Hospital Acquired Conditions: Cost‚ Quality‚ and Empowerment Kellyann Curnayn University of Florida Executive Summary The Medias focus regarding the Affordable Care Act has been on its expansion of coverage with little attention given to the provisions that seek to strengthen the delivery system by increasing transparency‚ encouraging efficient models of delivery and embracing innovation. The Affordable Care Act has within it provisions created the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
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Americans die of pneumonia‚ an inflammation of the lungs that’s usually caused by infection with bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi or other organisms. Pneumonia is a particular concern for older adults and people with chronic illnesses or impaired immune systems‚ but it can also strike young‚ healthy people. Worldwide‚ it’s a leading cause of death in children. There are many kinds of pneumonia ranging in seriousness from mild to life-threatening. Although signs and symptoms vary‚ many cases of pneumonia develop suddenly
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My reflection is on a teaching session of nasogastric feeding to a second year student. One of the patient I looked after was fed via a nasogastric tube. My student had told me she had never set up a feed via a nasogastric tube. I saw this as a learning opportunity for her. In order for me to teach my student effectively‚ it was important to establish her preferred learning style. Honey & Mumford (1992) identify four distinct learning styles e:g 1. Activist‚ are those people that learn by doing
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Nursing Care of a Patient Diagnosed with Pneumonia Tiara Graham Linn Benton Community College Nursing Care of a Patient Diagnosed with Pneumonia Patient Description Patient is a Caucasian 83 year old female that came into the emergency department from Wynwood assisted living facility with an increase of fatigue‚ worsening confusion and a 1 day history of a fever. Patient weighs approximately 90 pounds upon admission with a height of 64 inches. Patient has known COPD and is a former heavy
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Cephalus concedes‚ in an around about way‚ that he is not excessively attached to cash and that it doesn’t control his life. Socrates invalidates the first meaning of equity with his relationship of giving back an acquired weapon. Socrates asked would it be just to give back a weapon you had obtained from a companion‚ when the companion is incensed‚ risky‚ and has suspicion to damage to him or others. The gathering answers that giving back the weapon‚ around then‚ would be an unjustifiable demonstration
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In this reflection‚ I shall discuss what is a reflective lesson plan and the gap between the micro and macro dimensions of teaching by Richards (1990) in my real context. First‚ I will provide a brief definition of what is reflective practice by Lyons (Ed.) (in press). I shall also opine on how could it be useful a reflective lesson plan. And lastly‚ I will state my concluding thoughts. If society is constantly changing due to the transformation of knowledge is required for it‚ the need to transform
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the outcome is I’m proud of you and how far you have came in life.” That was our last win together and I will never forget what he told me. Coach Hastings had a positive effect on my life because he taught me how to be a leader‚ give back to the community‚ and never give up on what I want to do. To be a leader is more than just telling someone what to do. Coach taught me that being a leader is about respecting everyone around you‚ making sure you’re always doing the right thing even when no one
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I personally feel as if school is not actually teaching us anything. School is set up to where you take numerous test every single week studying to remember information for those test. It’s all about memorization‚ I feel like we as students don’t actually take in and understand the information we’re being taught. We just study so that the topic is in on our brain for the test‚ and after the test is over its gone and replaced with new information week in and week out. Half of the things they teach
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HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS - R. Howard‚ R. Lata‚ T. Tennekoon‚ R. Mirza & K.Yang Figure 1: Selected hospital acquired infections in Queensland‚ July-December 200814 • Introduction Hospital acquired infections‚ (HAI) also known as nosocomial infections refer to those infections that occur within 48 hours of hospital admission‚ 30 days of an operation‚ or 3 days of discharge10. Nosocomial infections can be quite traumatic and can have significant consequences to the patients16
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Pathophysiology Teaching Plan to Enhance Self-Care Kelianna Karnatz University of Mary Pathophysiology Teaching Plan to Enhance Self-Care Patient confidence in managing their care is fundamental in successes of the patient’s care. The ability to cope with not only the diagnoses of diabetes but also be able to manage the life adjustments which requires daily attention is a challenge which needs assistance from health care providers. Diabetes Diabetes has two types‚ Type 1 which had been known as
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