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    Hospital-acquired infections (HAI) are the infections patients acquire while receiving treatment in a healthcare facility. In 2011‚ there was an estimated 722‚000 HAIs in U.S. hospitals resulting in 75‚000 deaths (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]‚ 2016). In addition to an increase in disease and mortality‚ HAIs negatively affect patient care by increasing patient length of stay and inpatient costs (Syndor & Perl‚ 2011). Intensive care units (ICUs) are associated with greater risk

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    Patient Falls

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    This critique is about an article on patient fall in an acute care hospital setting and why and what are the leading causes to these fall incident. The definition of a fall is described as any event in which the patients are found on the floor; it could be an observed or unobserved fall. There are various types of equipments and special devices to prevent falls; however‚ many falls still take place‚ and it is a serious problem in hospitals. Protection of Human participants: This research involves

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    smog or more dangerous carbon monoxide poisoning. Regulations have been established in an attempt to minimize these harmful air pollutants. For example‚ we have vehicle emissions testing and standards for pollutant emitting facilities. The Prevention of Air Pollution To cut down on all the pollution being released into the air‚ we have removed the pollutant before materials are used‚ removed the pollutant after it is formed‚ or altered the process to lower pollutant levels produced. In

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    Animal Testing Prevention 100 million animals are sitting in a lab‚ in a cage and are suffering or dying. These creatures are victims of animal testing. Animal are treated very terribly as test subjects. They are forced to bear inhumane test‚ while having no one to save them. The test results are not even as accurate as people think. The only solution is to strictly limit or completely ban animal testing. If animal testing persists‚ many animals will suffer and die‚ so alternatives such as computers

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    Crime Prevention Programs

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    Crime Prevention Programs Implementation of community based programs designed by the police are important because the police have an obligation to ensure that citizens are protected and do not take matters into their own hands. These community based programs provide the citizens educational programs to learn how to protect themselves‚ but also remain law abiding members of the community. These programs also provide the community with a sense of safety and the knowledge needed to stay involved

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    De La Salle University - Manila An Introduction to the IM Profession and Ethics Paper Presented to The Faculty of the College of Computer Studies De La University – Manila In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science of Information Systems By: Changcoco‚ Amos Dimla‚ Ysabel Nicole Ramchand‚ Pavan Tanchuling‚ Bianca Denise Tibayan‚ Jan Michael 1.0 COMPUTER AND INTERNET CRIME 1.1 Types of Exploits 1.1.1 Virus It is a malicious code

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    RELAPSE PREVENTION AND CLIENT’S SOBRIETY Relapse Prevention and Client’s Sobriety Connie Sutton Grand Canyon University PCN 511/Intro into Chemical Dependence Counseling Meagan Foxx‚ LSAC January 25‚ 2011 Introduction Therapists plan treatment with clients in efforts to establish meaningful goals and a strategy to reach them. Treatment planning continues as long as the client keeps returning for therapy sessions. Ideally‚ a treatment plan emerges from negotiations between the

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    Phase 2 Task 2 Group Project Colorado Technical University HRM 350-0803B-01 Workforce Effectiveness Sexual Harassment Prevention Professor Susan Stoker September 10‚ 2009 Sexual Harassment Policy Statement of Policy The Home Company will not tolerate sexual harassment in any form‚ and such conduct will result in corrective action‚ up to and including dismissal. Sexual harassment is illegal and jeopardizes the work environment of tolerance‚ consideration‚ and mutual respect. The Home

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    Duration 4. Outcome Evaluation 5. Boundaries and Potential Limitations 6. Reference 7. Appendix Individual Project plan of Prevention of Cyber Bullying 1. Introduction This is a project plan of health education and promotion school programme. It is designed by the students of Bachelor of Health Education (Hons) in Hong Kong institute of Education. The topic is prevention of Cyber Bullying. This programme is designed for the target group of secondary four students. The programme is adapted into

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    Crime Prevention Programs

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    The major elements that makes crime prevention programs effective: 1. Continued commitment from those involved 2. Believing that it will work 3. The program needs to be designed with the purpose of reducing the opportunities for a crime to be committed 4. Learning what needs to be done to harden the target for the criminal Two crime prevention programs I was involved in were Neighborhood Watch and CPTED‚ which we used many times. The Neighborhood Watch program proved to be effective in a number

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