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Respiratory Care/Geriatric Case Study

on nursing care, particularly when considering the psychological factors of this model (Saliba, 2006). Breathing is one of the b...

Respiratory Function and Homeostasis

This paper analyzes the importance of the lungs in physiology. There are four sources in this four page paper. ...

Infection Sentinel Event Outcomes

myriad. They can range from poorly designed equipment to overwork; poor communication to lack of safeguards (Kohn, Corrigan and D...

Hand Washing Project

proven to be the principal reason for nosocomial infections, that is, infections that are acquired after hospital admittance. Impo...

Urinary Tract Infections

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

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...

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...

Controlling and Preventing Pandemics

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

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...

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...

Study on controlling MRSA/Article Critique

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

HIV/AIDS & African American Women

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

Fear of Hand Sanitizer, a Statistical Sampling

time; there is now a class of staphylococcus bacteria that is resistant to all known antibiotics and has been blamed for the death...

UK General Ward and Mental Health Ward Risk Management Comparison

(Briggs, 2003). At the lower levels of the hierarchy there is also a very clear and specified role to accept "personal responsibil...

Surgery Preparation of Hands

non-sterile paper. The participant would then use a sufficient amount of the aqueous alcoholic solution to fully cover the hands...

The Problem of Poverty and HIV/AIDS Risk for Black American Women

Study The central goal of this study is to consider the social problem of HIV infection/AIDS and the role that poverty and race/e...

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...

Dressings and Prevention of Infections Related to Catheters

risk of such infections. The CDC reports that the incidence of both local and bloodstream infections associated with peripheral ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Article Critique/Compliance with Hand Hygiene Guidelines

a concise, but thorough description of the study that certainly will engage the interest of any healthcare professional researchin...

Antibiotic Prophylaxis, Surgery & Accountability

in resistant strains of bacteria (Plonczynski, 2005). This situation suggests that changes in antibiotic prophylactic procedures ...

Babesia Microti Overview

In a paper of seven pages, the writer looks at babesia microti. Causes of infection and treatment are analyzed. Paper uses five so...

Assessing Risk in Critical Care

In a paper of three pages, the author reflects on the problem of infections contracted in the hospital setting and considers the i...