections among prison inmate in a consideration of the pr...

HIV/AIDS and the Psychological and Psychosocial Impacts of the Disease

6 pages and 6 sources. This paper considers the potential impacts of HIV/AIDS infection with a specific focus on the psychologica...

Overview of Diabetic Ketoacidosis

In eight pages this condition that has an impact on both types of diabetes whether insulin or noninsulin dependent is discussed an...