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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St Jude’s children’s hospital was founded by Danny Thomas‚ Danny Thomas was a struggling entertainer. He prayed to St Jude’s to show him his way in life. In return‚ Danny told St Jude he would build him a shrine. Danny became famous and decided to build a children’s Hospital named after St Judes. At first St Jude’s was supposed to be a general children’s hospital. Danny Thomas enlisted a group of businessmen to help him. Danny decided to make it a cancer hospital because at that time the survival
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Grady Memorial Hospital frequently referred to as Grady Hospital or simply Grady‚ is the largest hospital in the state of Georgia and is the public hospital for the city of Atlanta. Historical segregation of its hospital units meant that it was also called "The Gradys‚" a name that still surfaces among elderly Atlanta residents‚ especially African Americans. Grady is a Level I trauma center. Trauma is any life-threatening occurrence‚ either accidental or intentional that causes injuries. The leading
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English 1A 15 October 2013 Why Fast Food is Unhealthy In today’s age of convenience‚ fast food needs no introduction. Everyone from a two year old to a sixty year old seems to be enjoying it. Why not? It’s delicious‚ it’s filling‚ it’s affordable‚ and available just any time of the day. What more can you ask for when you are living life in the fast lane? Well fast food all good tastes‚ except that it is not nutritionally balanced and‚ therefore‚ unhealthy in the long run if consumed on a regular basis
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Methods and Materials Study design and target group This prospective double-blind clinical trial was conducted in the ED of Isfahan Alzahra Hospital‚ from May 2016 to June 2017. The sedation levels and different outcomes of patients receiving low-dose intravenous ketamine bolus (intervention group) were compared to patients receiving higher dosage of intravenous ketamine (control group)‚ for reduction of upper and lower extremity fractures. Inclusion criteria consisted of parents’ desire and consent
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Introduction Princess Marina hospital (PMH) is a referral healthcare facility with 600 bed capacity‚ and it operates three theatres with seven operating theatres. From the theatre records it shows that it treats around 6‚000 patients per year. This only represents 65 percent of all scheduled elective surgeries compared to the 95 percent target set by the hospital. In order to improve this‚ management‚ decided to look at the efficiency and effectiveness of the system that affects patient care. A
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One tool used to improve performance of caregivers in a hospital setting is the clinical ladder. The clinical ladder is developed to entice caregivers to develop new skills (Pierson‚ 2010). It also encourages the caregiver to develop leadership skills and to be financially rewarded for the effort. Clinical ladders began cropping up in the 1970s (Pierson‚ 2010). Caregivers can move from novice to expert while being supported and encouraged by more senior staff and administration. (Pierson‚ 2010).
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experienced the similar operation at other hospitals. And the recurrence rate for all operations performed at Shouldice is about 0. The Unique Selling Point of the Hospital “There is No Substitute for Experience”. Shouldice Hospital has been dedicated to the repair of hernias for over 55 years. The trained team of Shouldice Hospital surgeons have repaired more than 300‚000 hernias with a greater than 99% success rate. Surgeons at Shouldice Hospital have a virtual 100% success rate performing
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that was selected for implementation at Cramton Memorial Hospital impacts several stakeholders that are involved which includes: patients‚ hospital administration‚ and human resources. If one of these two solutions are put into effect it would impact patients first and foremost because it would result in nurses providing better quality of care for patients as well as keeping patients away from harm caused by any type of medical error. The hospital administration is impacted because it will help them
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CASE ANALYSIS: SHOULDICE HOSPITAL LIMITED Executive Summary: The Shouldice Hospital‚ Ontario‚ Canada is a pioneer in the field of treating patients suffering from external abdominal hernia. The speedy ambulation coupled with its reasonable price rates leads to satisfied patients publicizing the hospital by word of mouth. The issues that confront the hospital management are: ·Deciding on ways to meet the backlog of operations‚ by expanding the hospital’s capacity‚ while still maintaining control
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