After the tragic BP oil spill in 2010‚ Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal was quoted saying “the day that we’ve been fearing is upon us.” It is obvious that oil spills are a major concern throughout the world and pose a menacing threat to our environment and our public health. When hearing the phrase “oil spill‚” many immediately think about death‚ destruction and disaster. Unfortunately‚ a majority of people only acknowledge the devastating and highly publicized oil spills‚ but what they don’t see
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This class is very interesting and challenge in many ways so far. Fall prevention is the last thing that comes to mind in relation to obstetric population. The reason being that laboring and fetus is closely monitoring during and after birth. In my research on the discussion‚ it was noted that fall prevention in obstetric is not well documented and that tool assessment use to assess for fall risk in other health care setting‚ does not work effectively in the obstetric setting. Fall risk tools
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[pic] Retail Loss Prevention: Doing more with Analytics February 2009 DRAFT Abstract T he retail industry is in the middle of an unprecedented economic crisis. All retailers are trying to figure out how to cut costs‚ retain customers‚ conserve cash and more importantly stay in business. Recently‚ the National Retail Federation (NRF) polled readers of its SmartBrief asking them what was on top of their mind. Loss Prevention (LP) came in second only to the overall economy! It is no surprise
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themselves at the precipice of returning to old habits. They are tempted to relapse back into a lifestyle that they had spent so much time and energy to leave behind. There are‚ thankfully‚ a few great techniques to prevent these relapses. Relapse Prevention Techniques Preventing relapses can require as much effort as actually seeking treatment in the first place. While there are multiple techniques to help people prevent themselves from falling back into those old habits‚ they all require an understand
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Pressure Ulcer Prevention Capstone Project Milestone # 4: Pressure Ulcer Prevention Introduction Pressure ulcers continue to be a prevalent issue in the health care system and causes “pain‚ slow recovery from morbid conditions‚ infection and death” (Kwong‚ Pang‚ Aboo‚ & Law‚ 2009‚ p. 2609). In the field of nursing turning and repositioning patients is a well-known nursing intervention to prevent development of pressure ulcers. However‚ many hospitals and facilities still neglect to apply
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diplomatically resolve disagreement between nations before conflicts escalate and to safe guard human rights and dignity globally. Unfortunately‚ the U.N. has consistently failed to live up to its mandate and will continue to do so because of its blatant failures to prevent genocides‚ its inability to resolve conflicts and the its dysfunctional structuring that enables the permanent Security Council to dominate the dominate the organization. Following the end of World War II‚ there was a general consensus
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Teen Pregnancy Prevention One of the biggest influences as to whether or not a teenager becomes sexually active and as a consequence becomes another teen pregnancy statistic has to do with parental relationships. Most teenagers actually rate their parents high on the list of people they trust to give them accurate information about birth control and sex. You can help your teenager understand the risks of teen pregnancy by speaking with him or her about how you feel. Here are ten things The National
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Three Levels of Prevention Promotion of health and disease prevention is an important factor in health care. There are three levels of prevention: primary‚ secondary‚ and tertiary. Primary prevention refers to interventions that promote optimal health and prevent the occurrence of disease‚ injury‚ or disability. Primary prevention advocates health promotion. Primary prevention includes health promotion‚ environmental protection‚ and specific protection against disease or injury. In primary
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Our society’s idea of prevention is to limit the availability of drugs (Hart & Ksir‚ 2011‚ p. 400)‚ but this is not essentially the best way. Addiction affects everyone. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)‚ substance abuse cost our nation “more than $484 billion dollars (The National Institute on Drug Abuse ).” So although you might not be directly impacted by drug abuse‚ as a whole your tax dollars are spent on fighting the war on drugs. Currently there are several different
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poverty line or at risk of either of these. I believe that there is more than one preventative strategy to use when trying to prevent poverty and homelessness in Nebraska. First‚ I think that the primary prevention strategy would work here. The reason
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