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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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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Effects of Second Hand Smoke by Len Johnson. Derived from Wikipedia article: "Tobacco Smoking" Passive smoking (also known as environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)‚ involuntary smoking or second hand smoke) occurs when the exhaled and ambient smoke from one person’s cigarette is inhaled by other people. Non-smokers exposed to second hand smoke are at greater risk for many of the health problems associated with direct smoking. In 1992‚ the Journal of the American Medical Association published a review of
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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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Child Abuse and Prevention Traci Ledford Axia College‚ University of Phoenix Utilizing Information in College Writing‚ Com 125 Lea Ann Douglas January 11‚ 2007 Child Abuse and Prevention . Child abuse is a growing problem and prevention education is the key. There are more children being abused in the United States everyday. People need to learn the sign of abuse‚ when it is appropriate to report abuse‚ how to report abuse‚ and what to do to prevent future abuse. According
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Sexual Assault Prevention Sexual Assault Prevention Every two minutes a woman is sexually assaulted in the United States (FBI‚ 2003). According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation‚ sexual assault is the most under-reported violent crime in the United States. In 2005‚ the Armed Forces received 2‚374 reports of alleged cases of sexual assault involving its members. Of these figures‚ the Air Force received 584 reports. That is an increase of 28 percent over the past year (DoD‚ 2005). The Air
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This prevention method includes having the patient on the correct resting surface‚ keeping the skin clean and dry‚ rotating the patient in an appropriate time frame‚ preventing incontinence if possible‚ and correct and adequate nutrition (Moore‚ 2012). NHS started
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problem that continues to grow every year. There are several prevention programs in placed to help the homeless in Baltimore City‚ however it is not enough to get them off the streets for good. A better prevention plan needs to be implemented. This paper will
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