Travelers whom travel to countries that have an increased risk of measles outbreak need to protect themselves by getting vaccinated before traveling, this could help to prevent bringing the illness back home with them. Children younger than five and older than twenty are the most likely to suffer the greatest complications from the virus (CDC, 2015). Complications from the measles virus include high fevers, rash, conjunctivitis, ear infections and in severe cases pneumonia and encephalitis (CDC, 2015). Pregnant women risk having a baby with low birth weight or giving birth
Both figures are significantly higher than for the previous year. The chief medical officer for England, Prof Dame Sally Davies, said: "Whooping cough is highly contagious and newborns are particularly vulnerable. "It's vital that babies are protected from the day they are born - that's why we are offering the vaccine to all pregnant women." The vaccine will be offered during routine antenatal appointments with a nurse, midwife or GP. The vaccination programme is only temporary to deal with the heightened risk of whooping cough infection during this outbreak.
Required Medicaid Lock-in Program Medicaid is a federal and state funded program for people who can’t afford medical care. Through taxes, Missouri residents currently help pay the medical care for approximately 818,900 patients. Those patients consist of people who legitimately need help and who follow the rules of the system and people who try to cheat the system. Within the Medicaid system is a lock-in program that helps eliminate harmful practices such as medication abuse and the duplication of medical services and treatments. The way the program works is simple.
Influenza: To Vaccinate? Even though others believe it to be unsafe, I believe that everyone should receive the flu vaccination. Our health and the health of others depend on it; influenza is a much more serious disease than you might think, and it can even be deadly! The vaccine is safe and effective in reducing "Flu like" symptoms. I believe it is each and everyone’s responsibility to protect not only ourselves but our families, friends, neighbors, and others in the community as well from influenza.
Work Based Learning Project NURB 275. The following piece of work adheres to the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) (2008) Code of Conduct, with either fictitious names being used or omitted to protect confidentiality. Abstract This report will discuss the implementation of a change related to a cardiovascular ward. The change comes in the form of an information leaflet to raise awareness to the patient and their family about the importance of maintaining a good well balanced nutritional intake and how this affects wound healing. There is evidence to suggest that giving clients written information helps to reduce anxiety and therefore improve healing, give empowerment and increase satisfaction (Little et al, 2004)).
A series of education training of documentation was implemented to help reduce episodes of Medicare payment denials and self-protection through adequate documentation. Thus, I will discuss the impact of inadequate nursing documentation that leads to malpractice lawsuits. Purpose of Medical Record Documentation Understanding the purpose of medical documentation was the first step in teaching how to prevent inadequate documentations that leads to liability and malpractice lawsuits. Monarch (2007) supports the purpose of Medical Record Documentation as the following: • Substantiating the health condition or illness or presented concern for the patient. • Effective communication among health care staff.
al, 2003). A2. Epidemiologically, the rapid spread of the virus can be attributed to health care workers being infected before they were aware to take precautionary measures and international routes of travel affecting large amounts of people in close quarters by carriers who were unaware they were infected (Sampathkumar et. al, 2003). According to the World Health Organization (2003) the most infectivity was from people experiencing symptoms of respiratory illness and declining health (World Health Organization, 2003).
This goal targets the prevention of mortality from health care-associated infections caused by several different drug resistant organisms, surgical related infections, and infections of the bloodstream related to catheter insertion. Catheter insertion requires regular practices that include hand sanitation before catheter operation (Singleton, 2008). The concern of this goal is the prevention of infection. Utilization of hand cleaning guidelines that are provided by the World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is required in hospitals. Hospitals must also submit reports of injury and death to patients that result from infections that were acquired while staying in the hospital (2009 Hospital National Patient Safety Goals, 2008).
The Influenza Virus Abstract: Every year, significant numbers of people around the world experiences illness and possible death associated with influenza. Animal vaccination programs are offered to all areas of the population and aimed at protecting the public against influenza. The success of these programs depends on worldwide tracking and observation of influenza outbreaks, the effectiveness of vaccine ingredients, and the ability to reach population who are at highest risk for developing influenza and the complications related to influenza. Introduction: People have suffered from influenza for thousands of years. Viruses identical or closely related to the human form of the infection can be isolated from ducks, turkeys, swine,
It is one of the most cost-effective public health interventions to reduce child mortality and morbidity. Immunization protects children against diseases that cause serious afflictions such as paralysis, loss of hearing, infertility and even death. These diseases are diphtheria, hepatitis A and B, haemophilus influenza type B, human papillomavirus, influenza, measles, meningococcal, mumps, pertussis, pneumococcal, polio, rotavirus, rubella, shingles, tetanus and varicella. From infants to senior citizens, timely immunizations are one of the most important ways for us to protect ourselves as well as others from serious diseases and infections. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, in 2007, vaccines have estimated to have prevented 14 million infections and saved about 33,000 human lives.