Hospital Acquired Pneumonia October 7‚ 2010 Hospital Acquired Pneumonia Hospital acquired pneumonia is currently the second most common nosocomial infection in the United States and is associated with high mortality and morbidity (Seymann‚ 2008). This paper is a case study of a 52 year old female who was in the hospital for a scheduled gastric bypass surgery. During a post-op test she aspirated dye thus beginning the process of her developing nosocomial pneumonia. The patient was
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The aim of this essay is to ascertain what hospital acquired infection entails‚ the detrimental effects it causes and to highlight the active role nurses can take in the prevention of this type of infection. Hospital acquired (or nosocomial) infection is: ’one that originated in the hospital environment; i.e. was not present or incubating on admission and which appeared 48h or more after admission ’ (Azzam et al. 2001). Infection is caused by pathogenic organisms which invade the hosts immunological
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Interpersonal skills are the life skills all the human-being used every day to contact and interface with others‚ both separately and in groups. People who have worked on growing strong interpersonal skills are normally more successful in their masterly and personal live. Good interpersonal skills allow us to participate effectively as a member of a team. Moreover‚ employability skills can be defined as the transferable skills needed by a personal. Beside with good practical understanding and issue
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Learning Team Reflection Week One Sancy Acevedo University of Phoenix ACC 561 May 22‚ 2012 Shonda Meadows Learning Team Reflection Week One In this paper‚ the members of Team B are acting as loan officers. In the scenario the members of Team B are presented with a loan package from a start-up company and a loan from a well-established company. Team B will consider what specific components we will require in the start-up company’s loan package to approve the requested loan
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This reflection is divided into two parts: the importance of critical reflection and an evaluation of self. The first part will be drawing upon through the appropriate literature‚ and there are four points to prove the importance of critical reflection in personal development. It will be expounded and distinguish Reflection in action and Reflection on action. Then‚ the theory of Single and double loop learning will be introduced. Moreover‚ the reflection also includes the difficulties and challenges
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Learning Team Reflection Team C Jose Gotay‚ Joseph Latorre‚ Anton McArthur‚ Amanda Mitchell‚ Stanley Scott May 14‚ 2015 OPS/571 Professor: Dr. H. Mirabile Learning Team Reflection Starbucks is the world’s number one specialty coffee retailer. Currently‚ Starbucks has over 21‚000 locations in over sixty countries. Starbucks has an incredible manufacturing and distribution process‚ which Team C has found extremely interesting. Team C will discuss Starbucks’ process design and cover a few
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critical self-reflection to improve and refine my study skills Using critical self-reflection to improve and refine my study skills Critical self-reflection refers to analysing one’s personal skills and qualities in depth. Critical self-reflection also involves being able to identify where one has strengths and weaknesses‚ as well as finding a solution on how to better ones self. In this essay I shall be writing about how critically reflecting on the study skills I possess and
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Skill development. This assignment will concentrate on one psychomotor skill in which competency has been achieved‚ as well as reflection. This assignment will also outline the rationale for the choice of skill and will describe the model of reflection and skill acquisition chosen‚ development of the process and reflection on the effect for future learning in terms of knowledge and skill acquisition. The evidence for the accomplishment of this skill has been documented within the skill Development
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Collaborative Leadership Introduction Rob Waldron at Score was a part time education center for students from grade 1 to 8 to improve their marks in school Score was founded in 1992 by Alan Tripp‚ a Stanford MBA with a dream of revolutionizing education in the United States. Within three years Tripp grew the business from a single center with two employees serving a few dozen children to 14 centers with more than 40 employees serving over 3‚000 students throughout California. One of the essential
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contribution of reflective practice for clinical nursing. Reflection has been defined as a way for individuals to “capture their experience‚ think about it‚ mull it over and evaluate” (Boud et al 1985: 19) Argyris and Schon (1974) suggest that practitioners often practice at less than effective levels because they follow routine. Johns (1995) implies that action can be taken through reflection to increase effectiveness in practice as reflection provides opportunities for self development as professionals
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