...the most widely effective anti-bacterial agent and also the least toxic drugs known that is in a form of oral route of administration in a capsule form. The Discovery of antibiotic and 1st antibacterial substances was in 1929 by Sir Alexander Fleming in which he discovers and describes the properties of antibiotic, penicillin. As he observed that the Bacterium Staphylococcus aureus was destroyed by the mold Penicillium notatum wherein it became more significant and widely used for treating soldiers with open wounds during World War II. Curing or treating battlefield wound infections and pneumonia. Today, the antibacterial capsules are routinely prescribed and the simple cure they provide for so many infectious diseases is often taken for granted. Unfortunately, the misuse of these life-saving medication is now becoming more occurring in the Philippine country side, other people might tend to use and prefer automatically antibacterial agents to treat any form of wounds & diseases as a medication for better relief while others also attempt to but a medicine to the pharmacy and ask for the available antibacterial agents, which is a habit form of malpractice in dispensing these regulated drugs without the prescription orders from the physician. In response, more scientist are now scrambling to develop new drugs. Furthermore, the result of this study will serve as a tool to provide information the people in rural communities, who were not able...
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...credibility of the study, its findings to see the evidence base for practice or utilization or application of the findings into the care practice. This paper is about analysis of a research conducted in relation to wound care in primary health care. This research took place in Stockholm, Sweden. The study shows a descriptive quantitative approach in investigating district nurse wound care management. Protection of Human Participants For this study district nurses (DNs) working at primary health care centers (PHCs) were randomly selected, to make sure that differences between sample and population are a function of chance. The nurses got information in writing and verbally the reason for the study and that the information used will be confidential. Participants remained anonymous in the results presentation. Ethics Research Committee at Karolinska Institute gave an approval for the research proposed. In addition, the researchers got permission from director in each health care to obtain samples. Twenty-three primary healthcare centers met the research criteria but only five randomly were selected from Stockholm, Sweden and two sub-urbs for the study. No force for participation found. Data Collection The study involved a survey based on the questionnaire and the wound registration form, thus the descriptive method was suitable. Researchers based on validated questionnaires by Ebbeskog (1996) and Lindholm (1990) constructed the questionnaire for the study (Friman, Klang & Ebbeskog...
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...are psychoanalytic, behaviorist, humanist, cognitive, neuroscientific/biopsychological, evolutionary, and sociocultural. Describe the perspectives, using two to three sentences each. Select one major figure associated with one of the perspectives and describe his or her work in two to three sentences. Type your response in the space below. Psychoanalytic – Construction which alerts the relative of conscious and unaware psychological processes. Freud Sigmund was the founder of the psychoanalytic school. . Behavioral perspective- : A Psychologist who analyses obvious or scientific behavior. John Watson was the founder of the behaviorist school. Humanistic perspective- expressed discretion and a position of self-realization because every people try to build up self actualisation. Cognitive perspective- is how we accumulate and store data through views and perceptions. Neuroscientific/biopsychological perspective- examines behavior through genetic processes of the brain and other parts of the nervous system. Evolutionary perspective- Tensions natural selection, adjustment, and development of behavior and psychological processes. Sociocultural perspective- social interactions and social determinants of behavior and mental processes. Behaviorist perspective–William James broadened studied Psychology to animal behaviors, biological processes, and behavior. He wrote Principles of Psychology in 1890 and it became the leading text book for students studying psychology...
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...physical abuse. Unfortunately, the wounds from verbal abuse can run just as deep and take longer to heal than the black eyes, bruises or broken bones of physical abuse. It is harder to identify for the victim, the abuser and the environment. The thesis of my presentation is how to understand and recognize emotional abuse on women. Today I will be talking on what emotional abuse is, physical and psychological effects of emotional abuse and the pattern of emotional abuse. What is emotional abuse? Like other forms of violence in relationships, emotional abuse is based on power and control. Most people think emotional abuse is criticizing each other but it is much more than verbal abuse. One could define Emotional abuse as any nonphysical behavior or attitude that is designed to control, intimidate, overpower, demean, punish, or isolate another person through the use of degradation, humiliation, or fear. Emotionally abusive behavior ranges from verbal abuse to more subtle methods like intimidation, manipulation and refusal to be pleased. Emotional abuse accompanies other forms of abuse, but also may occur on its own. When a woman endures such behavior for a prolonged period of time, she becomes a shadow of her former self. Emotional abuse is so gradual, that the woman involved may not even realize that she is a victim of abuse. She believes it is a normal part of a relationship. Emotional abuse can severely damage a person’s sense of self-worth and perception of life and...
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...The immediate health impacts of domestic violence can include: cuts, scrapes, bruises, fractures, dislocated bones, hearing loss, vision loss, miscarriage or early delivery, sexually transmitted diseases, knife wounds, gunshot wounds and homicide. Although psychological abuse is often considered less severe than physical violence, health care providers and advocates around the world are increasingly recognizing that all forms of domestic violence can have devastating physical and emotional health effects (The Advocates for Human Rights, 2013). Domestic violence is associated with mental health problems such as anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and depression (The Advocates for Human Rights, 2013). Longer term health impacts of domestic violence can include: stress, headaches, back pain, fainting, seizures, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, sleep disturbances, alcohol and substance misuse, homelessness, suicide,...
