Patient Falls and Prevention in Health Care Patient falls are a significant representation of adverse events in health care organizations worldwide. There are several common risk factors intrinsic to patients‚ which include reduced vision‚ musculoskeletal disease‚ altered mental state‚ history of falls‚ and other chronic diseases. Health care organizations are expected to focus on those intrinsic factors as well as the extrinsic‚ which are those present in their patient’s environment. For example
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features associated with anticipated physiological falls includes polypharmacy‚ lingering effects from primary illness‚ and confusion. According to the information obtained from the fall champion on my unit‚ successful fall prevention strategies such as conducting initial assessment within two hours of patents admission help identify those patients at highest risk for a fall helped implement fall prevention intervention faster than by not using it. Sustaining serious injuries from a patient fall kept the
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The impact of ICT on tertiary education : advances and promises Kurt Larsen and Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Directorate for Education / Centre for Educational Research and Innovation* DRAFT OECD/NSF/U. Michigan Conference “Advancing Knowledge and the Knowledge Economy” 10-11 January 2005 Washington DC ABSTRACT: The promises of e-learning for transforming tertiary education and thereby advancing the
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these colors is our American flag red‚ white‚ and blue. Like superman this colors represent freedom and justice for all. In contrast‚ white represents purity for America and yellow represents hope for superman. Villains wear secondary colors because they are weaker than the primary domains
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to supine. It is estimated in this same study that over 40‚000 lives have been saved in the United States. However‚ there are many more preventative measures a nurse can teach parents of infants in order to save more lives. This article‚ “SIDS prevention: 3000 lives saved but we can do better‚” suggests the following areas to educate parents on: keep the environment smoke free‚ do not co-sleep with the infant‚ do not place stuffed animals in the crib‚ do not cover the infant’s head with blankets
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The primary research is set to be the awareness of the piracy issue amongst the pupil in Hong Kong. According to the survey conducted‚ the data shows that surprisingly about 43% of the respondent have indicated that they are aware of the danger of the piracy issue in the Indian ocean particularly in Somalia. The other 57% have responded that they are not aware of the danger‚ figure 2.1. Furthermore‚ the respondent were asked to rank the familiarity on the piracy issue in the Somali waters. The table
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this situation pollution is a murderer. As human beings we are well intentioned and have our hearts in the right place‚ however human error has played a devastating role on our planet. There have been several oil spills however the most harmful disaster was the British Petroleum (BP) oil spill on April 20th‚ 2010 until July 15th 2010. For a total of 87 days more then 200 million gallons of oil was forced into the Gulf of Mexico‚ which made it
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Introduction Natural disasters are extreme‚ sudden events caused by environmental factors. They can happen at any time‚ often with little or no warning and they can cause serious injury to people and property. Earthquakes‚ tornadoes‚ wind storms‚ floods‚ tsunamis‚ wild fires‚ hurricanes‚ and heat waves often strike with little or no warning. People who are prepared for such an event have a better chance of survival. Preparation ensures that if disaster occurs people are ready to get through
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AIDS Prevention Since many people have the HIV virus or at least heard of it‚ everybody should know what it is and what it does. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. HIV is not spread through kissing‚ sneezes‚ sweat‚ mosquito s‚ eating utensils and drinking fountains. HIV is spread by having vaginal‚ anal‚ or oral sex‚ sharing needles‚ and through the contact of body fluids from an infected person. HIV infected people usually look and feel healthy and may not even know that they are infected. Only
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Revisited Secondary Source Assignment Van Dantzich’s review starts with an opening argument that Brave New World is not a “satiric fable‚ but a closely observed and closely reasoned appraisal of present-day trends” (115). The second paragraph reflects upon the post-war era and the state of deterioration the world is in. He argues that democratic governments are just as freedom-gutting as totalitarian regimes. As he reflects on Huxley’s concept of over-population and diminishing natural resources
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