In today’s nursing world‚ more is expected from a nurse than following doctor’s orders‚ administering medications and starting IVs. The nurse must be able to make critical decisions about a patient’s care‚ to question the doctor if orders seem inappropriate and educate a patient and a family. These skills take an education that is broad based‚ one that includes critical thinking and exposure to many different people‚ thought processes‚ and culture and societal norms. Nurses are prepared in two different
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Pertussis Prevention Kyla Peyton-Buzi Herzing University- Madison‚ WI Pertussis Prevention Bordetella pertussis‚ commonly referred to as whooping cough‚ is a “highly contagious infection with an 80% transmission rate in susceptible close contacts” (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]‚ 2010). Generally speaking‚ infants and adolescents act as the reservoirs for this disease‚ but it can also be found in adults. Often‚ the symptoms of this disease may be mistaken for an upper
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Getting assistance from associates is one of the more challenging aspects of loss prevention. This includes getting tips‚ helping us in a fitting room‚ known shoplifters or any other aspect related to loss prevention. To increase productivity from your associates you need to treat each person uniquely. There is no cookie cutter way to approach each associate. Every person has their own likes‚ dislikes and personality. You need to know your associates to find what motivates them. To find out
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Relapse Prevention ADC – 208 Case Management M.Reynolds Relapse Prevention An addict/client must always realize and be aware that relapse is a distinct possibility which can happen to anyone who is or has ever been an abuser. Prevention from relapse is an ongoing process requiring both abstinence and changing your thinking patterns behaviors‚ attitudes‚ and lifestyle. Relapse refers to the process of returning to the use of alcohol or drugs after a
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Delinquency Prevention Dana Leshock August 19‚ 2012 CCJS 350 Prevention 1 Every single person that is living in the United States today is and has been affected by juvenile crime. It affects parents‚ neighbors‚ teachers‚ and families. It affects the victims of crime‚ the perpetrators‚ and the bystanders. While delinquency rates have been
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among the leading cause of injury related deaths in older adults. Falls also cause a substantial increase in cost due to an increased length of stay. Falls are detrimental to the health and well-being of the patients and are preventable. Falls prevention is imperative in providing the highest quality of care to our patients. As a result‚ decreasing the incidence of falls in patients in the hospital setting is a vital change that needs to be implemented. As health care providers‚ it is our foremost
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Running head: FIRE PREVENTION Fire Prevention in the Healthcare Setting John Diaz MA 101 Carrington College Fire Prevention in the Healthcare Setting Fire safety and fire prevention are very important. Prevention is defined as the act of prevention‚ to stop‚ hinder or to keep from happening. Accidents are bound to happen‚ it is impossible to predict when it is going to occur but we can always be more cautious to lower those odds. Unfortunately‚ as much as we would like to think that
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Diabetes Prevention Diabetes is a disease that afflicts millions of Americans each and every year. For many of them diabetes has been with them for their entire lives‚ they have never known what life is like without it‚ others however develop diabetes as they grow older. "Diabetes is a caused by lowered levels of insulin which helps regulate the uptake of glucose into most cells from the blood" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes‚ 2006). There are 3 main types of diabetes that occur in human
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The Appropriate Choice: Stimulant Medication for Children with ADHD Sam is a nine-year-old boy who has just entered the third grade. While his classmates listen to directions‚ he is constantly fidgeting and cannot seem to sit still. He consistently receives poor marks for both conduct and academics‚ as he grasps the concepts of easy tasks long after his peers. Sam will frequently blurt out comments at inappropriate times‚ interrupting the flow of classroom instruction. Because of this‚ his behavior
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polypharmacy‚ lingering effects from primary illness‚ and confusion. According to the information obtained from the fall champion on my unit‚ successful fall prevention strategies such as conducting initial assessment within two hours of patents admission help identify those patients at highest risk for a fall helped implement fall prevention intervention faster than by not using it. Sustaining serious injuries from a patient fall kept the person in the hospital longer and required further treatments
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