Impact of a standardized hand hygiene program on the incidence of nosocomial infection in very low birth weight infants Maria Grazia Capretti‚ MD‚a Fabrizio Sandri‚ MD‚a Elisabetta Tridapalli‚ MD‚a Silvia Galletti‚ MD‚a Elisabetta Petracci‚ MD‚b and Giacomo Faldella‚ PhDa Bologna‚ Italy Background: This study examined the effects of a standardized hand hygiene program on the rate of nosocomial infection (NI) in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants (birth weight ‚ 1500 g) admitted to our neonatal
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The aim of the assignment is to provide a critical analysis of a research article relevant to the clinical area‚ which is that of a neonatal unit. The article that the author has chosen to critique is a paper entitled ‘Parental Perception of Neonatal Care’ (Gavey.J‚ 2007). The title of a research article is of importance as it should reflect the research question set (Edwards & Talbot‚ 1999). The research article examined by the author examines parent’s perception of their experience
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Clinical supervision sits at the heart of the UK Government ’s agenda for improving the quality of service delivery (Department of Health‚ 1997‚ 1998‚ 1999). The practice in the workplace was introduced as a way of using reflective practice and shared experiences as a part of continuing professional development. Clinical supervision has ensured that standards of clinical care remain a key mechanism for monitoring the performance of Trusts‚ with clinical performance measures being given equal weight
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up‚ sad isn’t it? Instead of thinking so much for that‚ I hurriedly looked for my wrist watch because I removed it when I attended the flag lowering. It took me couple of minutes before I found my watch. When I looked at it‚ I only saw a longer hand pointing at 12 and I cannot see the shorter one. It means it was exactly 12 midnight. I know that no bus will pass by at that time because the last trip in Maragondon‚ I think is 10 pm but I still waited for a bus to come. Suddenly‚ I heard the
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Using Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle (or Gibbs’ Reflective Model) Gibbs’ reflective cycle is a theoretical model often used by students as a framework in coursework assignments that require reflective writing. The model was created by Professor Graham Gibbs and appeared in Learning by Doing (1988). It looks like this: Action plan If it arose again what would you do? Descripiton What happened? Conclusion What else could you have done? Feelings What were you thinking and feeling
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Crop circles have been discussed for a long time. Whether they’re made by man or some sort of alien species is unknown and‚ in some ways‚ hard to prove. In this paper‚ I’m going to talk about two articles. One talks about aliens making crop circles. The other is an interview with a man who is a crop circle maker. I am unsure what I believe as far as crop circles go. I think there’s a possibility though‚ for sure‚ that there could be aliens out there. I’m just not sure that if they were to try to
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Three Circle Analysis A three circle analysis reviews what customers want‚ what a company has to offer‚ and what the competition has to offer. “Hundreds of leaders and future leaders have quickly absorbed strategy concepts by using this simple tool and have taken it back to their organizations‚ where it often becomes part of the decision-making process” (Urbany‚ 2007‚ para. 2). Based on a high-level analysis of Apple‚ there are a few areas that the company could focus on to make the organization
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The Three-circle Model of World Englishes was developed by Kachru in 1985 and it remains one of the most influential models for grouping the varieties of English in the world (Mollin‚ 2006‚ p.41). Kachru (1985) described the spread of English in terms of three concentric circles: the Inner Circle‚ the Outer Circle and the Expanding Circle. These circles represent "the type of spread‚ the patterns of acquisition and the functional domains in which English is used across cultures and languages" (Kachru
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explaining how I have applied theoretical knowledge into practice. Gibbs’ model of reflection (see appendix 2) will be applied to provide an easily accessible and straightforward list of questions that help structure the evaluation of my experience
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GO! SPEER! GO! GO! SPEER! GO! Even though we have been singing throughout our entire Circle Time activity‚ this is our actual song time. Our room is called S.P.E.E.R.‚ which is an acronym that stands for Special Education Enrichment Room. We sing songs written for and dedicated to all of us. We have a personalized song book which is made up of songs that Ms. Mel has created from popular tunes but in which she has changed the lyrics to specifically use the names and interesting quirks of all
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