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 prior to taking the information from that
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support teachers unions. Forbes.com. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/09/28/why-i-support-the-teachers-unions/ Murnane‚ Richard J. & Cohen David K. 1984. Merit pay and the evaluation problem: why most merit pay plans fail and a few survive. Harvard Educational Review. Volume 56‚ Number 1. Harvard Education Publishing Group. Trump‚ ken. 2012. National School Safety Services zero tolerance and school safety 2012 retrieved from http://www.schoolsecurity.org/trends/zero_tolerance
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effort to address the primary prevention of sexual violence‚ for which there was a clear need. There were two driving forces for the plan; first‚ sexual violence was identified as a key health issue and grants were being provided to states for the development of primary prevention plans and second‚ Minnesota was a recognised state in sexual violence prevention work. The health department collated with Minnesota coalition against sexual violence for the achievement of two primary objectives; create a
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identify health conditions that can affect a patient’s health in the future. One agency that focuses on preventative measures in the health care arena is the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Description and Structure of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was founded in 1946 (www.cdc.gov‚ n.d.). The CDC is one of the thirteen agencies that operates under the Department of Health and Human Services which is‚ " the principal agency
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most people believe. Tamoxifen is a medication used for various medical issues including‚ a way to reduce breast cancer risk. Tamoxifen works by blocking out estrogen‚ a female hormone. Estrogen is responsible for the changes encountered through puberty. Doctors prescribe this medication for women who have estrogen dependent breast cancer. Estrogen dependent breast cancer needs estrogen to grow and spread and tamoxifen stops this from occurring. According to
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carefully managing the fall risks and creating a prevention program that should be implemented in order to reduce the number of falls in older adults. The population of older adults is rapidly increasing. One common work setting for a registered practical nurse is a long term care facility. Thus‚ it is important for nurses to be educated about falls‚ their risks‚ and how to prevent them. “Approximately 30 percent of people over 65 fall each year‚ and for those over 75 the rates are higher
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chosen for this paper is Suicide Prevention in your Area. Suicide is a serious problem that has effected the entire country. Recent studies have shown that suicide is the eleventh leading cause of death in the United States. It is my belief that if more and more people are educated about suicide‚ the warning signs‚ whose most at risk‚ and how to help prevent suicide; perhaps‚ the suicide mortality rate will decrease in the United States. The need for suicide prevention should be quite obvious‚ because
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offensive and defensive strategies are ever changing. There are many problems facing law enforcement today. First we must understand terror. Terrorism is present in all parts of the world and in every society. The use of terrorism as a tool‚ ranges from individual acts to events schemed by groups. Numerous terror organizations exist around the world. A majority of those groups are anti west and anti America. One of the groups is the al-Qaida. Established in the 1980’s by Osama bin Laden‚ it serves
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best-known bullying prevention program available today’ (p.2). The program has been researched for over thirty-five years and has seen successful implementation all over the world. The report states that school administrators‚ teachers‚ and other staff members are responsible for implementing the program. OBPP targets all students five to fifteen years old‚ but has individual interventions for victims and bullies (Hazelden Foundation‚ 2007). As noted by the Hazelden Foundation (2007)‚ the program
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“A Meta-Analytic Review of Obesity Prevention Programs for Children and Adolescents: The Skinny on Interventions That Work” This article discussed a meta-analytic review of obesity in children as well as obesity prevention program for both adolescents and children. According to the article‚ obesity in both adolescents and children is on the rise. This is especially true over the last 3 decades. There are significant adverse side effects related to health and wellness with an increase in body fat
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