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...Differences between ADN and BSN educated nurses. Florence nightingale’s influence on nursing practice and the way her model of nursing education was adopted in the nineteenth century triggered the beginning of enormous change in nursing as a profession. According to Creasia and Friberg ( 5th edition), nursing has evolved over the course of more than 150 years since inception of the first nightingale school. Since then, nursing continues to encounter numerous and complex challenges like nursing shortages, increase in communicable diseases, increase in auto immune infection, increase in aging population just to mention a few. Currently, in the US, one can become a registered nurse by several means. These are through attaining a hospital bases diploma, a 2-3 year associate degree or a 4 year baccalaureate degree. Nursing students in these different programs are eligible to sit for the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX). According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), passing the NCLEX only assures that the nurse has the minimum technical competency required to safely practice nursing. The Associate Degree program is shorter and more technical skill focused; the course does not include the classes on theory and science of nursing as a profession that are part of BSN programs. It is also cheaper and affordable, thus allowing an individual to start working early. The BSN empowers the future nurse with greater critical thinking and broader patient...
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...Running head: TURNING KNOWLEDGE INTO PRACTICE Student’s Putting Infection Control Knowledge to Practice Brandy S. Narro Grand Canyon University NRS-433V August 5, 2012 Student’s Putting Infection Control Knowledge to Practice According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 20 hospitalizations will be further complicated by hospital acquired infections (HAI’s) (2010). Examples of HAI’s are wound infections, respiratory infections, infections of the urinary tract and gastrointestinal tract. These infections result in an estimated 90,000 deaths per year (CDC, 2010) and $20 to $40 billion healthcare dollars on preventable complications (CDC, 2009). This study examines the possibilities of arming student’s with a multifaceted approach to hand hygiene and the lasting effects on the practice. After obtaining approval from the medical center’s institutional review board, 75junior-level baccalaureate nursing students consented to voluntary study participation. Although the study indicates the students “agreed” to participate, the question remains whether or not participating in the study was in any way connected to a participation grade for the research course in which the students were concurrently enrolled in at the time of the study. The additional exposure and attention paid to hand hygiene and infection control would benefit these study participants. The major variables are not specifically identified in this study...
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...on a female’s body image and self-esteem. “Popular media barrages women with images that portray what is considered to be the ‘ideal body’” (Serdar, 2014, para.7). Society tells women what kind of body image they should strive for. The media portrays the ideal body as accentuating features such as eyes, breasts, bottom and legs. This image is based of the look of an average fashion model that is 5’10” and weighing around one hundred twenty pounds. These features do not apply to the average day women when in fact the average Canadian woman is only 5’4” and weighs about one hundred seventy pounds (Linken, 2009, para.3). These ideas are pressured upon women of all ages through every source of media. Television, bill boards, newspaper, radio, magazines etc. are all guilty of applying such pressures to females. Media is also guilty of creating a “cult of thinness” known as cutting girls down to size, infantilizing so grown women appear as children and objectifying women by turning them into objects, cutting out body parts and attaching them to objects in ads. It’s important to understand that the ideal body image that is presented by the popular media is not healthy or realistic. Should a female actually achieve this body image or weight, she would be classified as underweight. Risks associated with being underweight include anemia, nutritional deficiencies, osteoporosis, cardiac problems, increased susceptibility to illness and infection and poor wound healing (Linken, 2009, para...
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...Typically, society perceives this type of conduct to be primarily committed against women, however, statistics will show that more than 1 in 4 men in the United States (28.5%) have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner at some point in their lifetime according to National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, United States, 2011 ( September 05,2014). In analyzing these numbers it is important to keep in mind men tend to not file as many domestic reports, whereas women do tend to file a report or seek help. One reason behind the lack of men reporting is that intimate partner violence is believed to only being capable of happening to women. Society has perpetuated the belief that men are physically stronger than women, and, therefore, should be able to...
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... clothing helmet reflective vest Explains the type of information being sought in the following areas and provides professional inferences on patient condition number of patients exact location time of day weather time to scene / time to hospital partner & qualifications back-up (level & time away) access and egress enquires about nearest appropriate hospital TO TAL /6 Pre brief The student should describe to the examiner the concepts of a systematic pre brief. /10 Concept Area and description of performance criteria Primary survey The student should discuss and demonstrate the primary survey with the examiner and explain their actions. Focus points Explains the type of information being sought in the following areas and provides professional inferences on Danger Verbalise (Assessment of hazards to self; partner patient; bystander and other emergency services) Introduce self and partner Takes time to observe and comment on patient’s overall presentation ( including obvious haemorrhage; patient general appearance; colour; position; immediate patient environment) Asses response ( A V P U and comment) Inform the patient about what action is about to be done. Airway ( Inspect airway (and/ or comment on patency) Breathing Assess Breathing ( comment on adequate rise/ fall ; rate) Assess Circulation (Pulse / CPR /...
