Surgical Site Prep Gaston Herndon WGU Surgical Site Prep Procedure “Surgical site infection (SSI) complicates an estimated 5% of all clean contaminated operations performed annually in US hospitals and accounts for the most common nosocomial infection in surgical patient’s” (Hemani & Lepor‚ 2009‚ p. 190). Prior to draping and the incision being made in a surgical procedure the skin around the surgical site is prepped to help decrease the chance of a SSI after the surgery is completed. One
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The Master’s Learning Institute Online Expansion Proposal Marisa Levario WGU The Master’s Learning Institute Online Expansion Proposal The Master’s Learning Institute (MLI) is a non-traditional‚ secondary home-school program established by Ms. Sherry Lyle in 1986‚ and has provided home-school services to thousand of students for over 28 years. MLI is recognized as a Christian private school and provides four programs students may enroll in‚ and upon successful completion‚ each student earns
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WGU EGT1 Task 3 Student# In this essay I will discuss a few terms and how their relationships apply between regulation and market structures‚ as well as how regulation policies affect the market. A) There were 4 particular Antitrust Laws that were enacted with the primary purpose of protecting consumers‚ striving to achieve fair competition in the market place‚ and to achieve and allocate efficiency. The 4 Antitrust Laws that are major pieces of legislation are; The Sherman
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bank for donation of day-old products‚ management declined deciding instead to throw the food away‚ citing worries over lost revenues due to possible fraud and stealing by employees who might say they are donating the food. . Kristine Saboff WGU
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EBP - PICO Task 2 A1: Describe a healthcare problem The problem presented is pain control in children postoperatively. Currently there are no proven ways to accurately measure postoperative pain in children. Hospital staff tend to under estimate the pain of children. Staff have only the word of patients and caregivers‚ combined with pain scales‚ which can be less than reliable due to the fact that many of them are utilizing opinions and visual cues. It is more difficult to gauge the pain of
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Effects of Sleep Deprivation Darren Montgomery || 000249114 QBT 1 Task 5 WGU || Mentor: DeeDee Hessler When Thomas Edison set out to create the light bulb‚ his intention was to reduce the amount of time that people spent sleeping. His idea was that if people had light to work by they could and would work longer hours. In his mind‚ sleep was something that was not needed and stood opposed to progress (Coren‚ 1996). “Anything which tends to slow work down is a waste
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Advanced Pathophysiology Task 2 Diane Dazio WGU Contemporary Nursing Issues GNT 1 Task 2 Advanced Pathophysiology Task 2 Healthcare Issues/ Importance of Issues For a patient returning home after total hip replacement surgery‚ there is a need for the case manager to address any issues that may hinder proper healing or safety issues. In the case of Mr. Trosack‚ there are several issues that the case manager must address prior to discharge. First‚ Mr. Trosack is a newly diagnosed
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WZT 1 Task 2 WGU Sally Perez WZT 1 Task 2 Procedure Until recently it was not uncommon for patients admitted to an acute care facility to have an indwelling catheter anchored for unnecessary reasons. Patients that came in thru the emergency department typically were sent to the units with unnecessary indwelling catheters in place and it was not unusual for a surgery patient
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LWC1 STUDY PLAN Before beginning this study plan‚ it is critical that you have access to both textbooks and the SKillSoft Library. All WGU assessments are created using these textbooks‚ so they will be your primary resources as you move through this work. When you work through this student plan‚ type in your answers to the questions below and create a study guide using the key terms from each section. You may also consider using the key terms to create flash cards that can be used as you prepare
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Competition Bikes Finical Analysis Dan Petersen WGU – JET2 Finical Analysis Task 4 A. 1. To: Vice President This report has been prepared to argue the case that the company’s current costing method should be changed to the activity based costing method. This report will review; the difference between traditional based costing and activity based costing; traditional split and allocations with activity based costing; and discusses the breakeven point for Competition bikes Inc. with
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