Best Practices to Prevent Catheter Related Bloodstream Infections NUR 271 Fall 2013 The United States Centers for Disease Control estimates that each year one in twenty hospital patients will contract a Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI). When further examined‚ the number of infected patients is approximately 1.7 million per year resulting in nearly 99‚000 deaths (CDC‚ 2011). Due to numbers like this‚ healthcare organizations‚ professional associations‚ and patient advocacy
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describes a new prevention program you will be offering in your school counseling program. According to Miller‚ grant writing takes many steps‚ but to start‚ some topics to cover would include the reason for the project‚ goals and objectives for the project‚ activities that will be accomplished‚ the amount of funding needed‚ evaluation strategies‚ and other support for the project (as cited in Reese‚ 2005). Thus‚ the aforementioned items have been included to describe the new prevention program that
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Relapse Prevention Plan Margaret Farley Grand Canyon University PCN 501 November 26‚ 2014 Relapse Prevention Plan Jed‚ a 38 – year old welder‚ enrolled in the treatment center after his arrest resulting from drunken driving (DUI/DWI) (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism‚ n.d.). His lawyer has advised him to stop drinking and get treatment until his trial date‚ which is in approximate two months. Jed does not believe that he will serve any jail time‚ but feels that treatment could
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CHILDHOOD OBESITY AND PREVENTION IN HISPANIC COMMUNITY 1. Childhood Obesity: An Epidemic That ’s Growing Up Fast Reference: Braunstein. D‚ G‚ M.D. (2010).Childhood obesity: An epidemic that ’s growing up fast. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/glenn-d-braunstein-md/childhood-obesity-an-epid_b_619311.html Abstract: Childhood obesity is a serious medical condition that effects children and adolescents. It occurs when a child is well above the normal weight for his or her age and
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Running Head: PREVENTION OF SEX RELATED CRIMES Prevention of Sex Related Crimes Against Women Outline I. Primary prevention & health promotion A. Why is it important to nursing Π. Sex crimes against women is an ever increasing problem. A. Rape an increasing problem B. High risk potential victims of rape C. Drugs used for date rape D. Psychiatric patients IΠ. Various resources are available for primary prevention A. Possible locations for
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TEENAGE SUICIDE AND POSSIBLE PREVENTION Page 1 TEENAGE SUICIDE AND POSSIBLE PREVENTION TROY UNIVERSITY TEENAGE SUICIDE AND POSSIBLE PREVENTION Page 2 The article that I chose to write about pertains to teenage suicide. The author‚ Kay Wyma‚ goes on to discuss one method of helping to prevent suicide among teenagers‚ that being instilling in them a sense of being needed‚ or "connectedness". According to Wyma‚ one way that this can be accomplished
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Youth crime prevention Key authors Professor David Farrington - Biography Professor David Farrington Professor of Psychological Criminology David P. Farrington‚ O.B.E.‚ is Professor of Psychological Criminology at the Institute of Criminology‚ Cambridge University. Brandon C. Welsh is an Associate Professor in the College of Criminal Justice at Northeastern University in Boston‚ Senior Research Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement at Free University
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Sexual Assault Prevention Sexual Assault Prevention Every two minutes a woman is sexually assaulted in the United States (FBI‚ 2003). According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation‚ sexual assault is the most under-reported violent crime in the United States. In 2005‚ the Armed Forces received 2‚374 reports of alleged cases of sexual assault involving its members. Of these figures‚ the Air Force received 584 reports. That is an increase of 28 percent over the past year (DoD‚ 2005). The Air
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Child Abuse Prevention I. What is child abuse? Child abuse is a very sensitive issue that needs to by carefully handled. Child abuse is defined as a no accidental injury or pattern of injures to a child for which there is no reasonable explanation. Child abuse consists of different types of harmful acts directed toward children. In physical abuse‚ children are slapped‚ hit‚ kicked or pushed‚ or have objects thrown at them causing wounds‚ broken bones‚ or other injuries. Severe abuse may
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Obesity Prevention The purpose of this work is to explore and discuss the current obesity epidemic within the UK‚ how the government proposes to tackle the problem‚ and the current policy strategies. How the current policy and its implementation have an impact on population and cost will also be discussed. To obtain the information from a range of websites and books will be searched and reviewed. To provide evidence for these claims‚ I will be including statistics for each cause. “Health policy
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