Define UTI ( Urinary Tract Infection) A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection in any part of your urinary system — your kidneys‚ ureters‚ bladder and urethra. Most infections involve the lower urinary tract — the bladder and the urethra. Women are at greater risk of developing a UTI than men are. Infection limited to your bladder can be painful and annoying. However‚ serious consequences can occur if a UTI spreads to your kidneys. Antibiotics are the typical treatment for a UTI. But you
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Importance of Reliable Information on Pressure Ulcer Prevention Chamberlain College of Nursing NUR500: Foundational Concepts and Applications Importance of Reliable Information on Pressure Ulcer Prevention In a technologically based society‚ such as ours‚ it is imperative that nurses‚ “base care decisions on best practice evidence from peer-reviewed research literature.” (Miller‚ Graves‚ Jones‚ & Seivert‚ 2010) Websites can be a great resource‚ but their credibility must be determined and researched
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Stomach ulcers are painful little sores that form on the lining of one’s stomach and small intestine (1). Ulcers are no joke‚ and are to be thought of seriously (1). If left untreated they can begin to bleed‚ causing blood to show up in your stool‚ or cause you to start vomiting blood‚ because the blood must go somewhere‚ it just cannot pool in your stomach (1). Sometimes in extreme cases‚ ulcers can lead to gastric cancer (1). The most common signs that you might have an ulcer are bloating of the
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Decreasing Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections Urinary Tract Infections are one of the most common hospital-acquired infection and many are associated with an indwelling catheter. For each day a catheter is in place the risk of developing a CAUTI increases 3%-7% (Kahnen‚ Flanders‚ & Magalong‚ 2011 ). Although indwelling urinary catheters are widely used in hospitalized patients and can provide an appropriate means of therapeutic management‚ they are often used without clear indications
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The term "lower urinary tract symptoms‚" or LUTS‚ is nonspecific. It has been used as a general term to refer to any combination of urinary symptoms or as a more specific term to refer to those symptoms primarily associated with overactive bladder (frequency‚ urgency‚ and nocturia). An international consensus conference identified LUTS to include symptoms relating to storage and/or voiding disturbances common among aging men [1]. The prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms in men increases with
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Catheter-related urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is one of many infections that patients acquire during hospitalization in the healthcare setting. It is an invasive procedure that can cause severe problems which can lead to infection to patients if precautions are not taken when inserting the catheter. Licensed Healthcare workers should only do this procedure. A catheter is a flexible tube placed into the patient urethra to help drain urine from the bladder into a bag. Catheters can only place
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Why Use GIS in Petroleum? A free eBook from Exprodat Version 1.0 (May 2012) | download latest version | | | .. .... 000000 000000 exprodat www.exprodat.corn Why Use GIS in Petroleum? Table of Contents Section 1: Introduction to GIS 5 Welcome 5 What is GIS? 5 What Can GIS Do? 7 Why You Should Care 9 Benefits of GIS 9 GIS in Petroleum 10 When Bad Stuff Happens 11 GIS Vocabulary 12 Section 2: GIS in the Petroleum Industry 14 A Brief History 14 GIS and the
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Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI). A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection involving any part of the urinary system‚ including urethra‚ bladder‚ ureters‚ and kidney. UTIs are the most common type of healthcare-associated infection reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)(https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/index.html) .Among UTIs acquired in the hospital‚ approximately 75% are associated with a urinary catheter‚ which is a tube inserted into the bladder through
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Pressure to Change “A discussion on the ethics and finances of Medicare’s refusal to pay for pressure ulcers that develop in a hospitalized patient.” “Pressure to Change” Medicare like all health insurers is constantly looking for ways to avoid paying for unnecessary medical care. The latest attempt sounds perfectly reasonable until you consider who will bear the burden. Problem: Last year federal centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that they would no longer reimburse
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