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.
In this paper, I summarize the article, present comments on the highlights of the article and suggest where additional research findings would be of use in improving the sexuality of ill elderly adults. Summary of Article A good part of the society believes that older people with illnesses do not have sexual needs because of their changing body image. All those negative attitudes of the society prevented the ill elderly from acknowledging their sexuality as a healthy and important part of life. ‘Sexuality is described as one of the most natural and basic aspects of life that affects an individual’s identity as a human being. Sexual health care is an essential component of overall wellness during one’s developmental life span.
Patients over the age of 80 may also experience a slight decline in body temperature. (Brown & Edwards, 2012) Q2. Why has the admitting doctor requested a mid‐stream urine test, a full blood count, an electrolyte blood test, and blood cultures? Include in your answer a description of these tests. The requested tests will confirm the presence of a UTI and/or the presence of another illness that is causing Mrs Jones’s discomfort.
Objective: To determine whether a pharmacist-led telehealth disease management program is superior to usual care in improving diabetes medication treatment adherence in patients with concomitant diabetes and depression. Methods: We propose to conduct a randomized, controlled pilot study of 80 patients with concomitant diagnosis of diabetes and depression with a hemoglobin A1C > 8%. Forty patients will be randomly assigned to receive the pharmacist-led telehealth program (experimental arm), which will include an initial visit to learn about the technology, weekly monitoring of telehealth data, followed by telephone calls when alerted by the telehealth system for 6 months. Another 40 patients will be allocated to usual care (control arm). The primary outcome will be the change in diabetes and depression medication adherence rates.
Research Critique, Part 1: A qualitative study relating to the experiences of people with MS: differences by disease severity Annamma Thomas Grand Canyon University: NRS-433V: History and Process of Nursing Research, Evidence-Based Nursing Practice, Quantitative and Qualitative Research Process February 24, 2013 Problem Statement One of the main characteristics of Multiple Sclerosis is the differences where lesions arise on the body. As the disease progresses a variety of symptoms and severities occur for each patient. It is unknown what truly causes Multiple Sclerosis and what the best combatant for this disease is. The problem of this study was what key factors identify where the lesions on a person will turn up and how does the severity of the disease transpire for any patient. More than 2.5
Critique of Cervical cancer prevention by vaccination: nurses’ knowledge, attitudes and intentions - Psychology Research Paper by Sidney Otoboeze Northern Lights College for PSY 101, Introduction to Psychology Tanya Clary May 18, 2011 Abstract One of the first tasks involved in the critiquing of a research paper is to try to explain the performance and tasks that have taken place. Critiquing research involves a careful examination of all aspects of a study in order to judge its strengths, limitations, meaning and significance (Hek, 1996). As demonstrated in the paper written by Boulianne, Duval, Dube, Ouakki, Gilca,Halperin, Sauvageau, Pielak, Lavoie & Simpson, (2009), it can be concluded that cervical cancer is the second most
Some are complex and subtle, having to do with how women are brought up to view themselves and to behave. Others reflect the dynamics of a male-dominated workplace. Following are some of the most common reasons sexual harassment is not reported. Many fire chiefs find it difficult to learn of harassment going on in their department. Harassment, after all, rarely goes on in front of those who would take steps to stop it.
A sex therapist can be a psychiatrist, a marriage and family therapist, a psychologist, or a clinical social worker: specially trained in sex therapy methods beyond the minimal amount of training about sexuality that is required. My hypothesis is that sex helps prolong life physically, mentally, and psychologically. According to the Statistics on Sex and the Elderly researchers traditionally have not known how often older people have sex, what types of sex they have and what health risks they are more likely to encounter. Since the rise of Viagra and Sti’s in older people assures that sexual activity among baby boomers transpires. So during this research with limited information the evaluation of the pleasures and displeasures of intimacy will help measure if sexual therapy or activity helps improve or hinder older society maintenance.
Freud’s theories broadly encompassed the issues of life, sex and aggression. The five stages of his psychosexual development theory include the oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital stages, were first published in the “Three Essays on the Theory of sexuality” (Freud 1905). In the first stage of personality development, the libido is centred in a baby's mouth. This Oral stage occurs from birth to about one year and the libido is focussed on either the pleasure oral sucking or the in hurting by biting. An example of this is the reality of breast feeding and the motivation of such behaviour can only be speculated upon.
There are two types of vaginismus; primary vaginismus and secondary vaginismus. Primary vaginismus is when a woman has never been able to have pain free intercourse because of the tightness. Secondary vaginismus is sexual pain that can affect women who have been able to have many years of intercourse without any pain. There are numerous things that can cause vaginismus; non-physical and physical. A non-physical causes could be from a childhood experience such as overly rigid parenting, unbalanced religious teaching, shocking sexual imagery, or