Hospital Acquired Pneumonia October 7‚ 2010 Hospital Acquired Pneumonia Hospital acquired pneumonia is currently the second most common nosocomial infection in the United States and is associated with high mortality and morbidity (Seymann‚ 2008). This paper is a case study of a 52 year old female who was in the hospital for a scheduled gastric bypass surgery. During a post-op test she aspirated dye thus beginning the process of her developing nosocomial pneumonia. The patient was
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4 Surprising Causes of Hospital-Acquired Infections The last place anyone imagines they will get a severe infection is at a hospital. Yet according to statistics from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention‚ over 1.7 million people are affected by a nosocomial or hospital-acquired infection (HAI) every year. The severity of the infection can widely vary‚ but these infections are also responsible for over 99‚000 deaths annually. These infections could could appear as early as 48 hours after
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illnesses are caused not only because of our carelessness or lack of sense of responsibility over our health‚ but also some factors which are external and uncontrollable causes us to feel sick and acquired illnesses to some extent. Background of the Study One of the most popular illness that can be found in hospitals is what we call pressured ulcer‚ some uses bed sores or scientifically known as decubitus ulcer. This illness is caused by the unrelieved pressure to the skin which cuts off the circulation
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The aim of this essay is to ascertain what hospital acquired infection entails‚ the detrimental effects it causes and to highlight the active role nurses can take in the prevention of this type of infection. Hospital acquired (or nosocomial) infection is: ’one that originated in the hospital environment; i.e. was not present or incubating on admission and which appeared 48h or more after admission ’ (Azzam et al. 2001). Infection is caused by pathogenic organisms which invade the hosts immunological
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Primary Prevention of Hospital Acquired Infections Kyle Volack Grand Canyon University During my community teaching experience‚ the opportunity to provide education to community health care workers regarding health care associated infections was given. Health care associated infections are a major epidemic throughout health care worldwide. Primary prevention is a major factor of preventing health care associated infections on all levels. As primary prevention seeks to stop injury
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Specific measures of this problem will start with education (Haixia‚ Guohong‚ Cuirong‚ &Changping‚ 2016). Staff members are required to complete education for the Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers (HAPU) and present certification to their managers. Along with modules completed‚ wound care will be added to the competency fair. By providing more education‚ the goal is that nurses will be able to properly identify wounds‚ the importance of treatment‚ and the importance of the patients and the best
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diseases prevalent nowadays and affects all ages. It is an acute or chronic infection of one or both lungs caused by microorganisms‚ such as viruses‚ bacteria or chemical irritants. (Schmitt‚ 2011) It has different types‚ and one of them is Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP). CAP is a disease in which individuals who have not recently been hospitalized develop an infection of the lungs. It occurs because the areas of the lung which absorbs oxygen (alveoli) from the atmosphere become filled with fluid
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READ. The use of language is one of the most complex tasks the human brain must carry out. The way in which children acquire language is studied very carefully. This acquisition is enhanced by teaching from skilled language users‚ but in itself acquired by the child’s own observation and learning. For this reason the acquisition of spoken language is perhaps more well documented then the taught acquisition of reading skills. It is hard to determine how the human brain deals with the task of
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)‚ human viral disease that ravages the immune system‚ undermining the body’s ability to defend itself from infection and disease. Caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‚ AIDS leaves an infected person vulnerable to opportunistic infections—infection by microbes that take advantage of a weakened immune system. Such infections are usually harmless in healthy people but can prove life-threatening to people
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FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY INSTITUE OF NURSING GRADUATE STUDIES Community Acquired Pneumonia Concept Mapping Prepared by: Miguel‚ Stefani Gil M. Case RP is a 72 year-old male who was admitted to the hospital from his long-term care facility after 1 week of dyspnea and cough. He was seen by a staff physician at the longterm care facility and was diagnosed with a COPD(Asthma) exacerbation. He has been suffering of Osteoarthritis since he was at the age of 56. Consequently‚ He is now taking steroid drugs
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