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Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP)

factors that have been identified include "diabetes, alcoholism, malnutrition, history of antibiotic or corticosteroid use, decrea...

Literature Review on Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Intensive Care Units and th Effects of Improved Oral Care

that inadequate understanding of the impact of oral health in the hospital setting can be evidenced, and Holmes (1996) further con...

Summary of Zeitoun et al's Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Study

factor in regards to pulmonary infection. Reliability concerns The authors state that in their health center, nursing staff rece...

Ethical Position Paper on Advance Directives, Ethical Decision-Making and Utilitarianism

wishes, she would remain on life support. This scenario has several ethical implications from the nursing or medical professional...

Supreme Court Ruling on Cedar Rapids Community School District v. Garret F.

In five pages the case in which the Supreme Court ruled that a school provided nurse should attend to a student dependent upon a v...

Case Study of Hyaline Membrane Disease

lung cells and forms a coat on the interior of the tiny alveoli in the lungs where oxygen enters the bloodstream. The coating enab...

David Hawkins and Associates' Social Development Model

In three pages this model of social development is examined in terms of its basic principles. Two sources are cited in the biblio...

A Computer Associates' Overview

Advantage for data management and application development, and CleverPath for portal and business intelligence" (2004). It is like...

Children, TV, and Ethics

It can seriously affect all aspects of their behavioral health. For example, "Exposure to and the influence of media violence dire...

Relationship Between Patient Mechanical Ventilation and Oral Hygiene

billions in additional health care cost. Likewise, Houston, et al (2002) substantiate that contraction of nosocomial pneumonia co...

MARKETING PLAN: CRG ASSOCIATES

base this study on commercial and high-density resident. Other things that would need to be considered are the location of...

Pneumonia and its Connection with the reuse of Suction Catheters in Children

controlled trials, systematic reviews, meta analyses, clearly defined hypothesis, and a definitive and strong conclusion. If one ...

Medical Evaluation Steps Regarding Coexisting Conditions and Chest Pain

professional must carefully evaluate this patient using all that is known about each of these conditions. Pain such as that being...

Overview of Pneumonia

or Aspergillus often come in contact with the patient through their inhalation of contaminated aerosols. We now know that an infe...

Quality Improvement in Health Care

than nurses, executives and managers at those hospitals. St. Lukes Medical Center St. Lukes is a 154-bed hospital located in S...

Major Depression

treated appropriately it can lead to serious harm including suicide. Many people live with depression and often times do not reali...

An Article Review on Community Acquired Pneumonia

utilized 184 consecutive patients. All of the patients who were admitted were provided with informed consent. The researche...

Pneumonia Care. Article Review

points: In this informative article, Holcomb begins by first differentiating between hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), which is p...

UTIs Pressure Sores Pneumonia in the Elderly

higher risk for UTIs than others. Risks include older age, poor hygiene, and/or poor hydration. Two of the greatest risks can be p...

Mucor Infection, Pneumonia

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

Heart Murmurs and Pneumonia

In five pages this paper examines what if any correlation exists between heart murmurs and pneumonia. Four sources are cited in t...

Issues Associated with the Medical Supply Industry

In four pages the medical supply industry is examined in this overview of demographics and other associated factors and issues....

Violence in Kaplan's 'Doe Season' and Jackson's 'The Lottery'

In five pages the violence associated with ritual is examined in this comparative analysis of these stories by Kaplan and Jackson....

Causes of Viral Pneumonia and How It Can Be Prevented

Viral pneumonia is the focus of this paper consisting of seven pages which includes its causes, treatment, and how it can be preve...

Controversy over the Use of Placebos

treatment, tell your doctor. It is important that a patient have confidence in the doctor, and it is then more likely the placebo...

Separate Concept of European Citizenship

This paper examines European citizenship as a separate concept and the various issues that are associated with it in eight pages....

Depression and Perceptions

This paper examines depression in terms of the various sociocultural perceptions associated with it in 10 pages....

Management and Organization of Facilities for Ambulatory Care

Issues associated with ambulatory care facility management and organization are examined in six pages....

Forecasting and its Problems

In five pages this paper examines the problem inaccuracies associated with forecasting as Sheaffer, a Bic subsidiary, discovered....

Pros and Cons of Animals Being Used for Medical Research Purposes

such critical components as antibiotics, blood transfusions, dialysis, organ transplantation, vaccinations, chemotherapy, bypass ...