understand the contributing causes of falls‚ to minimize their occurrence and resulting injuries or deaths. Today‚ organizations have begun reaching out to each other for collaboration on the best ways to prevent falls. Based on Centers for Disease and Prevention (2012) data‚ each year one in three older Americans (65 and older) falls and about 30% of those falls require medical treatment. Falls are not only the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries but also the most common cause of hospital admission
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Suicide Prevention Each year‚ suicide in the United States is the cause of more deaths than homicide. Approximately 30‚000 people each year commit suicide. Suicide is the third highest cause of death in ages 15-24. In children younger than 15‚ 1-2 out of every 100‚000 will commit suicide (Caruso). Every year‚ approximately 750‚000 people attempt suicide; failed attempts often result in permanent damage requiring long term permanent care (“America’s Mental Health Channel”). Suicide is relevant
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Prevention of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Brandi Carter Chamberlain College of Nursing Capstone NR-451 C. Anderson August 04‚ 2012 Prevention of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) CAUTIs are the most commonly reported HAI in the US. Although morbidity and mortality from CAUTI is considered to be relatively low compared to other HAIs‚ the high prevalence of urinary catheter use leads to a large cumulative burden of infections with resulting infectious
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Safeguarding Children and Young People with Autistic Spectrum Disorder The aim of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of current provisions for safeguarding children and young people with Autism‚ whilst paying attention to proposed and current legislation and reports/ policy initiatives from a UK and Welsh perspectives. The rationale for this paper is because the writer has a nine year old autistic child. All children’s welfare is underpinned by legislation‚ leaving parents and adults
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“NAZI POLICIES TOWARDS WOMEN ACHIEVED THEIR AIMS 1933-45”. HOW FAR DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT? (24 MARKS) Between 1933 and 1945‚ the Nazis put in place various policies towards women in Germany. The Nazis believed that ‘women should have the task of beautiful and bringing children into the world’ (Joseph Goebbels‚ 1939). The general areas in which these policies aimed to cover covered included births‚ marriage‚ welfare‚ education‚ employment and public life. In terms of births‚ between 1933
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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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Juvenile detention officers work with incarcerated youth. Although juvenile detention officers deal with many of the same realities as other corrections officers‚ juvenile detention officers have the opportunity to assist young offenders in their attempts to be rehabilitated into responsible adults. In a sense a Juvenile detention officer is the perfect blend of a jailer and social worker. While the Juvenile detention officers must be alert and tough enough to work with young criminals‚ he or she
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and social crime prevention techniques It is argued by many that the prevention of crime is far more effective than dealing with a criminal act once it has already taken place. This is basically due to the fact that the criminal investigation process‚ the trial process and the Australian criminal justice system in general is extremely costly‚ in terms of both resources‚ money and time. The two main types of crime prevention are categorised as situational and social crime prevention‚ and there are
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FIre prevention towards progression Fires can ignite at any time without warning. Fire is merciless; it takes away everything standing on its way‚ including people’s lives. "The sudden increase of fires has caused the authorities to take preventive measures to control this growing problem. If the underbrush is cleared out on a regular basis‚ many forest fires will be prevented. Other preventions will include installing or building houses and businesses with metal roofs‚ and installing electronic
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cancer‚ and how people get this horrible disease have you ever thought to yourself what are the risk factors that can contribute to this disease? What risks can I cut out of my life to lower my chance of getting cancer? After learning all you can about cancer and cutting out all of the bad risks‚ then you can go about living a healthy lifestyle. Understand cancer‚ the prevention‚ how to cure this disease‚ and the cure of cancer will help you lead to living a healthy lifestyle. Some have been hit
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