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...cases of diabetes, particularly type 2 diabetes, has risen dramatically in the last 15 years across the country, especially in some of the southern states. The report looked at self-reported data collected from the participants of the study between the years of 1995 and 2010. The data was sorted and analyzed using a CDC system known as the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to determine whether or not the average rate of diabetes had increased over time, and if so, by how much. Here is some of the key information to emerge from the CDC's latest MMWR release about diabetes. * According to the MMWR, diabetes prevalence was higher than 6 percent of the adult population in only three states at the start of the study in 1995. Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., also had a greater than 6 percent prevalence of adult diabetes at that time. * In 2010, at the conclusion of the study, every U.S. state, along with Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., reported a prevalence of diabetes among its adult population that was greater than or equal to 6 percent. In addition, six states as well as Puerto Rico reported a prevalence of diabetes among their adult populations of greater than or equal to 10 percent. * All of the participants in the study were 18 years or older. The study was conducted through telephone surveys. * According to a report by Reuters regarding the study, Oklahoma was the state that had the largest increase in the percentage of adults living within its borders who have...
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...be robbed, so they ran. As the gunshots sounded, all Armstead heard was “You black son of a bitches!” While his companion cried “I’m shot!” When justice had been done, 10-year-old Clifford Glover lay dead on the scene. In that instant, the power was taken out of a 10-year-old boys hand to live a full life. Just the same as the power was taken away from his mother to watch him live that life. A self-styled "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet," writer Audre Lorde dedicated both her life and her creative talent to confronting and addressing the injustices of racism, sexism, and homophobia. Her poetry, and "indeed all of her writing," according to contributor Joan Martin in Black Women Writers: A Critical Evaluation, "rings with passion, sincerity, perception, and depth of feeling." While driving, Lorde heard a radio broadcast announcing the acquittal of a white policeman who had shot and killed a black ten-year-old. She was so furious and sickened that she felt that the sky had turned red, and had to park the car before she drove it into a wall, according to a biography in Magill's Survey of American Literature. Then and there, she inscribed her feelings of outrage over...
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...encouraging the male population to say nothing and suffer, all because they fear to show a weakness, that they aren't masculine, and the disapproval of letting a woman beat them. But that isn't the only thing, society is causing the younger children to feel as if they can speak out about abuse without being judged or humiliated. A child sees their father, whos supposed to be their hero, strong and undefeatable. Hiding from their mom, saying nothing as he is beaten with a rolling pin. Take this son's account of what happens between his parents, Poor dad. I had seen him walking naked in the backyard at night all upset and embarrassed, and I had seen him crawling under the bed to escape her vicious attacks, and I have seen him nursing his fresh wounds in the toilet, and he would say no word against her,( MALE VICTIMS...
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...The right menu: For me doing the Menus should not be classed as a chore but part of the patients care that should be carried out with time and understanding. The right choice of food: Patients are giving choices of food to suits their needs and preferences. Religion, allergies and special dietary needs relating to illness or condition should be considered. Provide assistance: For patients who have got difficulty eating and drinking and I make sure they not rushed with their meals. I also believe that families and carers should be encouraged to visit and offer support at mealtimes. Red trays: This is to identify people at risk for malnutrition, the right assistance is provided and food and fluids chart are completed. MUST screening: Responsible for weighing and completing MUST chart and action plan accordingly. Documentation: I ensure that all the information is recorded as per the trust guidance to facilitate communication between health professionals. If it is not written it did not happen Handover: To ensure continuity and the right action is taken. For example: dietician referrals. The importance of nutrition in older adult: As an older person continue to age, nutritional habits become important and vital to their overall health. Ageing is frequently associated with decrease in taste and smell, poor dental health and decrease in physical activities which all affect nutrient intake. Nutrition as Benchmark: The essence of care (2010) Benchmark for food...
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...learning needs assessment questionnaire for Community Health Nurses (CHNs). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to examine the consistency of factors underpinning the Canadian Community Health Nursing (CCHN) Standards. Also, validity and reliability of the questionnaire were evaluated using appropriate techniques. This process resulted in a valid and reliable CHN learning needs assessment questionnaire to measure learning needs of large groups of practitioners, where other forms of measurement cannot be feasibly conducted. Aydin, A.K., & Karadaq, A. (September-October 2010). Assessment of nurses knowledge and practice in prevention and management of deep tissue injury and stage 1 pressure ulcer. Journal of Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing, 37(5), 487-494. This is a good overview from a well-known nursing journal that focuses on a descriptive study on how to determine a nurses knowledge and usual practice and prevention of deep tissue injuries. It gives an in depth explanation on the methods and assessment tools used for nursing education and testing of knowledge learned during the study. Billings, J.R., Crowley, S. (2008). Approaches to community needs assessment: a...
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