Needlestick injuries in HCWs are a vital and important occupational risk and can potentially lead to infections with blood-borne pathogens such as HBV‚ HCV‚ or HIV. It is significant to increase awareness around the prevalence and dangers of NSSIs in order to find alternative ways to reduce the incidence. In this study‚ the 81% of nurses who had suffered at least one needlestick injury. While‚ 84% laboratory technicians have been injured. In line with this study‚ hospital ranging between 50% and
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several pages of articles‚ and browsing quickly through information without taking the time and the effort to comprehend what they read. Carr cites studies showing that reading on the internet alters circuits in the brain that causes people to become decoders of information‚ losing capacity to deeply think about the subjects they read. The cause is the internet’s business world. Google and other companies attempt to feed people as much information as possible so that they can gain opportunities to give
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Understand how to handle information in social care settings 1.1 Identify legislation and codes of practice that relate to handling information in social care settings Data Protection Act 1998 – it gives rights to individuals in respect of personal data held about them. Freedom of Information Act 2000 – it gives you the right to ask any public sector organisation for all the recorded information they have on any subject. Employees Policies & Procedures - to make sure that all records that are
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Left Brain‚ right Brain By Jeannette Diaz Martin Arredondo English 101 D066 SUM 13 09/16/2013 Right Brain‚ Left Brain Introduction Left Brain‚ Right Brain research http://spdsupport.org/articles/19-learning-styles-both-hemispheres.shtml The differences between left and right Brain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateralization_of_brain_function 1. Lateralization of brain function Comparing Right Brain and Left Brain A. http://www.oecd.org/edu/ceri/neuromyth6.htm 1. Two parts of the brain
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Sports injuries Management of specific types of sport injuries by 1. How should you manage a player who has a blood nose? The first thing you should do is‚ contain the blood. You do this by pinching the bridge of the nose then grab a tissue so blood won’t go everywhere. After that what you do is position the patient comfortably but also leaning a bit forward so the falling blood with be at an incline. The second thing is‚ stopping the flow. First pinch the nose and lean forward foe ten mins
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on the brain and puts it to sleep. The same symptoms surgical patient experiences under ether are those experienced by a person drinking alcohol. How alcohol affect the body Once alcohol gets absorbed into the bloodstream‚ it is rapidly distributed throughout the body. It affects almost every cell‚ every organ‚ and every level of
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How ADHD Medication Affects the Brain Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a mental disorder that allows one to be overactive‚ and not be able to control his/her behavior or to stay focus. This condition interferes with a person’s ability to pay attention. Having ADHD causes hyperactivity in places such as home‚ school‚ or work. ADHD‚ apparent in children during preschool and early school years; it’s not only found in children‚ but adults as well. Adults who have ADHD may be unaware
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How the city hurts your brain The city life affects and hurts the human brain in many ways‚ and more than 50% of the world’s population‚ now lives in the cities. In the British newspaper Boston Globe‚ Jonah Lehrer poses these topics in his article “How the city hurts your brain.” Jonah Lehrer’s newspaper article is based on a scientific investigation on how the city hurts the brain‚ and also what experts think the solution is. Psychologists claim‚ according to Jonah Lehrer‚ the solution to the
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A world without television is virtually impossible for many American’s to imagine. Television has effected the lives of many Americans since 1927‚ the year Philo Taylor Farnsworth invented the television. Although television has effected America positively in several ways‚ advertising has negatively effected America throughout history. McClure et al.(2013) asserted that adolescents see approximately seventeen advertisements per day‚ and they have excessive receptivity to the media’s advertising tactics
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Sprains and Strains A sprain and a strain are two very common injuries that occcur in sport related ativities. A sprain stretches or tears your ligaments. These are usually found on the ankle because a lot of pressure is being put on the ligaments. A strain also stretches or tears muscles or tendons. These often happen in the lower back and hamstrings. Causes of a Sprain A common example of a sprain is a twisted ankle. This usually happens when you are doing things such as running‚ hiking‚ and
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