NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION Infection control measure‚ nowadays‚ are widely implemented in every healthcare facility in the country due to the relationship between the patient’s safety and nosocomial infection. As these facilities are responsible for ensuring the health and well being of individuals‚ it is essential to effectively control the spread of infection‚ most especially those that can be acquired within the hospital setting. Nosocomial infections are infections that are acquired in the
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Section 1: Infections in Healthcare Settings Essay. Nosocomial infections‚ hospital acquired infections‚ are an on-going concern to healthcare professionals. These infections are one of the major causes of death in hospitalised patients and are a significant burden on not only the patient’s and the public’s health (as organisms causing nosocomial infections can be transmitted to the community through discharged patients‚ staff and visitors) but also the economy. A nosocomial infection is an infection
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and Nosocomial Pneumonia Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most common pathogen in nosocomial pneumonia. It is hospital acquired infection that the hospitals eat up the cost of treatment. Although pneumonia can be prevented‚ it is still an infection that we find in hospitals all across the United States. Pneumonia is a dangerous infection in patients who are already immunosuppressed and get pneumonia as a secondary infection. Preventative measures need to be taken to prevent such infections in the
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NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS Nosocomial Infection is an infection that occurs in a hospital of hospital-like setting. Approximately 10% of American hospital patients contract this infection. There are three factors as to why nosocomial infection exists: 1. A high prevalence of pathogens. 2. A high prevalence of compromised hosts. 3. Efficient mechanisms of transmission from patient to patient. These three factors alone lead not just to a higher chance of transmission
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Nosocomial Infections (NI) can arise from an inanimate object or substance‚ other patients‚ medical personnel‚ visitors‚ air‚ water‚ even the health care process itself. Also‚ the use of reusable equipment/supplies‚ invasive devices or techniques (catheters‚ valves‚ etc.). Patients in a hospital setting are also exposed to more drug resistant strains of microbes; as in this setting the microbes are selected at a higher rate than outside the hospital due to antibiotic usage in the hospital. NI
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Hospital acquired infections (HAI) are‚ quite simply‚infections that are acquired whilst one is in hospital. In medical literature they are called Nosocomial infections. They are defined as not being present upon admission to the hospital. This topic is important to nurses as it is often the nurses who spread the infection‚ when caring for patients with many different diseases and infections. Therefore nurses should be aware of new developments and research on the topic of reducing hospital acquired
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Qualitative Research Paper Shirley P. Davis EDD/581 July 14‚ 2014 Professor Elizabeth Ashley When researchers use qualitative methodologies‚ they are motivated to design their research on the basis of one of six research traditions: participatory action research (PAR)‚ phenomenology‚ ethnography‚ grounded theory‚ narratology‚ and consensual qualitative research (Hays & Wood‚ 2011). For the purpose of my action research project‚ I chose the PAR design primarily because the process requires participation
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mistrust to the healthcare providers signifies the likelihood of being disproportionately access to the health care services. Design methodology: 60 participants‚ age 26-70 year will be selected from five Colorado cities. The study will conduct a qualitative research method with a standardized open-ended interview to the focus group.Racial discrimination is the ground root of disparities letting African Americans to low
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Qualitative Sociology‚ Vol. 24‚ No. 3‚ 2001 Analyzing Interview Data: The Development and Evolution of a Coding System Cynthia Weston‚1 Terry Gandell‚ Jacinthe Beauchamp‚ Lynn McAlpine‚ Carol Wiseman‚ and Cathy Beauchamp This paper describes the process used by a research team to develop a coding system for analyzing data from interview transcripts and situates the process within approaches to qualitative analysis. Successive versions of the coding scheme illustrate its development over several
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Qualitative Research Critique Cindy Walters NUR/518 October 8‚ 2012 Elizabeth Esterl Qualitative Research Critique Hi‚ my name is Cindy Walters. I am presenting a qualitative research critique on a study conducted in 2011 on people with bipolar disorder with comorbid substance use. The study is entitled “The lived experience of adults with bipolar disorder and comorbid substance use disorder” written by Terry Ward‚ MSN‚ PhD‚ RN. Bipolar disorder involves changes in cognition‚ behavior
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