They reviewed material from several articles dating from 1999 to 2007. It is important to note that beginning in 2005 most facilities started adopting alcohol based hand rubs as the new standard in hand hygiene (Traore, Hugonnet, Lubbe, Griffiths & Pittet, 2007). The authors state that many factors have lead to poor compliance and most other studies have compared compliance rates of physician versus nurses, intensive care units versus surgical care units and overcrowding versus understaffing to determine the causative factice of hand hygiene non-compliance.. | Methodology | The authors of this study used a quantitative descriptive study design, as they observed hand hygiene practices from the period of July 2008-December 2012. Houser (2007)
I will be critiquing Jimmy’s courageous speech in the following paragraphs. At the beginning of Valvano’s speech as all eyes were on him, recalling the Tupac Shakur album all eyes on me, everyone watched as if the words were coming directly from the mouth of God. Jim opens his speech with a joke saying “That’s the lowest I’ve ever seen Dick Vitale since the owner of the Detroit Pistons called him in and told him he should go into broadcasting” Somewhat lightening up the tense atmosphere of his cancer diagnosis, gaining the audience’s attention, and creating continuity with them as well. Shortly thereafter Valvano humbles himself by
Outline and Evaluate research into the relationship between the immune system and stress related illness (12 marks) Cohen aimed to study the relationship between stress and the immune system. To do this he took a sample of 394 18-54 year olds from. All pt.s were checked and had to be healthy before taking part in the study. They were medically investigated and had to fill out a questionnaire. The questionnaire was three measures of psychological stress.
Factors Associated with Hand Hygiene Compliance at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 34(11), 1146. doi:10.1086/673465 | Background Information | The stated purpose of the article was to identify factors associated with hand hygiene conformity. As stated by Kowitt (2013) hand hygiene is considered the most important measure in preventing hospital-acquired infections which in 2004 related to about 99,000 deaths, affecting 1.7 million patients with a cost of $6.5 billion to the healthcare system. In the abstract, it is stated that these factors were tracked over four years and involved over 161,526 observations of hand hygiene compliance. This initiative was to see if factors are reliable in increasing compliance rates among all categories of hospital workers.
Gianna Bianca 04/04/2013 Protecting the Children with Jessica’s Law Every two minutes in the United States, someone is sexually abused. 44% of these victims are under the age of 18 years old (CDC). These statistics are bold, but even worse – these crimes can be prevented. Crimes against children that involve sexual abuse can be prevented in one giant way: by keeping the predators in prison there they belong. This seems like a no brainer, however some judges and members of senate disagree that these illicit crimes are punishable by lengthy sentences and strict court conditions.
The author talks about different medicines and the affects it has on children. He also talks about placebos and how they affect bipolar disorder in children. His main focus is diagnosing children and the treatments used when they are diagnosed. He states in his open paragraph, “There has been great public and academic interest in the diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorders (BD) in children and adolescents over the past decade, originally in the US but now extending internationally. Thus, in the US in the past decade, diagnoses of BD in children under 18 years old have risen 4000% in the community.
Kyle Suzadail Mr. Duffy 9/12/13 English Life Saver or Racial Profiling? An estimated 240 million calls are made to 9-1-1 in the U.S. each year (nena.org).With all these calls for multiple reasons, there is always a need for help from law enforcement. For example, there’s a gun fight on the streets of New York, bullets flying everywhere, people call the police for help because they want to be safe. Many people never think of this, but what protects the police officers, what keeps them safe? Police officers are there to protect and serve people of the city, but just because they are the police doesn’t mean they don’t need protection.
r7 "I have taken and seen hundreds of children processed": Rick Gore, investigator, Yolo Counry D.A. Child Abduction Unit, "Law Enforcement Concerns and Issues." r7 "Most cops do not like to and will not take kids into protective cus- tody": Clare M. Nolan, "Children of Arrested Parents: Strategies to Improve Their Safety and Well-Being," California Research
This program will majority be self-funded, paying the auditors fee out of any improper payments they uncover and regain going back 3 years. There are new tough rules and sentences for those who feel like they can get away with Medicare fraud also. The new act entitled the Affordable Care Act, also implemented under Obama administration, increases penalties for fraud offenses by 20 – 50% for those who commit crimes worth $1 million or over. The new act punishes those who impede investigations also makes it easier for government to regain funds acquired through fraud. In addition with the new act the Department of Justice can more easily investigate possible fraudulent practices at different facilities such as nursing
Constant exposure can seriously endanger their physical and mental health. The use of harmful pesticides on our food causes great concern among the medical community and because of this people are becoming more aware of pesticides potential danger. A. Swenson and S. Bushhouse, co-authors of "Childhood Cancer Incidence and Trends in Minnesota, 1988-1994", both state, “all cancers combined increased an average of 1% per year and brain cancer increased 2% per year.” They also go one to say in their book that “In teens aged 15-19 between 1973 and 1995, cancer incidence rose for the following: non-Hodgkin's lymphoma 128%, testicular cancer 65%, ovarian cancer 78% and all cancers combined 24%.” This disturbing research is revealing more